Awarding the honorary doctorate, the presentation address by Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds, Professor Griselda Pollock, began “Lubaina Himid is now hailed as one of the most important and internationally admired artists of our day. Winner of the
The UWE university in Bristol awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Arts to Professor Lubaina Himid in recognition of her contribution to British contemporary art and advocacy of Black artists and their creativity. The honorary degree was conferred at
After winning the Turner Prize in 2017, the work of artist Lubaina Himid has received further recognition by being made a member of the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts. Lubaina was recently awarded a CBE in the 2018 Queens Honours
Turner Prize winner and University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Professor Lubaina Himid has been made a Commander of The Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. Read more here https://www.uclan.ac.uk/news/professor-receives-cbe.php
Lubaina Himid has been named Artist of the Year by international art journal Apollo Magazine at their glittering awards ceremony in London on Tuesday 21st November. Other shortlisted artists included David Hockney, Frank Bowling, Jasper Johns, Carolee Schneemann and Adrian
Lubaina is one of four artists nominated for the Turner Prize 2017. The other nominees are Hurvin Anderson, Andrea Buttner and Rosalind Nashashibi. For the last five years, the Turner Prize has been staged outside of London every other year
July/August 2010 The UK’s best known Prison Arts Charity has invited Lubaina as a primary judge for the murals/portraits categories. Other Judges include Mike Leigh (film) Grayson Perry (oil/acrylic) Wendy Cope (poetry) David Blunkett (braille) and Emma Sergeant (portraits). www.justgiving.com/koestlertrust/