Entries by Studio Damoah

Love in Art. A personal Perspective.

Love is… Love, such a simple word, yet a word which has so many different connotations for different people. A word that has fascinated humans for a millennia and inspired so much beautiful art all over the world. Love, passion, desire, lust, longing. Before I even understood what those things were, Frida Kahlo taught me […]

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How to Make £1Billion!

Never before in my life time have I heard more fuss and talk about money, the economy, banking systems and banking products. Never. Not even in 2008, when the shit really hit the fan with the global financial crisis. It is endless. As usual, the news is full of doom and gloom, but this just feels […]

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The Perpetual Return of IT

IT, you are not my friend or my muse right now.  IT, you have turned into an insatiable beast, biting at my insides with increasingly sharpened teeth. IT you have decided to hang around daily instead of the usual 10 days a month. IT, I am beginning to hate you for all you have taken […]

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Top Arts Events and Artists to Look Out For in 2012

With new artists emerging on a consistent basis and shows opening practically every week, the sheer volume of all of this information can sometimes feel a tad overwhelming. Here are just a few of my personal favourite artists to look out for in the new year and one or two interesting and potentially important shows […]

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50 Years of Black Art in the African Diaspora. A Brief Overview

“The art history of the black diaspora is still an ‘undiscovered’ country,”  Kobena Mercer 2009. Curator, writer and critic Eddie Chambers once described black art as, “Art produced by black people, largely and specially for the black audience, and which, in terms of its content, addresses black experience.” A definition which in a so called […]

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Lillian Ogbogoh interviewed me

This evening, I was interviewed by Lillian Ogbogoh. It was a nice, friendly interview. It was strange making the transition back to being the person being interviewed. If you have an hour to spare and are interested in an hearing what I have to say on life and art, click here. The interview was recorded live.

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Art Success: Adelaide Damoah in Conversation with Owusu-Ankomah

I was privileged enough to interview veteran artist Owusu-Ankomah on his thoughts on success and on his up coming London exhibition. The exhibition entitled  Microcron – Kusum (Secret Signs – Hidden Meanings), is on at the October Gallery from the 15th to the 29th October 2011. I can not remember the time when Owusu-Ankomah’s work first entered […]

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Making a Kickstarter Project to Raise Money for Yourself!

Kickstarter.com is a site that many of you may know, if not, then it is a platform for artists to raise money for creative ideas. I will explain a bit about how to make your project as well as your proposal successful, but first, I want to talk about the economy and kickstarter. This applies […]

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Feeling Great, by Doing Things Without Hesitation

Guest post by artist and art mentor Brainard Carey. In the last interview with Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf, there were moments that made it clear why she was making it after quitting her job. It was really very subtle; she believed in herself in an almost unnoticeable but miraculous way. When asked about her success relative to other […]

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Art Success: Adelaide Damoah in Conversation with Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf

Here is the first video in the “Art Success Series of video interviews.” I picked Rebecca to interview for this series because I feel like she has a lot of potential to be the “Next Big Thing” in the art world because of her clear talent, tenacity and spirit. I mentioned in the video the […]

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