Larry Achiampong Read Bio Collapse
Larry Achiampong’s solo and collaborative projects employ imagery, live performance, sound, and aural and visual archives to explore ideas surrounding class, and cross-cultural and post-digital identity. Achiampong crate-digs the vaults of history with works that examine his personal and communal heritage which lie at the intersection of pop culture and the postcolonial position. Achiampong has exhibited, performed, and presented projects within the UK and abroad including Tate Britain/Modern, London; The Institute For Creative Arts, Cape Town; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; Bokoor African Popular Music Archives Foundation, Accra; Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans; Diaspora Pavilion – 57th Venice Biennale, Venice; and the 2019 Venice and Singapore Biennales. He lives and works in Essex and currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts.) Achiampong is represented by Copperfield, London.