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Turner Prize 2025 Shortlist Highlights Identity, Memory, and Belonging

Four Britain-based artists—Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami, and Zadie Xa—are nominated for their innovative works, with the winner to be announced in December.

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Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo, ‘Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes: Your Ancestors Are Whales, and Earth Remembers Everything’, 2025. Installation view
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Overview

  • The Turner Prize 2025 shortlist includes Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami, and Zadie Xa, whose works span sculpture, photography, painting, and multisensory installations.
  • Nnena Kalu, a nonverbal autistic artist, was nominated for her vibrant cocoon-like sculptures made from VHS tape, fabric, and clingfilm, showcased in Barcelona and Liverpool.
  • Rene Matić earned a nomination for their Berlin exhibition 'As Opposed to the Truth,' which explores themes of identity and belonging through photography, sound, and installation.
  • Mohammed Sami was recognized for his Blenheim Palace exhibition 'After the Storm,' featuring evocative paintings reflecting wartime trauma and exile.
  • Zadie Xa was shortlisted for her Sharjah Biennial installation 'Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes,' which integrates Korean shamanic traditions and multisensory elements.