Yinka Shonibare

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Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian contemporary artist known for exploring colonialism, race, and identity through installations and sculptures that often incorporate brightly colored Dutch wax fabrics.

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Yinka Shonibare CBE 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conceptual artist
contemporary artist
installation artist
person
sculptor
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Order of the British Empire
surface form: Member of the Order of the British Empire
birthDate 1962-08-09
birthPlace London, England
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt Byam Shaw School of Art
Goldsmiths, University of London
ethnicOrigin Nigerian
exhibitedAt Brooklyn Museum
Museum of Modern Art
surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York

National Museum of African Art
surface form: National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.

Royal Academy of Arts
surface form: Royal Academy of Arts, London

Tate Britain
Tate Modern
familyName Yinka Shonibare self-linksurface differs
surface form: Shonibare
fieldOfWork film
installation art
photography
sculpture
fullName Yinka Shonibare self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yinka Shonibare CBE
givenName Oluwafemi
hasDisability transverse myelitis
honorificSuffix CBE
movement contemporary art
postcolonial art
nationality British
Nigerian
nominatedFor Fourth Plinth
surface form: Fourth Plinth Commission, Trafalgar Square

Turner Prize
notableFor exploring themes of colonialism, race, and identity
use of brightly colored Dutch wax fabrics
notableWork Climate Shit Drawings
Diary of a Victorian Dandy
Gallantry and Criminal Conversation
Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle
Scramble for Africa
The Swing (after Fragonard)
representedCountry United Kingdom at the Venice Biennale
residence London, England
theme class
globalization
history of the British Empire
identity
postcolonialism
race
uses wheelchair
usesMaterial Dutch wax print fabric

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The Phillips Collection hasWorkBy Yinka Shonibare
Yinka Shonibare fullName Yinka Shonibare self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yinka Shonibare CBE
Yinka Shonibare familyName Yinka Shonibare self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Shonibare
Young British Artists associatedPerson Yinka Shonibare