Heather Agyepong
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[]
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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:
- Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts[8]
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 |
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2020 | Sylvia | Kemi | Short film |
Television[]
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Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Enterprice | Emily | Episode: "When We Roar, Dem Run" |
TBC | The Power ![]() |
Ndudi | Post-production |
TBC | This Is Going to Hurt ![]() |
Rachel | Post-productions |
Theatre[]
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
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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[]
- ^ "The photographer who became a warrior". BBC News. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 2021-04-09 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "CV". Heather Agyepong. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "TALKS | ART IN THE CITY - Heather Agyepong".
- ^ "2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home". The New York Times. 28 May 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Aesthetica Magazine - Making the Space". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "DIG 21: Heather Agyepong | The Body Remembers". Tramway.
- ^ "Fuel Presents The Body Remembers By Heather Agyepong Exploring Trauma & Healing In The Lives Of Black British Women". August 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "Starting Something New: Recent Contemporary Art Acquisitions and Gifts". Amherst College. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Heather Agyepong – Jerwood Arts".
- ^ "The stars of the future vie for top prize at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards". The Times.
- ^ "Announcing Heather Agyepong and Joanne Coates Awardees of the fourth Jerwood/Photoworks Awards". Photoworks. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
External links[]
- Actresses from London
- Artists from London
- Photographers from London
- 21st-century British photographers
- English women photographers
- Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
- Alumni of the University of Kent
- Living people
- 21st-century English women
- 21st-century English people
- British photographer stubs
- British artist stubs
- British actor stubs