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Diana Chire is a London-based artist and director who first received national attention when she presented herself nude in her exhibit at the 2015 Frieze Art Fair in London.[1][2][3][4] Her art themes feature gender, sexuality and the nature of racial identity.[5]

Life

Chire was born in Egypt to Ethiopian parents, and moved to London, England when she was five.[6][7] She studied at Westminster University.[1] She is the editor and publisher of arts newspaper She-Zine.[8] Chire is known for her performance artworks that focus on black female identity, exposing the gender imbalances in the art world,[9] and for using her own body as a medium.[1][3][6][10] She shaved her head in 2016, explaining that as she became more comfortable with using her body as a medium, she felt she no longer needed to wear weaves or straighten her hair to be beautiful.[7] She stitched her weave onto pillowcases.[11] In 2018 her directorial debut, Loulwa, was premiered.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lawrence, Vanessa. "How British Artist Diana Chire Uses Her Body as a Feminist Medium". W Magazine.
  2. "An Interview with the Video Artist and Curator Diana Chire in her Hackney Studio, London". Arteviste. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Diana Chire invite les artistes femmes à se réapproprier leur corps". www.iggymagazine.com (in français). Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  4. Magazine, SUITCASE. "TAKE! EAT!". SUITCASE Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  5. "Women Artists by Simone Steenberg". Vogue.it (in italiano). 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Artist Diana Chire on listening to black women's rage - Notion Magazine". Notion Magazine. 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "This artist shaved her head to get back to her roots". Vice.com. 2017-06-22. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  8. GQ. "Jeff Koons' Louis Vuitton bags are like marmite". Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  9. "The guerilla exhibition promoting women artists on the doorstep of Frieze". Vice.com. 2015-10-07. Archived from the original on 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  10. "Who is Diana Chire?". Coeval Magazine. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  11. "This artist shaved her head, then stitched her weave onto pillowcases". Lost At E Minor. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2018-03-29.[permanent dead link]



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