Afro-European Artists and Filmmakers

Photo: Jeannette Ehlers

Visual Artists

• Larry Achiampong - (UK)
• Tania Adam - (Spain) - Curator
  
• Djeneba Aduayom - (France) - Artist/photographer
• Nana Adusei-Poku - (Germany) - Academic 
• Kenneth Aidoo - (Netherlands)
  
• Amal Alhaag - (Netherlands) - Curator
• Jabu Arnell - (Netherlands)
• Barby Asante - (UK) - Artist/Curator 
• Kisito Assangni - (France) - Artist/Curator 
• Liz Johnson-Arthur - (Russia) - Photography
• Raul Balai - (Netherlands)
  
• Adelaide Bannerman - (UK) - Artist/Curator
  
• Sonia Barrett - (Germany/UK)
  
• Marvin Bartly - (UK) 
• Rubén H. Bermúdez - (Spain) 
  
• Hannah Black - (UK)   
• Frank Bowling - (UK)
• Winston Branch  - (UK)
• Vanley Burke - (UK) - Photography  
• Lynette Yiadom-Boayke - (UK)
• Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro - (France)
• Sara Blokland  -  (Netherlands) 
• Frank Bowling - (UK) 
• Sonia Boyce -  (UK)
• Nelson Carrilho - (Netherlands) - Sculptor
• Diagne Chanel - (France) 
• Libita Clayton - (UK)
• Elizabeth Colomba - (France) 
• Brian Coutinho   -  (Netherlands) 
• Avantia Damberg  -  (Netherlands) 
• Adelaide Damoah - (UK)
• Delphine Diallo - (France) - Photography  
• Godfried Donkor  - (UK)  
• Kimathi Donkor - (UK)
• Sonya Dyer -  (UK) - Academic 
• Blac Dwelle - (Portugal)
• Jeannette Ehlers -  (Denmark) 
• Agnes Essonti - (Spain) - Photography
  
• Christine Eyene -  (France/UK) - Academic
• Ayesha Feisal - (UK)
  
• Ray Fiasco - (UK)
  
• Faranu  - (Netherlands)  
• Raimi Gbadamosi - (UK)
• Joy Gregory -  (UK) 
• Roland Gunst - (Belgium)
• Antonio Guzman  -  (Netherlands), known for The Day we Surrender to the Air
• Gerard Hanson  -  (UK)   
• Paul Goodwin - (UK) - Academic
• Kiluanji Kia Henda - (Portugal)
• Lubaina Himid -  (UK) - Academic, known for Making Histories Visible 
• Amanda Holiday - (UK)
• Sasha Huber -  (Switzerland)  
• Evan Ifekoya - (UK)
• Mahret Ifeoma Kupka - (Germany) - Curator
• Claudette Johnson - (UK), known for  Black Arts Movement  
• Tam Joseph - (UK)
  
• Jacob V Joyce - (UK)
• Isaac Julien - (UK), known for Playtime
• Remy Jungerman  -  (Netherlands)   
• Patricia Kaersenhout  - (Netherlands)
• Roshini Kempadoo  -  (UK)  - Photographer/academic
• Iris Kensmil -  (Netherlands) - Blog picture
• Natasja Kensmil  - (Netherlands) 
• Bart Krieger - (Netherlands) - Academic, known for 50 Surinamese Art Treasures
• Charl Landvreugd  - (Netherlands), known for Atlantic Transformerz
• Gary Legrand  -  (France)
• Imara Limon - (Netherlands) - Curator
• Makode Linde - (Sweden), known for performance-cake 
• Sahara Longe - (UK) 
• Owanto - (France)
  
• Paul Maheke - (France/UK)
  
• Rhode Bath-Schéba Makoumbou  -  (Belgium)  
• Marie-claire Messouma Manlanbien - (France)
  
• Shantell Martin - (UK) 
• Michael McMillan - (UK) - Playwright, artist/curator and educator 
• Philip Kojo Metz - (Germany) - Sculpter
  
• Sandrine Micossé-Aikins - (Germany) - known for The Little Book of Big Visions. How to Be an Artist and Revolutionize the World 
• Mónica de Miranda - (Portugal) 
• Anne Wetsi Mpoma - (BE) - Curator
• Mufuki  -  (Belgium) 
• Nganji Mutiri - (Belgium) - Photography 
• Yvette Mutumba - (DE) - curator, known for  C&
• Ingrid Mwangi  - (Germany)
• Teresa María Díaz Nerio -  (Netherlands)  
• Justo Aliounedine Pouye Nguema - (Spain)
  
• Nando Nkrumah - (Germany) 
• Harold Offeh - (UK) - Academic  
• Chris Ofili - (UK) 
• Janette Parris - (UK), known for comic strips with satirical humour 
• Eileen Perrier - (UK) - Photographer
• Alexandre (Alexis) Peskine - (France)   
• Keith Piper -  (UK) - Academic, known for Black Arts Movement
• Ingrid Pollard  -  (UK) - Academic
• Estelle Prudent - (France) - Photography
• Tabita Rezaire - (France/Denmark) 
• Fana Richters (AiRich) - (Netherlands) - Photography
• Tahnaiya Russell - (UK) - based in the USA   
• Veronica Ryan - (UK) 
• Dilayla Romeo - (Spain) - Photography
  
• Khadija Saye - (UK) - Photography 
• Cherelle Sappleton - (UK) 
• Cédrine Scheidig - (France) - Photographer
  
• Yinka Shonibare - (UK), known for Batik fabric in the sculptural works 
• Marlene Smith - (UK), known for Black Arts Movement  
• Carleen de Sozer - (UK) - Street artist 
• Tarona - (Netherlands) - Photographer
• Rebekah Ubuntu - (UK) - AfroFuturism - Video and music
• David Uzochukwu - (Austria) - Photographer
  
• Vincent van Velsen - (Netherlands) - Critic and curator
  
• Francisco Vidal - (Portugal)
• Abiola Wabara - (Italy)   
• Barbara Walker - (UK)
• Arlene Wandera - (UK) - Sculptor
• Iriée Zamblé - (Netherlands) - Visual artist
  

Filmmakers

• John Akomfrah  -  (UK), known for The Stuart Hall Project
• Amma Asante - (UK), known for Bell
• Mo Asumang  -  (Germany),  known for The Aryans 
• Sally Fenaux Barleycorn - (Spain) 
• Neske Beks  -  (Belgium/Netherlands), known for Eigen Volk/My own people  
• Tessa Boerman - (Netherlands), known for ZWART BELICHT,  representation of black women in paintings of Rubens 
• Isabelle Boni-Claverie - (France) - known for "Trop Noire pour être Française?" (“Too Black to be French?”) 
• Jonas Carpignano -  (Italy) 
• Alice Diop - (France), known for Vers la tendresse
• Ida Does - (Netherlands) - known for Hear Her! Interviews with black female TV-Film professionals in The Netherlands on diversity in the media
• Cecile Emeke -  (UK), known for Strolling series, a short film docu-series connecting the scattered stories of the global black diaspora 
• Paloma Etienne - (Spain)
• Bibi Fadlalla - (Netherlands), known for Zwarte Piet en Ik (Black Pete and I),  A personal quest across the country, in search of the historical background of this character
• Amandine Gay - (France), known for Ouvrir La Voix ,est un long métrage documentaire sur les Afro-descendantes noires d'Europe francophone (France et Belgique)
• Dyana Gaye  - (France) , known for Des étoiles 
• Enam Gbewonyo 
•  - (UK), Multimedia Textile Artist
  
• June Givanni - (UK), curator, known for June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive  
• Teddy Goitom - (Sweden)
• Alain Gomis - (France)
  
• Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye - (Germany), known for BEENTO and KNIFFEL and real life: Deutschland, a documentary about the experiences of young Afro-Germans
• Oliver Hardt -  (Germany), known for Black Deutschland  
• John A. Kantara - (Germany)
• Fabienne and Véronique Kanor - (France)
• Cindy Kerseborn - (Netherlands), known for documentary of writer Astrid Roemer
• Fred Kuwornu - (Italy), known for 18 Ius Soli
• Laurence Lascary - (France)
• Steve McQueen  - (UK), known for 12 Years A Slave 
• Mame-Fatou Niang (and Kaytie Nielsen) - (France), known for Mariannes Noires Film. Seven different French-born women of African descent confront their own unique identities and challenge the expectations of French society 
• Mirella Muroni - (Netherlands)
• Euzhan Palcy - (France), known for Sugar Cane Alley/A Dry White Season (interview)  
• Medhin Paolos - (Italy), known for ASMARINA Voices and images of a postcolonial heritage  
• Pocas Pascoal - (Portugal)
• Raoul Peck (Velvet Film)  - (France/Germany/Haiti), known for JE NE SUIS PAS VOTRE NÈGRE  - James Baldwin Documentary
• Mildred Roethof -  (Netherlands)
• Mokoari Street Productions - (Germany) 
• Amelia Umuhire - (Germany), known for Polyglot series, a Berlin-based webseries following the lives of young Polyglots
• Winta Yohannes - (Germany) 
• Layla Zami - (France/Germany)
• Frank Zichem - (Netherlands)

Groups & Projects

• Black Archive & Collection - The Black Archive & Collection houses an extensive number of letters and reviews, posters and invites from exhibitions and events from the Black Diaspora spanning the 1980s + 1990’s to the present day (UK)
• Black British Art - Celebrating excellence in the visual representation & art of the African diaspora in Britain
•  Black British artists - Wikipedia page (UK)
• Black British Female Artist (BBFA) Collective - Collective of Black British Female Artists. Letting the world know we're here! (UK)
• Blk Art Group  - Art group (UK)
• Diaspora Pavilion - The projects aim to challenge the under-representation of artists and curators from diverse backgrounds in the visual arts (UK)
• SAVVY Contemporary - German art lab (DE) 
  
• The Otolith Collective - An exploration between visual culture and exhibiting in contemporary art (UK)
• The State of L3 - Amsterdam based international art collective (Netherlands)
• Wakaman  - Art project  (Netherlands)
• Thin Black Line(s) - One of the exhibitions which marked the arrival on the British art scene of a radical generation of young Black and Asian women artists (UK).
• Thick/er Black Lines - Thick/er Black Lines presents We Apologise For The Delay To Your Journey – a map identifying and connecting Black British women/femme artists and cultural workers

Film & Photography

• Autograph ABP - Established in 1988 with the mission of promoting black photographers (UK)
• Black Chronicles II - an exhibition exploring black presences in 19th and early 20th-century Britain, through the prism of studio portraiture. - #blackChronicles
• Black Audio Film Collective (BAFC) [1982-1998] - Filmmakers collective (UK)  
• Cinemafrodiscendente - website showcasing Afro-Italian filmmakers (Italy)
• (IN)VISIBLE CITIES - portrays the real life experiences of African Diaspora communities all over the world (Italy)
• Stichting Cimaké Foundation - Dutch Afro-Carribean documentary production company
• Strolling - Connecting the scattered stories of the Black diaspora (UK)
• The British Blacklist   -   Database of Black British professionals in the arts & entertainment (UK)
• The Stuart Hall Project - A film about revolution, politics, culture and the New Left experience (UK)

Articles

• We, the Afropeans: Black photographers in Europe – in pictures - The British photographer and author Johny Pitts has curated a series of images exploring Black identities in Europe
  
• Vision & Justice Online: Renée Mussai in Conversation with Victor Peterson II - Coinciding with the release of Aperture’s summer issue, “Vision & Justice,” Renée Mussai, Curator and Head of Archive at Autograph ABP in London, discusses the politics of representation in photography from the African diaspora.
• Art identities - "Writing about black British artists, the cultural theorist, Stuart Hall, distinguished between two groups: the last ‘colonials’ and the first ‘postcolonials’ " 
•  "Am I Black Enough for You?" - Visual artists debate about their Black Dutch identity 

  
Books

• The Little Book of Big Visions: How to be an Artist and Revolutionize the World, edited by Sandrine Micossé-Aikins and Sharon Dodua Otoo, discusses the current situation of Black artists in Germany and presents their visions for equality in text and image form.

This list of Black European visual artists and filmmakers is not exhaustive.