Larry Amponsah
ARTIST’S CV
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020
ARTISSIMA Unplugged, Turin, Italy. 50 Golborne
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London. 50 Golborne
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York. 50 Golborne, Online Fair - Artsy
2019
When A stone Cracks We Don’t Stitch (curated by Katherine Finerty), 50 Golborne Gallery – London, UK
The Open City of Many Gods. Billboard Project - Bloc Projects – Sheffield, UK
Untitled Art, Miami Beach, Miami, USA. 50 Golborne.
A Collective Intimacy (within Theaster Gates’s installation Black Image Corporation) presented by Prada, The Vinyl Factory & The Showroom – 180 The Strand – London, UK
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Group Exhibition, 50 Golborne Gallery, London
Young Masters Art Prize, Shortlist Exhibition, London
DEAR, Dyson Gallery, Battersea, London
Of Hosts & Guests. Open Space, Pushkin House - London
FBA Futures Exhibition 2019. Mall Galleries, London
2018
Imaginary Direction of Time, The Fine Art Gallery, Hoag Hall, CSU-Pueblo - US
Final Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London
East Wing Biennial 13 'SURGE'. Courtauld Institute of art, Somerset House, London
Watch This Space, Darnley Gallery - The Centre for Better Health, London
Rising Above The Noise and Confusion, Dyson Gallery Battersea, London
YOUNG GUNS, Sulger-Buel Lovell Gallery, London
Thumbnails, Hockney Gallery, RCA, London
PAST. Battersea Power Station, London
2017
Bapor Tabo(o) for ART LICKS Weekend 2017. Old Ford Lock (Regent’s Canal), London
6 PM 2017, Painting Studio, Royal College of Art, Sackler Building, London
RCA SECRETS, Royal College of Art, London
Summer Show 2017, Sulger-Buel Lovell Gallery, London
Open House CCA, Delfina Foundation, London
WIP Show, Royal College Art, Sackler Building, London
WHIP WHIP WHIP, Royal College of Art, Dyson Gallery, London
2016
Annual Lecturers and Postgraduate Students Show, Jiangsu College of Art Galley - China
What is your local word for 'Smile'? ArtXanady's Pop-up Gallery, Labone – Accra
2015
The Gown must go to Town Exhibition, Museum of Science and Technology, Accra
WORKSHOPS
The Essence of Collage. City of London School - London. 2019
In the Age of Everything, How Do We Create With Nothing, Bloc Projects – Sheffield, UK
2019 Damn I f I Do, Damn If I Don’t, Pushkin House – London. 2019
Collaging to Collaborate, City of London School Art Week, London.
2018 Public Drop-In Collage Workshop, The Courtauld Institute Of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London. 2018
The Place of Collage in the History of Contemporary Art - Doing It Together. Colorado State University USA. 2018
Going for it! Setting up a Creative Practice, Innovation Royal College of Art - London.
2018 Getting the Right Job, Innovation Royal College of Art, London.
2018 Printing Workshop, Lithography. Royal College of Art. 2018
Dragon Boat Festival – Home for the Old. Zhenjiang-China.
2016 89 Plus Workshop by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Nubuke Foundation, Accra-Ghana. 2015
ARTIST TALKS
2019 Encouraging students, Sheffield Hallam University. Sheffield, UK.
2019 City of London School Art Week (talk @ Sulger-Buel Gallery), London.
2018 Inspiring through Collage. Department of Painting and Sculpture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology - Kumasi.
2018 Growth of A Practice. Gorvy Theatre, Royal College of Art - London.
2018 PAST, Battersea Power Station, London.
2018 About my Solo Show, Colorado State University, USA.
2018 Artist Talk and Tutorials with the students. University of Northampton, UK.
2017 Talk on Memory and Collecting: Open House, in conversation with Judy Price and Liz Thornhill. Delfina Foundation. London. 2017 My Practice. Royal College of Art - Gorvy Lecture Theatre. London.
2016 Contemporary art talk, Jiangsu University, China.
COLLABORATIONS
2019 Live!!! Royal College of Art – Sackler Building. With Andrew Hart, Daniel Lee, Evi Kalogiropoulou and Jun-Woo.
2018 Neighbours (Greece Project). With Evi Kalogiropoulou.
2017 Brgy. South Kensington – Inventory London.
2017 Rhythmic Osmosis, Inventory London.
2016 RESIDENCIES International Students’ Residency, Zhenjiang – China. 2016
EDUCATION:
MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London(2018)
MFA in Chinese Traditional Painting at Jiangsu University China (2016)
BFA in Painting at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi,Ghana (2015).
Larry is currently a Trustee of The Kuenyehia Art Trust in Ghana, shortlisted for the 2019Young Masters Art Prize, he is also shortlisted for the 2019 Denton’s Art Prize, and recently won the BeSmart About Art Award in 2019.
