Yinka Shonibare
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personBritish, b. 1962
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Selected Works12

Plaything
Plaything
1996
Baby Blue
Baby Blue
1998
Girl/Boy
Girl/Boy
1998
Untitled
Untitled
1999
The Age of Enlightenment-Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet
The Age of Enlightenment-Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet
2008
Boy Doing Headstand
Boy Doing Headstand
2009
Girl on Globe 3
Girl on Globe 3
2011
Bad School Boy
Bad School Boy
2014
Modern Magic
Modern Magic
2021
Apollo (after Francavilla)
Apollo (after Francavilla)
2022
Modern Magic (Bangwa Queen)
Modern Magic (Bangwa Queen)
2022
Flower Kid (Girl)
Flower Kid (Girl)
2022
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#19 James Cohan
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#29 Goodman Gallery
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#96 Cristea Roberts Gallery
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#104 Leslie Sacks Gallery
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Education2

Byam Shaw School Art
Goldsmiths, University of London
London, UK
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Current Exhibitions1

#2,961 PalaisPopulaire

Seeing Words, Reading Images: The Written Art Collection in dialogue with the Deutsche Bank Collection

Etel Adnan, Mounira Al Solh, Joseph Beuys, Osman Bozkurt, Hoy Wong Cheong, Natalie Czech, Claudia Comte, Marcel Dzama, Larissa Fassler, Meschac Gaba, Ellen Gallagher, Jenny Holzer, Annette Kelm, William Kentridge, Imi Knoebel, Ahmed Mater, Ahmad Moualla, Farhad Moshiri, Herta Müller, Shiryû Morita, Shirin Neshat, Zhijie Qiu, Karin Sander, Viviane Sassen, Yinka Shonibare, Slavs and Tatars, Agathe Snow, Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Lawrence Weiner, Yang Jiechang, Inoue Yū-ichi, Charles Hossein Zenderoudi

Unter den Linden 5, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Mar 20, 2026 — Jun 18, 2026

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Rose Art Museum Presents Yinka Shonibare: Sanctuary Opening February 11, 2026
The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University will present 'Yinka Shonibare: Sanctuary,' a major exhibition opening in February 2026. The show centers on…
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Two new winter exhibitions open February 11, 2026 at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University: “Photorealism in Focus” and “Yinka Shonibare: Sanctua…
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Past Exhibitions19

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#19 James Cohan

Yinka Shonibare CBE Boomerang: Returning to African Abstraction

Yinka Shonibare CBE

48, 52 Walker St 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10013, USA

Oct 26, 2023 — Dec 22, 2023

#76 Stephen Friedman Gallery

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: Free The Wind, The Spirit, and The Sun

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA

5-6 Cork St, London W1S 3LQ, UK

Oct 6, 2023 — Nov 11, 2023

#96 Cristea Roberts Gallery

Yinka Shonibare Ritual Ecstasy of the Modern

Yinka Shonibare

Sep 22, 2023 — Nov 4, 2023

#104 Leslie Sacks Gallery

Yinka Shonibare

Yinka Shonibare

2525 Michigan Ave b6, Santa Monica, CA 90404, United States

Apr 16, 2022 — Jun 11, 2022

#76 Stephen Friedman Gallery

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA: African Spirits of Modernism

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA

Jun 4, 2021 — Jul 30, 2021

#19 James Cohan

Earth Kids

Yinka Shonibare CBE

48, 52 Walker St 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10013, USA

Dec 4, 2020 — Jan 23, 2021

#76 Stephen Friedman Gallery

Yinka Shonibare CBE: Justice for All

Yinka Shonibare CBE

5-6 Cork St, London W1S 3LQ, UK

Jun 15, 2020 — Aug 27, 2020

#76 Stephen Friedman Gallery

Yinka Shonibare MBE at Fitzrovia Chapel

Yinka Shonibare MBE

5-6 Cork St, London W1S 3LQ, UK

Oct 3, 2018 — Oct 6, 2018

#4,304 Attenborough Arts Centre

Criminal Ornamentation by Yinka Shonibare MBE

Yinka Shonibare MBE

University of Leicester, Lancaster Rd, Leicester LE1 7HA, UK

Sep 1, 2018 — Nov 30, 2018

#19 James Cohan

Prejudice at Home: A Parlour, a Library, and a Room

Yinka Shonibare MBE

48, 52 Walker St 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10013, USA

Feb 17, 2017 — Mar 18, 2017

#76 Stephen Friedman Gallery

Yinka Shonibare MBE: ... and the wall fell away

Yinka Shonibare MBE

Sep 28, 2016 — Nov 11, 2016

#19 James Cohan

Rage of the Ballet Gods

Yinka Shonibare MBE

48, 52 Walker St 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10013, USA

Apr 30, 2015 — Jun 20, 2015

#224 Pippy Houldsworth Gallery

Phallic Stalactites and Stalagmites

Yinka Shonibare CBE

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, 6 Heddon St, London W1B 4BT, United Kingdom

Mar 13, 2014 — Apr 26, 2014

#19 James Cohan

Yinka Shonibare MBE Addio del Passato

Yinka Shonibare MBE

48, 52 Walker St 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10013, USA

Feb 16, 2012 — Mar 24, 2012

#76 Stephen Friedman Gallery

Yinka Shonibare MBE: Willy Loman: The Rise and Fall

Yinka Shonibare MBE

Oct 15, 2009 — Nov 20, 2009

#19 James Cohan

Yinka Shonibare MBE

Yinka Shonibare MBE

Sep 11, 2008 — Nov 8, 2008

#19 James Cohan

Prospero’s Monsters

Yinka Shonibare MBE

48, 52 Walker St 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10013, USA

Apr 17, 2008 — May 17, 2008

#76 Stephen Friedman Gallery

Yinka Shonibare MBE: Flower Time

Yinka Shonibare MBE

5-6 Cork St, London W1S 3LQ, UK

Dec 1, 2006 — Jan 13, 2007

#19 James Cohan

Mobility

Yinka Shonibare

48, 52 Walker St 2nd Fl, New York, NY 10013, USA

Oct 1, 2005 — Oct 29, 2005

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Art Fair Appearances18

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Art Basel Paris — Paris
2025
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2025
Art Basel — Basel
2024
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2024
Art Basel Paris — Paris
2024
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2024
Art Basel — Basel
2023
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2023
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
Frieze Los Angeles — Los Angeles
2023
Frieze London — London
2022
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2022
Art Basel — Basel
2021
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2021
Frieze London — London
2021
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2020
The Armory Show — New York
2020
Art Basel — Basel
2019
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Apr 22, 2026
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Feb 25, 2026
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Feb 11, 2026
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Feb 4, 2026
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New exhibits at Rose Art Museum delve into photorealism, notions of refuge
Jan 28, 2026
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Dec 23, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
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Nov 18, 2025
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