Fellowships
2020

Larry Achiampong

Larry Achiampong, 'A Letter, A Pledge & A Funeral’ (2021-) 4K video still. Commissioned by Stanley Picker Gallery and Kingston University. Courtesy the artist and Copperfield, London.

Larry Achiampong, 'A Letter, A Pledge & A Funeral’ (2021-) 4K video still. Commissioned by Stanley Picker Gallery and Kingston University. Courtesy the artist and Copperfield, London.

Larry Achiampong is an artist whose solo and collaborative projects employ imagery, aural and visual archives, live performance and sound to explore ideas surrounding class, cross-cultural and post-digital identity. For his Fellowship project Achiampong developed a new work processing the imprints of depression, digital anxiety and Black Masculinity. Through field recordings, moving image and materials from Achiampong’s personal archives, the project delicately unfurls the tensions of grief, dislocation, legacy and lost kin.

‘A Letter (Side B)’ (2023), ‘A Pledge’ (2024) and ‘A Funeral’ (forthcoming) form part of the series ‘Ghost_Data_’ co-commissioned by The Mosaic Rooms, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University and Heart of Glass.

Larry Achiampong Website

Larry Achiampong Fellowship project, A Letter, A Pledge , at Stanley Picker Gallery

Biography

Larry Achiampong (b. 1984, UK, British Ghanaian) is a BAFTA longlisted (2023) and Jarman Award nominated (2024, 2021) artist, filmmaker and musician. He completed a BA in Mixed Media Fine Art at University of Westminster in 2005 and an MA in Sculpture at The Slade School of Fine Art in 2008. I 2019 received the Paul Hamlyn Artist award in recognition for his practice. He lives and works in London and Essex, and was a tutor on the Photography MA programme at Royal College of Art between 2016 – 2021. Achiampong served on the Board of Trustees at Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts, 2017-2022) facilitating art policies in the UK and internationally and also holds a place on the board of trustees for Elephant Trust. He is represented by Copperfield, London and his films are distributed by LUX, London. Achiampong also holds a Black Belt (1st Dan) in Goju Ryu Karate Do and is a student of Kaizen Ryu Seiwakai East London.