Yiadom-Boakye completed a foundation course at Central St Martins, graduated from Falmouth University in 2000, and completed an MA at the Royal Academy Schools in 2003. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's work often yields a sense of intrigue.Her paintings, which frequently feature Black men and women, have been politicised because of her use of predominantly Black figures, leaving many viewers to dissect the potential socio-political nature behind her work. Yiadom-Boakye completed her… Paintings by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Lynette Yiadom-Boakye was born in London to parents who worked as nurses for the National Health Service after emigrating from Ghana. Following the French government’s regulations, the Fondation is closed until further notice. Trained at the Royal Academy School, the artist has devoted herself to painting since 2006. Her paintings would look great on the covers of … Lynette Yiadom Boakye (Born 1977) is active/lives in United Kingdom. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Lute Music to a Heathen, on view in A Passion To A Principle at the Kunsthalle Basel, 2016. Follow. After arriving in the UK, her parents worked as nurses for the NHS. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Informations. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye’s oil paintings focus on fictional figures that exist outside of specific times and places. She briefly studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design before attending the Falmouth College of Arts, where she earned her undergraduate degree in 2000. British • 1977. Citrine by the Ounce, 2014, by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Lynette Boakye is known for Painting. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, “Lynette Yiadom-Boakye on Walter Richard Sickert’s Miss Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Isabella of France (1932)”, Tate etc., Issue 28, Summer, p. 83 “Turner Prize-nominated Brit has art at Utah museum”, Standard Examiner, May 1 Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is a British painter who is a leader in the contemporary renaissance of portraiture. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye was born in London from native Ghanaian parents. Works (Tap to zoom) Biography. Her subjects are typically depicted with loose brushwork, floating against muted, ambiguous backgrounds that contribute to a sense of timelessness. Courtesy the artist; Corvi-Mora, London, and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (b. Stripped of any specific context, time or place, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's paintings unfold open-ended narratives, providing a fertile terrain for the viewer's own projected interpretation and imagination. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye was born in London in 1977. Artist Biography Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Biography Bibliography Press News. But she changed her approach to painting at an early stage, while studying at Falmouth School of Art, on the Cornish coast. She is best known for her portraits of imaginary subjects, or ones derived from found objects, who are painted in muted colours. 1977, London, UK); artist and writer of Ghanaian descent based in London. Her work has contributed to the renaissance in painting the Black figure. Photograph: Courtesy of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. She initially learned to paint by working from life. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (born 1977) is a British painter and writer.