Sonia Boyce

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Sonia Dawn Boyce born in London in 1962 is a British Afro-Caribbean artist, living and working in London. She works across a range of media including photography, installation and text.[1] She came to prominence as part of the Black British cultural renaissance of the 1980s.[2]

Her works are held in the collection of Tate Modern.[3]

Sonia Boyce was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2007, for services to art.[4]

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  1. ^ Rebecca Fortnum, Contemporary British Women Artists: In Their Own Words, I.B.Tauris, 2007, p113. ISBN 1845112245
  2. ^ Kwesi Owusu, Black British Culture and Society: A Text-Reader, Routledge, 1999, p4. ISBN 0415178460
  3. ^ tate.org
  4. ^ news.bbc.co.uk, accessed September 6, 2007.

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