Lubaina Himid

Lubaina Himid was born in Zanzibar and came to Britain as a baby. She makes paintings, painted cut-out figures and installations about Black history, identity and the overlooked. She studied theatre design at Wimbledon College of Art and cultural history at the Royal College of Art, and was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1980s, when she also curated exhibitions of Black women artists. In 2017 she became the first Black woman to win the Turner Prize. She lives and works in Preston, is a professor at the University of Central Lancashire, a Royal Academician and a CBE.