page_title: British Asian
section_title: Art and design
hierarchical_section_title: British Asian / Notable contributions / Art and design
caption_attribution_description: English: ArcelorMittal Orbit viewed from Stratford High Street (A118).
context_page_description: British Asians are persons of predominantly South Asian, and sometimes of broader Asian descent, who reside in the United Kingdom. In British English usage, the term Asian usually refers to people who trace their ancestry to South Asia, in particular the former British Raj and Ceylon.
  Since the 2001 census, British people of general Asian descent have been included in the "Asian/Asian British" grouping of the UK census questionnaires. Categories for British Indians, British Pakistanis, British Bangladeshis, British Chinese and Other Asians have existed under an Asian British heading since the 2011 census.
  Immigration of small numbers of South Asians to England began with the arrival of the East India Company to the Indian subcontinent in the 17th century. Indians came to Britain, for educational or economic reasons, during the British Raj, with most returning to India after a few months or years, and in greater numbers as the Indian independence movement led to the partition of 1947, eventually creating the separate countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
context_section_description: Anish Kapoor is an Indian-born British sculptor. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s when he moved to study art, first at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea College of Art and Design. Kapoor received the Turner Prize in 1991. Born in London and of Asian origin, Shezad Dawood became known for this work in various media in the early 2000s. Also born in London and of Pakistani origin, Haroon Mirza emerged as an artist in the late 2000s. Best known for his sculptural installations that generate sound, Mirza was awarded the Silver Lion for the Most Promising Artist at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011.
  Shahidul Alam is a Bangladeshi photojournalist, teacher and social activist. He has been a photographer for more than forty years and "his photographs have been published in almost every major western media outlet". Saiman Miah is an architectural designer and graphic designer who designed one of the two £5 commemorative coins for the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
  Theatre company RIFCO Arts has been producing and touring productions based on the British Asian experience since 1999.
caption: ArcelorMittal Orbit, London Olympic Park, designated by the Indian Anish Kapoor
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