InIVA
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Iniva is the Institute of International Visual Art, an arts institution that represents artists, curators and writers. It consists of exhibition spaces and the Stuart Hall Library, and together with Autograph ABP is housed in Rivington Place
, a visual arts centre in Shoreditch
, in the heart of London
’s East End.
Iniva is a registered charity and was established in 1994. The organisation is funded by Arts Council England
and governed by a Board of Trustees. The group works with artists, curators, creative producers, writers and the public to explore the vitality of visual culture, and aims to reflect cultural diversity in the visual arts.
Iniva and Autograph ABP partnered to build Rivington Place, a five-floor, 15000 square feet (1,393.5 m²) visual arts centre in East London. The building was designed by leading architect David Adjaye
, opened to the public on 5 October 2007 and cost £8 million. It is the first publicly funded build of its kind since The Hayward Gallery opened more than 40 years ago.
Rivington Place
Rivington Place was built by Iniva and Autograph ABP as the major visual arts centre in Shoreditch, London, to reflect and promote cultural diversity in the visual arts....
, a visual arts centre in Shoreditch
Shoreditch
Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney in England. It is a built-up part of the inner city immediately to the north of the City of London, located east-northeast of Charing Cross.-Etymology:...
, in the heart of London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
’s East End.
Iniva is a registered charity and was established in 1994. The organisation is funded by Arts Council England
Arts Council England
Arts Council England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. It is a non-departmental public body of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport...
and governed by a Board of Trustees. The group works with artists, curators, creative producers, writers and the public to explore the vitality of visual culture, and aims to reflect cultural diversity in the visual arts.
Iniva and Autograph ABP partnered to build Rivington Place, a five-floor, 15000 square feet (1,393.5 m²) visual arts centre in East London. The building was designed by leading architect David Adjaye
David Adjaye
David Adjaye OBE is a British architect.-Early life:David Adjaye was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The son of a Ghanaian diplomat who has lived in Tanzania, Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon before moving to Britain at the age of nine, he led a privileged life and was privately educated...
, opened to the public on 5 October 2007 and cost £8 million. It is the first publicly funded build of its kind since The Hayward Gallery opened more than 40 years ago.
Trustees
- Mark Booth
- Chris Dercon
- Thelma GoldenThelma GoldenThelma Golden is the Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, USA. Golden joined the Museum as Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Programs in 2000 before succeeding Dr Lowery Stokes Sims, the Museum’s former Director and President, in 2005.-Early life and...
- Yudhishthir Raj Isar
- Amanda jonesAmanda JonesAmanda Theodosia Jones was an American woman author and inventor most noted for inventing a vacuum method of canning called the Jones Process.-Early Life and Education:...
- Kim JonesKim JonesKim Jones may refer to:* Lil' Kim , American rap artist, born Kimberly Jones* Kim Jones , American long-distance runner* Kim Jones , American performance artist...
- Henry Meyric-Hughes
- Nima Poovaya-Smith
- Julia Rowntree
- Yinka ShonibareYinka ShonibareYinka Shonibare, MBE, is a British-Nigerian artist living in the UK. He readily acknowledges physical disability as part of his identity but creates work in which this is just one strand of a far richer weave.-Life and career:...
- Jane Sillis
- Gerard Lemos