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Show Lynette Yiadom-Boakye was born in 1977 in London, where she currently lives and works. She studied at Central St Martins School of Art and Design and Falmouth College of Art before she completed her graduate work at the Royal Academy Schools in 2003. In 2012, she had solo exhibitions at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York and Chisenhale Gallery in London and was included in group exhibitions at the New Museum in New York, the Miami Art Museum, the Menil Collection in Houston, and other institutions. Her work is in many public collections including the Tate, London; the British Council, London; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Miami Art Museum, Florida; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; the Arts Council Collection, London; the CCA Andratx Collection, Mallorca; and the Nasher Museum of Art, North Carolina. She was recently awarded the prestigious 2012 Future Generation Art Prize by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. salt 7: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is sponsored in part by Nancy and Dave Gill with additional support from Noel Kirnon. Many thanks to Tamsen Greene and the staff at Jack Shainman Gallery for their assistance in organizing this exhibition, which would not have been possible without the generosity of the lenders: Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels, Corey and Racquel Chevremont Baylor, Pippa Cohen, Noel Kirnon, Ninah and Michael Lynne, and Amedeo Pace. Thank you! Front cover: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Further Pressure From Cannibals, 2010, oil on canvas, 21 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches . Collection of Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels . Courtesy of the artist, Corvi-Mora, London and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. |
