Hélène Amouzou – Voyages: An Artist-Led Exhibition Tour

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Join﻿ artist Hélène Amouzou for a tour of her new exhibition Voyages

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Hélène Amouzou&#x27;s﻿ hand printed photographs are a crucial document of a migrant who has grappled with notions of freedom, exclusion, and bureaucracy – an attempt to recapture her identity and sense of belonging. Her new exhibition, Voyages,﻿ raises important questions: What does it mean to seek refuge? What does belonging feel like? What does it mean to live in limbo? What burden does the body carry as a result? Many of the works on display﻿ were created during a period when the artist was seeking asylum in Belgium, part of her two-decade long journey seeking safety and citizenship.At this intimate event,﻿ Amouzou will give a tour of the Voyages exhibition and discuss her distinctive imagery: contemplating the complex emotions of displacement and exile, and how photography can be a tool to refuse erasure.﻿﻿To ensure the best experience, this event has a very limited number of tickets available. ﻿Tickets are £5, however n﻿o one will be turned away for lack of funds. If this ticket price is unaffordable for you please get in touch﻿ at learning@autograph-abp.co.uk about free ticketing options.﻿

Hélène Amouzou (b.1969, Togo) has become widely known for her distinctive autoportraits that explore contemporary issues of people in exile and those that have been invisibilised. Drawing on experiences of migration, borders and displacement, her highly technical analogue processes are integral to her research and artistic experiments.In 2014 she completed her studies in photography at the Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Academy of Drawing and Visual arts in Brussels. Amouzou’s works have been shown internationally including solo exhibitions at CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto (2023), Centre Cultural Jacques Franck, Brussels (2022); The Women’s Darkroom Gallery New York (2022); FoMU, Antwerp (2021), Maison des Cultures de Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels (2009) amongst others; and within group exhibitions including at Photo Ireland (2023); FotoFest Biennale, Houston (2020/2022); S.M.A.K, Gent (2022); Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles (2021); Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Brooklyn (2018); Musée du Quai Branly, Paris (2011); Hayward Gallery, London (2011) amongst others. Her works are part of collections including the Brooklyn Museum (USA), March Gallery (USA), S.M.A.K (Belgium), SMART (Belgium) and the Tropenmuseum (Netherlands). She lives and works in Belgium.

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The ticket price for this event is £5. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If this ticket price is unaffordable for you please get in touch at learning@autograph-abp.co.uk about free ticketing options.Autograph&#x27;s events are popular, and often sell out. We recommend booking a ticket in advance. If you need to cancel your ticket for any reason, you can receive a refund up to 24 hours before the start of the event. You do not need to bring your paper ticket to the event.

Supported using public funding by Arts Council EnglandImages: 1) Hélène Amouzou, from the series Autoportrait, Molenbeek [detail], 2007-2011. © and courtesy the artist. 2) Autograph. Photograph by Zoë Maxwell.

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