Baaba Sarpong is a contemporary artist who finds inspiration in her personal trauma experiences and her passion for identifying the root causes of problems in her environment. She works in Accra, Ghana, and was born and raised in various districts of the city.

Her paintings frequently use unvarnished and passionate imagery and components, such brain cells (as motifs), organic materials, and hues, which serve to illuminate the unseen hardships that so many of us deal with on a daily basis. Through the exploration of figurative abstract subjects and the use of digital and traditional painting, collage, sewing, and techniques like sketching, photography, design, and writing, among others, she challenges her audiences to examine how their own traumas have shaped their worldviews.


Using “Visualizing Trauma” as her main theme, she delves deeply into the nuances of trauma, examining what it is, how it affects and changes our ideas, feelings, and behaviors, and how we may deal with or recover from it.

In order to illustrate how our languages contribute to our identities or make us who we are, Mariam also titles her works in her native language, “Effutu,” which is spoken in some areas of Ghana’s Central Region. This encourages us to embrace our identities rather than replace them with other identities.


She hopes to further explore her theme by delving into other types of trauma, such as “Generational, Classical, and Historical traumas,” and how they affect our identities going forward. She also hopes to use various art forms, such as performances and installations, to spread her advocacy to a wider audience.


Mariam won the 2021 “Women in Arts and Culture” medal from Creatr Haus in Accra, Ghana, for her artistic abilities. Additionally, her artwork has been included in a number of group exhibitions at Accra, Ghanaian art galleries, including The Mix Design Hub Gallery and Antique Lemonade Gallery.


She aspires to encourage others to face their own traumas and set out on a path to self-discovery and recovery as a committed artist and advocate.





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