| Administrative History | The artist and photographer Ingrid Pollard (b 1953) participated in several exhibitions curated by Lubaina Himid, including 'The thin black line', ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), London (1985); 'Out there fighting', Elbow Room, London (1988); and 'Passion : Blackwomen's creativity of the African diaspora', presented by the Elbow Room, Rochdale Art Gallery (1989).
They further exhibited together in the following group exhibitions : ‘Heritage : image + history’, Cornerhouse, Manchester (1990); 'Heritage : image & history', Greenwich Citizens Gallery, Woolwich, London (1991); 'Photogenetic : re-viewing the lens of history', Street Level, Photography Gallery & Workshop, King Street, Glasgow (1995), ‘Thin black line(s)’, Tate Britain (2011-2012); and ‘Life between islands : Caribbean-British art 1950s – now’, Tate Britain (2021-2022).
She wrote the article 'Reel to reel : explorations around Black women in film', for the issue of 'FAN' [Feminist arts news] co-edited by Himid (Autumn 1988)
Pollard bought Himid’s 'Dog of Babel' in 1991. |