Osman Yousefzada

Osman Yousefzada was born in Birmingham to migrant parents who were illiterate both in English and their mother tongue. An artist and writer who studied at SOAS and Central Saint Martins, he has an MPhil from Cambridge University. He is a Professor of Interdisciplinary Practice at Birmingham School of Art, a researcher at Royal College of Art and a visiting fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge University. His visual art practice – of sculpture, moving image and textile installation – has been showcased in international programmes at the Whitechapel Gallery, MCA Sydney, Dhaka Art Summit, Ikon, V&A and more. He has made clothes for Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Lupita Nyong’o, Gwen Stefani, Emma Watson and many more. His practice is de-colonial and crosses borders, concerning itself with the rights of anonymous worker, disposable consumerism and undocumented histories. Yousefzada is concerned with injustice through his lived experiences intersecting class, race and gender roles.