Simon Frederick
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Nationality
British
Bio
Simon Frederick, born in 1965 in London, UK, to Grenadian parents is a self-taught artist, photographer, filmmaker, and broadcaster.
His practice explores Black identity, cultural memory, and the aesthetics of representation, using portraiture and moving image to challenge and redefine mainstream narratives.
Frederick’s portraits have been widely exhibited nationally and internationally and form the largest acquisition of African and Caribbean works in the permanent collection of the UK’s National Portrait Gallery.
As a filmmaker Frederick has produced and directed the award-winning documentary series Black is the New Black (2016) and They've Gotta Have Us (2018), the latter of which features notable black artists in cinema today.
Simon Frederick lives and works in London.
