SenaTuesday | Contemporary Art & Figurative Painting

"SenaTuesday is a voice of geometric lyricism. His work is both fiction and reflection - a rich visual dialogue between form, memory, and identity. He refers to his style as contemporary abstraction: a language of shapes and collages that speak of Ghanaian everyday life, traditional color palettes, and personal mythology.

He doesn’t just paint what he sees; he paints what life whispers between its silences. His compositions are built with emotional geometry - shapes carefully chosen, layered and collaged to echo the textures of culture, time, and transformation.

Beyond aesthetic, his art is a rhythm - "beyond melodies and beyond words," as he describes it. It is a space of invention and reinterpretation, where classical influences meet bold, modern expression.

SenaTuesday belongs to a rare breed of artists who embrace contemporary practice with the soul of a classicist. His work invites viewers not only to look, but to feel - to inhabit the world he reimagines, one canvas at a time."

MEET

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Kwabena Senanu Alexander Bampoe (b. 1986), known artistically as SenaTuesday, is a contemporary Ghanaian visual artist based in Mamprobi, Accra. Born in the Volta Region of Ghana, SenaTuesday was raised in one of the capital’s most vibrant and complex neighbourhoods, where creativity became both escape and expression.

From a young age, his mother recognised his rare sensitivity and artistic talent, nurturing what would later become his deepest form of communication. In 2012, he formalised his practice by enrolling at Ghanatta College of Art and Design, graduating in 2014.

Life, however, interrupted his artistic journey. A series of personal and economic challenges led him away from painting, but never far from the creative current that flowed within. In 2018, SenaTuesday returned to art with a renewed sense of urgency and purpose — reclaiming the canvas as both sanctuary and stage.

His paintings are steeped in emotion, introspection, and lived experience. Each brushstroke is a gesture of memory, struggle, and triumph — not merely expressive, but transformative. His visual language is raw yet poetic, shaped by detours, delays, and the redemptive act of beginning again.

Through bold colour, layered composition, and honest form, SenaTuesday creates soulful portraits of humanity — reflecting both the harshness and beauty of life in Ghanaian communities. His work is a testament to the power of return: to self, to purpose, and to art.

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