THEOPHILUS TETTEH

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Paintings Photography Sculpture Drawings Prints Inspiration Art Advisory Trade Saatchi Art eGift Card Art Art Art Art Artist No file chosen View All 178 Artworks profile avatarNo file chosen Theophilus Tetteh Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana Edit Profile 490 Followers Following share Recognition link - Featured in the Catalog Featured in the Catalog link - Artist featured in a collection Artist featured in a collection Info Education Events Exhibitions In his work, Tetteh condenses the internal sentiments and tensions of his characters and focuses them, using the eyes as the outlet for expression. In this way his subjects become independent bodies, bold and daring. By examining the psychological conditions we as humans are prone to experience, and then exhibiting them through physiological manifestations of that experience, Tetteh’s work is processual in nature, approaching each personality with care and consideration. His experiments are not only in content but in form, colour, and texture, manipulating paint through swift brush strokes and thick impasto. Theophilus Tetteh (b.1991) lives and works in Accra, Ghana. He studied Graphic Design and Painting at Marimus Art School, whilst continuing to experiment with different media. After finding solace in the pictorial possibilities that Expressionism offered, he found figurative paintings most effective in exploring emotive qualities. His figures which often appear static and singular, are in fact dynamic entities of the local culture. Tetteh has participated in solo shows and group projects across Ghana, notably the Kente Design Project for Kejetia Market (Kumasi, 2017) and National Theatre of Ghana (Accra, 2018). He was recently awarded Artist of the Year (2021) by the BE OPEN Foundation and is also a member of the Ghana Association of Visual Artists (GAVA).