Heather Agyepong
Quick Facts
Biography
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
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
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sylvia | Kemi | Short film |
Television
| † | Denotes productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Enterprice | Emily | Episode: "When We Roar, Dem Run" |
| 2023 | The Power | Ndudi | Main cast |
| This Is Going to Hurt † | 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 |
Collections
Agyepong's work is held in the following permanent collection:
- Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
