A Sample of some of our best Paintings from Artists in Africa
For too long, African Artists' paintings have been exploited. As Africans ourselves, we are here to change this.
We buy directly from Artists born and raised in Africa, often at prices they command.
True African Art .com went live online in late, 2009. Today, we are the leading online gallery selling original, contemporary, African art paintings at fair pricing, to you and for our artists. Using this ethical model, we have sold over 5,000 of our artists' original artworks to over 3,000 of you in 25 countries worldwide. To date, we have served over 85 artists in 12 African countries. Read some of their testimonies below.
What Artists have said about us
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF TRUE AFRICAN ART
Hi! My name is Gathinja Yamokoski, a native of Kenya, East Africa, one of this website's artists, a USA Citizen, Wife of 17 years and Mother to a beautiful, six year old boy. I own True African Art.
I began formally selling art after Todd Schaffer, a mutual friend through his Kenyan wife, asked me to manage his site while he lived abroad. I ran it for from 2004-2008 and the sales soared.
When Todd returned to the United States, naturally he could run his site on his own. At the time, I tried buying in as a co-owner, but Todd encouraged me in an email instead to open up my own African art paintings online gallery. And this is it! Enjoy!