Scale, Color, and Shadow: Why Amoako Boafo Remains One of My Favorite Artists

In 2021, I visited SINGULAR DUALITY: ME CAN MAKE WE at Roberts Projects in Los Angeles, a solo exhibition by Amoako Boafo that immediately solidified him as one of my favorite contemporary artists.

Known for large-scale portraits of Black subjects, Boafo introduced shadow as a central element in this body of paintings, and through bold color, textured skin, and brilliantly captured emotion, the exhibition explores identity, duality, and psychological depth.