Lina Iris Viktor

Lina Iris Viktor (born 1987)[1] is a British-Liberian visual artist based in New York. The New York Times described her paintings as "queenly self-portraits with a futuristic edge".[2] The artist is represented by Pilar Corrias, London.[3]

Biography

Lina Iris Viktor was born in 1987 in the U.K. to parents from Liberia, West Africa.[1] She studied film at Sarah Lawrence College and photography and design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.[4] In 2018 Viktor was involved in a legal dispute with Kendrick Lamar involving appropriation of her imagery for the video for "All the Stars" by SZA and Lamar. The dispute was settled.[5][6]

Exhibitions
  • 2014: Arcadia, Gallery 151, New York, NY[7]
  • 2016: Africa Forecast: Fashioning Contemporary Life, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia[8]
  • 2017: Black Exodus: Act I — Materia Prima, Amar Gallery, London, United Kingdom[9]
  • 2018: A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana[10]
  • 2018: The Black Ark, The Armory Show | Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, New York, New York[11]
  • 2018: Re-Significations: European Blackamoors, Africana Readings, Zisa Zona Arti Contemporanee (ZAC) Manifesta European Contemporary Art Biennial 12, Palermo, Italy[12]
  • 2018: Hopes Springing High — Gifts Of Art By African American Artists, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA[13]
  • 2019: Some Are Born To Endless Night — Dark Matter, Autograph, London, United Kingdom[14]
  • 2022: Rite of Passage: Lina Iris Viktor with César, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Nevelson, and Yves Klein - LGDR, London, United Kingdom[15]
  • 2022: In the Black Fantastic, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom[16]

References
  1. Thackara, Tess (December 4, 2018). "Everything This Young Artist Touches Turns to Gold". Artsy. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  2. La Ferla, Ruth (December 12, 2016). "Afrofuturism: The Next Generation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 20, 2017.
  3. Westall, Mark (December 15, 2022). "Pilar Corrias now represent Lina Iris Viktor". FAD Magazine. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  4. Copley, Jennifer (September 24, 2018). "This Liberian-British Painter Is Fixing The Art World's Historical Gaps Using 24K Gold". Harper's Bazaar Arabia. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  5. Harris, Gareth (December 30, 2018). "Artist Lina Iris Viktor and rapper Kendrick Lamar resolve Black Panther legal dispute". The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  6. Cascone, Sarah; Goldstein, Andrew (March 9, 2018). "Rising Star Lina Iris Viktor Proves to Be More Than Just a Cause Celebre at the Armory Show". Artnet News. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  7. O’Reilly, Laura (2014). "Lina Viktor - Arcadia". Gallery 151. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  8. Robinson, Shantay (November 11, 2016). "Review: "Africa Forecast" shows how convention inspires Black women's spirit". ArtsATL. Archived from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  9. Pogrebin, Robin (February 11, 2018). "Artist Says Kendrick Lamar Video for 'Black Panther' Song Stole Her Work". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  10. "Lina Iris Viktor: A Haven. A Hell. A Dream Deferred". New Orleans Museum of Art. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  11. Wagenknecht, Addie (May 7, 2018). "Mariane Ibrahim Changes The Art World One Armory Show At A Time". Forbes. Archived from the original on December 23, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  12. Amkpa, Awam (2018). "Resignifications 2018". Villa La Pietra. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  13. "Hopes Springing High". Crocker Art Museum. 2018. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  14. Thompson, Jessie (September 11, 2019). "Lina Iris Viktor on breaking the rules around painting with black". Evening Standard. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  15. "Rite of Passage". LGDR. 2022. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  16. Jansen, Charlotte (August 4, 2022). "Stepping Into the Expansive Worlds of Black Imagination". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

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