Larry Achiampong
Larry Achiampong's projects employ imagery, aural and visual archives, live performance, and sound to intricately explore the complexities of class, cross-cultural dynamics, and postdigital identity. By crate-digging the echoes of history, Achiampong examines the hybridity of his heritage alongside the intersection between popular culture and the legacies of colonisation. These investigations scrutinise constructions of ‘the self’ through the splicing of audible and visual materials of personal and interpersonal archives. In doing so, he offers 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). ‘If It Don’t Exist, Build It’, Achiampong’s first book with Tate Publishing will be available in September 2024. His work is featured as part of Compton Verney’s 20th anniversary sculpture trail until 2027. Achiampong’s most recent solo exhibition ‘A Letter, A Pledge’ was presented at Stanley Picker Gallery in January 2024. Previous solo exhibitions toured Turner Contemporary, MK Gallery, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead; Frieze Focus and John Hansard Gallery, Southampton.
Video: Interview with Larry Achiampong, 2024
Video: A Letter (Side B) (2023), excerpt
Larry Achiampong, A Letter (Side B) (2023), film still. Courtesy of the Artist, LUX, DACS, Copperfield, London. Co commissioned by The Mosaic Rooms, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University and Heart of Glass
A Letter, Side B installation with Mama Taught Me To Play seating at Stanley Picker Gallery, 2024. © Larry Achiampong. Courtesy of The Artist, LUX, DACS & Copperfield London & Copperfield London. Commissioned by Stanley Picker Gallery and Kingston University. Photos by Reece Straw.
Video: A Pledge (2024), excerpt
Larry Achiampong, A Pledge (2024), film still. Courtesy of the artist, LUX, DACS & Copperfield, London.
Video: Wayfinder (2022), excerpt
Larry Achiampong, Wayfinder (2022) installation at BALTIC Centre of Contemporary Art, Gateshead. © Larry Achiampong. Courtesy of The Artist, LUX, DACS & Copperfield London & Copperfield London. Commissioned By Turner Contemporary with BALTIC Centre of Contemporary Art and MK Gallery. Photo by Reece Straw.
Video: Larry Achiampong Jarman Award 2021 shortlisted artist profile interview
Video: Beyond the Substrata, 2020 (excerpt)
Larry Achiampong, Beyond the Substrata (2020), installation view at Copperfield London's booth at Frieze Focus 2020 curated by Norman Rosenthal. Courtesy of the artist and Copperfield London
Video: Relic 3, 2019 (excerpt)
Larry Achiampong, Reliquary 2 (2019), video still. Commissioned by John Hansard Gallery. Courtesy the artist and Copperfield, London
Larry Achiampong, When the Sky Falls at John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, 2020. Commissioned by John Hansard Gallery. Courtesy the artist and Copperfield, London. Photo by Reece Straw
Larry Achiampong, Sunday's Best (2017), video still. Courtesy of the artist and Copperfield, London
Larry Achiampong, Sunday's Best (2017), installation view at John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, 2020. Courtesy the artist and Copperfield, London. Photo by Reece Straw
