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

Sally Mann (1951)
Sally Mann
1951
Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891 - 1978)
Alma Woodsey Thomas
1891 - 1978
Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861 - 1948)
Irving Ramsey Wiles
1861 - 1948
Percy Bryant Baker (1881 - 1970)
Percy Bryant Baker
1881 - 1970
Thomas Calloway Lea III (1907 - 2001)
Thomas Calloway Lea III
1907 - 2001
Nichole Velasquez (1986)
Nichole Velasquez
1986
Conrad Marca-Relli (1913 - 2000)
Conrad Marca-Relli
1913 - 2000
Robert Walter Weir (1803 - 1889)
Robert Walter Weir
1803 - 1889
Kaya Theiss (1959)
Kaya Theiss
1959
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee (1886 - 1983)
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee
1886 - 1983
Maria Lassnig (1919 - 2014)
Maria Lassnig
1919 - 2014
Robert Moore Kulicke (1924 - 2007)
Robert Moore Kulicke
1924 - 2007
James Brooks (1906 - 1992)
James Brooks
1906 - 1992
Eugene James Martin (1938 - 2005)
Eugene James Martin
1938 - 2005
Julie Blackmon (1966)
Julie Blackmon
1966
Elizabeth Murray (1940 - 2007)
Elizabeth Murray
1940 - 2007

Creators Contemporary art

Asta Davydovna Brzhezitskaia (1912 - 2004)
Asta Davydovna Brzhezitskaia
1912 - 2004
Victor Ashotovich Abramyan (1938 - 2008)
Victor Ashotovich Abramyan
1938 - 2008
Cheyney Thompson (1975)
Cheyney Thompson
1975
Inigo Manglano-Ovalle (1961)
Inigo Manglano-Ovalle
1961
Alexey Vasilievich Kamensky (1927 - 2014)
Alexey Vasilievich Kamensky
1927 - 2014
Joseph Egan (1952)
Joseph Egan
1952
Wolfgang Werkmeister (1941)
Wolfgang Werkmeister
1941
August Agatz (1904 - 1945)
August Agatz
1904 - 1945
Ahmed Mater (1979)
Ahmed Mater
1979
Roswitha Steinkopf (1951)
Roswitha Steinkopf
1951
Luc Peire (1916 - 1994)
Luc Peire
1916 - 1994
Edward Kay (1980)
Edward Kay
1980
Alex Eagleton (1979)
Alex Eagleton
1979
William Richard Crutchfield (1932 - 2015)
William Richard Crutchfield
1932 - 2015
Zhao Jingyan (1962)
Zhao Jingyan
1962
Karoly Lengyel (1942 - 2016)
Karoly Lengyel
1942 - 2016