Larry Achiampong
Larry Achiampong (born 1984) is a British Ghanaian artist whose work includes moving image; sculptural installation; photographic and painted collage; audio and visual archives; live performance; spoken word; recorded sound bytes and composed scores. Recurring themes within these works often explore postcolonial themes and the idea of a post-human existence. He is known for his major public commissions for Somerset House and Transport for London.
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Larry Achiampong
- Name
- Larry Achiampong
- Birthplace
- London, England
- Born
- 1984
- Occupation
- Artist
- Education
- Slade School of Fine Art
- Nationality
- Ghana
- Fields
- visual arts · audiovisual work · photography
- Languages
- English
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Larry Achiampong (born 1984) is a British Ghanaian artist whose work includes moving image; sculptural installation; photographic and painted collage; audio and visual archives; live performance; spoken word; recorded sound bytes and composed scores. Recurring themes within these works often explore postcolonial themes and the idea of a post-human existence. He is known for his major public commissions for Somerset House and Transport for London.
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Pencil sketch by George Henry Harlow, 1814, http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?mkey=mw05495
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Slade School of Fine Art
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Educated At · outgoing
University of Westminster
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Biography
Biography
Both works focus on Pan-African histories and futures with a thematic focus on the ideas of Pan-Africanism in the form of flags and colour representation. He is currently represented by Copperfield Gallery, London.
Larry Achiampong studied at University of Westminster and Slade School of Fine Art. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is visual arts, audiovisual work and photography. Places of work recorded in the authority are London.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Larry Achiampong • Birthplace — London, England • Born — 1984 • Citizenship — United Kingdom and Ghana • Occupation — Artist • Education — Slade School of Fine Art • Website — https: www.larryachiampong.co.uk/
Selected solo shows
Selected solo shows
• Illustration — One of Achiampong's alternative roundels at Westminster tube station • 2016: Larry Achiampong: Open Season (Logan Center, University of Chicago, Chicago) • 2020: When the Sky Falls (John Hansard Gallery, Southampton) • 2022: Wayfinder (Turner Contemporary)
Public commissions
Public commissions
• 2017: Pan African Flag for the Relic Travellers' Allicance (Ascension) – flag commission (Somerset House) • 2019–2020: Art on The Underground: Westminster Station Commission – (Art on the Underground/Transport for London) • 2022: Pan African Flag for the Relic Travellers' Alliance (Union) – permanent roundel at Westminster Underground Station
Feature film
• Year — Title — Role — Ref(s) References • 2022 — Wayfinder — Director, producer, writer, cinematographer, composer
Influences
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