Lynette Yiadom-Boakye was born on 1977 and is a British painter and writer of Ghanaian heritage.
17 Facts About Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is best known for her portraits of imaginary subjects, or ones derived from found objects, which are painted in muted colours.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's work has contributed to the renaissance in painting the Black figure.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye was born in London, UK where she currently lives and works.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's parents worked as nurses for the National Health Service after emigrating from Ghana in the 1960s.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye then completed an MA degree at the Royal Academy Schools in 2003.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye was among those nominated for the Turner prize in 2013.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's paintings are predominantly figurative, with raw and muted colors.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye brings to the depiction of her subjects contemplative facial expressions and relaxed gestures, making their posture and mood relatable to many viewers.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye takes inspiration for her paintings from the found objects she uses as well as personal memories, literature, and art history of painting.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye finds inspiration from music and artists including: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Nick Drake, Lisa Yuskavage, Chris Offili, and Isaac Julien.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's story "an Officer of the Law" is a fictional short story that utilizes animals for the characters.
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Poem After an Iteration of a Painting by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Destroyed by the Artist Herself by Ama Codje was published by the Massachusetts's Review on December 26,2019.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye has staged numerous solo exhibitions at museums and galleries internationally.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye has participated in a number of group shows and exhibitions, including the 55th Venice Biennale ; the Sharjah Biennial ; 58th Venice Biennale, and Afro-Atlantic Histories.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's work is included in several museum collections in the United States including the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Perez Art Museum Miami collection, and the picture King for an Hour was on view at the institution's long-term display for 2023.
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Lynette Yiadom-Boakye has been widely hailed for her work, winning accolades including The Arts Foundation fellowship for painting, the Pinchuk Foundation Future Generation Prize, Next Generation Prize from the New Museum of Contemporary Art, South Bank Sky Arts Award for Visual Art and the Carnegie Prize at 57th edition of Carnegie International.