Sonia Boyce
Encyclopedia
Sonia Dawn Boyce,MBE born in London
in 1962 is a British
Afro-Caribbean
artist, living and working in London
. She studied at Stourbridge College
in the West Midlands
. She works across a range of media including photography, installation and text. She came to prominence as part of the Black British
cultural renaissance of the 1980s. Her work also references feminism
.
Her works are held in the collection of Tate Modern
.
Sonia Boyce was awarded an MBE
in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2007, for services to art.
London
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in 1962 is a British
United Kingdom
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Afro-Caribbean
British African-Caribbean community
The British African Caribbean communities are residents of the United Kingdom who are of West Indian background and whose ancestors were primarily indigenous to Africa...
artist, living and working in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. She studied at Stourbridge College
Stourbridge College
Stourbridge College is a further education college situated in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England.The main campus, built during the 1970s, is situated south of the town centre on Hagley Road...
in the West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
. She works across a range of media including photography, installation and text. She came to prominence as part of the Black British
Black British
Black British is a term used to describe British people of Black African descent, especially those of Afro-Caribbean background. The term has been used from the 1950s to refer to Black people from former British colonies in the West Indies and Africa, who are residents of the United Kingdom and...
cultural renaissance of the 1980s. Her work also references feminism
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
.
Her works are held in the collection of Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
.
Sonia Boyce was awarded an MBE
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2007, for services to art.
External links
- inIVA Iniva on Sonia Boyce
- National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery
- Sonia Boyce by Roy Ixley (artist's stories)http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/artists_stories/single/63633
- 'Sonia Boyce at The Agency', review by Sue Hubbard, The Independent. 6 Dec. 2004 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20041206/ai_n12814644
- 'Sonia Boyce : Speaking in Tongues' by Gilane Tawadros. Kala Press, 1997.