Armand Boua

Armand Boua
Born1978 (age 46–47)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
NationalityIvorian
OccupationPainter

Armand Boua (born 1978) is an Ivorian painter.[1][2] Boua is known for his technique of painting on cardboard with acrylic paint and tar, then scratching away paint to create negative spaces.[3][4]

Boua was born in Abidjan.[5] Boua studied at the National School of Fine Arts and at the Technical Center of Applied Arts, both in Abidjan.[5][6]

His work is included in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Les Winzins de Djamtala 1, Armand Boua ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art". collections.artsmia.org.
  2. ^ "Armand Boua, peintre d'une réalité ivoirienne "fugace et persistante"". LExpress.fr (in French). 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Another Dose Of African And South American Art At Saatchi Gallery". Londonist. 16 March 2015.
  4. ^ "James Green at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair". www.artforum.com.
  5. ^ a b Les artistes et la société (in French). Editions L'Harmattan. 22 May 2020. ISBN 978-2-343-18360-2.
  6. ^ "Investec Cape Town Art Fair honours emerging artists". www.iol.co.za.