1962 Born London, England
Lives and works in London

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2005 Mobility, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Yinka Shonibare Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection, Cooper-Hewitt,
National Design Museum, New York, NY (through May 7, 2006)
Collaborative film/dance project with the Royal Opera House and the Africa Center,
London, UK

2004 Yinka Shonibare, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Yinka Shonibare, Double Dutch, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam,
Netherlands

2003 Play With Me, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK

2002 Double Dress, organized by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Traveled to
KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (January 25- June 1,
2003); and Padiglione d’arte contemporanea, Milan, Italy (June 26-September 14,
2003) (catalogue)

2001 Christmas Tree Project, Tate Britain, London, UK
Britannia project, Tate Britain, London, UK
Be-muse, The British School in Rome, Rome, Italy (catalogue)
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA (brochure)
Camouflage, Johannesburg, South Africa (catalogue)
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK

2000 Effective, defective, creative, permanent video installation, Wellcome Wing,
Science Museum, London, UK
Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
Affectionate Men, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
InIVA tour of Diary of a Victorian Dandy Project. Traveled to Castle Museum,
Nottingham; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Towner Art Gallery,
Eastbourne, UK

1999 Dressing Down, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK. Toured to Henie Onstad Art
Centre, Norway; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland;
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK; Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno; Brent
Sikkema, New York, USA

1998 Diary of a Victorian Dandy, site-specific project on the London Underground,
commissioned and produced by inIVA, London, UK
Alien Obsessives, Mum, Dad and the Kids, Tablet, the Tabernacle, London;
Norwich Art Gallery, UK

1997 Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Present Tense contemporary project series, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto,
Canada