Archive · 11 Dec 2025

Nnena Kalu Wins 2025 Turner Prize

Nnena Kalu Wins 2025 Turner Prize

Nnena Kalu is an artist who was born in Glasgow to Nigerian parents and raised in London.

She has a learning disability and doesn't speak much, but she creates amazing art.

She uses things like old tapes, fabric, and cardboard to make big, colorful sculptures that hang in the air.

Her art has been shown in many places, like Liverpool and Barcelona.

Recently, she won a very important art prize called the Turner Prize.

The prize is worth a lot of money, and she was the first person with a learning disability to win it.

The judges loved her art because it's big, colorful, and full of energy.

Her winning piece is like a big, happy cocoon made of recycled materials.

You can see her art and the other winners at a gallery in Bradford until next year.

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