Frema,AKA Patricia Buolamwini, is a dedicated mother and professional artist. She was born in 1965 in Ghana, West Africa. She trained at the University of Mississippi and graduated magna cum laude with a BFA in painting and drawing. She credits the deepening of her artistic perception to exposure to the celestial art of John Biggers and the influence of one of her mentors, an art historian who suggested to her that some of the most enduring art of humanity has been seeded by difficult circumstances. Taking that as a challenge to transform her life experiences into art, Frema threw herself - body, mind, and soul - into her paintings and writings.

She says of her art, “the responses to the personal symbols at my first art show in 2000 at South Side Gallery (Oxford, Mississippi) did more to educate me on the power of symbols than anything I had experienced or read before then. It pushed me toward self knowledge. It gave me a small crack into a wide and complex reality." As her understanding of the creative process has evolved over time, she has come to the conviction that striving for an artistic ideal is not different from the working out of personal salvation since at the core, both endeavors deal with issues of life and meaning. Many years of rigorous self examination has only increased her passion to contribute to the cultural and spiritual life of those around her. She combines the deep spirituality of her Akan heritage with a love for the ordinary. After years of reflection on religious persecution, psychology, spirituality and the experience of exile she has turned her lens to an enduring love of her life - Fashion. Through clothing and adornment she examines issues of gender and identity and how they intersect with systems of oppression. Her present creative work sets photographs of herself with references to history, mythology and anthropology. She uses the African map as a metaphor for consumerism and examines the links between mass production and traditionally produced fabrics in Ghana. Her huge canvases are covered with lush brushwork and varied passages of oil paint to create moods and mental states she has lived through. Her search is for something sensitive and beautiful that is not constricted by an ideological frame.