Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid (born 1954 in Zanzibar, Tanzania) is a contemporary African artist and Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Central Lancashire. Her art focuses on themes of cultural history and reclaiming identities. She was one of the first artists involved in the Black Art movement in the 1980s and continues to create activist art which is shown in galleries in Britain, as well as worldwide.
Education
Himid attended the Wimbledon College of Art, where she studied Theatre Design. She received her Masters from the Royal College of Art in Cultural History.
Solo exhibitions
"Jelly Mould Pavilion," Sudley House Liverpool and Liverpool Museums (2010)
"Kangas and Other Stories," Peg Alston Gallery New York (2008)
"Talking On Corners Speaking In Tongues," Harris Museum & Art Gallery Preston (2007)
"Swallow Hard," Judges Lodgings Lancaster (2007)
"Swallow," Judges Lodgings, Lancaster (2006)
"The Money," Hatton Gallery Newcastle (2004)
"Double Life," Bolton Museum & Art Gallery (2001)