About the work

Form of ID, Please is part of a study series, The Migration: Take Me Home. Influenced by Jacob Lawrence’s ‘The Migration of the Negro,’ the series focuses on the displacement of people that searches for a better life. The complexities of moving bodies from one place to another highlights the transformation of their individual identity, family structure, and communal structure.

Date and country of birth

1989, US

Career Highlights

Solo exhibitions include: ‘Down the Road,’ Sai, Tokyo, Japan (2023); ‘Art Now: Shawanda Corbett,’ Tate Britain, London, UK (2022); ‘To The Fields Of Lilac,’ Salon 94, New York NY (2022); and ‘Neighbourhood Garden,’ Corvi-Mora, London, UK (2020).

Selected group exhibitions include: ‘Present Tense,‘ Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, UK (2024); Dancing Before the Moon,’ 18th Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy (2023); ‘New Positions,’ Crafts Council Gallery, London, UK (2023); and ‘Black Venus,’ Somerset House, London, UK (2023).

Selected solo performances include: ‘Mercy Mercy Mercy, Transfiguration,’ Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK (2023); and ‘breathe.,’ NOW Gallery, London, UK (2020).