"Ian YoungsCulture reporter Nnena Kalu has won this year's Turner Prize, the UK's most high-profile art award, for her "bold and compelling" sculptures and drawings - and has made history as the first artist with a learning disability to win. The judges praised Kalu's brightly coloured sculptures - which are haphazardly wrapped in layers of ribbon, string, card and shiny VHS tape - and her drawings of swirling, tornado-like shapes. Kalu, 59, is an autistic, learning disabled artist with limited verbal communication."
"Charlotte Hollinshead, who has worked with her for 25 years, said on stage at the ceremony: "This is a major, major moment for a lot of people. It's seismic. It's broken a very stubborn glass ceiling." In a moving speech delivered alongside Kalu, she said: "This amazing lady has worked so hard for such a long time. "It's wonderful she's finally getting the recognition she rightly, rightly deserves.""
Nnena Kalu won the Turner Prize for brightly coloured sculptures wrapped in ribbon, string, card and VHS tape, and for swirling, tornado-like drawings. Kalu is a 59-year-old autistic, learning disabled artist with limited verbal communication. She has worked as a resident artist with Action Space since 1999 and has gradually gained recognition in the art world. Charlotte Hollinshead, her studio manager and facilitator for 25 years, described the win as a major moment that broke a stubborn glass ceiling. Kalu accepted the £25,000 prize at a ceremony in Bradford.
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