Black and white photo of people seated in rows, some blurred in motion. A person stands in the centre with hands on a drum, appearing to play it. The background is minimal, with other seated people facing sideways and wearing casual clothes. The mood is dynamic and lively.

Shenece Oretha

Shenece Oretha (b. Montserrat) is a multidisciplinary artist currently listening from London. Their practice is invested in the mobilising potential of sound. Oretha’s works negotiate the physicality of sound to sculpt a space for collectivity, poly-vocality and emphasise listening as an embodied practice. Converging installations, performance, text, print and sculpture to shape moments of ceremony and collective action.

Oretha’s solo shows include Tolled, The Hepworth Wakefield (2023), Ah So It Go, Ah No So It Go, Go So!, Cubitt Gallery (2022), Called to Respond, Cell Project Space (2020) and TESTING GROUNDS, Cafe OTO Project Space (2019). Group exhibitions include, 20/20 Futures, LCF (2025), Brent Biennial, London (2022), SURVEY II, G39, Site Gallery and Jerwood Arts (2021), Cinders, Sinuous and Supple, Les Urbaines (2019) and PRAISE N PAY IT/ PULL UP, COME INTO THE RISE, South London Gallery, London,(2018). Recent performances have been held at Tate Modern (2025), Café Oto London (2025) and London Contemporary music festival (2024).

In 2025 the artist was selected as an awardee of the third edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION / Studio Voltaire Award.

1. Shenece Oretha, Rootwork performance for Abbas Zahedi: Begin Again, Support Group, Tate Modern, London. Courtesy of the artist.
2. Shenece Oretha, Untitled (AHAHAHA), 2024. Installation view, Delfina Foundation Summer Residency, London. Image courtesy of the artist. Credit Anne Tetzlaff.
3. Shenece Oretha, Untitled (Moving Speakers), 2024. Installation view, Delfina Foundation Summer Residency, London. Courtesy of the artist. Credit Anne Tetzlaff.