ADELAIDE DAMOAH RWA FRSA

1999 – Bachelor of Science (Applied Biology), Kingston University, London, UK

Board member:

Block 336, Brixton. Registered charity 1150535. 2021 to present

Discerning Eye LTD registered charity 1056091. 2022 to present

 

Artist ambassador:

Creative Land Trust. 2022 to present

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

  • “Mysteries of Desire“, Fondation H, Paris, France

2021

  • “Radical Joy“, Sakhile&Me, Frankfurt, Germany

2020

  • “Reembodying the Real”, Boogie Wall Gallery, London, UK
  • “Reembodying the Real”, Royal West of England Academy, London, UK

2018

  • “Genesis”, MTArt Agency, London, UK

2015

  • “This is Us”, Camden Image Gallery, London, UK

2011

  • Hotel Locanda, Venice, Italy

2009

  • National Centre for Domestic Violence, London, UK

2008

  • “Supermodels”, Nolia’s Gallery, London, UK
  • “Black Lipstick”, Bernie Grant Art Center, London, UK

2006

  • “Black Brits”, Charlie Allen Bespoke, London, UK

 

PERFORMANCES

2020 

  • Revaluing The Self. Boogie Wall Gallery. Mayfair, London
  • Reembodying Shadow Projections of the Real. Black Shade Projects, Marrakesh, Morocco
  • Into the Mind of the Coloniser. Fridman Gallery, New York

2019 

  • Into the Mind of the Coloniser. Still Rising. Oslo, Norway
  • #MYFACE” British High Commission, Lagos, Nigeria
  • This is Me the Inconsistency of the Self. Christie’s, London
  • This is Me, the Inconsistency of the Self. Opening Museum Week at the Musée national de
  • l’histoire de l’immigration Paris,
  •  #MYFACE opening of Cannes Lions festival in Cannes and the third iteration of
  • Into the Mind of Coloniser.Forum: Of Hosts & Guests, curated by Katherine Finerty, part of Open
  • Space, Mary Ward House, London
  • My First Harassment” in response to Clemence Vazard, Make Space, Euston, London
  • #MYFACE” Visual Diet, M&C Saatchi, London

2018 

  • My Body is Present. Homage to Ana Mendieta 1 hour. (third of three parts), London
  • My Body is Present, 31 hour durational performance (second of three parts), London
  • My Body is Present, Homage to Ana Mendieta 1 hour. (first of three parts, Christie’s Education,
  • London
  • Adidas “Calling all Creators performance Portland Oregon, USA.

2017

  • This is Me: The Inconsistency of the Self” UNFOLD. 3 and 4 October.
  • Mami Wata joint performance with Samira Saidi. Nubuke Foundation Ghana.
  • Damoah and Summers live painting performance Vibe Gallery, London.

2009

  • Peanut. Recital. NCDV exhibition. Mayfair, London.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

  • “RWA Collection: Our Heritage, Our Future”, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
  • “No Reserve” (INFEMS), Leicester Contemporary, Leicester, UK
  • 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair (Sakhile&Me), London, UK
  • “Biting Back & Enjoying the Taste” (INFEMS), PADA, Lisbon, Portugal
  • “A History Untold”, Signature African Art, London, UK
  • “Reclaiming The Body”, Virtual Online Museum of Art

2020

  • “Small is Beautiful”, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
  • “Winter Exhibition”, Boogie Wall Gallery, London, UK
  • “168 Annual Open”, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
  • “Group Show”, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair (Boogie Wall Gallery & Sakhile&Me), London, UK
  • “Figures”, Sakhile&Me, Frankfurt, Germany
  • “Her Eyes, They Never Lie”, Black Shade Projects, Marrakesh, Morocco
  • “Drivers of the Future”, MTArt Agency, London, UK

2019

  • “Still Rising”, Rafiki Arts, Oslo, Norway
  • “Group Show”, Art X Lagos (TAFETA Gallery), Lagos, Nigeria
  • “No Room for Fear” (BBFA Collective), Hogan Lovells, London, UK
  • “Under the Skin”, Royal College of Physicians Museum, London, UK
  • “Visual Diet”, M&C Saatchi, London, UK

2018

  • “BBFA Presents” (BBFA Collective), TAFETA Gallery, London, UK
  • “Muse, Model or Mistress?”, Gallery Different, London, UK
  • “From Violence to a Place of Power”, Novo Foundation, London, UK
  • “After Cesaire/Modern Tropiques”, Platform Southwark, London, UK
  • “We Face Forward!”, Bonhams, London, UK
  • “Marrakesh Off the Tracks”, Little Africa, Marrakesh, Morocco
  • “The Gallery of Small Things”, Bisi Silva Project, Dakar, Senegal

2017

  • “The Gallery of Small Things”, Bisi Silva Project, Dakar, Senegal
  • “Article 10”, Amnesty International, London, UK
  • “Sankofa”, Latham and Watkins LLP, London, UK
  • UNFOLD Festival, London, UK
  • “Dispersed” (BBFA Collective), Nubuke Foundation, London, UK
  • “A Seat at the Table”, 198 Gallery, London, UK

2016

  • “Untitled”, Latham and Watkins LLP, London, UK

2015

  • “Vision to Reality” (BBFA Collective), TEDx Euston, London, UK
  • “AACDD Festival” (BBFA Collective), Bargehouse Gallery, London, UK

2009

  • “British Art in the 21st Century”, Opera Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
  • “Screen Nation Awards”, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, London, UK

2007

  • I2U Gallery, London, UK

2006

  • Francophone Space African Arts Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

2005

  • Buffalo Film Festival, Clapham, UK

 

SELECTED TALKS

2020

  • Art Outside the White Cube. Mall Galleries. London
  • Why it is Smart to Invest in Black Women Artists- Black Girl Fest

2018 

  • Keeping London Creative. Panel discussion. Robert Elms. Urban Village Fete. London.
  •  Cass Art- Be Smart About Art. London- Working Together – The Opportunities + Challenges of

Artist Collectives

2017

  • GAFRA, Mayfair. Interview host- Art Discussion with Dagmar Van Weegle & Rewa.
  • Syracuse University, London. Guest lecturer. Non verbal communication- “This is Me.”
  • Nubuke Foundation, Ghana. Chair person “ Is there such a thing as a women’s perspective in art or is art just art?”
  • British Library Caribbean In/Securities and Creativity: Diasporic Dialogues. In partnership with Goldsmith’s University. Panellist. ‘The Value of Black British Female Artists in Western Art.’
  • GAFRA, Mayfair. Art Discussion Interview host for Marie Genevieve Morin