Shonibare’s practice questions the meaning of cultural and national definitions. In 2021 he received the prestigious Art Icon Award from Whitechapel Gallery, London. In 2019 he was awarded the decoration of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire or CBE. Shonibare was elected as a Royal Academician by the Royal Academy, London in 2013. Yinka Shonibare CBE RA was born in 1962 in London, England and moved to Lagos, Nigeria at the age of three. The Turner prize nominee Yinka Shonibare CBE is The World Reimagined’s Founding Artist, having conceived both the base globe sculpture and the first Globe to feature in the Trails – ‘The World Reimagined’, after which the entire project is named.ĭescribing himself as a ‘post-colonial hybrid’, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA creates work that explores issues of race and class through the media of sculpture, painting, photography, film, tapestries and public works. The Khadija Saye Arts Programme addresses the issue of BAME representation in the creative industries by focusing directly on the barriers that exist, starting with the most formative years, from ages 7-18. In 2020, Nicola Green founded the Khadija Saye Arts Programme in memory of her mentee and friend, artist Khadija Saye – who was killed in the Grenfell Tower fire. The Diaspora Pavilion was created in an effort to highlight and address the lack of diversity in the arts sectors and was accompanied by a 22-month long mentorship-based programme. In 2015, Nicola Green, with ICF, co-founded the Phase I Diaspora Platform Programme taking emerging ethnic minority UK-based artists and curators to the 56th Venice Biennale ‘All The World’s Futures’ curated by Okwui Enwezor, examining its entanglement with race, politics and power.įollowing this Nicola Green co-founded and directed the Diaspora Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, showcasing 22 artists from ethnic minority backgrounds, whose work dealt with the topic of Diaspora. Recording these events as they happen, and investing many hours of academic and artistic research, Green builds and curates substantial archives including In Seven Days…, Encounters, Dance of Colour, House Slave Field Slave. Inspired by her own mixed-heritage children and multi-faith family, she creates and preserves religious, social, and cultural heritage for future generations. Green has gained unprecedented access to iconic figures from the worlds of politics, religion, and culture, including collaborations with Pope Francis, President Obama, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Dalai Lama.ĭriven by her belief in the power of the visual image to communicate important human stories, Nicola Green chooses to assume the role of ‘witness’ to momentous occasions taking place across the globe. Green has established an international reputation for her ambitious projects that can change perceptions about identity and power exploring themes of race, religion, gender, and leadership. Nicola is a critically acclaimed artist and social historian.
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