Cecilia (b. 1992 in Ghana) is a mixed media artist versed in figurative painting, performance and textile production. The artist’s practice encompasses ideas about gender roles and womanhood, crafting works and performances that comment on societal challenges she and many other women in West-Africa are still facing.

Recycled mopping wool fibers are glued onto the canvas and become a reference to a labour that is still often addressed to women. ‘With this set of paintings, I capture how the contemporary Ghanaian women navigate the challenges of womanhood‘, she explains. Born to a family of painters and textile designers, Cecilia’s childhood was characterized by lessons in batik, textile making and designing. Taking these lessons, Cecilia employs an imaginative approach in the creation of her own traditional motifs that make up the background of her subjects’ paintings.

Cecilia Lamptey Botchway was the 2021-2022 Nubuke Foundation’s Young Ghanaian Artist (YGA) in residence.
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