Artist Statement

Amah is a color-focused synesthetic artist who utilizes geometric shapes to create a dialogue on how we perceive and see what is around us. By playing with size, space, and color, her desire to focus on the elements of colors and shapes are layered with complexity in multi-dimensional methods.


Amah's gallant lines and intense hues  challenge linguistic ideology while manifesting a geometric abstract narrative. Her shapes serve as a language connecting her tribal ancestry; but also bridges an allegorical lineage of communication, symbol, myths, and powerful narration. She explores humanity’s duality and the fragmented self with a metaphorical analysis of sensory and psychological perception.


Her work transits between chaotic imagery and harmonious elements reflecting the complex layers of the subconscious self. The influence of her African heritage and focus on identity is depicted often in the abstract representation of a mask or face where the geometric representational forms operate with tension, structure, and exploration. She continually uses this element in her work with oppositional and balanced intentions weaving intricate lines of a labyrinth identity in which she connects to a universal psychological analysis. The core tenet of her practice is in the paradoxical act of concealing as an act in which the subject is revealing.


Amah explores the depth of identity as something that has been lost, marginalized, and rejected. In a counter push, she addresses the universal identity as an associative psyche of oneself. These  blending layers of identity fade creating a tension and inner pull of societal norms of how one must define themselves through the face they wear rather than what they think they are.