Who has become the first learning-disabled artist to win Turner Prize 2025?

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Nnena Kalu has become the first artist with a learning disability to win the Turner Prize 2025. She is autistic and largely non-verbal, known for large-scale swirling abstract drawings and cocoon-like sculptures from repurposed fabrics and VHS tapes. Born in 1966, Kalu began making art in the 1980s and has worked at ActionSpace, a London nonprofit for disabled artists, since 1999. The award jury was chaired by Alex Farquharson (Tate Britain) and included curators from the National Gallery, Liverpool Biennial, and Fitzwilliam Museum.

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Nnena Kalu Nnena Kalu has become the first artist with a learning disability to win the Turner Prize 2025. She is autistic and largely non-verbal, known for large-scale swirling abstract drawings and cocoon-like sculptures from repurposed fabrics and VHS tapes. Born in 1966, Kalu began making art in the 1980s and has worked at ActionSpace, a London nonprofit for disabled artists, since 1999. The award jury was chaired by Alex Farquharson (Tate Britain) and included curators from the National Gallery, Liverpool Biennial, and Fitzwilliam Museum.

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