Background and career
Lubaina Himid (born 1954) is a British artist and curator. She is Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Central Lancashire. Her art concentrates on themes of cultural history and the reclamation of identities.
Himid was among the first artists to take part in the Black Art movement in the United Kingdom during the 1980s, and she continues to produce activist art that is exhibited in galleries both in Britain and internationally. She was appointed MBE in June 2010 "for services to Black Women's Art", won the Turner Prize in 2017, and was advanced to CBE in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours "for services to Art".
In 2025, Himid was chosen by the British Council to represent the United Kingdom at the 2026 Venice Biennale.
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