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Kara Walker
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Kara Walker, born Kara Elizabeth Walker on 26 November 1969 in Stockton, is an American artist, illustrator, painter and installation artist working in conceptual art and visual arts, associated with the contemporary art movement and figurative art. She was educated at the Rhode Island School of Design and is employed by Columbia University, having worked in both New York City and Providence.
Walker received a MacArthur Fellowship and was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and her work is held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, Tate and the National Gallery of Art.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elizabeth
- Family name
- Walker
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Stockton
- Occupation
- printmaker
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- visual arts
- Movement
- contemporary art
- Official website
- www.karawalkerstudio.com
- Image
- Kara Walker Interview Camden Arts Centre 01.47 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Providence
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- date of birth
- 1969-11-26
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- birth name
- Kara Elizabeth Walker
- Commons category
- Kara Walker
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