Jazzleen kaur biography

Scottish artist (born )

Jasleen Kaur (born ) is a Scottish artist, and the winner of the Turner Prize.^[1] She works with mixed-media including installations, sculpture, sound art, and writing, and has a socially-engaged arts practice.^[2] Kaur was awarded the prize for her exhibition "Alter Altar", which was on display at Tramway, Glasgow, March - October ^[1][3] Kaur was the youngest nominee on the list.^[4] In her acceptance speech for the prize, Kaur wore a Palestinian flag, and urged the Tate and other arts organisations to join artists "calling for a Gaza ceasefire and institutional divestment from ties to Israel".^[5][6][7]

Kaur is Somerset House Studios resident,^[8] and was a recipient of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation award in ^[9]

Early life and education

Kaur was born in Glasgow in ,^[10][11] and grew up there in the Pollokshields area.^[1