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Virginia Nimarkoh
Virginia Agyeiwah Nimarkoh (born January 1967) is a British artist and activist, based in London. Nimarkoh was born in London, and studied at Goldsmiths College London from 1986 to 1989, graduating with a PhD in Fine Art (Theory & Practice). Her practice combines mostly photographic and curatorial projects. She also works in community development and environmental regeneration initiatives across London. She currently works mainly with food, running a raw food business and food insecurity social enterprise in London. Work Nimarkoh is interested in how we deal with identity in relation to personal history; the methods by which we record our lives, how we choose to edit our past, and in the disparity that often exists between reality, memory and the images we own of this past. A series of Nimarkoh's photo-installations was selected in 1990 by Henry Bond and Sarah Lucas for inclusion in their warehouse exhibition ''East Country Yard Show''. In 1993, Nimarkoh produced ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Advocacy Academy
The Advocacy Academy is a charitable organization based in London, United Kingdom. The Advocacy Academy's stated mission is to "train young people to engage in collective action to improve their communities and tackle social issues that directly affect them." Helen Hayes, the Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood, is the organization's patron. History The Advocacy Academy was founded by activist Amelia Viney in Brixton on 20 February 2014. Viney had previously worked as a civil rights lobbyist in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. and as a researcher in Westminster, during which time she felt that young people were not represented or listened to enough by politicians. This inspired Viney to found The Advocacy Academy, inspired by the U.S. civil rights movement Freedom Schools. Activities Fellowship Young people in South London are able to apply for The Advocacy Academy's eight-month-long Fellowship, which adds up to over 350 hours and consists of three residential retr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Phillips (painter)
Tony Phillips (born 1952) is a British artist and printmaker. Early life and education Phillips was born in Liverpool in 1952 to parents who came from the Caribbean. He studied Mural Design at art college in Preston, graduating in 1972. In 1978 he moved to near Shrewsbury, Shropshire and has subsequently moved to Italy. Paintings Phillips' style is figurative and explores history, the built environment and peoples' ways of life. He has used a number of media including oils, pastels and etchings. His work is held by UK galleries including the University of Liverpool, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Abbot Hall Art Gallery and Shire Hall Gallery as well as the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Art Council. He has also exhibited internationally. ''History of the Benin Bronzes'' (mid 1980s) are among his best known works. They are a series of nine pastel drawings inspired by the British Punitive Expedition to Benin in 1897. The drawings place the bronzes w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medina Hammad
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province of Saudi Arabia. , the estimated population of the city is 1,488,782, making it the List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia, fourth-most populous city in the country. Located at the core of the Medina Province in the western reaches of the country, the city is distributed over , of which constitutes the city's urban area, while the rest is occupied by the Hijaz Mountains, Hejaz Mountains, empty valleys, Agriculture in Saudi Arabia, agricultural spaces and older dormant volcanoes. Medina is generally considered to be the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilization". The city is considered to be the second-holiest of three key cities in Islamic tradition, with Mecca and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Gallery (Leicester)
City Gallery was a contemporary art gallery in Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ..., England. It closed 9 January 2010. The gallery exhibited arts and crafts including international work but also local work reflecting the city's cultural diversity. The gallery had links with local schools and colleges holding events and workshops for young people. References External linksLeicester City Council site on City Gallery Defunct museums in England 2010 disestablishments in England Art museums and galleries in Leicestershire Museums in Leicester {{UK-art-display-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Keegan
Rita Keegan (born 1949) is an American-born artist, lecturer and archivist, based in England since the late 1970s. She is a multi-media artist whose work uses video and digital technologies. Keegan is best known for her involvement with in the UK's Black Arts Movement in the 1980s and her work documenting artists of colour in Britain. Biography Born Rita Morrison in the Bronx, New York City, to a Dominican mother and Canadian father, she described her upbringing in the Bronx as having "more in common with an English/Commonwealth background". She graduated from the High School of Art and Design focusing on illustration and costume design, then obtained a fine arts degree at the San Francisco Art Institute, where her teachers included the photographer Imogen Cunningham and the African-American artist Mary O'Neill. Keegan moved to London, England, in the late 1970s. Keegan originally trained as a painter but in the 1980s begin to incorporate lens-based media, using the photoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osi Audu
OSI may refer to: Places * Osijek Airport (IATA code: OSI), an airport in Croatia * Ősi, a village in Veszprém county, Hungary * Oši, an archaeological site in Semigallia, Latvia * Osi, a village in Ido-Osi, Ekiti State, Nigeria * Osi, Ekiti LGA.Kwara State, Nigeria Organizations * Oblates of St. Joseph, a Roman Catholic Religious order that uses the postnominal initials O.S.I. * Open Source Initiative, an organization dedicated to promoting open source software * Open Society Institute, a private charitable foundation established by George Soros to promote open societies around the world * Open Society Institute-Baltimore, a locally based foundation that is part of Open Society Foundations * Open Space Institute, an organization that seeks to preserve scenic, natural and historic landscapes * Ordnance Survey Ireland (''Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann'') * Otto-Suhr-Institut, the political-science institute of the Free University of Berlin Companies * OSI Group, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Wolverhampton Art Gallery is located in the City of Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, United Kingdom. The building was funded and constructed by local contractor Philip Horsman (1825–1890), and built on land provided by the municipal authority. It opened in May 1884. The building The two-storey building of Wolverhampton Art Gallery was designed by prominent Birmingham architect Julius Chatwin (1829–1907). It was built of Bath stone, an Oolitic Limestone from Bath, Somerset, with six red granite columns indicating the main entrance. The decorative sculptural frieze on the facade is composed of sixteen characters representing the Arts and Crafts, including sculpture, painting, architecture, pottery, glassblowing, and wrought-iron work. It is a Grade II* listed building. In 2006–07 the building was refurbished by Purcell, partly modernized and extended to create additional exhibition spaces. The collection The most outstanding artwork of international importance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Sanderson
Lesley Sanderson (born 1962) is a Malaysian British artist. Her work typically focuses on explorations of her duel-heritage identity and its relationship with art. Sanderson's work has been displayed in exhibitions internationally. Life and career Lesley Sanderson was born in Malaysia in 1962, to a Malaysian mother and British father. She graduated from Sheffield Polytechnic with a BA in Fine Art in 1984. She tow teaches at the University. Sanderson's early works explored her own identity and mixed heritage using self portraits. They often offered a commentary on the depiction and fetishization of 'exotic' women in art. On this topic, Sanderson said: '“I think it’s particularly important that non-white women are represented in a way that provides an alternative to National Geographic-type media representations of ‘ethnic’ women being exotic, submissive and readily available for the gaze.”' In her work she attempts to break away from such traditions and re-establish her i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sher Rajah
Sher can refer to: People * Sher, a Baloch tribe in Pakistan * Sher-e-Bangla (''Lion of Bengal''), a popular title of 20th century Bengali statesman A. K. Fazlul Huq * Sher-e-Punjab (''Lion of Punjab''), a popular title of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire Surname *Avner Sher (born 1951), Israeli architect and artist * Antony Sher (1949–2021), British actor * Barbara Sher (1935–2020), career/lifestyle coach, and author * Bartlett Sher (born 1959), American theatre director * Byron Sher (born 1928), American Democratic politician * Eden Sher (born 1991), American television actor * George Sher, American professor *Gila Sher, Israeli professor * Gilead Sher (born 1953), Israeli attorney *Izzy Sher (1912–1999), Jewish-American sculptor * Jack Sher (1913–1988), American director and writer * Julian Sher, Canadian journalist * Lawrence Sher (born 1970), American cinematographer * Neal Sher, American lawyer *Richard Sher (other) *Stacey Sher (born 1962), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houria Niati
Houria Niati (born 1948) is an Algerian contemporary artist living in London. Niati specializes in mixed media installations that criticize Western representations and objectification of north African and Middle Eastern women. Her installations notably have live performances most commonly traditional Algerian music such as Raï, as a key visual representation of Niati's homeland and culture. Salah M. Hassan further details her performances, "She uses synthesizers, sound recordings, and special light effects to create a theatrical atmosphere and a vibrant magical environment of sound, body movement, and color." The installations and exhibitions join together paintings, sculptures, drawings, photos, soundtracks, and performances. Early life and career Niati grew up in French-occupied Algeria, where over one million Algerians were killed for resisting occupation. When Niati was twelve years old, she demonstrated against French colonialism with her anti-colonial graffiti, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaheen Merali
Shaheen Merali (born 1959) is a Tanzanian writer, curator, critic, and artist. Merali began his artistic practice in the 1980s committing to social, political and personal narratives. As his practice evolved, he focused on functions of a curator, lecturer and critic and has now moved into the sphere of writing. Previously he was a key lecturer at Central Saint Martins School of Art (1995-2003), a visiting lecturer and researcher at the University of Westminster (1997-2003) and the Head of the Department of Exhibition, Film and New Media at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2003-2008). A regular speaker on ideas of contemporary exhibition making internationally, in 2018 he was the keynote speaker at the International Art Gallery of the Aga Khan Diamond Jubilee Arts Festival, Lisbon. As an exhibition maker at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Merali curated several exhibitions accompanied by publications which he edited, including ''The Black Atlantic; Dreams and Trauma - Moving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
