Everlyn Nicodemus

Everlyn Nicodemus be Tanzanian-born artist, writer, den curator, wey dey base insyd Edinburgh, Scotland.

 Early life den career 
Nicodemus initially enrol insyd teacher training school, buh she elope make she marry a Swedish economist wey dey work insyd Tanzania."'They told me I was a savage' – the unstoppable painter Everlyn Nicodemus". The Guardian. De pair move go Sweden insyd 1973, wer, na influence by ein experiences of everyday racism, she enrol insyd Stockholm University insyd 1978 make she study social anthropology.

While back insyd Tanzania dey do fieldwork, Nicodemus start dey make art for response to ein discomfort plus anthropology. Dis quickly lead to a solo exhibition of paintings den poems at de National Museum of Tanzania insyd Dar es Salaam insyd 1980.

After she divorce ein first husby, Nicodemus marry Kristian Romare, a Swedish art historian, plus whom she move go Edinburgh insyd 2008."Everlyn Nicodemus,". Ben Uri Research Unit.

Ein work dey include paintings, collages, mixed-media assemblages, den poetry, wey na ebe informed by racism, trauma, PTSD, den recovery. She plete ein PhD for African Modern Art and Black Cultural Trauma at Middlesex University insyd 2012.

Nicodemus win de Freelands Foundation Award insyd 2022,"Freelands Award 2022". wich support de first retrospective of ein work, at de National Galleries of Scotland, from September 2024 to May 2025. Na dem acquire ein painting Självporträtt, Åkersberga by de National Portrait Gallery, London insyd 2022, wey e cam turn de first painted self-portrait by a black female artist insyd de gallery ein collection.

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Category:Human
Category:1954 births
Category:Alumni of Middlesex University
Category:African art curators
Category:Berlin University of the Arts alumni
Category:Tanzanian people
Category:People wey komot Kilimanjaro Region
Category:Stockholm University alumni
Category:Tanzanian emigrants to de United Kingdom
Category:Tanzanian expatriates insyd Sweden
Category:Tanzanian women artists