Sonia Boyce
Sonia Dawn Boyce,MBE born in London in 1962 is a British Afro-Caribbean artist, living and working in London. She studied at Stourbridge College in the West Midlands. 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 work also references feminism.[3]
Her works are held in the collection of Tate Modern.
Sonia Boyce was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2007, for services to art.[4]
References
- ^ Rebecca Fortnum, Contemporary British Women Artists: In Their Own Words, I.B.Tauris, 2007, p113. ISBN 1845112245
- ^ Kwesi Owusu, Black British Culture and Society: A Text-Reader, Routledge, 1999, p4. ISBN 0415178460
- ^ Peggy Phelan and Helena Reckitt, 'art and feminism'. London. Phaidon, 2001
- ^ news.bbc.co.uk, accessed September 6, 2007.
External links
- inIVA Iniva on Sonia Boyce
- National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery
- Sonia Boyce by Roy Ixley (artist's stories)[1]
- 'Sonia Boyce at The Agency', review by Sue Hubbard, The Independent. 6 Dec. 2004 [2]
- 'Sonia Boyce : Speaking in Tongues' by Gilane Tawadros. Kala Press, 1997.
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