Frema

Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway (b. 1992, Ghanaian/ Nigerian) is an artist whose practice ranges from performance, textile design, painting to multi-media work. She graduated from the Yaba College of Technology, Yaba School of Art, Design, and Textiles in 2015.
In her recent works, Cecilia experiments with colour, incorporating and deriving meaning from symbols from cloth stamping and batik tradition, found objects and other materials like mopping wool. Cecilia almost creates a unique language with which she communicates her passions. She employs an intricate sense of geometry, a delicate perspective to achieve symmetry with colours, with the mixed media adding vibrant dimensions as props to her paintings.
‘The painting FREMA is a portrait of my artist friend who is a talented painter. Her passion for art is reflected in her pose. Some describe it as fiery others see as a statement of determination by a lady. For me, she is a talented artist who happens to be female and black. She is the representation of all female artists whose voices are yet to be heard.’