Paul Mpagi Sepuya – Fragments, Remnants, and Glass
Text by Raquel Villar-Pérez

For #6 Perform of Photography+, we spoke to Alexandra Davenport about her practice, her background in dance and how the two come together.

Mohamed Bourouissa – ‘These constructed realities’
Text by Julia Bunnemann

Iranian-American multimedia artist Sheida Soleimani, discusses her wider practice and image making process. Her work functions as an analysis of the correlation between place and time and is part of #6 Perform.

Arwed Messmer: Aktion and performance
Text by Nicola Jeffs

#6 – Vanity My Name Is
Text by Photoworks Writer-in-residence Marissa Chen

Join us on Instagram live on Wednesday April 1 at 19.00 GMT for a Photoworks Digital Event on our Instagram account.

Our next guest editor on our Instagram takeover is Nico Krijno. Krijno’s photography is at the intersection of performance, painting, montage, and sculpture.

Join us on Instagram live on March 25 at 19.00 GMT for a Photoworks Digital Event on our Instagram account.

Born 1985 in Frankfurt, Lilly Lulay studied photography, sculpture and media sociology in Germany and France. Her works examine photography as a cultural tool that forms an integral part of daily life.

Following advice from the Government and in line with our partners and collaborators, Photoworks have taken the decision to postpone our physical programme until further notice. 

Alia Ali is a Yemeni-Bosnian-US multi-media artist. Having traveled to sixty-seven countries, lived in seven and grown up among five languages, her most comfortable mode of communication is through image and multi-sensory mediums.

We have postponed this event in light of COVID-19 and will announce further details soon.

Alexandra Davenport (b.1992) is a London-based artist and lecturer working primarily with performance, photography, text and research.

Ibrahim Azab takes over our Instagram account for the week sharing his series, FOPDTMM, which reveals a process and failure of experience through the photographic object, sound, and information.

Marysa Dowling’s practice considers human exchange, exploring how people interact with each other and their environments.

Zohra Opoku is an artist of German and Ghanaian descent based in Accra. She examines the political, historical, cultural, and socio-economic influences in the formation of personal identities, particularly in the context of contemporary Ghana.

We are pleased to announce that Marissa Chen has been chosen as the Photoworks 2020 writer in residence.

Our next guest editor is Jamie Murray, whose work centres around storytelling and narrative. Jamie will share his series Folly over the next week.

This week we welcome recent London College of Communication graduate, Monika Orpik to our takeover. Monika was our selected winner for the Photoworks prize given during her degree show.

Silvia Rosi shares her wider practice and new work produced for the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards.

Theo Simpson shares his interests and research areas of his wider practice, specifically around the work he made for the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 2020.

Alongside Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 2020, a programme of events will take place. The programme includes an exciting range of artist talks, a series of tours with Photoworks and Jerwood curators and a professional development workshop.

New photographic commissions by artists Silvia Rosi and Theo Simpson are now on show as part of the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 2020 at Jerwood Arts, London. The exhibition continues until 7 March 2020.