Nnena Kalu has won the 2025 Turner Prize, presented last night in a ceremony in Bradford, this year’s U.K. City of Culture. The 59-year-old British Nigerian becomes the first artist with a learning disability to win the prize and the jury commended her ‘bold and compelling work’, and the ‘powerful presence’ of her pieces.

Two of Kalu’s works were considered for the prize. Hanging Sculpture 1-10, commissioned by Manifesta in 2024 in a former power station in Barcelona, is a series of vividly coloured structures made by wrapping materials (including old VHS tape and found fabric) into cocoon-like structures. The striking graphite-and-pen piece Drawing 21 was part of a group exhibition showcasing Black and non-binary artists which took place at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool earlier this year.

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