Abigail Fakoya is a visual artist, curator, and writer based between Essex and London. Her work explores the emotional and psychological landscapes of human experience, focusing on memory, identity, and the tension between suppression and expression. Working primarily through figurative abstraction, she uses colour, gesture, and form to translate internal states into visual language. Influenced by film, music, and her background in psychology, Abigail’s interdisciplinary practice is rooted in storytelling, rhythm, and the emotional resonance of image and sound. She is also interested in how environment, culture, and personal history shape the way emotions are experienced, expressed, and understood.
She holds a first-class BSc in Psychology from St. George’s University in Grenada, where she grew up, and a Distinction in her MA in Curating from the University of Kent. In 2022, she co-curated Unveiled at The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge in Canterbury; an exhibition exploring identity and activism through masks and ceremonial imagery. In 2024, she curated Radiant at Copeland Gallery in London, an immersive, multi-sensory celebration of Black womanhood and joy featuring 17 Black women artists and creatives funded by Arts Council England.
Abigail currently works as an Exhibition Production Manager at a contemporary art gallery in London. She is passionate about emotional storytelling, collaborative curation, and creating and fostering space for overlooked and underrepresented narratives across art, film, and sound.
