Larry Achiampong

Larry Achiampong's projects employ film; still imagery; aural and visual archives; live performance; objects; sound and game design to explore ideas surrounding class, gender, cross-cultural and digital identity.

With works that examine his communal and personal heritage – in particular, the intersection between popular culture and the residues of colonisation, Achiampong crate-digs the vaults of history. These investigations examine constructions of ‘the self’ through the activity of splicing the audible and visual materials of personal and interpersonal archives, offering multiple perspectives that reveal the deeply entrenched inequalities in contemporary society.

Achiampong has presented projects across the UK and globally, including commissions with Art on the Underground, London (2022); The Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (2021) and The Line, London (2020). 

Recent solo exhibitions include 'Wayfinder', Turner Contemporary/MK Gallery/BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Margate, Milton Keynes, Gateshead (2022-2023); 'Relic Traveller: Where You and I Come From, We Know That We Are Not Here Forever', Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal (2021); 'Beyond the Substrata', curated by Norman Rosenthal, Copperfield Gallery at Frieze Focus, 12 Piccadilly Arcade, London (2020); 'When the Sky Falls', John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (2020); 'Pan African Flag For The Relic Travellers Alliance & Relic Traveller, Phase 1', 019, Ghent (2019); 'Dividednation', Primary, Nottingham (2019).