Shepherd Manyika

Shepherd Manyika is an artist-educator whose works take on multiple formats and mediums. He is interested in memory, place, space and repair as restoration. Themes of workshops, play, music and sound are used to create transformative art spaces from within and outside the institution.

Manyika graduated with a BA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in 2011 and an MA in Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication from Central Saint Martins in 2019.

Manyika has worked and exhibited with, Wysing Arts Centre, Iniva, AIR, Towner Eastbourne, PRAGMATA, THORP STAVRI, Forced Collaboration, FOLD GALLERY, Asc Gallery Artlicks Weekend, South London Gallery, Tate, Spike Island, Camden Arts Centre, Milton Keynes Arts Centre, Eastcheap Projects Space Hospital Rooms and Cement Fields.

Examples of previous commissions:

Sound Opus, Packington Estate 2018 - ongoing

Sound Opus, commissioned by AIR is a recording sound system which was developed during a residency on Packington Estate in Islington, London. The sound system was used as a catalyst for collect stories and instigate gatherings. Sound opus is transformed each time it is presented publicly. Images by Magda Fabianczyk

Sound Opus 3 , Packinhton Estate. 2018/ ongoing

"Lighter for Later - blue" 2025

"Sit - list - reflect Lighter for Later". Five site-specific powder coated steel sculptures created for Hallesdon Hospital in Norwich. Commissioned by Hospital rooms. Images by Studio Damian Griffiths

"Lighter for Later - pink" 2025
"Sit - list - reflect Lighter for Later". Five site-specific powder coated steel sculptures created for Hallesdon Hospital in Norwich. Commissioned by Hospital rooms. Images by Studio Damian Griffiths

"Lighter for Later - yellow" 2025