biography / bibliography
LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE
Born in 1977, London
Lives and works in London
EDUCATION
2000–2003
Royal Academy Schools
1997–2000
Falmouth College of Art
1996–1997
St Martins School of Art and Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, November 2012. (Forthcoming)
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Chisenhale Gallery, London, March 22–May 13, 2012.
2011
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Notes and Letters, Corvi-Mora, London, March 10–April 28, 2011.
2010–2011
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Any Number of Preoccupations, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, November 11, 2010–March 13, 2011. Curated by Naomi Beckwith. (Catalogue; texts by Beckwith, Okwui Enwezor and Thelma Golden)
2010
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Essays and Documents, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, April 22–May 22, 2010.
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Essays and Letters, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, January 21–March 6, 2010. (Catalogue; texts by Barry Schwabsky and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye)
2009
FOREX: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Pleased to Meet You, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, October 1–November 21, 2009. (Catalogue; text by Barry Schwabsky)
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Manifesto, Faye Fleming & Partner, Geneva, Switzerland, October 1–Nocvember 2009.
2007
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye,Gasworks, London, June 2–July 22, 2007.
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Series, Arquebuse, Geneva, Switzerland, May 24–June 20, 2007.
2004
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: How to Live, Prowler Project Space, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Restless: Recent Acquisitions from the MAM Collection, Miami Art Museum, Florida, February 16–May 13, 2012.
The Ungovernables, New Museum, New York, February 1–May 6, 2012.
2011–2012
Secret Societies: To Know, To Dare, To Will, To Keep Silence, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany, June 22–September 25, 2011. Traveling to: musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France (CAPC de Bordeaux), November 10, 2011–February 26, 2012. Curated by Cristina Ricupero and Alexis Vaillant.
2011
11th Lyon Biennial of Contemporary Art, France, September 15–December 31, 2011.
Converging Voices, Transforming Dialogue: Selections from the Elliot and Kimberly Perry Collection, University Museum, Texas Southern University, Houston, May 6–August 21, 2011.
Building The Contemporary Collection: Five Years of Acquisitions, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, March 10–August 14, 2011. Curated by Trevor Schoonmaker.
Going where the weather suits my clothes…. a fall of light on fabric, Mothers Tankstation, Dublin, April 14–May 28, 2011.
Make Believe, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, February 17–March 20, 2011.
2009
Living Together: Towards a Contemporary Concept of Community, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vittoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Traveled to: MARCO, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Vigo, Spain, May 29–September 20, 2009. Curated by Xabier Arakistain and Emma Dexter.
When the Mood Strikes: The Collection of Wilfried and Yannicke Cooreman, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurie, Belgium, June 21–September 12, 2009.
Convoi Exceptionnel, Triangle France, Marseille
2008
7th Gwangju Biennale 2008, Gwangju Biennale Foundation, Gwangju, South Korea, September 5–November 9, 2008. Curated by Okwui Enwezor.
Flow, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, April 2–June 29, 2008. Curated by Thelma Golden. (Catalogue; texts by Virginie Andriamirado, Rory Bester, Elizabeth Harney, Sarah Kent, Mariam Sharp and Kristina Van Dyke, Segun Afolabi, N’gone Fall, Mounir Fatmi, Achille Mbembe, and Gabi Ngcobo.)
2007
100 Years Kunsthalle, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, May 2–September 9, 2007.
The Triumph of Painting: Part 6, Saatchi Gallery, London, September 12, 2006–April 12, 2007. (Catalogue; text by Alison Gingeras)
2006–2007
The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society: 2nd International Biennal of Contemporary Art of Seville, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemorareo, Reale Ataronanas, Seville, Spain. Curated by Okwui Enwezor.
2006
Personne ne veut mourir, Arquebuse (now Faye Fleming & Partner), Geneva, Switzerland, November 2–December 16, 2006.
Liquid, Lynette Boakye and Gary Hume, New Paintings, Royal Academy Schools Gallery, Hornsey
2004–2005
Direkte Malerei: Unmittelbare Bildwelten zwischen Abstraktion und Figuration, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, November 6, 2004–May 1, 2005.
2004
23 John Moore’s Liverpoo Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom, September 18–November 28, 2004.
Tate Liverpool Biennial, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom, September 18–October 28, 2004.
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Barbican Art Centre, London. Traveled to: Coach Shed, Liverpool, United Kingdom
5 Young Painters, Artspace Gallery, London
2003
Schools Show, Royal Academy Schools, London
Work Ethic, Gone Tomorrow Gallery, London
2002
Premiums, Sackler Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Red Mansion Prize, London Institute, Millbank, London
2001
Blackout, Brixton Art Gallery, London
AWARDS
2006
Arts Foundation Award for Painting
deciBel Award for Visual Arts
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
CCA Andratx, Mallorca
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Miami Art Museum, Florida
Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina
Royal Academy of Arts, London
Saatchi Collection, London
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Zabludowicz Collection, London