Yinka Shonibare

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.

Early life den education
Na dem born Yinka Shonibare insyd London, England, for 9 August 1962, de son of Olatunji Shonibare den Laide Shonibare.Greenstreet, Rosanna (30 April 2011). "Q&A: Yinka Shonibare". The Guardian. London. 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. 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.

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.
Oda activities
 Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Member of de Global CouncilJohn Kampfner (22 April 2024), How Koyo Kouoh is getting Zeitz Mocaa museum back on track The Art Newspaper.

 Awards 

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

 Disability 
Shonibare now be disabled, 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.Sontag, Deborah (17 June 2009). "Headless Bodies from a Bottomless Imagination". The New York Times.

 References 

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 External links 

 Official website
 1 artwork by or after Yinka Shonibare at de Art UK site
 "Yinka Shonibare CBE", Stephen Friedman Gallery
 Yinka Shonibare, MBE at James Cohan Gallery, New York
 Yinka Shonibare, MBE (RA) at Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong
 Yinka Shonibare, MBE (RA) at Blain|Southern Galleries, Berlin
 Yinka Shonibare MBE: Magic Ladders Barnes Foundation exhibition catalogue, 2014
 Portraits of Yinka Shonibare at de National Portrait Gallery, London

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