Ishmael Lartey is a mix media artist currently studying BA Fine art at Central Saint Martins. In his practice, he primarily works with digital, acrylic paint and occasionally other methods such as sculpture and installation.
The artist believes that to push forward the discourse about diaspora and the cultures that derive from that, we must first understand conversations about diaspora in history, but also the similarities and differences between the diasporic past and modern-day experiences.
From west african cultural flags to Anime and cartoon, He uses both traditional and modern ways of telling stories to inform his own. His symbols and characters express concepts about identity in relation to specific social and political contexts; like the psycological affect of identifying with multiple cultures, and black representation within popular culture.
Other souce of inspiration stems from music, fashion, politics and graffiti.. He maintains a balance between conceptual art, design and curation through his works with the Tate gallery, TENT gallery, South London gallery and more.
Projects
- Late at TATE: FLUXLate at Tate Britain is an event curated by young people from Tate Collective London. The final instalment of this year's series aims to demystify concepts surrounding the theme of gender fluidity. Expect a packed evening of sound, visuals and discussion, all inspired by the Tate collection. Be how you feel - femme, Macs, a bit of both, or neither.
- Late at TATE: KABOCHAThe Tate collective team have pulled together an amazing mix of creatives to respond to Anthea Hamilton's large scale artwork at Tate Britain called 'The Squash'. The inspiration for the work came from an old photograph that the artist owned but had no information about the source. She was left to imagine it's context just from the image. So she created a whole fictional narrative around the image, creating a character called Squash and transforming the cavernous sculpture hall at Tate Britain i
Projects credited in
- WHERE DOES CULTURE HAPPEN? (Tate Modern)Join Abondance Matanda, Hamed Maiye and Hannah Kemp-Welch to talk representation and inner-city culture How is protest related to culture? How is home a site of cultural production? How can the internet and its networked communities give rise to representation? Hear from writer and poet Abondance Matanda, artist and curator Hamed Maiye and sound artist, activist and youth worker Hannah Kemp-Welch. They will explore representation and the production of new emerging cultures in cultural, communal
Work history
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Co-FounderAfrican Heritage UK
London, United KingdomFreelance
African heritage UK is an organisation made up of a family of
artists and arts administrators with over 30 years experience in the UK cultural sector.
Tate Collective ProducerTATE
London, United KingdomFreelance
Tate Collective Producers is a team of young adults who work behind the scenes at Tate Modern and Tate Britain in planning events, assisting viewers and managing workshops. We also collaborate with galleries, manage artists within events as create budgets for those events.
Skills
- Film
- Visual Arts
- Print Design
- Design
- Fine Art Painter Illustrator
- Fine Art Photography
- Logo Design
- Painting
- Curation
Education
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BA Fine ArtCentral Saint Martins
London, United Kingdom