List of British Asian artists

This is a list of British Asian artists, born in or associated with the UK, who are notable in visual arts as designers, painters, photographers and sculptors. The list includes artists of South Asian, East Asian, Southeast Asian, Central Asian, and West Asian heritage.

The 1989 exhibition, The Other Story: Afro-Asian Artists in Post-War Britain, curated by Rasheed Araeen is recognised as a key exhibition in British Asian art history.[1]

In 1963, The Indian Painters Collective UK was founded, before Indian Artists UK (IAUK) was established in 1976.[1]

In 1988, the Panchayat Arts and Education Resource Unit (known as the Panchayat Collective) was founded to collect, archive, and promote art by Black and Asian artists in Britain.[2][3]

Important collections of British Asian include the "South Asian Diaspora Arts Archive (SADAA)" held at Birmingham Museum,[4][5] and the education group Sampad and research collective Chai Shai work to increase knowledge of British Asian art and artists.[6][7][8]

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  • Shanti Thomas[1]

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See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Featured in the 1989 exhibition, The Other Story.
  2. ↑ Featured in the 1989 exhibition, The Other Story.
  3. ↑ Member of The Indian Painters Collective UK, founded in 1963
  4. ↑ Featured in the 1989 exhibition, The Other Story.
  5. ↑ Featured in the 1989 exhibition, The Other Story.
  6. ↑ Featured in the 1989 exhibition, The Other Story.
  7. ↑ Featured in the 1989 exhibition, The Other Story.
  8. ↑ Founding member of IAUK.
  9. ↑ Founding member of IAUK.
  10. ↑ Featured in the 1989 exhibition, The Other Story.
  11. ↑ Featured in the 1989 exhibition, The Other Story.
  12. ↑ Member of The Indian Painters Collective UK, founded in 1963
  13. ↑ Founding member of IAUK.
  14. ↑ Featured in the 1989 exhibition, The Other Story.
  15. ↑ Featured in the 1989 exhibition, The Other Story.
  16. ↑ Founding member of IAUK.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "British Art Studies". British Art Studies. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Counter Print: The alternative art press in Britain after 1970. Manchester University Press. 2025. ISBN 978-1-5261-8305-7.
  3. ↑ Bailey, David A.; Baucom, Ian; Boyce, Sonia, eds. (11 April 2005). Shades of Black: Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain. Duke University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv11sn3rt. ISBN 978-0-8223-8644-5.
  4. 1 2 "Birmingham Museums acquires nationally important archive of British South Asian art". Birmingham Museums. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "SADAA". SADAA. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "What We Do". Sampad. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Chai Shai: 5 Gatherings" (PDF). Slade School of Fine Art, UCL.
  8. ↑ "Chai Shai: Asian British Art". British Art Network. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Burman, Chila Kumari Singh, b.1957 | Art UK". artuk.org. Archived from the original on 23 January 2026. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Tate. "'British Chinese' Art and Artists | Tate Liverpool + RIBA North". Tate. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "What does 100 years of South Asian artists in Britain look like? | Art UK". artuk.org. Archived from the original on 23 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "British Asian Visual Art Post Cool Britannia".
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