Lynette Yiadom Boakye
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Lynette Yiadom Boakye is an artist of Ghana
ian descent based in London.
Boakye attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
, Falmouth College of Arts and the Royal Academy Schools.
Yiadom-Boakye has shown work internationally in exhibitions, most recently the Gwangju Biennale curated by Okwui Enwezor, Korea; 'Flow' at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York and 'M25. Around London' curated by Barry Schwabsky at the CCA Andratz, Mallorca; the seville Biennale 2006, curated by Okwui Enwezor and many others including John Moores 23 http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/23/ at the Walker Gallery http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/ in Liverpool
, Direct Painting at Kunsthalle Mannheim
http://www.kunsthalle-mannheim.com in Germany
, 2004 Bloomberg New Contemporaries http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/ at various venues throughout the UK and Blackout at Brixton
Art Gallery http://www.brixtonartgallery.co.uk/. Yiadom-Boakye is represented by ARQUEBUSE in Geneva and by Jack Shainman Gallery in New York
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Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
ian descent based in London.
Boakye attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The school has an outstanding international reputation, and is considered one of the world's leading art and design institutions...
, Falmouth College of Arts and the Royal Academy Schools.
Yiadom-Boakye has shown work internationally in exhibitions, most recently the Gwangju Biennale curated by Okwui Enwezor, Korea; 'Flow' at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York and 'M25. Around London' curated by Barry Schwabsky at the CCA Andratz, Mallorca; the seville Biennale 2006, curated by Okwui Enwezor and many others including John Moores 23 http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/23/ at the Walker Gallery http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/ in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, Direct Painting at Kunsthalle Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
http://www.kunsthalle-mannheim.com in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, 2004 Bloomberg New Contemporaries http://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/ at various venues throughout the UK and Blackout at Brixton
Brixton
Brixton is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, England. It is south south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....
Art Gallery http://www.brixtonartgallery.co.uk/. Yiadom-Boakye is represented by ARQUEBUSE in Geneva and by Jack Shainman Gallery in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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