Kara Walker (1969) - photo 1

Kara Walker

Kara Elizabeth Walker is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist, filmmaker, and professor who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes. Walker was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in 1997, at the age of 28, becoming one of the youngest ever recipients of the award. She has been the Tepper Chair in Visual Arts at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University since 2015.

Walker is regarded as among the most prominent and acclaimed Black American artists working today.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:26 november 1969, Stockton, USA
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Engraver, Filmmaker, Sculptor
Art style:Video art, Contemporary art

Creators USA

Loie Hollowell (1983)
Loie Hollowell
1983
Carl Paul Jennewein (1890 - 1978)
Carl Paul Jennewein
1890 - 1978
Sam Francis (1923 - 1994)
Sam Francis
1923 - 1994
Charles Dana Gibson (1867 - 1944)
Charles Dana Gibson
1867 - 1944
Nicholas Krushenick (1929 - 1999)
Nicholas Krushenick
1929 - 1999
Julian Stanczak (1928 - 2017)
Julian Stanczak
1928 - 2017
William Seward Burroughs (1914 - 1997)
William Seward Burroughs
1914 - 1997
Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano (1898 - 1970)
Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano
1898 - 1970
Radcliffe Bailey (1968 - 2023)
Radcliffe Bailey
1968 - 2023
James Rosenquist (1933 - 2017)
James Rosenquist
1933 - 2017
Tony Robbin (1943)
Tony Robbin
1943
Bruce Weber (1946)
Bruce Weber
1946
Amy Elkins (1979)
Amy Elkins
1979
Vincent Cavallaro (1912 - 1985)
Vincent Cavallaro
1912 - 1985
Paul Pascal (1839 - 1905)
Paul Pascal
1839 - 1905
Marilyn Minter (1948)
Marilyn Minter
1948

Creators Contemporary art

Steve McCurry (1950)
Steve McCurry
1950
Stanislav Gennadievich Babikov (1934 - 1977)
Stanislav Gennadievich Babikov
1934 - 1977
Reynard Milici (1942)
Reynard Milici
1942
Merce Cunningham (1919 - 2019)
Merce Cunningham
1919 - 2019
Ulrike Turin (1944 - 2013)
Ulrike Turin
1944 - 2013
Georges Vantongerloo (1886 - 1965)
Georges Vantongerloo
1886 - 1965
Burhan Doğançay (1929 - 2013)
Burhan Doğançay
1929 - 2013
Neil Jenney (1945)
Neil Jenney
1945
Gleb Sergeevich Bogomolov (1933 - 2016)
Gleb Sergeevich Bogomolov
1933 - 2016
Leonid Fyodorovich Balaklav (1956)
Leonid Fyodorovich Balaklav
1956
Damien Hirst (1965)
Damien Hirst
1965
Keith Haring (1958 - 1990)
Keith Haring
1958 - 1990
Albert Henry Thomas Irvin (1922 - 2015)
Albert Henry Thomas Irvin
1922 - 2015
Peter Schuyff (1958)
Peter Schuyff
1958
Yuri Vasilievich Balanovsky (1914 - 1984)
Yuri Vasilievich Balanovsky
1914 - 1984
Fran Bull (1938)
Fran Bull
1938