Yinka
Shonibare MBE
A Life Interwoven: The Art of Yinka Shonibare MBE Yinka Shonibare’s artistic journey is one profoundly shaped by displacement, identity, and a keen interrogation of history. Born in London in 1962 to Nigerian parents, his early life was marked by a geographical and cultural shift …
A portrait built from Yinka Shonibare MBE's own colours
Every 16 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
