Biography
Chila Kumari Burman (Punjabi: ਚਿਲਾ ਕੁਮਾਰੀ ਬਰਮਨ) is a British artist and a significant figure in the Black British Art movement of the 1980s. Burman was one of the first British Asian female artists to have a monograph written about her work: Lynda Nead's Chila Kumari Burman: Beyond Two Cultures (1995), and a second monograph by Nead was published in 2012.
In 2018, Burman received an honorary doctorate from University of the Arts London for her impact and recognised legacy as a British and International artist. In 2020, Burman was selected into the Art Workers Guild as a Brother.
Burman's work is held in collections including Tate, Victoria & Albert Museum, Wellcome Trust, Science Museum, Arts Council Collection, Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham) and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
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