Lubaina Himid

Professor
Lubaina Himid
MBE
Born 1954 (age 63–64)
Sultanate of Zanzibar
Residence Preston, Lancashire
Nationality British
Alma mater Wimbledon School of Art
Royal College of Art
Occupation Artist, professor, curator
Years active 1983–present
Website lubainahimid.uk

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

She 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]

Himid was appointed MBE in June 2010 for "services to black women's art",[1] and won the Turner Prize in 2017.[6]

Early life and education

Himid was born in Zanzibar Sultanate (then a British protectorate, now part of Tanzania) in 1954 and moved to Britain with her mother, a textile designer,[7] following the death of her father when she was just four months old.[8] She attended the Wimbledon College of Art, where she studied Theatre Design, obtaining her B.A. in 1976.[9] She received her Master's degree in Cultural History from the Royal College of Art in London in 1984.[9][2]

Curatorial work

Himid has organized several exhibitions of work by black women artists, including Five Black Women, an exhibition in 1983 at the Africa Centre, London.[10] Other exhibitions include: Into the open (1984), Thin black line (1985), Unrecorded truths (1986), Out there fighting (1987), New robes for MaShulan (1987), and State of the art (1987).[11] Into the Open, presented at Mappin Art Gallery in Sheffield, was widely regarded as the first major exhibit of the new generation of black British artists.[12]

Critical reception

Reviewing an updated version of Himid's 2004 work "Naming the Money" for The Daily Telegraph in February 2017, Louisa Buck noted:

"Himid's work has long been concerned with black creativity, history and identity and this animated throng represents the Africans who were brought to Europe as slave servants. There are drummers, dog trainers, dancers, potters, cobblers, gardeners and players of the viola da gamba, all decked out in vivid versions of 17th century costume. Labels on their backs identify each individual, giving both their original African names and occupations as well those imposed by their new European owners, and these poignant texts also form part of an evocative soundtrack, interspersed with snatches of Cuban, Irish, Jewish and African music."[4]

Awards and honours

Board memberships

Himid has held positions on many boards and panels. She is on the board of trustees for the Lowry Arts Centre Manchester. Additionally, she is a board member for Arts Council England Visual Arts, Creative Partnerships East Lancs and Arts Council England North West. Previous board memberships include Matt's Gallery, London (2002–05), and Tate Liverpool Council (2000, 2005). From 1985 until 1987 Himid was on the Greater London Arts Association Visual Arts Panel.

Awards

Himid was made an MBE in June 2010 for "services to black women's art".[1]

In 2017 Himid won the Turner Prize.[13] She was the oldest person to be nominated for the prize since the rules changed to allow nominations of artists over the age of 50.[14] There were however older nominees in the 1980s, before the age limit was introduced in 1994.

Notable works

  • Bone in the China: success to the Africa Trade (installation, c. 1985)
  • Revenge: a masque in five tableaux (multipart installation, 1991–92)
  • Zanzibar (series of paintings, 1999)
  • Plan B (series of paintings, 1999–2000)
  • Swallow Hard: the Lancaster Dinner Service (painted ceramics, 2007)
  • Negative Positives (series of graphic works, 2007– )
  • Kangas (associated works on paper etc, various dates)
  • Le Rodeur (series of paintings, 2016)

Solo exhibitions

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The London Gazette of Friday 11 June 2010 Supplement No 1". The London Gazette (59446). London. 12 June 2010. p. 17. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Biography for Lubaina Himid". Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.
  3. 1 2 Biography; Full CV. Lubaina Himid website. Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. 1 2 Buck, Louisa (17 February 2017). "Lubaina Himid: a trio of UK shows shines a light on the under-appreciated hero of black British art". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Lubaina Himid", Northern Art Prize. Archived 27 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ [s.n.] (5 December 2017). Turner Prize 2017: Lubaina Himid's win makes history. BBC News. Accessed December 2017.
  7. ↑ Spence, Rachel (20 January 2017). "British artist Lubaina Himid rides a wave of overdue recognition". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 4 May 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ Judah, Hettie (18 January 2017). "President with a torpedo in his crotch: how the works of Lubaina Himid speak to Trump times". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Prof. Lubaina Himid, MBE: Professor of Contemporary Art". www.uclan.ac.uk. University of Central Lancashire. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Lubaina Himid MBE". Diaspora-Artists.net. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Melanie., Keen, (1996). Recordings : a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British art. Ward, Elizabeth., Chelsea College of Art and Design., Institute of International Visual Arts. London: Institute of International Visual Arts and Chelsea College of Art and Design. ISBN 1899846069. OCLC 36076932.
  12. ↑ Hillstrom, Laurie Collier; Hillstrom, Kevin (1999). Contemporary women artists. Detroit: St. James Press.
  13. ↑ Brown, Mark (5 December 2017). "Lubaina Himid becomes oldest artist to win Turner prize". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Turner Prize: Black painting pioneers break award age barrier". BBC News Online. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Lubaina Himid: Invisible Strategies | 21 January — 30 April 2017", Modern Art Oxford.
  16. ↑ Mill, Baltic. "Lubaina Himid :: BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art". baltic.art. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
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