Is Yinka Shonibare disability?

Shonibare contracted transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord, at the age of 18, which resulted in a long-term physical disability where one side of his body is paralysed.

Does Yinka Shonibare work alone?

Does Yinka Shonibare work alone, or does he use assistants in the creation and production of his works of art? Yinka Shonibare’s works deal with history and race relations through the artist’s historically costumed but often headless mannequins.

What kind of artist is Yinka Shonibare?

Painting
Yinka Shonibare/Forms

Why is Yinka Shonibare famous?

Yinka Shonibare, (born February 10, 1962, London, England), British artist of Nigerian heritage known for his examination of such ideas as authenticity, identity, colonialism, and power relations in often-ironic drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, films, and installations.

Why is Shonibare in a wheelchair?

When I was 18, I contracted transverse myelitis, which is inflammation of the spinal cord, and was left with complete paralysis. I still have residual paralysis and I use a wheelchair.

What does Yinka Shonibare do?

Painter
PhotographerSculptorVisual Artist
Yinka Shonibare/Professions

Where does Yinka Shonibare live now?

East London
The celebrated British-Nigerian artist discusses his latest project for Public Art Fund, a billowing statement in Central Park. In the decade or so that Yinka Shonibare MBE has been living and working in East London, the once grimy, now trendy area has undergone huge changes.

Where did Yinka Shonibare attend art school?

Central Saint Martins
Goldsmiths, University of LondonRedrice School
Yinka Shonibare/Education

How does Yinka Shonibare CBE employ pattern?

Shonibare employs bright batik patterns in many of his works, which are often stereotyped as distinctly African. He however complicates this history by using the batik patterns as a signifier for the global interconnectedness of the post-colonial era.

Does Yinka Shonibare have kids?

Kayode Shonibare-Lewis
Yinka Shonibare/Children

What is a CBE RA?

CBE – Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. OBE – Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. MBE – Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

What languages does Yinka Shonibare speak?

SHONIBARE: We’d speak Yoruba at home and English at school, English being the official language of Nigeria.