Edward Onsoh

I aim to build a more inclusive world, changing stereotypes, and giving a voice to the voiceless. Born in Ghana 1990, I began as a portrait artist right after High school to sustain my craft and in 2012 I became a studio artists for Samsung Ghana. I then turned to making figurative abstract paintings in acrylic on Canvas, I developed a distinctive pointillist style and blending technique that exudes a realistic and dimensional quality and was included in the Paint Sculpt annual jury exhibition at Takoradi Technical University, Ghana, 2015. The painting technique evolved through my personal experience of having a tradition animist priest as a father and a Christian mother sharing the same bed peacefully which is an example of two like-poles meeting as the media in Ghana has influenced many Ghanaians to demonize the indigenous traditional practices and is gradually fading away. After some observations and education I came to understand how important it is to preserve the heritage and great knowledge behind these practices which led this exploration of bringing them inside my painting. I also notice how we are separating from nature due to unnatural way of life causing unnatural disease psychological diseases, behavioral pattern, heal...

University of Education- BA Art Education 2021
Takoradi Technical University- Commercial Art 2016