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Cape Town \u2013 Oscar Mawuli, is a 23-year old digital artist, painter, body artist and Youtuber from Accra in Ghana.<\/p>\n
Speaking to , Mawuli says his latest installation is his artistic expression that creates creating awareness about breast cancer by illustrating how breast health plays a vital role in nursing children as well as during sex.<\/p>\n
Mawuli is the owner of Yonga Arts based in Accra.<\/p>\n \u201cI like to explore environments that encourage creative expression.\u201d<\/p>\n In his latest piece he captures a woman, elegantly body painted and looking like a superhero ready to fight for the awareness of breast cancer.<\/p>\n Mawuli says that this particular piece, resembles a superhero ready to take on one of Africa\u2019s most silent killers.<\/p>\n \u201cIn one of the pieces, the lady can be seen levitating with a rope attached to her breast, which is connected to the mouth of the male model kneeling before her.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is my way of expressing how powerful female breasts are, hence it\u2019s important to keep it healthy and go for regular check ups,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n Mawuli says that art has always been around him since early his childhood days.<\/p>\n Mawuli doesn\u2019t shy away from tackling topics such as colonialism, Black Lives Matter and human rights. <\/p>\n He has used his artwork to explore pre-colonial culture but also addresses decolonised practices in contemporary culture, the essence of the identity of black bodies, and seeks to ask searching questions about empowerment. <\/p>\n Mawuli received his elementary education at Senajoy Preparatory School in Accra, after which he studied Visual Arts at Mawuli School in the Volta region.<\/p>\n He is currently reading commercial arts in painting at Takoradi Technical University in Ghana. <\/p>\n With 1.7 million women diagnosed each year, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, according to CANSA.<\/p>\n