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Yinka Shonibare

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Yinka Shonibare
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipNigeria, United Kingdom Edit
Name wey dem give amYinka Edit
Ein date of birth9 August 1962 Edit
Place dem born amLondon Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish, Nigerian Pidgin Edit
Educate forGoldsmiths, University of London, Byam Shaw School of Art, Redrice School Edit
Ethnic groupYoruba people, British Nigerian Edit
Participant insydDocumenta 11 Edit
Movementcontemporary art Edit
Member ofRoyal Academy of Arts Edit
Award e receiveMember of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Whitechapel Gallery Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.yinkashonibarembe.com Edit
Represented byJames Cohan Gallery Edit
Copyright representativereproduction right represented by CISAC-member Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit
Artist files atNational Gallery of Art Library Edit
Personal pronounL485 Edit

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (born 9 August 1962), be a British artist wey dey live insyd de United Kingdom. Ein work dey explore cultural identity, colonialism den post-colonialism within de contemporary context of globalisation. A hallmark of ein art be de brightly coloured Ankara fabric he dey use. As Shonibare be paralysed for one side of ein body, he dey use assistants make he make works under ein direction.[1]

Early life den education

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"Wind Sculpture" (London, 2014)

Na dem born Yinka Shonibare insyd London, England, for 9 August 1962, de son of Olatunji Shonibare den Laide Shonibare.[2][3] Wen na he dey three years old, ein family move go Lagos, Nigeria, wer na ein poppie practise law. Wen na he dey 17 years old, Shonibare return to de UK make he take ein A-levels for Redrice School.[4][5] For de age of 18, he contract transverse myelitis, an inflammation of de spinal cord, wich result in a long-term physical disability wer one side of ein body be paralysed.[6][7]

Shonibare study Fine Art first for Byam Shaw School of Art (now Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design) den then for Goldsmiths, University of London, wer he receive ein MFA degree, wey he graduate as part of de Young British Artists generation. Dey follow ein studies, Shonibare work as an arts development officer give Shape Arts, an organisation wey dey make arts accessible to people plus disabilities.[3][8]

Oda activities

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  • Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Member of de Global Council[9]

Awards

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  • Insyd 2004, na dem grant Shonibare de title Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).[10]
  • Insyd 2019, na dem award wey dem decorate Yinka Shonibare plus de Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[11]
  • Yinka Shonibare receive de Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon Award insyd March 2021.[11] He be de 8th recipient of dis award.[12]

Disability

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Shonibare now be disabled,[8][13] physically incapable of make he dey work einself, wey he dey rely upon a team of assistants, wey dey operate einself as a conceptual artist.[14]

References

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  1. ↑ "Yinka Shonibare, CBE (RA) | Biography". yinkashonibare.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Shonibare, Yinka, (born 9 Aug. 1962), visual artist, since 1991". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO (in English). 2010. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U251465. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Greenstreet, Rosanna (30 April 2011). "Q&A: Yinka Shonibare". The Guardian. London.
  4. ↑ "Biography". Yinka Shonibare, MBE (RA).
  5. ↑ Gayford, Martin (19 May 2010). "Fourth Plinth: Yinka Shonibare interview". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  6. ↑ "a unique journal for discussion of arts and culture". disability arts online. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Alakam, Japhet (1 May 2011). "Art-iculating Yinka Shonibare's hope in hopelessness". Vanguard. Nigeria. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wilson, Lucy (10 January 2003). "Yinka Shonibare | Artists' stories | Artists talking". a-n. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  9. ↑ John Kampfner (22 April 2024), How Koyo Kouoh is getting Zeitz Mocaa museum back on track The Art Newspaper.
  10. ↑ STILLING, ROBERT (2013). "An Image of Europe: Yinka Shonibare's Postcolonial Decadence". PMLA. 128 (2): 299–321. doi:10.1632/pmla.2013.128.2.299. ISSN 0030-8129. JSTOR 23489062. S2CID 153937722.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Yinka Shonibare, CBE (RA) | Biography". yinkashonibare.com. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon with Swarovski". Whitechapel Gallery (in English). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "Yinka Shonibare: Adam Reynolds bursary". disability arts online. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  14. ↑ Sontag, Deborah (17 June 2009). "Headless Bodies from a Bottomless Imagination". The New York Times.

Read further

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  • Shonibare, Yinka; Kent, Rachel; Hobbs, Robert C.; Downey, Anthony (2008). Yinka Shonibare, MBE. Munich: Prestel. OCLC 228358419.
  • Shonibare, Yinka; Guldemond, Jaap; Mackert, Gabriele; van Kooij, Barbera (2004). Yinka Shonibare: Double Dutch. Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. OCLC 55649109.
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