Croydon Plays Itself

British artist Harold Offeh is interested in the space created by the inhabiting of histories. He employs humour as a means to confront the viewer with historical narratives and contemporary culture. Known for snapping selfies using various personaes, he is a dancer, a smiler, a Mammy and an Afrofuturist Angela Davis in drag. In his virtual studio visit, he will reveal his artistic practice – ranging from performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice.

The 'Virtual Artist Studio Visits' series explores the practice of four contemporary artists, using the studio visit as a starting point, and is loosely based around the concept of performing identity: how we frame and are framed by our identity. The series is organised in collaboration with StudioVisit.

Harold Offeh (b. 1977, Ghana) lives and works in Cambridge. He has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including Tate Britain and Tate Modern, South London Gallery, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Wysing Art Centre, Studio Museum Harlem, Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Upcoming projects include a new video commission for the Wellcome Collection and Bold Tendencies, Peckham. He received his MA Fine Art at the Royal College of Art where he is a visiting tutor and also teaches at Goldsmiths College and The Slade School of Art, UCL.

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Image: Selfie Choreography, Performance, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK 2020. Photo: Ashley Carr