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# N O B L A N K B R A I N S
Chason Adjoa Nana Yeboah is a self-taught
textile sculptor, doll maker and storyteller from
Toronto, who explores the oscillation of ancestral
rituals through reconstructed, (un)raveled and
crocheted structures. Much of her work focuses
on themes of shame, loss of identity, sexuality,
the notion and practice of "self-love," hybridity,
energy transference and acknowledgement of
the human form, with a primary focus on marginalized humans. Her desire
is to traverse the interconnectivity of these themes and from those travels,
be it through her inclusive dolls, personification of soft sculptures or "safe
space" creations, provoke a more communal awareness to our lives.
Weave Me Back
Chason Adjoa Nana Yeboah
Artist Statement
With this multimedia crocheted sculpture, Yeboah practices process-
oriented rather than product-focused creation. Continuing her narrative
of body acknowledgement and self-love, this sculpture is a comment on
renaissance, being reborn a new person and living somebody else's life,
as she explores what it means to have an acquired brain injury.
