The Fine Artist Fatric Bewong

Fatric Bewong -- Fine Art

Artist Profile

Fatric Bewong is a Fine Artist.

Fatric Bewong was born on the March 1981, in Tarkwa, Ghana. She graduated in 2006 from the College of Art Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, with a BFA in Painting. She did her National Service with the Ghana National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI).

Since the completion of this, she has gone into fulltime studio practice as a painter.

She believes her artistic nature can be traced to her mother who was a batik, tie&dye maker. She used to lend her mum a hand by cutting out patterns and helping with colour combination at that age of ten (10) years. Even though her parents saw her talent, she was determined to read science in high school.

They however guided her interest towards the study of art. Interestingly, she excelled in her lessons and proceeded to the University to study painting.

Fatric is always discovering new ways of creating and expressing herself through her art. she state’s “It’s time to ascertain new ways of expression and representing our mindscapes just like earlier generations.”

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2009 ; “Touch and Expression, Emotional Reunion”, Tarkwa Goldfields Mines, Tarkwa

2007 ; “Belie”, Asasepa Restaurant, Accra

2006 ; “Out Brief Candle”, College of Art, Kumasi

Workshops

2010 ; “Dede”! Sounds of the City, Geothe - Institut, Accra, Ghana

2009 ; “Four Contemporary Ghanaian Artists,” a collaborative exhibition by the Nubuke Foundation and the Swiss Embassy, Accra, Ghana

2009 ; “Still: 2 troubles one God”, Institute of African studies, Legon, Accra, Ghana

2009 ; “Fighting Violence Against women”, British council, Accra, Ghana

2009 ; “Out of your Mind”, Nubuke Foundation, Accra, Ghana

2008 ; “[ex]-PRESS-[ions] with [im]-PRESS-[ions]”, Goethe-Institut, Accra-Ghana

2007 ; “Breaking Barriers”, Alliance Française, Accra, Ghana

2007 ; “African Encounters”, San-Diego, USA

2007 ; “Women in art”, the loom gallery, Accra, Ghana

2007 ; “Best of ArtHUAS school”, Geothe-Institut, Accra, Ghana

2006 ; “Vision Art”, National Museum, Accra, Ghana

Residency

2007 ; “Mass Migration,” Virtual Residency exhibition, Handwerkergasse, Volkigen, Germany

Publications

2010 ; “Daily Graphic”, Entertainment, Sunday, February 20, 2010, ‘Artist explores sounds in the city”

2009 ; “What’s on Magazine”, Art, September 2009 edition.

2009 ; “Art Focus ”, Best of ArtHAUS School 1st edition 2006 and 2nd 2009

2009 ; “Tarkwa Goldfields Mines Ladies Club” News letter

2007 ; “The States Man” news paper, Art and Culture “Bilie” Painting exhibition unveils essence of art’

2007 ; “The Daily Searchlight” (news paper), Art and Culture, ‘Paintings exhibited on Sunday’,

2006-2007 ; “Virtual Residency” Catalogue 2006 -2007

2007 ; “Next Magazine”, Art and Culture August 4th edition

What am up to now

In my current work, I have been exploring natural sound as an inspiration to my paintings and shall exhibiting the first series of works in this direction on the 11th of May 2010, at the Goethe-Institut in Accra. Titled, “heaRing the skies,” the exhibition brings together sounds and paintings.

It is necessary that we pay more attention to our environment, listen more to all that happens around us and just maybe, we’d hear our hearts beat for this planet we all love. Our effort does not have to be of mammoth size. A little drip of care is all we need to make a big difference.

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