Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (wɔwoo no afe 1977 mu) yɛ Britainni mfoniniyɛfo ne ɔkyerɛwfo a ne nkyi fi Ghana.

 Mfiase asetena ne Adwumayɛ 
Wɔwoo Lynette Yiadom-Boakye wɔ London, UK, na ɛhɔ nso a na seesei ɔte na ɔyɛ adwuma. N'awofo yɛɛ adwuma sɛ anɛɛsefo wɔ Ɔman Ayaresa Adwumakuw no mu ansa na wɔre tu afi Ghana wɔ 1960 mfe no mu no. Yiadom-Boakye ka ne ho asɛm sɛ "ɔyɛ abofra a ne ho nyɛ anika - bɔ neho mbɔden wɔ nhomasua mu, na ɔnyɛ basabasa - nanso otumi dwen nneɛma ho kɔ akyir wɔ ne tirim, na ɔtwa nneɛma ho adwene wɔ ne tirim a, ɛboa no.https://jackshainman.com/uploads/15400154/1741888478148/JSG_LYB_CV_2025.pdf 

Bere a na ɔwɔ ntoaso sukuu mu no, ɔfaa bere tia mu  adwinni anaa mfonyi bɔ ho adesua mu sɛ ɔresɔ ahwɛ, na akyiri yi ogyaee adwene a na ɔwɔ sɛ ɔbɛyɛ obi a ɔhwɛ ani so na ɔbɛyɛɛ mfoniyɛfo. Yiadom-Boakye kɔɔ sukuu wɔ Central St. Martins College of Art ne Design (1996 kosi 1997), nanso, n'ani annye bere a ɔwɔ hɔ no, enti wɔyii  no kɔɔ Falmouth College of Art (1997-2000) na awiei koraa no, onyaa suapɔn abodin krataa  a edi kan wɔ afe 2000 mu. Afei owiee MA adesua wɔ Royal Academy Skuul wɔ afe 2003 mu. Ɛha na bere a na aka afe baako ma wɔwie sukuu no, ohui biribi a ɛsakraa n'adwuma no, na ɛmaa nnipa pii nso huu no. Bere a ɔne Dodie Kazanjian a ɔyɛ adwuma wɔ Vogue bɔɔ nkɔmmɔ no, ɔkaa sɛ: "Sɛ́ anka mɛbɔ mmɔden de nsɛm a emu yɛ den aka m'adwuma no ho no, meyɛɛ m'adwene sɛ mɛyɛ no tiawa, na mede m'adwene asi sɛnea wɔkaa ne ho asɛm no so. Ɛno ankasa bɛma asɛm no mu ada hɔ". Ɔwiee kɔlege no, ɔyɛɛ adwuma mfiase no de hwɛɛ ne ho kosii 2006 bere a ɔnyaa Arts Foundation Fellowship wɔ mfoniniyɛ mu no, na afei de ɔde n'adwene sii mfoniniyɛ nkutoo so.      

Wɔ afe 2010 mu no, Okwui Enwezor gyee n'adwuma no toom. Aber a ne hwɛfo Naomi Beckwith ka ne ho, Okwui Enwezor yii n'adwumayɛ no kyerɛe wɔ Studio Museum wɔ Harlem. Na ɔka wɔn a wɔpaw wɔn wɔ Turner abasobɔde no mu wɔ afe 2013 mu no ho. Sɛ wɔde mfoniyɛ no to nkyɛn a, Yiado-Boakye akyerɛkyerɛ wɔ Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University sɛ kyerɛkyerɛni boafo wɔ Master in Fine Arts abɔdin adesua mu. Wɔgyee ne nkɛntɛnsoɔ sɛ mfoniniyɛfoɔ toom wɔ 2019 Powerlist mu na akyiri yi wɔkyerɛw no din kaa "Edikanfo 10" a ɛwɔ nnipa a wɔwɔ nkɛntɛnsoɔ kɛseɛ wɔ Afrika anaa Afrika Caribbean nkyifo mu wɔ UK wɔ afe 2020 mu no ho.       

 Adwuma 

 Mfonniyɛ 
Yiadom-Boakye adwuma no mu dodow no ara yɛ mfonini ahorow a ɛfa nnipa tuntum a wɔagye din ho. Ne mfonini ahorow no mu dodow no ara yɛ ahintasɛm, na ne kɔla ahorow no yɛ wrɔɔ. N'adwumayɛ mu mfonini a ɛyɛ tuum no ma nkurɔfo te nka sɛ wayɛ komm, na ɛma n'adwumayɛ mu nsɛm no yɛ nea enni awiei.   

 Nneɛma a wɔda no edi 
Yiadom-Boakye nkutoo ayɛ ɔyɛkyerɛ ahorow pii a de akyerɛ wɔ tete nneɛma akorae ne abrannaa so wɔ amanaman pii so. Ne dwumadi ahorow a ɛda nsow no bi ne;

 Any Number of Preoccupations (2010).
 Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.
 Verses After Dusk (2015).
 Serpentine Galleries, London.
 A Passion To A Principle (2016)
 Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland.
 Under-Song For a Cipher (2017)
 New Museum, New York.
 Fly In League With The Night (2022-2023).
 Tate Britain, London.

 Kuw yikyerɛ ne Nneɛma a wɔda no edi 
Ɔde ne ho ahyɛ kuw dwumadi/yikyerɛ ne ɔyɛkyerɛ ahorow bi nso mu, a nea ɛka ho ne;

 55th Venice Biennale (2013).
 Sharjah Biennial (2015).
 58th Venice Biennale (2019).
 Afro-Atlantic Histories (2021-2022).

Yiadom-Boakye adwuma no ka tete nneɛma akorae ahorow pii a wɔaboaboa ano wɔ United States korabea ahorow no ho. Ebi ne Carnegie Museum of Art, ne Pérez Art Museum Miami collection, ne picture King for an Hour na wɔde sisii asoeɛ hɔ bere tenten wɔ 2023 mu.

 Abasobɔde ahorow 
Wɔakamfo Yidom-Boakye kɛse wɔ n’adwuma no ho, na wɔadi nkonim, wɔ nkamfo pii a bi nye ma odidi so yi;

 Arts Foundation fellowship ma wɔn a woyɛ mfonini (2006).
 Pinchuk Foundation Future Generation Prize (2012).
 Next Generation Prize - New Museum of Contemporary Art (2013).
 South Bank Sky Arts Award for Visual Art (2016).
 Carnegie Prize at 57th edition of Carnegie International (2018).
 Turner Prize (2013) - Wɔyii no kaa.

 Nnwuma a ɛda nsow a Wiase nyinaa de nim no 

 Nous étions (2007), Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.
 The Fondness (2010), Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
 Tambourine (2010), Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina

 Skylark (2010), Museum of Modern Art, New York
 King for an Hour (2011), Pérez Art Museum Miami
 Bracken or Moss (2012), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
 10pm Saturday (2012), Tate, London.

 Siskin (2012), Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
 A Few For the Many (2013), Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
 Appreciation of the Inches (2013), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
 Observer of Spring (2013) Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw.
 Trapsprung (2013), Seattle Art Museum.
 Womanology 12 (2014), National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
 A Culmination (2016), Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland.
 8am Cadiz (2017), Baltimore Museum of Art.

 Medicine at Playtime (2017), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
 The Much-Vaunted Air (2017), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
 No Need of Speech (2018), Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.
 Repose 3 (2018), Dallas Museum of Art.
 Shelves for Dynamite (2018), Minneapolis Institute of Art.

 Beaɛ a menyaa mmoa fii 

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