Yinka Shonibare
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 63 |
| Date of birth | August 9,1962 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | London |
| United Kingdom | |
| Periods | Young British Artists |
| Children | Kayode Shonibare-Lewis |
| Job | Photographer |
| Visual Artist | |
| Education | Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Redrice School | |
| Central Saint Martins | |
| Books | Yinka Shonibare MBE |
| Yinka Shonibare | |
| Yinka Shonibare: Criminal Ornamentation | |
| Yinka Shonibare: be-muse | |
| Yinka Shonibare : [Plaything : Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario, Toronto, 23 juillet-19 octobre 1997] | |
| Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA) | |
| Movement | Young British Artists |
| Works | Nelson's Ship in a Bottle |
| The American Library | |
| Odile and Odette IV | |
| Nationality | British |
| Nigerian | |
| On view | The Museum of Modern Art |
| Period by artworks | Young British Artists |
| Nominations | Turner Prize |
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| ID | 521692 |
Yinka Shonibare Life story
Yinka Shonibare CBE, RA, is a British-Nigerian artist living in the United Kingdom. His work explores cultural identity, colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalisation. A hallmark of his art is the brightly coloured Ankara fabric he uses.