Abigail Aba Otoo [b. 1997] is currently completing a Pharmaceutical Doctorate Student at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Actively pursuing her artistic practice in tandem with her studies, Aba Otoo explores existential themes around the Black female form, addressing issues from mental health to female identity. Using her signature mixed-media approach, which incorporates panty hoes, plastic, gold leaf, and chalk, Aba seeks to create evocative, subtly figurative sculptural compositions on canvas.
Actively engaged in initiatives around psychological wellness, she donated works to the Serenity Mental Health Advocacy and Community Fundraising Event (2019), a cause in which she continues to be involved. A newly emerging artist, she has participated in select group exhibitions, including Full Moon, Secret Garden, Accra, 2019. She is currently our 2021 Junior Fellow at the Noldor Residency. She will be featured at the WOP Art Fair next November hosted by the Kutlesa Gallery in Switzerland.