Andrew Ibi
Liverpool School of Art and Design
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: A.U.Ibi@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 904 1128
Internet publication
Ibi A. 2024. Hey Jukebox: The Story Of Black Hair And Music Publisher Url
Ibi A. 2024. Black British Music and Style / Internet Article (Nov 2023) Publisher Url
Ibi A, Eshun E, Binns K, Rush C, Adeyemi W, Coker T. 2020. PANEL DISCUSSION: JOE CASELY-HAYFORD AN ICON FOR OUR TIMES Publisher Url
Film
Ibi A, Elliott H, Jules J, Mundy Castle A. 2023. The Missing Thread | A Documentary
Exhibition
Ibi A, Elliot H, Jules J. The Missing Thread, Untold Stories of Black British Fashion
Ibi A, Palie M. Co-Curator: Romanian Design Week (Fashion Section)
Ibi A. Hey Jukebox: The Story Of Black Hair And Music Publisher Url
Journal article
Ibi A, Sprecher D, Whyman B, Turk T, McDonald N. Fashion Curation, Collaboration and Men’s Clothing: taking the work where it needs to go Special Issue of Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion Locating Menswear: Context, Culture, and Identity,
External committees:
Maison Africa is a digital home for Africa’s creatives and entrepreneurs, both on the continent and in the diaspora. We’re here to empower you by bridging the gap between Africa’s vibrant creative and digital economies and the global market. Through strategic partnerships, community-building, and opportunities for co-creation, Maison Africa is unlocking new paths to collaboration and innovation., Founding Member, Maison Africa, https://maison.africa/. 2025
British Fashion Council, Founder Member Joe Casely-Hayford Scholarship Award, British Fashion Council Scholarship Awards, https://www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk/BFC-Foundation/Education/Scholarships. 2025
Industrial connections:
The British Fashion Council Foundation, In October 2023, the BFC announced the launch of the #BFCFoundation Joe Casely-Hayford MA Scholarship - honouring Casely-Hayford’s contributions to the fashion industry and his incredible legacy. The scholarship recognises Black British culture and its far reaching and impactful influence on wider British creative industries. In 2023, Taya Francis became the first recipient of this award. In this film, Taya, alongside Charlie Casely-Hayford, Director, Casely-Hayford London and Andrew Ibi, Artist, Designer & Educator, Co-Founder, BOLD; Co-founder; FACE discuss Joe’s illustrious career and contributions to fashion, exploring the ways in which his legacy, and this scholarship, will continue to celebrate and spotlight young talent from Black and mixed heritage backgrounds. Concept and shot by Rankin Entertainment., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYAZPAEsi-c. 2025
Media Coverage:
The Post (Liverpool) 2025
THE FACE (The Missing Thread: Untold Stories of Black Fashion) 2024
BBC Radio Derby (The Missing Thread) 2024
VOGUE (The Missing Thread - Untold Stories of Black Fashion) 2024
CNN (The Missing Thread: Untold Stories of Black Fashion) 2023
Evening Standard: The Missing Thread: Untold Stories of Black Fashion 2023
The Guardian (The Missing Thread: Untold Stories of Black Fashion
Public engagement:
Public talk or lecture, Audience was focussed on engaging with Manchester's Black communities., Invited Speaker, Whitworth Gallery, Whitworth Gallery (Manchester) Barbara Walker Panel Discussion, The event was centred around the exhibition Barbara Walker: Being Here exhibition, forming a part of the public events programme. There were two 45 minute panel discussions (1 chair, 2 panellists) followed by a musical live performance. This discussion will be rooted in connecting Barbara’s work to wider ideas around race and the arts, accessibility, and inclusion., https://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:i1ac-m4vdogyd-6lifc1/purple-collective-and-the-whitworth-present-recentring. 2025
Public talk or lecture, Open to public, but largely an academic and arts driven community event., Including a DJ performance, Invited Speaker/Performer, Salutation (Pub), Manchester Metropolitan University, Bunker Talk #141: Andrew Ibi, Bunker Talks invite artists and researchers to talk about who they are and what they do. Curated by the Performance Research Group at Manchester School of Art, Bunker Talks explore geopolitical, ecological or economic concerns. The talks create space for critical encounters, presentations, provocation and dialogue. Originally conceived in the pandemic to explore how artists, writers, curators and researchers continued to make and share their work, live Bunker Talks now take place at The Salutation every month. Since 2020, over 140 talks have been hosted by members of the Art & Performance Research Hub. All talks are recorded, edited, captioned and archived to create an online catalogue, capturing how artists think about the world today., https://www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/talk-141/. 2024
Public talk or lecture, Fashion public focussed on Black creatives and stakeholders including designers, educators, students and individuals related to the arts., Moderator, Stories of Our Style: Andrew Ibi, Oswald Boateng and Bianca Saunders in conversation, Fashion designers Ozwald Boateng and Bianca Saunders are in conversation with Andrew Ibi (BOLD, co-curator of The Missing Thread), to unpack what’s woven into the fabric of what we wear. Spanning from the 1970s to the present day, The Missing Thread, curated by the Black Orientated Legacy Development Agency (BOLD), charts the shifting landscape of Black British culture and the unique contribution it has made to Britain’s rich fashion design history., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EJKfCunLuI. 2023
Public talk or lecture, Sustainable thinkers and practitioners in relation to fashion retail and design, Moderator, 84-86 Regent Street, London, Can Sustainable Fashion Be Inclusive: Lone Design Club (Panel Discussion), Moderator for a panel discussion centering on inclusive practice and sustainability for Lone Design Club and Fashion Minority Alliance. The Fashion Minority Alliance hosts a panel discussion on the intersectionality of inclusion and sustainability within the fashion industry. Designer, Artist and Educator, Andrew Ibi, will be speaking with guests including Writer, Stylist and Consultant, Aja Barber, Designer Anwar Bougroug and Founder and CEO of Fashion Roundtable Tamara Cincik to explore the spectrum of sustainability and what is required to make the topic approachable for all., https://fest.fashionminorityalliance.com/speakers/. 2022
Public talk or lecture, Student and education based from a collection of UK fashion institutions, Moderator, Samsung KX, Coal Drops Yard, London, GFW22 Live! Talk - Big Fish, New Pond: Navigating the Fashion Industry After Education, Panel moderator for Graduate Fashion Week with Vanessa Spence, Toni-Blaze Ibekwe and Tejumola Butler Adenuga. Hosted on behalf of Fashion Minority Alliance., https://fest.fashionminorityalliance.com/speakers/. 2022
Public talk or lecture, Local demographic of individuals interested in DEI policy and lead activists of the region, Guest Speaker (FACE) & Workshop Leader (LJMU), The Spine Building & LJMU Student Life Building, Liverpool Against Racism Conference 2022, As part of the Liverpool Against Racism festival, the Youth EMPOWER Conference takes place on Friday 29 April and will see 60 young adults from schools across the city region engage in honest and frank discussions on the topic of discrimination. Professional boxing champion Natasha Jonas will lead an ‘In Conversation’ session sharing her experiences, following which a series of creative masterclasses will take place which will be facilitated by experts from the world of music, fashion, drama and journalism. These experts include: Laura Brosnan – Music journalist and Executive Editor of TRENCH magazine. Andrew Ibi – Creative visual designer and the co-founder of FACE (Fashion Academics Creating Equality). Keith Saha – Writer and Co-CE/Artistic Director of 20 Stories High Theatre Company. Ngunan Adamu – BBC producer and presenter. Tee – An acclaimed spoken word artist, music director and graduate of LIPA and the award-winning LIMF Academy., https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/liverpool-against-racism-empowers-citys-teens/. 2022
Public talk or lecture, Young members of the public engaged in Liverpool music scene, Workshop Leader and Discussion Moderator, Tate, Liverpool, ON RECORD PRESENTS GRIME > PUNK, Workshop and Panel Discussion: Is Grime greater than Punk? Join artists, musicians, journalists and educators for a series of workshops, performances, and lively debates with ON RECORD Festival Join us for an afternoon of workshops, discussions and live performances where we consider what has had the most enduring impact on music and culture – Grime or Punk? This event is a part of ON RECORD Festival; a celebration Black music in Liverpool and an exploration of the role it has played in the city and its communities over the past 70 years. The festival brings together original performances, collaborations, talks and specially commissioned content. If you’re interested in music subcultures, you may enjoy our current special exhibition, Lucy McKenzie. The artist explores many themes in her work including international sport, the representation of women, gender politics and music subcultures., https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/on-record-presents-grime-punk. 2021
Conference presentation:
Oral presentation, Royal College of Art, FACE Summit 2024, Keynote: In Conversation with Charlie Casely-Hayford, https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/face-fashion-and-the-arts-creating-equity-summit-2024/. 2024
Oral presentation, V&A Dundee, Power and Representation, Keynote Speaker Dress and Textile Specialists Conference 2024 V&A Dundee, https://dressandtextilespecialists.org.uk/conferences-and-events/dats-conference-2024/. 2024
Oral presentation, Space (Liverpool), Locating Menswear, Exhibiting Menswear, https://www.mensweararchive.com/locatingmenswear. 2024
Oral presentation, Central Saint Martins (London), FACE Summit 2022, Face Founder's Keynote Presentation, https://www.weareface.uk/face-summit. 2022