# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/atta-kwami
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:14:56.312Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/atta-kwami"
name: "Atta Kwami"
slug: "atta-kwami"
description: "Atta Kwami was a Ghanaian painter, printmaker, independent art historian and curator. He was educated and taught at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, and in the United Kingdom. He created works that improvise form and colour and speak to uniquely Ghanaian architecture and African strip-woven textiles, including those of the Kente, the Ewe and Asante of Ghana."
tagline: "Ghanaian artist (1956–2021)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1956-09-14"
deathDate: "2021-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.14
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.936033333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_Kwami"
    title: "Atta Kwami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "اتا كوامى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_Kwami"
    title: "Atta Kwami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_Kwami"
    title: "Atta Kwami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_Kwami"
    title: "Atta Kwami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_Kwami"
    title: "Atta Kwami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_Kwami"
    title: "Atta Kwami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3629057"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump