Amoako Boafo

[4][5] Boafo's portraits focus on posture, clothing, and the stroke[clarification needed] of skin which he accentuates with the finger painting technique.

[6][7] In 2019, Boafo participated in a residency at the new Rubell Museum in Miami, Florida, and in 2020 collaborated with Dior for their Spring/Summer 2021 Men Collection.

[8][9][10] His work Suborbital Tryptych, consisting of three portraits of himself, his mother, and a friend's mother, was printed on the top of the crew capsule of a New Shepard rocket that performed an unmanned suborbital launch on August 26, 2021, reaching outer space with an apogee of 106 km.

[11] On 26 May 2022, his debut U.S. exhibit, Soul of Black Folks, opened at Contemporary Art Museum Houston.

[13][14][15] Group exhibitions: Boafo is represented by Mariane Ibrahim Gallery in Chicago and Roberts Projects in Los Angeles.

Sitting on the sun by Amoako Boafo shown at Colección Solo museum in Madrid (Spain).
Sitting on the sun by Amoako Boafo shown at Colección Solo museum in Madrid (Spain).