Yinka Shonibare CBE is delighted to announce he is the recipient of Anderson Ranch Arts Center’s 2022 International Artist Award. As the 25th honouree, Shonibare joins illustrious past recipients, including Nick Cave, Ai Weiwei, Carrie Mae Weems, Frank Stella, Theaster Gates, Cindy Sherman and Simone Leigh.
Yinka Shonibare CBE Awarded Anderson Ranch Art Center's International Artist Award 2022
Anderson Ranch, Aspen, Colorado, USA
14 July 2022
“I am thrilled and honoured to be recognized by the Anderson Ranch Art Center International Artist Award. My work has always engaged with some of the most pertinent issues of our time in art making, from identity issues to the mythologies of history and representation. African agency in creative expression, which addresses the legacy of empire and its subsequent global impact has, and continues to inspire my multi-dimensional practice, from gallery-based practice to public art and other socially engaged practices in agriculture and international artists residencies, particularly in Europe and Africa.” – Yinka Shonibare CBE.
Shonibare will speak in a free public event on the Ranch’s Snowmass Village campus on 13 July during their annual Recognition Week (11-16 July). To register to attend the event or to view it virtually, please visit andersonranch.org/events/summer-series-yinka-shonibare/
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA. Courtesy the artist and Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographed by Marcus Leith, 2014.