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Selected works 1990-1999. Shoa studied at Medlock Fine Art school at Manchester Polytechnic university from 1988-1991. Throughout the 1990s Shoa’s work focused on a form of social realism, working fastidiously on self-portraits and portraits of his friends and acquaintances, fellow artists and romantic partners, from his art school days in Manchester and upon his return to the vibrant Notting Hill, West London. Over the 1990s, Shoa steadily built a body of work that reflected and celebrated Britain as a diverse and cosmopolitan place, putting race and identity at the centre of his practice.
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View from Hulme Flat, 1990
Oil on board 23.2 x 29.7 cm Collection of the Manchester Art Gallery |
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Self Portrait against the Window, 1991 Oil on board 20.3 x 15.2 cm Collection of The Atkinson, Southport |
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Desmond Haughton, 1991
Oil on board 81.7 x 60.4 cm Collection of the Manchester Art Gallery |
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Louise 1992 Oil on board 30 X 30 cm |
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Still Life 1992 Oil on board 31 X 36 cm |
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Desmond 1989 Oil on board 40 x 70.2 cm Collection of the Ferens Art Gallery |
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Skull and Cup, Study in Whites 1993 Oil on board 40 x 30 cm |
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Head of Desmond Haughton 1993 Oil on canvas 35.5 x 27.9 cm Collection of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter |
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Portobello Stories, 1994 Oil on canvas 195 x 130 cm |
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Head of Liz, 1997 Oil on canvas 80 x 63 cm Collection of The Herbert Museum & Art Gallery, Coventry |
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Gbenga, Profile, 1997 Oil on canvas board 50.5 x 40.5 cm |
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Des, 1997 Oil on canvas 55.8 x 48.2 cm Collection of Southampton Museum & Art Gallery |
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Ezz, 1997/8 Oil on canvas 101.5 x 91.5 cm |
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Hazel Sleeping, 1997 Oil on canvas 140 x 160 cm |
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Gbenga, Thinking, 1997 Oil on canvas 127 x 106 cm |
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Laila, 1998 Oil on canvas 60.9 x 50.8 cm |
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Sue, 1998 Oil on canvas 60.9 x 50.8 cm |
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Michelle, Standing, 1999 Oil on canvas 50 x 45 cm |
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Future Oylmpia, 1999 Oil on canvas 92 x 152.5 cm |
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Group Scene, Notting Hill, 1999 Oil on canvas 121.9 x 91.4 cm |
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Joyce, 2024 Oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm |