Portrait of Sonia Boyce

Original Oil Painting on canvas of Sonia Boyce RA

Sonia Dawn Boyce, OBE RA (born 1962) is a British Afro-Caribbean artist and educator, from London.

She is a Professor of Black Art and Design at University of the Arts London.^[2] Boyce's research interests explore art as a social practice .

In March 2016, Boyce was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in London, becoming the first black female Royal Academician.^[4]The Royal Academy was founded in 1768.

In February 2020, Boyce was selected by the British Council to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale 2022, the first black woman to do so.^[5] In April 2022, Boyce won the Venice Biennale's top Golden Lion prize with her work Feeling Her Way.^[6]

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