Late at Tate Britain Freedom Frequencies

Carleen De Sözer

Carleen De Sözer is a self-taught artist born in Birmingham, England in the late seventies. Her only destination was to live the life of an artist.

Carleen has become one of London’s most skilled and diverse street artists inspiring young people and female artists by empowering her story through street art and workshops. Former founder of the Wom Collective, a female street art collective based in London, Carleen became a curator to create more opportunities for other street artists.

Carleen’s distinct style can be seen across London. Creating large murals has exposed her work and personality to street art lovers worldwide.

Instagram: @carleendesozer

Vince Fraser 

Having worked in the creative industry for over twenty plus years, London-born Vince has finally come full circle from initially working as an interior designer, through to professional digital illustrator and finally multi-disciplinary artist.

The progression from design to art was a natural one, and his work has continued to evolve. He sees himself as a new breed of artist in the digital age, combining a variety of skills including film and motion. With a keen eye for detail, he is always experimenting in a playful way whilst pushing the boundaries from a visual aspect.

Bridging the gap between fantasy and reality, Vince’s mission is to inspire, educate and empower positive images of the African diaspora. Previous clients include Nike, Adobe and MTV just to name a few, whilst gaining the attention of various musicians including Erykah Badu, Black Coffee, Usher and Outkast.

Instagram: @vincefraser

Twitter: @vince_fraser

Wumzum

Wumi “Wumzum” Olaosebikan is a Nigerian-British illustrator originating out of East London. He is a muralist and animator who specialises in character & world design that subjects play on London living with an Afrofuturistic lens.

Wumzum’s craft has taken him across four continents and takes inspiration from a range of sources: the visual language of comics; the interactivity of video games; the dynamism of graffiti; and the fluidity of the London Jazz scene. These are all elements that Wumi has had heavy involvement in as a creator.

Instagram: @wumzum

KomiKamo

Ali 'Komikamo' Kamara is a London-based illustrator, graphic designer and animator.

Inspired by hip-hop and the visual works of Quentin Tarantino, Hayao Miyazaki and Hype Williams, Komikamo uses these influences to create concepts that address and highlight themes relating to black identity, music and pop culture. Vibrant colours and psychedelic concepts are the cornerstone of his work.

Ali has worked on a range of projects, from album artwork and audiovisuals to magazine covers and visual identity, with an aim of creating engaging visuals for campaigns on every platform. Notable clients include HBO, the Washington Post, Atlantic Records, and hip-hop streetwear pioneer Karl Kani.

Socials: @komikamo

Ayesha Feisal

Ayesha Feisal is a British-Sierra Leonean artist who lives in London. Her artworks are inspired by human behaviour and the mind. She is interested in psychology and explores the psyche using the human form. Feisal draws influence from expressionist and futurist movements and uses intense colours to heighten emotions. Her pieces depict characters who transcend circumstances. She finds inspiration in consciousness, universal law, balance, and truth.

“Through my work, I strive to create landscapes that reflect not only the inner world but also connections to the universal cosmic design. It is through the exploration of personal evolution that I believe the potential for true change lies. I am a firm believer that the world cannot be changed for the better without first changing individual consciousness. Only by shifting our perceptions and expanding our awareness can we effectively address global concerns, such as ecological issues, violence, acts of terrorism, materialistic gratification, and destructive behaviour.”

Instagram: @ayeshasarthouse

Phill Blake

‘Beauty is the harmonious proportions in forms’.

Phill is a multi-disciplinary creative living in the Oxfordshire countryside. His work includes graffiti and street art, graphic design, illustration, fine art, textiles and surface pattern design, and interior and exterior mural paintings. Phill takes his inspiration from nature as well as our rich history of Art & Design, in particular the Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Nouveau and Gothic revival.

Having a background in street art and having studied design then illustration, has led Phill to seek to blur the lines between art and design. His interest in geometry and more recently, ornamental repeated pattern work, has allowed him to further explore the idea of balance between nature and culture, and order and chaos, both literally and metaphorically.

The flowers and plants in his work are representative of nature or chaos and his structure of the pattern represents culture or order, as it attempts to constrain nature.

Shay Sade

Shay Sade is a presenter & DJ on Kiss 100, BBC Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra, and on Reprezent Radio. She specialises in the sounds from Africa and the Diaspora and is also a Co-Founder of Global Digital platform, Ubunifu Space.

Intalekt

Intalekt is a South London DJ, producer, and international artist who has captivated audiences across the globe, and set the tone for headlining acts like Noname, Lex Amor, Kojey Radical, Iyamah, and Jaz Karis. He regularly performs with the jazz group Steamdown at their sold-out weekly event in South London.

SORAYA

SORAYA is a fresh-on-the-scene, techno DJ located between London and Berlin. She has played at a number of prominent venues including Printworks, E1, FOLD, Pickle Factory, The White Hotel, About Blank, Club Ost and many others. Her monthly Reprezent Radio show is where you can hear her exciting new finds in the underground techno scene, with a particular focus on POC talent.

BINTA

BINTA is a Senegalese-Italian poet and DJ from Sydney, Australia via South London. Her international background is reflective in the music she plays - expect to hear rhythms from around the world and back.

Vernon Vidal

Vernon Vidal puts his love of music, art, and conceptual thinking into everything he does, and is no stranger to the Tate galleries. Of African, Caribbean, and European descent, Vernon Vidal is something of a crossroads of roots and culture, and this shines through his radio shows and DJ sets.

Nairaa

Nairaa is a London based DJ and father of the hugely popular regular event Nairaa & Chill. With a weekly R&B Show on Reprezent Radio and a plethora of ‘you just had to be there' sets under his belt, it’s safe to say, you can trust him behind the decks.

Stephanie Wong

Stephanie Wong is currently the Programmes Administrator in the Young People’s Programmes team at Tate. She is also a Co-Chair of the BAME Network and member of the Race Equality Taskforce at Tate. Her research interests include representation of East Asian artists in national collections, experiences of the diaspora in relation to colonial legacies and galleries as sites of creative learning.

Sita Balani

Dr. Sita Balani is a lecturer in English at Queen Mary University of London. She is the author of Deadly and Slick: Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race (Verso). She has published in Vice, Tribune, the White Review, Salvage, Five Dials, and Wasafiri.

Niharika Poré

Niharika Poré is Assistant Curator of Resources at Tate, working to support students and teachers in engaging with art and art history. They also work with community-centred art and political groups, building an engaged curatorial and writing practice. They are currently studying towards an MA in Material & Visual Culture Anthropology at UCL.

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