Kimathi Donkor bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1965 ni, o nyɛla nucheeni tuun tumdi ŋun ʒi London, ka o peentin nyɛ din kuli jendiri duniya zaa ni gbansabila taarihi nima. O tuma nyɛla bɛ ni daa nyɛ shɛli ka vihili ka daa zaŋli n niŋ bɛ ni booni shɛli ni duniya zaa (museums) la ni, nti pahi yaɣa nim din gbai London's National Portrait Gallery,[1] British Museum,[2] Diaspora Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennial,[3] 29th São Paulo Art Biennial[4] nti pahi 15th Sharjah Biennial.[5] O nyɛla Ghana bilichini mini Anglo-Jewish ni daŋ lan yi Jamaican nim zuɣu, [6] ka o peetibu tuma nim nyɛ din jendiri "African diasporic bodies and souls as sites of heroism and martydom, empowerment and fragility...myth and matter".[7]

Pilli mini shikuru chandi

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Donkor nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so fɔŋ yuli booni Bournemouth, n be tingbani yuli booni England, yuuni 1965.[4] o daa nyɛla ŋun yɛli o mamaŋ lahi bali ni: " bɛ daa dɔɣi mala UK ka n ma nyɛ Anglo-Jewish ka n ba nyɛ Ghana nira , amaa ka n daa lee nyɛ bɛ ni kpuɣi so kuli Jamaica mini UK ti wunsi. Ti daa nyɛla ban be Zambia saha shɛli, ni Central Africa, ni ka do so ŋun daa kpuɣima maa daa tumdi vet tuma. N naala n shikuru west of England ni, ka daa nai kpuɣi naponŋ chaŋ London, ni baa ni ka n daa ʒini. Saha shɛli ha, n laanbi ban daa wunsiri ma maa daa nyɛla ban daa che tabi saha shɛli ka daa lan labi na n ti labi bɔ tabi yaha, lala chemi ka duŋ maa golimbu pahi, di ni daaniŋ ka Zambia nim gba pahi. "[8]

Donkor daa deela bɔhimbu shɛhira gbaŋ din nyɛ Art Foundation Diploma la shikuru yuli booni Bournemouth and Poole College of Arts n daa lahi deegi BA (Hons) degree shɛhira gbaŋ din jendi (fine art ) shikuru yuli booni Goldsmiths College, University of London, n ti pahi shɛhira gbaŋ din nyɛ master's degree din jendi ( fine art ) shikuru yuli booni Camberwell College of Arts.[9][10] O daa nyɛla ŋun deegi o (PhD) shikuru yuli booni Chelsea College of Arts yuuni 2016.[11][12] O lahi nyɛla ŋun tim nuu pam zaŋ kpa o ʒilɛlini baŋsim lɛbu polo din nyɛ Black History for Action.[6] Yuuni 2011, ŋuni n daa nyɛ sɔŋsim shɛli din yuli booni Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship la n chaŋ British nim shikuru din be Rome la .[12][13]

Selected solo exhibitions

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Selected group exhibitions

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Kundivihira

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  1. Adrian Searle, "The Time is Always Now review – striking shades of brilliant black figurative art" (review) The Guardian, 21 February 2024.
  2. Artwork Yaa Asantewaa Inspecting the Dispositions at Ejisu (en-UK).
  3. Brett, Phil (29 October 2017). Beyond the boundaries: A review of the Diaspora Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale (en-US).
  4. 4.0 4.1 Agnaldo Farias; Moacir dos Anjos; Adrian Piper; et al. 29th Bienal de São Paulo catalogue: there is always a cup of sea to sail in. São Paulo: Fundac̦ão Bienal de São Paulo, 2010. ISBN 9788585298333; ISBN 8585298332.
  5. https://sharjahart.org/biennial-15 Archived 2024-07-15 at the Wayback Machine title= Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present|access-date=18 March 2024|language=en-gb
  6. 6.0 6.1 Retelling history through art – an interview with Kimathi Donkor, Studio International (en-gb). The Studio Trust (5 December 2012).
  7. Bernier, Celeste-Marie (2019-01-01). Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965–2015 (in English). University of California Press. ISBN 9780520286535.
  8. Philip Kaisary, "An interview with Kimathi Donkor", Lacuna Magazine, 18 February 2015.
  9. CV.
  10. Yvette Greslé, Tɛmplet:Usurped, FAD, 3 October 2013.
  11. Kimathi Donkor.
  12. 12.0 12.1 Black art and activism.
  13. McLean, Sarah (1 April 2019). Meet Dr Kimathi Donkor, new Course Leader, BA Fine Art Painting at Camberwell (en).

Further reading

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  • Anderson, L., 2024, Soulscapes, Dulwich Picture Gallery (London), ISBN 9781855145580
  • Anjos, M., & A. Farias, 2010, 29th Bienal Documentation, São Paulo: Fundação de Bienal São Paulo, ISBN 978-85-85298-37-1
  • Anjos, M., & A. Farias, 2010, 29th Bienal Catalogue, São Paulo: Fundação de Bienal São Paulo, ISBN 978-85-85298-33-3
  • Barbrook, R., 2014. Class Wargames: Ludic subversion against spectacular capitalism, Minor Compositions; distributed by Autonomedia (New York), ISBN 978-1-57027-293-6
  • Benci, J., 2012, Fine Arts 2011-2012, British School at Rome (Rome), ISBN 978-0-904152-64-7
  • Bernier, Celeste-Marie, 2019. Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965–2015. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520286535
  • Dibosa, D., et al. 2012, Kimathi Donkor: Queens of the Undead Iniva (London), ISBN 978-1-899846-54-2
  • Chambers, E., 2014, Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present, I.B.Tauris (London and New York), ISBN 978-1-7807-6271-5
  • Eshun, E., 2024, The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure, National Portrait Gallery (London), ISBN 9781855145580
  • Kaisary, P., 2014, The Haitian Revolution in the Literary Imagination, London and Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, ISBN 978-0-8139-3546-1
  • Miranda, M., & A. Páscoa, 2014, Offline: Between Transits and Journeys, Lisbon: XEREM Associação Cultural, ISBN 978-989-97183-1-9
  • Miller, M., 2013, Seeing Through, London: Tate Young People's Programmes
  • Parker, R., 2021, A Brief History of Black British Art, Tate Publishing (London), ISBN 978-1849767569
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