Armand Boua

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Armand Boua
Born1978 (age 4546)
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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.