Larry Achiampong: Gaming Night
Join us for a special gaming night on Baltic’s Level 2, with after hours access to Larry Achiampong’s Gaming Room, featuring games that have inspired the artist.
Hop on a beanbag, grab a controller and get your game on with after hours access to Larry Achiampong's Gaming Room, featuring games that have inspired the artist. Gosforth Civic Theatre’s Gaming Social returns to Baltic to take over our Learning Lounge with a selection of retro games and consoles including the Sega Mega Drive, Spectrum and NES to VR and PS5. All to the soundtrack of Achiampong's DJ set with a new mix tape from his extensive collection of game music.
Larry Achiampong's Gaming Room is a collaboration between Larry Achiampong, Turner Contemporary in Margate, gaming enthusiasts and industry experts.
Larry Achiampong
Larry Achiampong lives and works in London and Essex. He completed a BA in Mixed Media Fine Art at University of Westminster in 2005 and an MA in Sculpture at The Slade School of Fine Art in 2008. He has exhibited, performed and presented work within the UK and internationally. Recent projects include commissions with Liverpool Biennial (2021); The Line, London (2020); De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea (2020) and Art on the Underground (2019/2022). Recent solo exhibitions include Relic Traveller: Where You and I Come From, We Know That We Are Not Here Forever, Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal (2021); When the Sky Falls, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (2020); Pan African Flag For The Relic Travellers Alliance & Relic Traveller, Phase 1, 019, Ghent (2019); Dividednation, Primary, Nottingham (2019) and Larry Achiampong: Relic Traveller – Sank0fa, Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2018). Achiampong is a recipient of the Stanley Picker Fellowship (2020), the Paul Hamlyn Foundation's Award for Artists (2019), and is a Jarman Award nominated artist (2018/2021).
