When interacting with Braimah Tayo Lawal’s paintings, it’s evident that there is great depth and meaning mean behind every brush stroke. Born in Chicago, but raised in Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria, Lawal explores through his art the experience of Africans, African Americans, and the diaspora cultures in the Western world. His ability to absorb his surroundings allows him to take this global perspective and express it in a way that not only represents himself, but the very essence of what it means to be a human being. His work is unified by colors symbolic of his life journey, with each piece incorporating a palette of red, yellow, and green---the colors of the Ghanaian flag. Lawal’s aesthetic skills impart color to translate emotions and experience, a fresh and unparalleled approach that simultaneously manages to look back on what inspired him, while also casting an exuberant glance forward. His aesthetic skills impart color to translate emotions and experience, a fresh and unparalleled approach that make Braimah Lawal an artist of significant promise and one to watch in the coming years.

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