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In Pursuit of Happiness!
Source: PRIDE
Published: May 2008
Author: Cynthia Lawrence

Adelaide Damoah, from medical representative to professional artist.

I was a very artistic child, but my parents pushed me towards a more academic career. I took my degree in Applied Biology and did art whenever I could. If I wasn’t partying or doing the usual things students do, I was often sketching or painting something.

I landed a job with a leading pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, but in 2000 I was diagnosed with Endometriosis. It was frightening, especially when I realised that infertility was a possibility. After a second operation, I was off work for five months. During that time I was bored and in a lot of physical pain, and I started thinking about my future. At the time I wasn’t planning a career in art but I started investing more passion into my artwork. I was simply doing something that could take my mind away from the pain.

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Pure Gold – Black British Talent
Source: Screen Nation Magazine
Published: 2007 Awards Publication

Screen Nation caught up with Adelaide Damoah – artist, entrepreneur and all-round goddess.

Adelaide Damoah is actually incredible, and so is her work. The self taught artist made her debut exhibition ‘Black Brits’ in 2006 and has now set up her own company – Damoah Arts, which represents independent artists.

Who/what are your influences/inspirations?

I first became passionate about art during my secondary school years when I studied the life and art of Mexican artist Frieda Khalo. Her work was so deeply personal and autobiographical that I could not help but be drawn in and her way of drawing inspiration from her own life was the catalyst that got me moving in the same direction. My work is inspired by my physical and emotional pain, with each painting telling a story. I am also inspired by my own life experiences along with issues which affect the society in which we live.

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