Motion and Movement

RECONSTRUCT ART Presents:
Motion & Movement
by ERIC AJAMA

chashama 161 Gallery
90-26 161st Street
Jamaica, Queens, NY

November 4th - 30th, 2010

Born in Kpahime Togo West Africa, his father a professor of language, Komlavi Klati and his mother a fashion designer Yao-Kouma Akpene. Eric’s love for art started at age 3 even became the kindergarten teacher’s favorite. At age 7 Eric was already a cartoonist by using the other side of his father’s printed exam papers for his students. At 16 he was using his grandmother’s clay sculptures, in high school he was teaching Art to his classmates since there was no Art teacher. Eric has been living in the USA since 2002 and since then he has been selling his work to musicians, artists (famous and infamous) a few private collectors and actors such as Monique Parker who has been buying numerous paintings from him. Eric has sold and exhibited his work in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and here in New York.

Eric’s work is expressed in acrylic on raw canvas and ink and pencil on paper, his the subject matter of his paintings ranges from masks. Instrumentalist, and dancers. His work is masterfully striking and raw with vitality and life, very powerful movement in the use of his color palette. His philosophy - “Love who you are and what you do, and you’ll get love back”.