Yinka Shonibare


Yinka Shonibare (b.1962, London, UK) studied Byam Shaw School of Art, London, UK (1989) and Goldsmiths College, London, UK (1991).

Solo exhibitions include: Nelson's Ship in a Bottle, Fourth Plinth Commission. Trafalgar Square, London, UK (2010); A centenary commission, Dublin City Gallery, Ireland (2009); Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (2009); Scratch the surface, National Gallery, London, UK (2007); Turner Prize, Tate Britain, London, UK (2004).

Group exhibitions include: 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, The Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia (2009); The Essential Art of African Textiles - design without end, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (2008); Uncomfortable truths, V&A, London, UK (2007). Collections include: Arts Council England, MoMA, New York, USA; The Art Institute of Chicago, USA; Tate Collection, UK; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA.

Lives and works in London, UK.


Climate Shit Drawing 1, 2008
Four colour lithographic print with silkscreen glaze, collaged with fabrics and foils and die cut Paper and image 50.4 x 34.4cm
Printed on Somerset satin tub sized, 410gsm by K2 Screen
In an edition of 200 with 20 Artist's Proofs
Published by Stephen Friedman Gallery Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London