12/12/2025
Sculpture artist Nnena Kalu made history this week when she won the coveted Turner Prize, the UK’s most high-profile art award.
Sculpture artist Nnena Kalu made history this week when she won the coveted Turner Prize, the UK’s most high-profile art award.
Kali, who was born in Glasgow to Nigerian parents, is the first artist with a learning disability to win the prize.
She won the award for her "bold and compelling" sculptures - which are haphazardly wrapped in layers of ribbon, string, card and shiny VHS tape - and her drawings of swirling, tornado-like shapes.
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yqvz9wljqo, who was born in Glasgow to Nigerian parents, is the first artist with a learning disability to win the prize.
She won the award for her "bold and compelling" sculptures - which are haphazardly wrapped in layers of ribbon, string, card and shiny VHS tape - and her drawings of swirling, tornado-like shapes.
By BBC