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

Eric de Kolb (1916 - 2001)
Eric de Kolb
1916 - 2001
Armand Pierre Fernandez (1928 - 2005)
Armand Pierre Fernandez
1928 - 2005
Mitchell Epstein (1952)
Mitchell Epstein
1952
Richard Artschwager (1923 - 2013)
Richard Artschwager
1923 - 2013
Jen Ray (1970)
Jen Ray
1970
Ruth Abrams (1912 - 1986)
Ruth Abrams
1912 - 1986
Richard Thorpe McLean (1934 - 2014)
Richard Thorpe McLean
1934 - 2014
Jack Micheline (1929 - 1998)
Jack Micheline
1929 - 1998
Artie Vierkant (1986)
Artie Vierkant
1986
Francis Davis Millet (1848 - 1912)
Francis Davis Millet
1848 - 1912
Allan Houser (1914 - 1994)
Allan Houser
1914 - 1994
James (Jim) Lambie (1964)
James (Jim) Lambie
1964
Reuben Nakian (1897 - 1986)
Reuben Nakian
1897 - 1986
Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935 - 2009)
Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon
1935 - 2009
Edward Clark (1926 - 2019)
Edward Clark
1926 - 2019
Jules Pascin (1885 - 1930)
Jules Pascin
1885 - 1930

Creators Contemporary art

Hilla von Rebay (1890 - 1967)
Hilla von Rebay
1890 - 1967
Rudolf Walter Mumprecht (1918 - 2019)
Rudolf Walter Mumprecht
1918 - 2019
Atul Dodiya (1959)
Atul Dodiya
1959
Liu Fenghua (1956)
Liu Fenghua
1956
René Kleeb (1966)
René Kleeb
1966
Andre E. Bucher (1924 - 2009)
Andre E. Bucher
1924 - 2009
Alexey Petrovich Kuznetsov (1916 - 1993)
Alexey Petrovich Kuznetsov
1916 - 1993
Taryn Simon (1975)
Taryn Simon
1975
Marguerite Duras (1914 - 1996)
Marguerite Duras
1914 - 1996
David LaChapelle (1963)
David LaChapelle
1963
Rudolf Stussi (1947)
Rudolf Stussi
1947
Walter Swennen (1946)
Walter Swennen
1946
Michael (Mike) Gallagher (1945)
Michael (Mike) Gallagher
1945
Nikolaus Sagrekow (1897 - 1992)
Nikolaus Sagrekow
1897 - 1992
Gale Fulton Ross (1947)
Gale Fulton Ross
1947
William Gear (1915 - 1997)
William Gear
1915 - 1997