Mustapha Asomani is a Ghanaian painter who was born and raised in Kumasi. A short profile on a Ghanaian blog says he did not start out in art school. He studied science at university and only went back to painting after he finished his degree, which makes him largely self-directed as an artist. He paints on canvas and works mainly in contemporary figurative painting and portraiture. His subject is everyday city life in Ghana: crowded street markets and trading scenes, along with quieter, reflective moments of single figures. His style uses strong, saturated colour and firm composition. The profile says his paintings have been shown in galleries but names no venues. He promotes his work on Instagram under the handle asomani_fineart. 'The Departure' (2011) in the Nwuba collection would be an early work. No museum holdings, major exhibitions or auction results were found.
School or movement: Ghanaian contemporary (Kumasi).
