Yinka Shonibare CBE RA

This bio was taken from the Yinka Shonibare website for academic research and reference purposes. I try to always take care regarding plagiarism.

This artist uses history and literature for their inspiration, which is how I approach my work. Also cultural identity , economic and political history also mirror the way that I create work in a contemporary way.

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (b. 1962) in London, UK, studied Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art, London (1989) and received his MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London (1991).

His interdisciplinary practice uses citations of Western art history and literature to question the validity of contemporary cultural and national identities within the context of globalisation. Through examining race, class and the construction of cultural identity, his works comment on the tangled interrelationship between Africa and Europe, and their respective economic and political histories.