Mad Creative

Edwin Boye (b. 1997) is a Ghanaian Photographer and Visual Artist. An Afro - surreal Expressionist known as MadCreative. A self-taught artist who nourished his love for art with books and researches whilst studying Marketing in the University of Professional studies, Accra. He employs surrealism to transcribe his imagination into digital artworks. He creates surreal images which shares stories that encourages better conditions for black people and an idea that sells the African sci-fi. Using digital tools he leaves little details in his visuals which reflects thoughts, urges, emotions and memories. As an artist, I would want people to come to an understanding of what the Afro – surrealism movement stands for and encourage black people about better conditions. This is the symbol of hope that I wish for my body of works to speak in years to come.Edwin Boye (b. 1997) is a Ghanaian Photographer and Visual Artist. An Afro - surreal Expressionist known as MadCreative. A self-taught artist who nourished his love for art with books and researches whilst studying Marketing in the University of Professional studies, Accra. He employs surrealism to transcribe his imagination into digital artworks. He creates surreal images which shares storie...

He studied marketing at the University of Professional Studies Accra.

1." Science of my Untamed Thoughts - Solo Exhibition"
Works by Ghanaian surrealist Edwin Boye effectively combine elements of traditional photography with digital
manipulation thereby resulting in unique / striking images that attract and sustain the interest of the viewer.
Undeniably, his works challenge observers to explore untamed thoughts while mentally processing the works,
which transfigures ordinary scenes into dreamlike and fantastical ones.
Also known as Mad Creative, he is particularly known for his ability to capture the energy and spirit of people
and places while infusing subtle comments on time, education, life sequences, dreams, joy, balloons and
extra-terrestrial life.
Mad Creative makes an active use of lights, darks and shadows while managing to balance the coherent vision of
life with that of the abstract. He equally balances the conscious with the unconscious, dreams with reality and
conventional with the non-conventional.
He transcribes his imagination into digital artworks and creates illusory images, which unveil the subliminal
while sharing narratives that encourage better conditions for blacks. Employing digital tools, he leaves minute
details in his visuals that reflect thoughts, impulses, emotio...