Adelaide Damoah

Adelaide Damoah RWA FRSA (born 16 November 1976) is a British painter and performance artist of Ghanaian descent who uses her body as the starting point for much of her work.

[1] Damoah's debut exhibition entitled "Black Brits," took place in 2006 in Charlie Allen's Boutique, Islington, London, UK and received some media attention.

[4][5] Damoah studied Applied Biology at Kingston University in South West London, England graduating with honours in 1999.

The event was marked by a communal scream by participants followed by a march to 10 Downing Street to hand in a 13,000 signature petition for the Prime Minister Tony Blair.

[13] Damoah was invited to Hungary in 2009 to take part in an exhibition entitled "British Art in the Twenty First Century" at Opera Gallery in Budapest.

"[18] A celebration of contemporary Ghanaian artists including El Anatsui and Professor Ablade Glover[19] and Muse, Model or Mistress in London.

[21] Writing on her painting surfaces using text in English, Twi and Ga, (the latter two being the languages of the artists parents) Damoah expresses a deep desire to connect with her Ghanaian roots, while entering into a conversation about where she fits in as a child of the African Diaspora.

This series of work was divided into chapters, including Heavenly bodies, Mysteries of Desire, The embodiment of Play and Moonlit Power.

Selected group exhibitions in 2023 include the ground breaking "Rites of Passage" at Gagosian gallery in London, curated by Peju Oshin.

[4] In September 2019, Damoah appeared in the Visual Collaborative electronic catalogue, in an issue themed Vivencias which translates to "Experiences" in Spanish.