Betty Acquah (born 20 March 1965) is a Ghanaian feminist painter. She uses the techniques of

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, oil painting and acrylic.

Early life and education

A native of

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in Ghana, she spent part of her schooling at Wesley Girls' Senior High School and Holy Child School. Then furthered at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where she obtained a master's degree in Visual Arts specializing in painting. In

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, she also completed a professional arts course at the Tokyo School of Art

Career

Acquah has been working for seven years for the art gallery of the Center for National Culture in

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and has been curating exhibitions at the Berj Art Gallery from 2002 to 2005. She is a member of ''Ghana Association of Visual Artists''. In June 2019, she said in an interview with Newsday BBC that she hoped for the opening of a national art gallery in Ghana. Acquah has exhibited in Ghana, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, India, Germany, Spain, Japan and the United States. Her work highlights the Ghanaian women she sees as the "unsung heroes of the republic of Ghana".

References

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