Theaster Gates
| Theaster Gates | |
|---|---|
 Gates at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2013 | |
| Born | August 28, 1973 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Installation art, Urbanism |
| Movement | Social Practice |
Theaster Gates (born 1973 Chicago) is an American Social Practice Installation artist. He lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Gates' work has been shown at major museums and galleries internationally and deals with issues of urban planning, religious space, and craft. He is committed to the revitalization of poor neighborhoods through combining urban planning and art practices.
Education
- 1996 Iowa State University, B.S. Urban Planning, Ceramics
- 1998 University of Cape Town, M.A. Fine Arts, Religious Studies
- 2006 Iowa State University, M.S. Urban Planning, Ceramics, Religious Studies.
- Thesis: Space, Memory and the Constant Pursuit of God: I Built This House[1]
Work
Gates has shown his work and performances internationally. His most celebrated project is the Dorchester Projects on the South Side of Chicago, where he restored dilapidated buildings and turned them into cultural institutions with artifacts from the South Side.[2] In January 2014 he was designing a million-dollar installation for the South Side's Ninety-Fifth Street subway terminal. It is the largest public art project in the history of the Chicago Transit Authority.[2] He was participant at the dOCUMENTA (13) art show in Kassel, Germany, the 2010 Whitney Biennial in New York,[3] the Milwaukee Art Museum in 2010, the 2010 Art Chicago fair.[4] He was included in "Hand+Made: The Performative Impulse in Art and Craft", at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and in 2009 had a solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.[5] Gates is represented by Kavi Gupta of Chicago and Berlin and White Cube, London.[6] Since 2011, he has been the director of Arts and Public Life at the University of Chicago. In fall 2013, when ArtReview published its list of the hundred most powerful people in the art world, Gates ranked fortieth.[2]
Awards
In 2012 Gates was named a Fellow of United States Artists.[7]
In 2013 Gates was awarded the inaugural award of The Vera List Center for Art and Politics.[8]
In 2015 Gates won the £40,000 Artes Mundi award in Cardiff, Wales.[9]
References
- ↑ "Theaster Gates". Theaster Gates. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 John Colapinto (2014-01-20). "The Real-Estate Artist: High-Concept Renewal on the South Side". The New Yorker.
- ↑ "Whitney Museum of American Art: Theaster Gates". Whitney.org. 2009-10-30. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ↑ Rachel Wolff. "Theaster Gates Jr. shakes up his hometown art fair - Chicago magazine - May 2010 - Chicago". Chicagomag.com. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ↑ "At the Crossroads in St. Louis, April 12-14, 2012". Rustbelt to Artistbelt. 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ↑ "Theaster Gates". White Cube.
- ↑ "Theaster Gates - Fello Profile". United States Artists.
- ↑ . Vera List Center http://www.veralistcenter.org/engage/event/1892/theaster-gates/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Artes Mundi winner Theaster Gates to share prize money". BBC News. January 23, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
External links
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- Theaster Gates Official Website
- University of Chicago
- Theaster Gates at White Cube
- Theaster Gates at Kavi Gupta Gallery
Further Reading
- LUX Magazine: Force of nature
- Theaster Gates: How to revive a neighborhood: with imagination, beauty and art at TED
- Frieze Magazine: Design for Life