Harold Offeh

Harold Offeh is an artist working in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social practice. He is interested in the space created by inhabiting or embodying histories and often employs humour as a means to confront the viewer with historical narratives and contemporary culture.

Born in Accra, Ghana, Offeh grew up in London. He studied Critical Fine Art Practice at the University of Brighton (1996-99), completed an MA in Fine Art Photography at the Royal College of Art (1999-2001) and recently completed a PhD at Leeds Beckett University exploring the activation of Black album covers through durational performance.

He is a reader in Fine Arts at Leeds Beckett University and a tutor in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art. He's been a visiting tutor at Goldsmiths College, Slade School of Art, Ruskin School of Art, Royal Academy Schools and University of the Arts London. Offeh has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including at Tate Britain, Tate Modern, South London Gallery, Turf Projects, Kettle’s Yard, Wysing Art Centre, The Studio Museum in Harlem and Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Harold Offeh lives in Cambridge and works in London and Leeds.