Lubaina Himid's artwork is deeply engaged with the problem of the lack of representation of Black and Asian women in the art world, and she has been committed to showing the work of underrepresented contemporaries.
Read MoreShe has been pivotal in the UK since the 1980s for her contributions to the British Black arts movement, aligning with the conception of political Blackness that reflected the politics of the time. Diaspora and migrant communities in the country stood against structural and social racism just as non-aligned connections across Africa and Asia opposed what Kwame Nkrumah called the West's neo-colonialism.
Himid creates paintings, drawings, prints and installations. She paints on a variety of surfaces, including ceramic and wood, often producing objects with performative potential intended to be encountered in a space. Her work addresses her heritage and has been driven by two recurrent aspirations: to develop and sustain a conversation with an audience, and to valorise, she says, 'the contribution black people have made to cultural life in Europe for the past several hundred years'.
