How do visual representations shape identity and determine our sense of belonging? This broad and challenging question lies at the heart of Lubaina Himid‘s multilayered practice. A Tanzanian-born, Preston-based artist, curator and cultural activist, Himid’s work aims to ‘fill in the
The 2017 Turner prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid is the first Guardian artist in residence. After spending four days in the Guardian’s London office she created a work entitled Random Coincidence, which included the artist painting over pages from the paper
Lubaina was interviewed on Mary Anne Hobbs show about Art is Everywhere on BBC Radio 6 Music this morning, when she explained how she is currently in the search for the perfect grey.
Poet and novelist Jackie Kay meets Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid. Listen to the conversation on BBC Radio 4 here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0000v6f
Lubaina Himid is one of the exhibiting artists of the 10th Berlin Biennale curated by Gabi Ngcobo. The show is entitled We Don’t Need Another Hero – more information Her work will also be presented by Hollybush Gardens during Art
Lubaina Himid has been creating politically-driven, vivid art bringing forgotten stories to life, throughout her career, spanning four decades. After making history herself in 2017, when she became the oldest artist and first black woman to win the Turner Prize Vogue
In an interview with iNews a week after her Turner Prize win, Lubaina Himid describes her win as “a box that needed ticking” and referring to the increased age limit in 2017 and being the first black woman to win
Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid’s artworks fill in the gaps that history leaves behind. The British artist Lubaina Himid’s series of paintings based upon Le Rodeur, a symbol of the entire Atlantic slave trade, calls for us to speak the unspeakable. The
An interview with Lubaina by Siobhán Forshaw and published on the Corridor 8 website appears here: Political Activism in Paint: An Interview with Lubaina Himid The Turner Prize exhibition is at Ferens Art Gallery, Hull until 7th January 2018 https://www.hull2017.co.uk/whatson/events/turner-prize-2017/
The Jelly Mould Pavilion project is featured in the Folkestone Triennial. The artist has collected ceramic jelly moulds for many years, adding her own painted pattern decorations and in 2010, 30 of these were featured in an exhibition that played