Lubaina Himid

Lubaina Himid (born 1954 in the Protectorate of Zanzibar ) is a British painter , installation artist and university lecturer .

Life

Himid moved to the UK with her mother as a toddler. She studied stage design at Wimbledon College of Art (BA 1976). At the Royal College of Art , she received an MA in 1984

Himid has been involved in the Black Art movement since the 1980s . She teaches at the University of Central Lancashire . In June 2010 she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and in 2018 CBE. In 2017 she received the Turner Prize .

GA Fashionable Marriage , Pentonville Gallery, London (1986)
The Ballad of the Wing , Chisenhale Gallery London (1989)
Plan B and Zanzibar , Tate St Ives (1999)
Inside The Invisible , St. Jørgens Museum, Bergen, Norway (2001)
Double Life , Bolton Museum (2001)
Naming the Money , Hatton Gallery , Newcastle upon Tyne (2004)
Swallow , Judges' Lodgings, Lancaster (2006)
Swallow Hard , Judges' Lodgings, Lancaster (2007)
Talking On Corners Speaking In Tongues , Harris Museum , Preston, Lancashire (2007)
Kangas and Other Stories , Peg Alston Gallery, New York City (2008)
Jelly Mold Pavilion , Sudley House , Liverpool and National Museums Liverpool (2010)
Tailor Striker Singer Dandy , Platt Gallery of Costume, Manchester (2011)
Invisible Strategies , Modern Art Oxford (2016–2017)

personal data
SURNAME	Himid, Lubaina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British painter, installation artist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH	1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zanzibar