Heather Akosua Agyepong is a British photographer, visual artist, performer and actor, living in London. Her work is held in the collection of Mead Art Museum.[1]
Early life and education
editAgyepong was born and raised in London and is of Ghanaian heritage.[2] She earned a National Diploma in Performing Arts from City of Westminster College; a BSc in Applied Psychology from the University of Kent; and an MA in Photography & Urban Cultures from Goldsmiths, University of London.[3]
Work
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In Wish You Were Here, commissioned by the Hyman Collection,[4] Agyepong channels the American vaudeville performer Aida Overton Walker, by posing for a series of fake postcards.[5] The work addresses physical and mental wellbeing.[6]
The Body Remembers is a solo performance that "explores how trauma lives in the body, particularly for Black British women across different generations."[7][8]
Group photography exhibitions
edit- Starting Something New: Recent Contemporary Art Acquisitions and Gifts, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 2019–2021[1]
- Wish You Were Here, Format Festival, Derby, 2021[9]
Awards
edit- Jerwood Foundation New Work Fund award for The Body Remembers[10]
- 2018: Nominated, South Bank Sky Arts Breakthrough Award[11]
- 2021: Co-winner, with Joanne Coates, Jerwood/Photoworks Awards – a £15,000 award.[12]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sylvia | Kemi | Short film |
| 2023 | Snowfalls in the Summer | Young Anita | Short film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Enterprice | Emily | Episode: "When We Roar, Dem Run" |
| 2022 | This Is Going to Hurt | Rachel | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| 2023 | The Power | Ndudi | Main cast |
Theatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Antigone | Tiresias | T24 Drama, Canterbury | |
| 2015 | 4.48 Psychosis | Voice #2 | T24 Drama, Canterbury | |
| 2016 | Switch | Matilda Swoon | Tricycle Theatre, London | |
| Still Barred | Yaz | Battersea Arts Centre, London | ||
| Hatch | Amma Boateng | Hackney Showroom, London | with Talawa Theatre Company | |
| Girls | Haleema | Soho Theatre, London | with Talawa Theatre Company | |
| 2017 | Jagged Edge | Colette | Rich Mix, London | |
| Best Friends | Vicky | Ovalhouse, London | ||
| So Many Reasons | Melissa | Ovalhouse, London | ||
| Sankara | Flore | Royal National Theatre, London | ||
| 2019 | Noughts & Crosses | Persephone Mira Hadley | Pilot Theatre, York | |
| 2022 | Celebrated Virgins | Sarah | Theatr Clwyd, Mold | |
| 2023 | School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play | Ama | Lyric Theatre, London |
Collections
editAgyepong's work is held in the following permanent collection:
- Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Starting Something New: Recent Contemporary Art Acquisitions and Gifts". Amherst College. 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "The photographer who became a warrior". BBC News. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "CV". Heather Agyepong. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "TALKS | ART IN THE CITY - Heather Agyepong". Arnolfini.
- ^ "2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home". The New York Times. 28 May 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Aesthetica Magazine - Making the Space". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "DIG 21: Heather Agyepong | The Body Remembers". Tramway. 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Fuel Presents The Body Remembers By Heather Agyepong Exploring Trauma & Healing In The Lives Of Black British Women". Theatre Weekly. 4 August 2021.
- ^ O'Hagan, Sean (3 January 2021). "New year arts: Observer critics pick the culture to get us through to spring". The Observer. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Heather Agyepong – Jerwood Arts". Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "The stars of the future vie for top prize at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards". The Times. 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Announcing Heather Agyepong and Joanne Coates Awardees of the fourth Jerwood/Photoworks Awards". Photoworks. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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