Harold Offeh
Harold Offeh is an artist working in a range of media including performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice. Offeh is interested in the space created by the inhabiting or embodying of histories. He employs humour as a means to confront the viewer with historical narratives and contemporary culture. He has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including Tate Britain and Tate Modern, South London Gallery, Turf Projects, London, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, Wysing Art Centre, Studio Museum Harlem, New York, MAC VAL, France, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark and Art Tower Mito,
He studied Critical Fine Art Practice at The University of Brighton, MA Fine Art Photography at the Royal College of Art and recently completed a PhD by practice exploring the activation of Black Album covers through durational performance. He lives in Cambridge and works in London, UK. He previously held the role of Reader in Fine Art at Leeds Beckett University and was a visiting tutor at Goldsmiths College and The Slade School of Art, UCL, London. He is currently a tutor in MA Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art.
Exhibitions at Kettle’s Yard
Harold Offeh: Mmm, Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet
The first major solo exhibition of Harold Offeh’s work in a UK institution, this exhibition will explore two decades of the artist’s videos, performances and projects that have taken place across the world.
UNTITLED: Art on the conditions of our time
UNTITLED: Art on the conditions of our time bought together work by 10 British African diaspora artists with a focus on how their innovative practices asked important questions about some of the most important cultural and political issues of our turbulent times.
The Cambridge Show
‘The Cambridge Show’ bought together work by twenty-two artists who live or work in and around Cambridge.
ACTIONS: the image of the world can be different
The exhibition, with work by thirty-eight artists, marked the opening of the new Kettle’s Yard. Actions. The image of the world can be different sought to reassert the potential of art as a poetic, social and political force in the world.
Art to Go: Swap and Share Posters with Harold Offeh
Blog Posts
Interview with Harold Offeh
Read this interview with Open House artist in residence Harold Offeh.
New Activity Booklet Created with Harold Offeh for Children and Families
A new, free, activity booklet for children and families visiting the house at Kettle’s Yard.
Reflections from Home No.9: Harold Offeh, Cambridge, England
What are artists thinking and doing during the COVID lockdown?
Open House Artist in Residence
In 2017 Harold Offeh was announced as the Artist in Residence for our Open House project, a long term collaboration with North Cambridge.
On 16 September 2017, Harold invited members of the public to join him in a celebration of local food and domestic design at the Open House Gathering at North Cambridge Academy. The event featured displays from North Cambridge community groups, tastings from local bakers, tips on growing your own food from gardeners and activities for all ages. Following the Gathering, Harold hosted a Feast for members of the community who had contributed in some way to the Gathering. Watch the film of the Open House Gathering and Feast here
Open House was a long-term creative programme with Kettle’s Yard and communities in North Cambridge. Every year the community selected the Open House Artist in Residence. Harold was our third Open House Artist in Residence.
