Diana Chire is a Los Angeles-based Somali artist and director who first received national attention when she presented herself nude in her exhibit at the 2015 Frieze Art Fair in London.
[1][2][3][4] Her art themes feature gender, sexuality and the nature of racial identity.
[5] Chire was born in Somalia, and moved to London, England, when she was five.
[8] Chire is known for her performance artworks that focus on black female identity, exposing the gender imbalances in the art world,[9] and for using her own body as a medium.
[1][3][6][10] She shaved her head in 2016, explaining that as she became more comfortable with using her body as a medium, she felt she no longer needed to wear weaves or straighten her hair to be beautiful.