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The Glaswegian artist took home the prize at an award ceremony on Tuesday evening in Bradford, this year’s UK City of Culture. The 59-year-old, who is a resident artist at ActionSpace’s studio which supports learning disabled artists across London at Studio Voltaire, beat fellow shortlisted artists Rene Matic, Mohammed Sami and Zadie Xa.

Kalu was awarded the visual arts prize along with £25,000 for her installation Hanging Sculpture 1-10, which Manifesta 15 Barcelona commissioned her to create at a disused power station, and her presentation in Conversations, a group exhibition at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

Her vividly-coloured works are created from repeated lines and wrappings of different materials, making nest or cocoon-like forms. The installation consisted 10 large br

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