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Nicola Frimpong

b. 1987, United Kingdom

Nicola Frimpong is of Ghanaian descent and born in Epsom where she lives and works. The artist was selected for ‘Bloomberg New Contemporaries’ Institute of Contemporary Art, London and Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool in 2012-2013, after graduating in 2009 from MFA Wimbledon School of Art. In 2014 she took part in ‘African Diaspora Artists in the 21st Century’, curated by writer and academic Paul Goodwin in collaboration with King’s College London’s Department of International Development and the Institute of International Visual Arts (Iniva). Frimpong participated in ‘No Soul For Sale’ (2010) Museum of Everything, Tate Modern, London 2010 and INTERCOURSE 3, (2013) curated by Gregor Muir, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Her work is featured in the survey publication, ‘Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art’, 1965-2015 by writer, Celeste-Marie Bernier, published by University of California Press in 2019 and ‘Paper’, exhibition and catalogue, Saatchi Gallery, London, by writer, Ben Street.