Southport College of Art Leeds Polytechnic University College London
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Chila Kumari Singh BurmanMBE is a British artist, celebrated for her radical feminist practice, which examines representation, gender and cultural identity. She works across a wide range of mediums including printmaking, drawing, painting, installation and film.
A significant figure in the Black British Art movement of the 1980s,[1] Burman remains one of the first British Asian female artists to have a monograph written about her work; Lynda Nead's Chila Kumari Burman: Beyond Two Cultures (1995).
In 2018, she received an honorary doctorate from University of the Arts London for her impact and recognised legacy as an international artist. In 2020 she was invited into the Art Workers' Guild as a Brother [2] and in 2022, Burman was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to visual art.
^Chambers, Eddie (2008). "Black Visual Arts Activity in the 1980s". In Stephens, Chris (ed.). The History of British Art: 1870–Now. London: Tate. ISBN 9781854376527.
^"23 January 2020, ORDINARY MEETING" (PDF). Proceedings and Notes. The Art Workers' Guild. January 2021. p. 8. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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