Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Born1977 (age 47–48)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
EducationCentral St. Martins, Falmouth University, Royal Academy of Art
Known forPainting, writing
AwardsCarnegie Prize, Arts Foundation fellowship for painting, Pinchuk Foundation Future Generation Prize, Next Generation Prize from the New Museum of Contemporary Art, South Bank Sky Arts Award for Visual Art

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (born 1977) is a British painter and writer of Ghanaian heritage. She is best known for her portraits of imaginary subjects, or ones derived from found objects, which are painted in muted colours. Her work has contributed to the renaissance in painting the Black figure. Her paintings often are presented in solo exhibitions.

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