b. 1965, United Kingdom
Delaine Le Bas is a British artist born in 1965. Her work addresses nationhood, land, belonging and gender from a British Romany perspective. She practices across diverse media including embroidery, painting, decoupage, sculpture, installations and performance that reflect domestic claustrophobia and the transient nature of modern materiality. Le Bas has exhibited her works extensively both in the UK and abroad. In June 2007, her work was included in the first Roma Pavilion at 52nd Venice Biennale and the Prague Biennale. Since then she has continued participating in international events, including the 9th Gwangju Biennale (2011), National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare (2014), Framer Framed, Amsterdam (2015), and a number of UK venues. Currently Le Bas’s works are featured at the 11th Berlin Biennale (2020). In recent years, her works were exhibited at Roma Pavilion at the Venice Biennale as well as Harbestsalon at Gorky Theatre, Berlin, both in 2019, among others.