Fiona Compton "Mmoumiri"

Описание: Fiona Compton
"Mmoumiri"

Fiona Compton is a London-based Saint Lucian photographer, artist, filmmaker and historian. After graduating from London College of Printing in 2005 with a BA in photography, Fiona has been working as a professional photographer , working for the UK's largest publishing houses, traveling between the UK and Europe to photograph some of the most influential figures in the world of Finance and Banking.  Over the past 13 years her work has explored the various disparities in representation of the Afro Caribbean diaspora within art and mainstream media. In 2017 she launched her multi disciplinary project ‘The Revolution of the Fairytale’ which celebrates lesser known heroes from Black History under the nostalgic platform of well known fairytales. 

Her films have been screened across the globe, winning several awards, including Best Documentary and Best Director for Caribbean Film and Fashion awards, and has also been featured in the UK Cabinet office. 
Fiona continues her mission to educate in innovative ways through events and online through her account ‘Know Your Caribbean’ via Instagram which facilitates educational posts on short palatable bursts. Know Your Caribbean has a reach of up to 300,000 impressions per week via Instagram only, alongside a Twitter and Facebook presence.  Fiona also has run creative workshops for children and young people teaching the history and culture of the Caribbean and its linkages to Africa, in venues such as the South Bank Centre and Black Cultural Archives in London. Clients have included Amazon, Samsung, and Sony Music.

Fiona remains a strong advocate for her history and culture and is an Official Ambassador for London's Notting Hill Carnival, the second largest street festival in the world.

Her Recreations of Icons series focuses on re-writing the narrative on some of the most well known images in the world, incorporating aspects of Caribbean life and culture and challenging the concept of representation in the mainstream.

Fiona also explores through her photography and filmmaking the inner struggle and incessant dialogue within ourselves. Through her duplicity series, she brings to life the internal battles that most of of us can relate to. Much of her work surrounds self empowerment, identity and challenging representation, with that her work has led her to be part of several public speaking engagements, both locally and internationally.

Ending Slavery’s Legacy of Racism: The Imperative for Strengthening Justice and Resilience in Afro-Descendant Communities in the Americas

The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Art Museum of the Americas (AMA), and the Office of the OAS General Secretariat in Saint Lucia join forces with the Headphunk organization and artists of the Caribbean to relaunch the activities held to commemorate the Fourth Inter-American Week for People of African Descent in the Americas in 2021.

From November 1st to 17th, several Caribbean artists will be showcased by the Art Museum of the Americas. This program is exemplary of the museum’s mission to exhibit and study modern and contemporary art of OAS member states, as a culturally diplomatic instrument in promoting cultural exchange and advancing the OAS four pillars of democracy, human rights, security, and development.

The program will feature the work of Kendall Barthelmy, Fiona Compton, La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs, Quince Duncan, Chevy Eugene, Khadijah Halliday, Jason Haynes, Christian Kristof Joseph, Black Kalagan, Geena Mc Phee, Yasmin Solitahe Odlum, Kishma Serieux, and Gemma Weekes. They emphasized the importance of the topic “Ending Slavery’s Legacy of Racism: The Imperative for Strengthening Justice and Resilience in Afro-Descendant Communities in the Americas,” through their artistic contributions.

Similar to the current exhibition Afro-Caribbean Motifs of the Art Museum of the Americas Collection, this exhibition offers an artistic component to the OAS’s Plan of Action for the Decade of Afro-Descendants in the Americas (2016-2025), in recognizing the Victims of Slavery, and the struggle against racism.

OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro has applauded the initiative in favor of tolerance and cultural diversity in Saint Lucia, and the OAS Resident Representative, Lilly Ching-Soto has expressed her interest in the promotion of Saint Lucian artistic expressions. AMA’s Director, Adriana Ospina highlighted that the Museum strives for greater awareness and respect for diversity and cultures in all their richness and that AMA is pleased to serve as a platform for this collection of artistic voices of Saint Lucia.