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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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Democracies

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Modern and Contemporary British Art

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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  • Lubaina Himid CBE RA Between the Two my Heart is Balanced

    1991
  • Lubaina Himid CBE RA Ankledeep

    1991
  • Lubaina Himid CBE RA Carpet

    1992
  • Lubaina Himid CBE RA The Carrot Piece

    1985
    On display at Tate Liverpool part of Democracies
  • Lubaina Himid CBE RA Man in A Shirt Drawer

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

    2014
  • Lubaina Himid CBE RA Freedom and Change

    1984
  • Sorry, no image available

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

    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

  • 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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