Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway

Lives and works in Accra, Ghana

Artist statement

My current art project titled, Imaginations, Art and Society chronicles my journey as an Artist in space and time. My artistry is always evolving with my social location in society. My journey as an artist captures the contradictions of society as I explore the world around me. I see women as the foundational power of African societies, yet they are always marginalized and dominated by patriarchal power. My Art questions this domination and seeks to provide an alternative narrative. Everyday objects around me provide materials for my artistry. The use of mopping wool fibers, old newspapers, African motifs, fabrics, and discarded computer panels feature in my large body of work. These materials in my art reflect my dialogues and conversations with my society. The newspapers provide visibility and voices to people who are marginalized. The computer panels speak to the potent and unseen power of the voiceless in society. It is this dialogue between voice and power that I explore in my paintings. A word on my work with mopping wool fibers. In recent times, I have begun to incorporate Mopping Wool Fiber as a more dominant material in my paintings. My intent is to re-purpose the use of the mopping wool as a sign of women’s domesticity into objects of aesthetics and beauty; at the same time, seeing them as transformational instruments of empowerment. My use of mopping wool fiber enables me to invite the viewer to see how objects of domesticity can be re-purposed as instruments of...

Artwork

• Movement of the Soul, 2022. Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Wool on Canvas
• Movement of Ruling Women, 2022. Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Wool on Canvas
• Movement of Peace, 2022. Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Wool on Canvas
• Dance of Freedom, 2022. Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Wool on Canvas
• I move, therefore, I am, 2022. Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, wool on Canvas
• Movement of Possession, 2022. Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Wool on Canvas
• Movement of Vision, 2022. Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Wool on Canvas
• Movement of the Rain Dance, 2022. Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Wool on Canvas
• Movement of Devotion and Transition, 2022. Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Wool on Canvas
• Movement in Unison, 2022. Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Wool on Canvas
• Movement of Joy and Upliftment, 2022. Mixed Media: Oil, Acrylic, Wool on Canvas
• Yellow Dress, 2021. Oil, Mopping Wool Fiber on Canvas
• Movements of Meditation, 2021. Oil, Mopping Wool fibre on canvas
• The Swirl, 2021. Acrylic, Oil and Mopping wool fiber on Canvas
• The Gaze, 2021. Oil, Mopping Wool Fiber on Canvas
• Affection, 2021. Oil, Mopping Wool Fiber on Canvas
• Tolu x Temi, Blood Sisters: The tie that unites, 2021. Oil, Mopping Wool Fiber on Canvas
• My Twin, My Sister: Celebrating sisterhood, 2021. Acrylic, Mopping Wool Fiber on Canvas
• Red Chair, 2021. Oil, Mopping Wool fiber on canvas
• Swagger, 2021. Oil, Mopping Wool Fiber on Canvas
• “AS AFRICAN WOMEN RAISE THEIR VOICE AGAINST RAPE, THEIR COUNTRIES SHOULD LISTEN.” , 2020