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Lubaina Himid CBE RA

born 1954

H.M.S. Calcutta 2021
© Lubaina Himid, courtesy the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London
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Biography

Lubaina Himid (born 1954) is a British artist and curator. She is a professor of contemporary art at the University of Central Lancashire. Her art focuses on themes of cultural history and reclaiming identities.

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

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Artworks

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  • Between the Two my Heart is Balanced

    Lubaina Himid CBE RA
    1991
  • Ankledeep

    Lubaina Himid CBE RA
    1991
    On display at Tate St Ives part of Modern Art and St Ives
  • Carpet

    Lubaina Himid CBE RA
    1992
  • The Carrot Piece

    Lubaina Himid CBE RA
    1985
  • Man in A Shirt Drawer

    Lubaina Himid CBE RA
    2017–18
  • Drowned Orchard: Secret Boatyard

    Lubaina Himid CBE RA
    2014
  • Freedom and Change

    Lubaina Himid CBE RA
    1984
  • Naming the Money: Kwesi, 2004/2021

    Lubaina Himid CBE RA
    2021
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Film and audio

  • Podcast

    The Art of Failure

  • Interview

    Lubaina Himid in Conversation

  • TateShots

    Lubaina Himid: ‘I’m a painter and a cultural activist’

  • Podcast

    The Art of Belonging

Features

  • Online Guide

    Women and Power

  • Talking Point

    Understanding Diaspora Through Art

    Aïcha Mehrez

  • List

    How Himid is rewriting history

  • Interview

    Getting to know Lubaina Himid

  • Exhibition Guide

    Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990

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