Emeli Sandé, MBE b. 1987. Singer-songwriter
About this artwork
Singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé has talked about how important music was to her growing up in Aberdeenshire: ‘We were the only black people there and that was very isolating. I needed something, and that’s where music came in. That became my world and the way I could connect with people.’ Her first album Our Version of Events debuted at number one in 2012. Four Brit Awards, three MOBOs and two Ivor Novello Awards later, her fourth studio album Let’s Say for Instance was released in 2022. Self-taught artist Samira Addo won Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2018. The first time she painted a sitter from life was in the heats for this competition; she painted this portrait in the final.
Updated May 2022
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artist:Samira Addo (born 1999)
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title:Emeli Sandé, MBE b. 1987. Singer-songwriter
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date created:2018
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:50.60 x 40.80 x 2.20 cm; Framed: 60.40 x 50.60 x 5.70 cm / 6.00 kg
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 2019
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accession number:PG 3801
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Samira Addo
Samira Addo
Samira Addo is a self-taught artist; she taught herself how to paint in oil using You Tube videos. She was the winner (from over 3000 entrants) of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2018. It was in the heats for this competition that she first painted a sitter from life. Her portrait of singer-...