Everlyn Nicodemus

Tanzanian artist, writer den curator

Everlyn Nicodemus be Tanzanian-born artist, writer, den curator, wey dey base insyd Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]

Everlyn Nicodemus
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Name wey dem give amEverlyn Edit
Family nameNicodemus Edit
Ein date of birth1954 Edit
Place dem born amKilimanjaro Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish, Swahili Edit
Ein occupationvisual artist, poet, art historian, curator, writer Edit

Early life den career

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Nicodemus initially enrol insyd teacher training school, buh she elope make she marry a Swedish economist wey dey work insyd Tanzania.[2] De pair move go Sweden insyd 1973, wer, na influence by ein experiences of everyday racism, she enrol insyd Stockholm University insyd 1978 make she study social anthropology.[3]

While back insyd Tanzania dey do fieldwork, Nicodemus start dey make art for response to ein discomfort plus anthropology. Dis quickly lead to a solo exhibition of paintings den poems at de National Museum of Tanzania insyd Dar es Salaam insyd 1980.[3]

After she divorce ein first husby, Nicodemus marry Kristian Romare, a Swedish art historian, plus whom she move go Edinburgh insyd 2008.[4]

Ein work dey include paintings, collages, mixed-media assemblages, den poetry, wey na ebe informed by racism, trauma, PTSD, den recovery.[5] She plete ein PhD for African Modern Art and Black Cultural Trauma at Middlesex University insyd 2012.[6]

Nicodemus win de Freelands Foundation Award insyd 2022,[7] wich support de first retrospective of ein work, at de National Galleries of Scotland, from September 2024 to May 2025.[1] Na dem acquire ein painting Självporträtt, Åkersberga by de National Portrait Gallery, London insyd 2022,[8] wey e cam turn de first painted self-portrait by a black female artist insyd de gallery ein collection.[4]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Everlyn Nicodemus". National Galleries of Scotland.
  2. "'They told me I was a savage' – the unstoppable painter Everlyn Nicodemus". The Guardian.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "A Woman in the World: Everlyn Nicodemus". post (Museum of Modern Art).
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Everlyn Nicodemus,". Ben Uri Research Unit.
  5. "Silent Strength 36". The Arts Council Collection.
  6. "Everlyn Nicodemus". Richard Saltoun.
  7. "Freelands Award 2022".
  8. "Everlyn Nicodemus ('Självporträtt, Åkersberga') by Everlyn Nicodemus". National Portrait Gallery.