Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

A **Lynette Yiadom-Boakye** (sẽn dog yʋʋm 1977 wã) yaa Biritayn na-kẽem la gʋlsd sẽn yit Ghana. B sẽn mi-a n yɩɩda, yaa a sẽn maan bõn-naandse, bɩ bõn-naands b sẽn yã, n maan ne vɛrse-rãmba. A tʋʋma sõngame t'a nin-sablsã bãng n bãng b sẽn segd n maan to-to. B nong n maana a foto-rãmba, n wilg-b a toore.

## A pipi vɩɩmã la a tʋʋma
A Lynette Yiadom-Boakye roga London, UK, la yaa be la a vɩ la a tʋmd masã. A ba-rãmbã ra yaa bãad-pogs sẽn tʋmd tẽnga laafɩ wã tʋʋm zĩigẽ, b sẽn yi Gana yʋʋm 1960 wã. Yiadom-Boakye bilga a meng wa " biig sẽn ya kʋɩl-koaaga - sẽn tar karẽn-bi-sõma, sẽn pa maand wẽnga - la a leb n yaa sõma ne m sẽn vɩ m zugẽ wã, n tũnugd ne m tagsgã n põsdẽ. " A Yiadom-Boakye sẽn da yaa yʋʋm pis-naase, a kẽe karẽn-bi-bɛd lekoll sẽn na n sõng-a t'a bãng a sẽn tõe n maan n paam n lebg nin-naandã. A Yiadom-Boakye sẽn da wa n yaa karẽn-bi-bɛda, a Yiadom-Boakye kẽnga Central St. A Martins College of Art and Design (1996-7); la a sẽn da pa nong a sẽk be wã, a kẽnga Falmouth College of Art (1997-2000) n paam a karengã yʋʋm 2000. Rẽ poore, a paama a MA karẽng Royal Academy Schools yʋʋmd 2003. Yaa be, a yʋʋm-yaoolem karẽngẽ, la a wa n bãng bũmb ning sẽn toeem a tʋʋma sore, n wa ne a yʋʋre. A sẽn wa n sõs ne a Dodie Kazanjian sẽn yaa Vogue seb-gʋlsdã, a yeela woto: "Sẽn na n yɩlẽ tɩ m tõog n wilg m sẽn maandã sẽn yaa to-to wã, m yãka yam n na n kɩt tɩ yɩ nana, la m tik m zug n ges nedã sẽn yaa to-to la a sẽn maan to-to wã bala. Yaa rẽ n na n tall kibayã". A sẽn wa n kẽe inivɛrsite wã, a tʋma tʋʋm n tõog n ges a meng yelle, hal tɩ ta yʋʋmd 2006 a sẽn paam Arts Foundation Fellowship n na n maan pikã, la a tõog n maan pikã bala.

Yʋʋmd 2010 soabã pʋgẽ, a Okwui Enwezor kõo a tʋʋmdã kaseto. Ne a Naomi Beckwith, a Okwui Enwezor maana a wilgrã ne Studio Museum sẽn be Harlem. A ra bee neb nins b sẽn yãk tɩ b na n kõ a Turner kũunã yʋʋmd 2013 wã sʋka. A Yiadom-Boakye zãmsda Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University zĩig ning a sẽn yaa karen-saamb sẽn be b Master in Fine Arts porgram pʋgẽ. A sẽn yɩ ned ning sẽn da tʋmd n get n maan bũmb ninsã paama waoogr yʋʋmd 2019 yʋʋm-vẽkr kiuugã, tɩ b yãk-a t'a be ninsabls tẽnsa 10 sẽn tar pãng n yɩɩd sẽn yit Afirik bɩ Afirik la Karayiib soolmẽ wã sʋka.

## Tʋʋmã

### Sɛb sẽn yaa vẽenega
A Yiadom-Boakye tʋʋm wʋsg yaa nin-sablsã sẽn be b yamẽ wã foto. A sẽn maandã yaa makr buud toor-toore, tɩ b neerã pa tar pãng ye. A tʋʋma sẽn yaa likã, yaa sẽn na n kɩt t'a bãng t'a tara sũ-maasem sẽn na n kɩt t'a sẽn maandã yɩ wakat fãa. A sẽn maan neb sẽn pa sɩd-sɩdã foto wã wilgdame tɩ nebã karemdame, n gãe n gãe, la b gãe n vʋʋsdẽ. A sẽn wilgd a nin-buiidã to-to wã kɩtame tɩ neb wʋsg tõe n bãng b sẽn yaa to-to wã. Bãngdb kẽer yeelame tɩ yaa rẽ n kɩt t'a Yiadom-Boakye tʋʋmdã paam pẽgre. A modgdame n pa rat tɩ b gom a sẽn maan bũmb ninsã ne yʋʋm pi-gĩnd bɩ wakat takɩ ye. A sẽn maan bũmb ninsã wʋsg wilgdame tɩ yaa nin-sabls sẽn yit Afirik la b maan-yã. Rẽ kɩtame t'a yãk yam n pa na n maan nao-tũusds a karen-biisã zut ye, bala naoor wʋsgo, nao-tũusdsã yaa wakat makre. Nin-kãensã nong n bee ne bũmb sẽn yaa toor-toore, tɩ b pa tõe n bãng a võor sõma ye. Bõn-kãensã sẽn yaa yel-solemd la sẽn tar sũ-sãamsã tẽegda neb nins sẽn da get b sɛbã toɛy-toɛyã, wala a Velasquez la a Degas.

A yɩɩl-gʋlsdã manesem toeema bilf a 2017 wã a "In Lieu of a Louder Love" sẽn yɩll n wilg a sẽn maand to-to wã. B sẽn da wa n na n wilg-a wã, b ra na n yãka ne wĩntoogã la ne wĩntoogã n kõ-a. A sẽn da maand bũmb ninsã ra yaa bũmb sẽn tar vẽenegã, wala linoleum sẽn tar bĩisri, gãndg sẽn tar pãng la koomã fuug fuugu, la bũmb sẽn yaa kẽere, sãnga, la bõn-vẽenem.

Baa ne ned a ye bal sẽn be foto wã pʋgẽ wã, b nong n maanda foto-rãmbã ne neb sull-rãmba, wa b sẽn maand foto-rãmbã ne zagsã rãmb bala. A Yiadom-Boakye sẽn wilg ninsaal tagsgã, a vaeesa nedã sẽn maand to-to wã, la a pukd politik la sik-m-menga, a tʋʋma pʋgẽ, sẽn kẽed ne ninsaalb sẽn be tõnd dũni wã pʋgẽ, wakat a to la zĩig sẽn pa mi pʋgẽ. 18] A vẽnda neb b sẽn yãk ne yamleoog n yiis wakat la zĩig pʋgẽ, la a yeela woto: "Nebã sokda maam yaa: "Yaa ãnd dãmb la b beẽ? B sẽn segd n sok yaa: "bãmb yaa bõe?"

A Yiadom-Boakye paama vẽnegr ne bũmb nins a sẽn yã wã la ne a meng tẽegr dãmba, sɛba, la a sẽn maan n maan lɛbgrã. A leb n paamda vẽnegr ne yɩɩl la yɩɩl-gʋlsdb a taab wala: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Nick Drake, Lisa Yuskavage, Chris Offili, la Isaac Julien.

Tɛt muze wã wilga a tʋʋma wʋsgo, sẽn kẽed ne a tʋʋma wilg-rãmb sẽn zĩnd yʋʋm 2020 yʋʋm-sar kiuug rasem a 2 n tãag 2021 yʋʋm-sar kiuug rasem a 9.

## Gʋlsgo
A Yiadom-Boakye sẽn yaa maan-minimdã, a pa nong n bilgd a meng wa seb-gʋlsd wala a maan-minimdã ye. A kibay la a yɩɩl-bɛdã bee a sɛbã pʋse.
A sẽn maan bũmb ning sɛbã pʋgẽ wã makda sɛb a nu sẽn yit sebr a ye sẽn boond tɩ " An Officer of the Law " pʋgẽ, la sɛb a taab sẽn gomd bi-bees yelle. A kibarã " An Officer of the Law" yaa kɩbar sẽn pa sɩd sẽn dɩk rũms n maan a nin-buiidã. A Yiadom-Boakye leb n naanda yɩɩl-yɩɩndb wa b sẽn wilg a sebr ning sẽn boond tɩ "Something Close to a Confession" pʋgẽ wã. Makr a woto:

"Mam sã n da pa kiidẽ, m da na n kiime.

Zĩig ning kʋɩl-biis sẽn yaa lik sẽn zoet koomã pʋgẽ wã,

B sẽn wãb nin-buiidã la b sẽn zabd ne-bã
La a wilg-b-la b pãn-komsem fãa

Mam baska zĩig Wẽnnaam sẽn pa tõe n yã maamã.

Mam sẽn be zĩig sẽn pa be wã, m ninã yãbdame.

La f maan nin-kẽemsã tɩ b zab ne kʋʋbo". 

A sẽn gomd a tʋʋma yelle, a wilgame t'a sẽn gʋlsd yaa wa a sẽn maand n gʋlsdẽ wã, la a wilg t'a " gʋlsda bũmb nins a sẽn pa gʋlsdã la a gʋlsd bũmb nins a sẽn pa gʋlsdã fãa". A gʋlsa sɛb sẽn tar tags-kɛglem.

## Art market
At a 2019 auction at Phillips in London, Yiadom-Boakye's *Leave A Brick Under The Maple* (2015), a life-size portrait of a standing man, sold for about $1 million.

At the 2022 Christie's 20th/21st Century Frieze Week season auction, Yiadom-Boakye's *Highpower* was estimated at £600,000 and sold for £1,482,000

## Subject for work of others
Painted in 2017, Kehinde Wiley's *Portrait of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Jacob Morland of Capplethwaite* is displayed in the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, CT.

A portrait of Yiadom-Boakye by photographer Sal Idriss is held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

*Poem After an Iteration of a Painting by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Destroyed by the Artist Herself* by Ama Codje was published by the Massachusetts's Review on December 26, 2019

## Exhibitions
Yiadom-Boakye has staged numerous solo exhibitions at museums and galleries internationally. Her notable solo shows include *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; and *Fly In League With The Night* (2022-2023), Tate Britain, London.

She has also participated in a number of group shows and exhibitions, including the 55th Venice Biennale (2013); the Sharjah Biennial (2015); 58th Venice Biennale (2019), and *Afro-Atlantic Histories* (2021-2022). Yiadom-Boakye's work is included in several museum collections in the United States including the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami collection, and the picture *King for an Hour* was on view at the institution's long-term display for 2023.

## Awards
Yiadom-Boakye has been widely hailed for her work, winning accolades including The Arts Foundation fellowship for painting (2006), the Pinchuk Foundation Future Generation Prize (2012), Next Generation Prize from the New Museum of Contemporary Art (2013), South Bank Sky Arts Award for Visual Art (2016) and the Carnegie Prize at 57th edition of Carnegie International (2018). She was also nominated for the Turner Prize (2013).

## Notable works in public collections

* *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

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