RIEKO (Rieko Whitfield) is an artist, composer, and neoritualist, and the Founding Director of Diasporas Now. Her interdisciplinary practice brings together music, mythology, and live performance to create immersive, transformative worlds grounded in spiritual exploration. Blending ritual performance, experimental sound, collective healing workshops, curating, and community organising, her work explores alternative ways of imagining and shaping the future.
She is currently in Artist in Residence at the Institute of Contemporary Arts London. Her work has been supported by Arts Council England, British Council, Jerwood Foundation, PRS Foundation, Help Musicians, and Sound and Music.