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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.

Early life and education

Agyepong was born and raised in London and is of Ghanaian heritage. 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.

Work

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

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

Group photography exhibitions

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

Awards

• Jerwood Foundation New Work Fund award for The Body Remembers
• 2018: Nominated, South Bank Sky Arts Breakthrough Award
• 2021: Co-winner, with Joanne Coates, Jerwood/Photoworks Awards – a £15,000 award.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Collections

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

• Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts

References

1. ^ "Starting Something New: Recent Contemporary Art Acquisitions and Gifts". Amherst College. 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
2. "The photographer who became a warrior". BBC News. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
3. "CV". Heather Agyepong. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
4. "TALKS | ART IN THE CITY - Heather Agyepong". Arnolfini.
5. "2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home". The New York Times. 28 May 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
6. "Aesthetica Magazine - Making the Space". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
7. "DIG 21: Heather Agyepong | The Body Remembers". Tramway. 15 October 2021.
8. "Fuel Presents The Body Remembers By Heather Agyepong Exploring Trauma & Healing In The Lives Of Black British Women". Theatre Weekly. 4 August 2021.
9. 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.
10. "Heather Agyepong – Jerwood Arts". Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
11. "The stars of the future vie for top prize at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards". The Times. 29 May 2018.
12. "Announcing Heather Agyepong and Joanne Coates Awardees of the fourth Jerwood/Photoworks Awards". Photoworks. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

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• Official website

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