Humour as Black Experience exhibition held at Chatham House

Producer. Curator. (2023)

The exhibition, organized by Chatham House’s Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Working Group, showcased work that extends the reading and viewing of black life away from trauma, violence and stereotypes, exploring instead what it means to laugh in a way that carries cultural resonance unique to the black lived experience.

The exhibition included the work of photographers Vanley Burke OBE, Sama Kai, Audrey Albert and Karis Beaumont; political cartoonist Samuel Ojo; illustrations from Jasmine Thompson, Joan West and Damilola Ohkoya; and work by mixed media artist Adeola Dewis.

The evening also included a short screening of Dance for Change, a documentary set in Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi, directed by Lily Colfox.