Shawanda Corbett
Born in New York, 1989
Lives and works in London
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2018-2022 Dphil, The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford
2016-2017 The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford
2013-2016 Rochester Institute of Technology
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- Solo Exhibitions
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2023
"Down the Road", Sai, Tokyo
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2022
“Art Now: Shawanda Corbett”, Tate Britain, London
“To The Fields Of Lilac”, Salon 94, New York -
2020
“Neighbourhood Garden”, Corvi-Mora, London
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2019
“The Complete Body”, Wadham College, Oxford
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- Performances
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2023
“Mercy Mercy Mercy, Transfiguration” Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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2020
"breathe.", NOW Gallery, London
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2019
“Blackbird in Mississippi”, COS x Serpentine Park Nights, Serpentine Galleries, London
“haar wese”, University of Oxford, Oxford
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2018
“Evocation of Buked”, Deptford X, London
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- Group Exhibitions
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2024
“Present Tense”, Hauser & Wirth, Somerset
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2023
“Dancing Before the Moon”, 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice
“New Areas: Contemporary Ceramics at Newstead Abbey” Newstead Abbey, Nottingham
“New Positions”, Crafts Council Gallery, London
“History in the Making: stories of materials and makers”, Compton Verney, Warwickshire.
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2022
“Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art”, Centre of Ceramic Art (CoCA), York Art Gallery, York
“My Reflection of You”, The Perimeter, London
“Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics & Contemporary Art”, Two Temple Place, London -
2021
“Human Conditions of Clay”, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
“Cracked”, Tristan Hoare, London
“CRIP TIME”, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
“Maker’s Eye”, Crafts Council Gallery, London
“Both Sides of Here: Artistic Encounters at the Threshold”, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
“Drawing Biennial 2021”, Drawing Room, London
“Stockholm Sessions”, Hospitalet, Stockholm -
2020
“Friends and Friends of Friends”, Schlossmuseum, Linz
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2019
“haar wese”, Supernormal, Oxford (Performance)
“haar wese”, Art of Noise III, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (Performace)
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2018
“Southern Jazz”, International Exhibition, Kastamonu University, Turkey
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2017
“Staircase”, Elastic Performance Festival, Oxford
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- Screenings
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2019
“Evocation of Buked”, Short Film Program, South London Gallery, London
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- Awards
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2021
Kleinwort Hambros Emerging Artist Prize
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2020
The Turner Bursary, Tate, London
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- Public Collections
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The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The Harris, Preston
Arts Council Collection
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- Selected Bibliography
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2023
Laura Cumming, "Black Venus review – defiantly face to face with the inhuman past", The Guardian, July 23
“Golden Lion and Silver Lion Awards Announced at the 2023 Venice Biennale”, The Journal of the American Institute of Architects, May 24
“First look: UK Pavilion at Venice Biennale of Architecture 2023”, Architects’ Journal, May 17
“Shawanda Corbett’s first solo exhibition in Japan: “Down the Road” at Sai Gallery” Harpers Bazaar Japan, March 30 -
2022
Bilal Akkouche, Hannah Marsh, “Shawanda Corbett”, Tate Etc, Issue 55, Summer
Harriet Lloyd-Smith, “Shawanda Corbett on breaking the mould of ceramic art”, Wallpaper, March 1
Elizabeth Buhe, “Shawanda Corbett: To the Fields of Lilac”, The Brooklyn Rail, February 25
Vivian Chui, “Shawanda Corbett: Ultimately, it’s about world-building”, Ocula, February 9
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2021
Duro Olowu, “Jazz-Keramik”, Vogue DE, May-June
“The 12 Young Creatives Inspiring The Vogue Editors Now”, Vogue UK, March
Contemporary Art Society Acquisitions and Art Consultancy April 2019 - March 2021 -
2020
Bolanle Tajudeen," Blackbird Mississippi", Port Magazine, Issue 27
Whitney Jones, “Shawanda Corbett at Corvi-Mora channels dance, music in vessels”, Cfile, August 4
Samira Reed, “Front Row”, BBC Radio 4, July 28
Jareh Das, “Metaphors of Malleability: Shawanda Corbett”, Bomb, July 20
Claudia Cheng, “London Exhibitions You Don’t Want to Miss”, Art She Says, July 20
Isabella Smith, "Bodies in Clay", Craft Issue 283, March – April
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2019
Dino Bonacic, “10 Questions with Artist Shawanda Corbett Ahead of Her Performance at The COS X Serpentine Park Nights”, 10 Magazine, July 19
“Craft Abilities, Not Disabilities: Interview with Shawanda Corbett”, This Girl Makes, July 9
Holly Daizy Broughton, “Shawanda Corbett and Her Ability to Render Me Silent For 6 Weeks”, She Performs
“Shawanda Corbett: COS x Serpentine Park Nights”, PORT, July 26