# Yinka Shonibare (@yinka-shonibare)

Yinka Shonibare was a British-Nigerian artist. Yinka Shonibare uses Dutch wax fabric, headless mannequins, film, and installation to examine empire, class, and cultural hybridity.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Yinka Shonibare's public record._

## Topics

- [Legacy and Interpretation](/@yinka-shonibare/legacy-and-interpretation.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Career and Context](/@yinka-shonibare/career-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Work and Materials](/@yinka-shonibare/work-and-materials.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/yinka-shonibare-cbe-3086
- blog: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/yinka-shonibare-ra
- blog: https://id.loc.gov/search/?q=Yinka%20Shonibare&q=cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2Fnames

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "yinka-shonibare", "question": "…"}`.