Heather Agyepong

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Heather Akosua Agyepong is a British photographer, visual artist and performer/actor, living in London.

Early life and education[]

Agyepong was born and raised in London.[1]

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.[2]

Work[]

In Wish You Were Here, commissioned by the Hyman Collection,[3] Agyepong channels the American vaudeville performer Aida Overton Walker, by posing for a series of fake postcards.[4] The work addresses physical and mental wellbeing.[5]

The Body Remembers is a solo performance that "explores how trauma lives in the body, particularly for Black British women across different generations."[6][7]

Collections[]

Agyepong's work is held in the following permanent collection:

Group photography exhibitions[]

  • Starting Something New: Recent Contemporary Art Acquisitions and Gifts, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 2019–2021[8]
  • Wish You Were Here, Format Festival, Derby, 2021[9]

Awards and nominations[]

  • Jerwood Foundation New Work Fund award for The Body Remembers[10]
  • 2018: Nominated, Sky Arts Southbank Breakthrough Award[11]
  • 2021: Co-winner, with , Jerwood/Photoworks Awards. A £15,000 award.[12]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Sylvia Kemi Short film

Television[]

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes productions that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Enterprice Emily Episode: "When We Roar, Dem Run"
TBC The Power Film has yet to be released Ndudi Post-production
TBC This Is Going to Hurt Film has yet to be released Rachel Post-productions

Theatre[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "The photographer who became a warrior". BBC News. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 2021-04-09 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ "CV". Heather Agyepong. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  3. ^ "TALKS | ART IN THE CITY - Heather Agyepong".
  4. ^ "2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home". The New York Times. 28 May 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  5. ^ "Aesthetica Magazine - Making the Space". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  6. ^ "DIG 21: Heather Agyepong | The Body Remembers". Tramway.
  7. ^ "Fuel Presents The Body Remembers By Heather Agyepong Exploring Trauma & Healing In The Lives Of Black British Women". August 4, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Starting Something New: Recent Contemporary Art Acquisitions and Gifts". Amherst College. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  9. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (3 January 2021). "New year arts: Observer critics pick the culture to get us through to spring". The Observer. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  10. ^ "Heather Agyepong – Jerwood Arts".
  11. ^ "The stars of the future vie for top prize at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards". The Times.
  12. ^ "Announcing Heather Agyepong and Joanne Coates Awardees of the fourth Jerwood/Photoworks Awards". Photoworks. Retrieved 2021-09-21.

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