(1963 - )
Born in Uganda, Zarina Bhimji studied art at Leicester Polytechnic, Goldsmiths College and Slade School of Fine Art in London. Since her first solo exhibition in London (1989), she has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad including shows in Cape Town, Berlin and Istanbul. She has won many awards including the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists (1999). Her work is represented in public and private collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate, Arts Council and the Polaroid International Collection in Germany.
In 2003, Bhimji exhibited at Tate Britain, London and, in 2005 she was part of a group show at the Talwar Gallery, New York. She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2007. In 2012, Yellow Patch was shown at the Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland; the New Art Gallery, Walsall and at her major solo exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery. Her most recent solo exhibition was Lead White at Tate Britain in 2019.
