John Akomfrah

John Akomfrah
Ankara, Silimin gɔli May 4, 1957 (run 67)
O ya TiŋgbaŋUnited Kingdom
ResidenceLondon
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Education
Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋUniversity of Portsmouth (en) Translate
Goldsmiths, University of London (en) Translate
Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibuSilmiinsili
Tuma
Tumascreenwriter (en) Translate, film director (en) Translate, installation artist (en) Translate, film screenwriter (en) Translate, theorist (en) Translate, filmmaker (en) Translate ni curator (en) Translate
Pin' shɛŋa o ni dee
Nira zaŋtiBlack Audio Film Collective (en) Translate
IMDbnm0015497
smokingdogsfilms.com

Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli May dabaa anahi dali yuuni 1957)[1] nyɛla Ghana bilichini ŋun nyɛ British nucheeni baŋda, sabira, sinii darata n-ti pahi sinii sabira.[2]

Ŋun nyɛ ŋun daa piligi Black Audio Film Collective yuuni 1982, o daa tumi niŋ o darata tali tuma ni Handsworth Songs (1986) ka di nyɛ din jandi 1985 Handsworth riots.[3] Handsworth Songs nyɛla din daa di Grierson Award zaŋ n-ti Best Documentary yuuni 1987.[4]

With Lina Gopaul mini David Lawson nyɛ o mini ban tooi laɣindi yaari siniinima, Akomfrah nyɛla ŋun daa sɔŋ ka bɛ daa piligi Smoking Dogs Films yuuni 1998.[5] Yuuni 2023 New Year Honours, o nyɛla ŋun daa deei knighthood pini ka di nyɛla kpaŋmaŋ shɛli o ni niŋ nucheeni baŋsim tuma ni zuɣu.[6]

Akomfrah nyɛla bɛ ni daa piigi so ni o zani n-ti Britain yuuni 2024 Venice Biennale.[7]

Solo presentations

Akomfrah nyɛla ŋun mali "solo presentations" Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (2022),[8] Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (2019),[9] Bildmuseet din be Umeå, Sweden (2015), Broad Art Museum, East Lansing (2014), Tate Britain, London (2013), Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2012), Museum of Modern Art, New York (2011) n-ti pahi British Film Institute din be BFI Gallery (2010).[10]

Yuuni 2013, o tuma puuni shɛli The Unfinished Conversation nyɛla bɛ ni daa zaŋ shɛli wuhi salo Tate Britain chira ayobu yuuni 2013 ka daa nya National Collection.[11] O ni daa niŋdi o 10th anniversary daabiligu, The Unfinished Conversation nyɛla bɛ ni daa niŋ shɛli Midlands Arts Centre ka di daa nyɛ din pahi Birmingham yuuni 2022 chuɣu ni.[12]

O yuuni 2015 tuma, Vertigo Sea daa nyɛla sinii shɛli bɛ ni daa zaŋ wuhi salo 56th Venice Biennale silimiin goli May yuuni 2015.[13][11] Vertigo Sea nyɛla bɛ ni daa zaŋ shɛli wuhi salo ban be UK, Arnolfini din be Bristol (16 January–10 April 2016)[14] [15]

Purple (2017) din daa nyɛ minti pihiyobu ni ayi nyɛla niriba pam ni daa bori shɛli Barbican, London, Akomfrah nyɛla ninvuɣ so bɛ ni daa yɛli ni ŋun su Anthropocene".[16] A tie-in series sinii nyɛla bɛ ni daa niŋ shɛli silimiin goli October yuuni 2017 ka bɛ ni daa niŋ li luɣ'shɛli ŋɔ nyɛ Barbican Cinema.[17] Di nyɛla bɛ ni daa lahi shɛli Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Bildmuseet Umeå, Sweden; the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden din be Washington, DC n-ti pahi Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon.[18][19][9][8]

Awards and honours

Akomfrah nyɛla bɛ ni daa piigi so Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) yuuni 2008 New Year Honours zaŋ n-ti kpaŋmaŋ shɛli o ni niŋ n-ti sinii tuma yaɣili.[20] Silimiin goli March yuuni 2012, o nyɛla bɛ ni daa ti so European Cultural Foundation's Princess Margaret pini.[21]

Yuuni 2013, o nyɛla ŋun daa deei "doctorate" shɛhira gbaŋ University of the Arts London[22] mini Goldsmiths, University of London.[23][24] Yuuni 2014, o daa deei la"doctorate" shɛhira gbaŋ Portsmouth University.[25][26]

Yuuni 2017, Akomfrah nyɛla ŋun daa di Artes Mundi Prize, UK nima pini titali zaŋ n-ti international art,[27][28] [29]

Akomfrah nyɛla bɛ ni daa piigi so Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) yuuni 2017 Birthday Honours zaŋ n-ti kpaŋmaŋ shɛli o ni niŋ n-ti sinii tuma yaɣili.[30] O nyɛla ŋun daa di Artist of the Year yuuni 2018 Apollo Magazine Awards.[31] O nyɛla ninvuɣ bɛ ni daa piigi Royal Academician yuuni 2019.[32]

O daa nyɛla knighted yuuni 2023 New Year Honours zaŋ n-ti kpaŋmaŋ shɛli o ni niŋ nucheeni baŋsim tuma yaɣili.[6][33]

Filmography

Kundivihira

  1. ↑ British Film Institute ScreenOnline biography.
  2. ↑ Sandhu, Sukhdev (20 January 2012). "John Akomfrah: migration and memory"". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/20/john-akomfrah-migration-memory.
  3. ↑ Childs, Peter; Storry, Mike, eds. (2002). "Akomfrah, John". Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture. London: Routledge. pp. 18–19.
  4. ↑ The Grierson Trust. Archived 25 Silimin gɔli February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (7 January 2016). "John Akomfrah: 'I haven’t destroyed this country. There's no reason other immigrants would'". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jan/07/john-akomfrah-vertical-sea-arnolfini-bristol-lisson-gallery-london-migration.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Tɛmplet:London Gazette
  7. ↑ Adams, Tim (7 April 2024). "Interview‘Another layer of pigment needed adding to the canvas’: artist John Akomfrah on changing the narrative, from Windrush to colonialism". The Observer. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/apr/07/artist-john-akomfrah-venice-biennale-listening-all-night-to-the-rain-interview.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 John Akomfrah: Purple (en).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 At The ICA Watershed, John Akomfrah's 'Purple' Mourns A Planet Lost (en) (23 May 2019).
  10. ↑ Fabrizi, Elisabetta, The BFI Gallery Book, BFI, London, 2011, pp. 268–279.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "John Akomfrah's new film 'Vertigo Sea' at Venice Biennale" Archived 26 Silimin gɔli March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Invisible Dust, 7 May 2015.
  12. ↑ Grant, Colin (16 May 2022). "Interview | John Akomfrah on Stuart Hall: 'When I first read him, I thought he was white'". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/16/john-akomfrah-on-stuart-hall-when-i-first-read-him-i-thought-he-was-white.
  13. ↑ "John Akomfrah", La Biennale di Venezia.
  14. ↑ "John Akomfrah: Vertigo Sea" Archived 16 Silimin gɔli July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Arnolfini.
  15. ↑ "John Akomfrah, 22 January – 12 March 2016", Lisson Gallery.
  16. ↑ O'Hagan, Sean (1 October 2017), "John Akomfrah: 'Progress can cause profound suffering'", The Observer.
  17. ↑ "John Akomfrah: Purple" Archived 21 Silimin gɔli October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Barbican.
  18. ↑ 2019 ICA Watershed: John Akomfrah: Purple.
  19. ↑ John Akomfrah. Purple.
  20. ↑ Full list of New Years' Honours. BBC News.
  21. ↑ Akwagyiram, Alexis (20 March 2012), "John Akomfrah: Little known, much decorated film-maker", BBC News.
  22. ↑ "How to succeed in the arts – UAL’s high profile honourees share their insights" Archived 14 Silimin gɔli June 2018 at the Wayback Machine, University of the Arts London, 23 August 2013.
  23. ↑ "Goldsmiths to honour leading figures at annual Presentation Ceremonies" Archived 1 Silimin gɔli January 2015 at the Wayback Machine, News from Goldsmiths, 13 September 2012.
  24. ↑ "John Akomfrah OBE (DLit)", Goldsmiths. Archived 23 Silimin gɔli October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  25. ↑ Fairclough, Sashakay (9 July 2014), "Prominent Black Film Director Awarded Honorary Degree", The Voice. Archived 4 Silimin gɔli May 2019 at the Wayback Machine.
  26. ↑ "Luminaries in fashion and film recognised", University of Portsmouth, 9 July 2014. Archived 5 Silimin gɔli March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  27. ↑ Ellis-Peterson, Hannah (26 January 2017). "John Akomfrah wins Artes Mundi prize and attacks UK's intolerance". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jan/26/john-akomfrah-wins-artes-mundi-prize-attacks-uk-intolerance.
  28. ↑ "John Akomfrah wins £40,000 Artes Mundi prize in Cardiff", BBC News, 26 January 2017.
  29. ↑ Morris, Jane (27 January 2017). British artist John Akomfrah wins £40,000 Artes Mundi Prize — The Ghanaian-born film-maker’s work draws on themes like migration, colonialisation and the environment.
  30. ↑ Tɛmplet:London Gazette
  31. ↑ Ahmed, Fatema (26 November 2018). "Artist of the Year". Apollo.
  32. ↑ John Akomfrah – Artist. Royal Academy of Arts.
  33. ↑ John Akomfrah recognised in UK New Year Honours list. Lisson Gallery (1 January 2023).
  34. ↑ "John Akomfrah – The Unfinished Conversation" at Autograph ABP.
  35. ↑ Oppon, William (15 January 2014), "The Unfinished Conversation - An Exhibition By John Akomfrah, OBE", Urban Times. Archived 1 Silimin gɔli January 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Urban Times, 15 January 201.
  36. ↑ "John Akomfrah: Precarity" at Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University (29 March–2 September 2018).
  37. ↑ A chirim ya: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named NYT murmur