ABOUT KBOATENG
BIOGRAPHY
I'm an artist specializing in Photography, Pencil Drawing and Film-making currently based in Columbus, Ohio.
Born and raised in Ghana, my passion to pursue art was heavily influenced by my father, a very talented craftsman, specializing in footwear.
With a background in the Ghana film industry as a set designer I have incorporated my love for film in my photography, creating film- like still photographs.
As a self-taught artist I have spent many long days and nights dedicated to researching and learning new techniques challenging myself to create art in unique ways through varying mediums.
I am represented at Sharon Weiss Gallery, starting in 2017, where I have shown my hyper-realistic pencil drawings and photography. In addition, I have had three pieces of artwork, two photos and one drawing displayed as murals in the Short North Arts District in downtown Columbus.
REPRESNTATION
Sharon Weiss Gallery
12, 20 & 24 East Lincoln Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 291-5683
find.art Photography Gallery
Columbus, Ohio
POSITIONS
Part-Time Lecturer as Studio Advisor - August 2021 - December 2021
New England College
98 Bridge Street | Henniker, NH 03242
Phone: 603-428-2418 | nec.edu
EXHIBITION HISTORY
August-November 2017:
The Mershon Center for International Security Studies at Ohio State University:
Project 17 Collection Exhibition ( Pencil Drawings )
November-December 2017:
The Ohio Department of Administrative Services: Project 17 Collection Exhibition ( Pencil Drawings)
February 2018:
Blick Art Supply: Project 17 Collection Exhibition ( Pencil Drawings )
April 2018:
Sharon Weiss Gallery: Self Portrait Group Art Show
May 2018:
RAW Columbus: Magnify Group Art Showcase
July-August 2018
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts at the Cox Fine Arts Center
August 2018:
Short North Mural Series, “I Too Sing Columbus, The Harlem Renaissance at 100 2018”
August 2018:
The Flyover Library at Wild Goose Creative: Art Inspired by Midwestern Literature Group Show
August 2018:
Art Defines Me: Featured Show at Sharon Weiss Gallery
November 2018 – January 2019
The Ohio Arts Council in partnership with the Columbus Metropolitan Main Library Carnegie Gallery and Friends of the Library present ''My Treasures are Within”
February 2019
City of Groveport, Town Hall Art Gallery
August 2019
Short North Alliance Mural Series, “Unconventional"
August 2020
Short North Alliance Mural Series, “One World"
June 2021
Yaafoa, Home Is Calling Solo Exhibition at Sharon Weiss Gallery
May 2022
Fashion is Art, Show at Sharon Weiss Gallery
September 2022
KBoateng X Ela é. , The Bridge Gallery
July 2023 - August 2023
Yaafoa Home Is Calling, Finally Home at Urban Arts Space
PUBLICATION HISTORY
July 2023
https://uas.osu.edu/events/yaafoa-home-calling-finally-home
September 2022
http://www.franklintonartsdistrict.com/bridgebyfad-kboateng-x-ela-e.html
June 2021
Columbus Alive Online Magazine, Columbus, Ohio
May 2021:
Analog Drive Magazine, Archives Issue 2. United Kingdom
August 2018:
I Too Sing Columbus, The Harlem Renaissance at 100 2018 Look Book
January 2018:
614 Magazine Interview Issue: Portrait of Virginia Nunes Gutierrez