Lubaina Himid

Professor
Lubaina Himid
CBE RA
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Sultanate of Zanzibar
NationalityBritish
Alma materWimbledon School of Art
Royal College of Art
Occupation(s)Artist, professor, curator
Years active1983–present
AwardsTurner Prize (2017)
Websitelubainahimid.uk

Lubaina Himid CBE RA (born 1954) is a British artist and curator. She is a professor of contemporary art at the University of Central Lancashire.[1][2][3][4] Her art focuses on themes of cultural history and reclaiming identities.[5]

Himid was one of the first artists involved in the UK's Black Art movement in the 1980s[5] and continues to create activist art which is shown in galleries in Britain, as well as worldwide.[3][6] Himid was appointed MBE in June 2010 "for services to Black Women's Art",[1] won the Turner Prize in 2017[7] and was promoted to CBE in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours "for services to Art."[8]

  1. ^ a b "No. 59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Biography for Lubaina Himid". Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b Biography; Full CV. Lubaina Himid website. Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Daily Telegraph 17 February 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "Lubaina Himid", Northern Art Prize. Archived 27 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Higgins, Charlotte (20 November 2021). "Interview | Lubaina Himid: 'The beginning of my life was a terrible tragedy'". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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