Amber Akaunu
Education
Creative Leadership - The School for Social Entrepreneurs - 2020-22
MA Filmmaking: Screen Documentary - Goldsmiths, UoL - 2020-21 (Distinction)
BA (Hons) Fine Art - Liverpool Hope University - 2015-18 (First Class)
Selected Exhibitions & Screenings
2021
MA Film Screening - Goldsmiths Curzon Cinema, London, UK
Fringe of Colour - (Online)
Filmed Up - HOME, Manchester, UK
5 Elements Screening - Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK
IFE NKILI Festival - (Online)
2020
Screening 12 - NOW-INSTANT LA, US
Without Walls Exhibition - Liverpool, UK
PUSH Festival - HOME, Manchester, UK
The Screen Group Exhibition - Winchester School of Art, UK
2019
39 (Solo Show) - OUTPUT Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2018
Black History, Movement & Hair - Tate Exchange, Liverpool, UK
The World Transformed Festival - Baltic Cinema, Liverpool, UK
We Got The Sauce - Drummer Boy Studios, London, UK
Fine Art Degree Show - Liverpool Hope University, UK
Commissions
2022
Jerwood x Tetley Commissioned Curator - Leeds, UK
Artist Commission - Treasurers of the British Library Display, London, UK
2021
15k for 15 years - Shoot The Company, London, UK
Welcome to England (BHM) - Manchester Museum, UK
2020
Agudas (Film) - 20 Stories High
100 years of Justice - Magistrates Association
Talks & Workshops
2021
Lubaina Himid In Conversation with Amber Akaunu and Sadé Mica - Starr Cinema, Tate Modern, UK
HerStories // Shelf Life - INIVA, London, UK
Film Workshops - WOW Fest, Liverpool, UK
2020
Making Zines & Community Talk - SEAS Brighton, UK
'Should the North take the knee?' Panel - People's Powerhouse, UK
ROOT-ed Zine Lecture - Kingston University, UK
BFI Film Academy Q&A - Instagram Live
Act 1: Ira, Curiosity & Creative Language - INIVA/Manchester Art Gallery, UK
Zine Not Heard Workshops - Blaze Arts x ROOT-ed Zine, UK
Panel Discussion with Lubaina Himid: Black Women Artists Symposium - UcLan, UK
2019