Kwesi Botchway
Kwesi Botchway
“Not Yet Titled,” 2023
Kwesi Botchway
“Not Yet Titled,” 2023
Oil on canvas
48" x 36" [HxW] (121.92 x 91.44 cm)
Inventory #BOT1017
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Not Yet Titled,” 2023
Oil on canvas
48" x 36" [HxW] (121.92 x 91.44 cm)
Inventory #BOT1017
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Kwesi Botchway
“Lady in blonde bob wig,” 2022
Kwesi Botchway
“Lady in blonde bob wig,” 2022
Oil on canvas
29 ³⁄₄" x 29 ³⁄₄" x ⁷⁄₈" [HxWxD] (75.56 x 75.56 x 2.22 cm)
Inventory #BOT1001
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Dated, titled and annotated verso
“Lady in blonde bob wig,” 2022
Oil on canvas
29 ³⁄₄" x 29 ³⁄₄" x ⁷⁄₈" [HxWxD] (75.56 x 75.56 x 2.22 cm)
Inventory #BOT1001
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
Dated, titled and annotated verso
Kwesi Botchway
“Beach Habits,” 2022
Kwesi Botchway
“Beach Habits,” 2022
Acrylic and oil on canvas
81" x 50" (206 x 127 cm) [HxW] each, 81" x 102" (206 x 254 cm) [HxW] overall
Inventory #BOT1000
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
Signed, dated, titled and annotated verso
“Beach Habits,” 2022
Acrylic and oil on canvas
81" x 50" (206 x 127 cm) [HxW] each, 81" x 102" (206 x 254 cm) [HxW] overall
Inventory #BOT1000
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
Signed, dated, titled and annotated verso
Born in 1994, Accra, Ghana
Lives and works in Accra, Ghana
2023
" Kwesi Botchway There’s More Than What the Eye Witnesses," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2022
"Rumors of Blackness," Maruani Mercier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2021
THE ARMORY SHOW, Booth P19, Gallery 1957, New York, NY
2020
"Becoming As Well As Being," Gallery 1957, London, UK
"Dark Purple Is Everything Black," Gallery 1957, Accra, Ghana
2017
Hos Oona Galleri & Sundhed, Vejle, Denmark
2023
"Accra! The Rise of a Global Art Community," The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (forthcoming)
"Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
"It's here, it's there, it's everywhere," Ghana national Museum, Accra, Ghana
"It's Time," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2022 – 2023
"Unlimited," Gallery 1957, Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast, Ghana
"When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting," Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
2021
"[West] African Resistance," Gallery 1957, (In Collaboration with Christie's Dubai), Dubai, UAE
"Resistance," Maruani Mercier Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
"Homecoming : Aesthetic of the cool," Gallery 1957, Accra, Ghana
"Wake-up Call," blijven liggen/laten staan, Collection Tanguy & Bieke Van
"Quickenborne," Platform 6a by Deweer, Otegem, Belgium
2020
"Cgunu/Nkambom Art Exhibition," Cape Town, South Africa
2019
Chalewote Street Art Festival, Pidginimaginarium, Accra, Ghana
Sabolai Radio Music Festival, Accra, Ghana
2018
James Town Caf Exhibition, Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall visit to Ghana, Chalewote Street Art Festival, PARAOTHER 2018, Accra, Ghana
Artist Alliance Gallery, Accra, Ghana
2017
Hos Oona Galleri & Sundhed, Denmark
Chalewote Street Art Festival, wata mata, Accra, Ghana
Qaba Exhibition, Alliance Francaise, Accra, Ghana
Ghana Culture Forum / National Theatre, Accra, Ghana
2016
"Let’s Talk Shit project," Alliance Francaise, Accra, Ghana
555 Art Exhibition, Accra, Ghana
Africa Contemporary Art Gabah, Hamburg, Germany
Hos Oona Galleri og Sundhed, Vejle, Denmark
Chalewote Street Art Festival, Spirit Robot, Accra, Ghana
Dzala Butiq, Brazil House, Accra, Ghana
Novica Gallery, Accra, Ghana
2015
Golden Tulip Hotel, Accra, Ghana
Ghana National Museum, Accra, Ghana
Ghanatta College of Art and Design, Art Center, Accra, Ghana
Belgium High Fashion Foundation, New York City, NY
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
The Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Vanhaerents Art Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
2023
Baumgardner, Julie. "‘This Is a Moment They Have to Grab’: How Ghana’s Art Stars Are Building a Movement to Outlast the Speculators and Market Frenzies," Artnet, April 12
Mousse Magazine Staff. ""It’s Time" at Vielmetter, Los Angeles," Mousse Magazine, February 18
Nys Dambrot, Shana. "A Pair of Exhibitions Renovate Portraiture and Perfection at Vielmetter Los Angeles," LA Weekly, February 9
Clayton, Dominique. "The Best Black Art Shows in Los Angeles Right Now," Cultured, January 30
2022
Proctor, Rebecca Anne. "Artist-Led Spaces Are Proliferating Around the World, Filling a Gap Caused by Dwindling Public Funding and Market Pressures," ArtNet, December 26
Opera News Staff. "Kwesi Botchway showcases Captivating Paintings in Brussels," Opera News, May
Essien, Vanessa. "Kwesi Botchway: Using Art as a Tool for Change and Inspiring the Next Generation of Artists," Prazzle, March 10
Takac, Balasz. "Kwesi Botchway Celebrates Black Beauty at Maruani Mercier," Widewalls, February 16
2021
Stoilas, Helen, Daniel Cassady, Nancy Kenney and Gabriella Angeleti, and Wallace Ludel"New and noteworthy: see what the Armory Show's younger galleries are bringing to the fair," The Art Newspaper, September 2
Black, Holly. "Kwesi Botchway: "I Wanted Viewers to Appreciate All Different Parts of Me"," Elephant, May 7
Rotinwa, Ayodeji. "As the market for their artists booms, African galleries take control by expanding to the West," The Art Newspaper, April 20
Rotinwa, Ayodeji. "Cool Intentions," Artforum, April 14
Barnes, Ekow. "The Culture List: Celebrating Groundbreaking Black Artists Around The World," Ebony, April 4
Rea, Naomi. "Studio Visit: Kwesi Botchway on the Importance of Painting Faces and Celebrating His Fellow Ghanaian Artists," Artnet, March 30
Kraft, Coralie. "The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week:," T Magazine, January 7
"Kwesi Botchway," Gallery 1957, DG3 Leycol, London, UK (Catalog)
2020
Emelife, Aindrea. "Kwesi Botchway’s Defiant Figures Examine the Black Experience," Frieze, December 11
Sporn, Stephanie. "For Ghanaian Portraitist Kwesi Botchway, Fashion and Power Go Hand in Hand," Galerie Magazine, November 13
Brady, Anna and Margaret Carrigan. "Our pick of must-see gallery shows opening around the world in November," The Art Newspaper, November 2
Edquist, Grace. "Ghanaian Artist Kwesi Botchway Revels in the Many Colors of Blackness in a New London Show," Vogue, October 27
2021
Dark Purple is Everything Black, Gallery 1957, Ghana
2020
Gallery 1957 Residency, Accra, Ghana (January - March)
2019
GUBA Awards USA Nominee — Influential Artist