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Michael Armitage (born 1984) is a British artist who was born in Kenya.[3] In May 2022 the Royal Mint announced that he is designing a new £1 coin for the United Kingdom which will be issued in 2023.[3]

Michael Armitage
Born	1984 (age 37–38)[1] Nairobi, Kenya[2]
Nationality	Kenyan[1]

Early life and education

Armitage is the son of a English father from Yorkshire and a Kenyan mother of Kikuyu ancestry.[3]

In 2007, he received a BA degree from the Slade School of Fine Art, London. He earned a Postgraduate Diploma from the Royal Academy Schools, London in 2010.[4][5]

Exhibitions

In 2019 he had a solo show of his work at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Australia.[6][7] In 2019 his work was included in the 58th Venice Biennale.[8][9]

Armitage has a solo show of his work in 2020 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[2] The same year, he exhibited 70 of his paintings in a solo show at Munich's Haus der Kunst.[10][11]

Honours and awards

In January 2022, he was elected a Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts.[3]

Collections

• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia[12]
• Arts Council Collection, London[13]
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York[1]
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago[14]
• National Galleries Scotland[15]
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[16]
• Zabludowicz Collection[17]

References

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[de] Michael Armitage

Michael Armitage (* 1984 in Nairobi, Kenia) ist ein britisch-kenianischer Maler. In seinen Ölbildern finden sich Elemente ostafrikanischer und europäischer Maltraditionen. Die Themen sind oft inspiriert durch aktuelle politische, soziale und gesellschaftliche Ereignisse.

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