Armand Boua

Armand Boua was born in 1978 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where he lives and works. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts and the Centre Technique des Arts Appliqués in Abidjan (the Technical Center for Applied Arts), the Sainte Marie Training Institute, and the Museum of Civilization. Boua specializes in painting that incorporates non-traditional media, including found objects. His pictorial subjects are inspired by daily encounters in the streets of the rapidly developing and industrializing city of Abidjan. The theme of particular concern to Boua is the myths and realities around the influx of runaway children in the Ivorian capital.