Africa is a photographer based in Bristol, and recently graduated from The University of the West of England with a BA in Photography. His personal work is centred around using photography as a therapeutic tool, exploring its ability to reshape narratives and recontextualise past events and traumas.

Awards

2024 Peckham 24 x Photo Fringe Open Call (Winner)

GRAIN Projects Graduate Award (Winner)

AOP Student Award (Finalist)

Photo London x Hahnemühle Student Award (Finalist)

2023 RPS Western Region 2023-24 Project Award (Shortlisted)

PhotoFrome ‘Decolonising Environments’ Student Competition (Shortlisted)

Solo Exhibitions

2025 This Body Was Carved From Stone, Creative Health Camden gallery space. London, UK

Group Exhibitions:

2024 ‘Orbit’ (BA Photography Degree Show) Arnolfini Gallery/Copeland Gallery. Bristol & London, UK

2023 ‘Unison-135’ The Island Gallery Space. Bristol, UK

Talks

2025 (be)longing Conference, Panel Discussion hosted by Daniel Regan. London, UK

2024 Peckham 24 x Photoworks Weekender, Artists In Conversation: Africa Barrero-Alexander & Åsa Johannesson. Brighton, UK

Arts & Health Hub Artist Talk. Virtual

Press

2024 Photoworks The Graduate Issue 2024

The Guardian

Aesthetica Magazine

Untitled self-portrait, graphite on paper, 2021