Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (born 1977, London, UK)[1] is a female artist of Ghanaian descent based in London.

Background and education

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's parents were both originally from Ghana and worked as nurses. Boakye graduated from Falmouth College of Arts in 2000 then completed an MA at the Royal Academy Schools in 2003.[1]

Work

Her paintings are predominantly figurative with raw and muted colours. Yiadom-Boakye has shown work internationally in exhibitions, including the Gwangju Biennale, Korea; 'Flow' at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York and 'M25. Around London' at the CCA Andratz, Mallorca; the Seville Biennale 2006 and others including John Moores 23 [2] at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool, Direct Painting at Kunsthalle Mannheim in Germany, 2004 Bloomberg New Contemporaries at various venues throughout the UK and Blackout at Brixton Art Gallery. She is represented by Corvi-Mora in London and by Jack Shainman Gallery in New York.

In 2013 Yiadom-Boakye was nominated for the Turner Prize[1] for her 2012 exhibition[3] at Chisenhale Gallery in east London.

Exhibitions

Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London, UK (2015)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wright, Karen (8 November 2013). "In the studio: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, painter". The Independent. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  2. ↑ John Moores 23 - Exhibitors gallery, ordered by artists' surname, selection A-C, Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-09-19.
  3. ↑ Extracts and Verses

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