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Kara Walker

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Kara Elizabeth Walker (born November 26, 1969) is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, printmaker, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Kara Walker is the 2,012th most popular painter (up from 2,013th in 2024), the 15,140th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,021st in 2019) and the 156th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Kara Walker ranks 2,012 out of 2,023. Before her are Maggie Laubser, William Hart, Thomas Kinkade, Lauren Faust, Mikhail Evstafiev, and Leslie Ward. After her are Selma Gürbüz, Jenny Saville, Viktor Lyapkalo, Laurel Holloman, JR, and Shamsia Hassani.

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Among people born in 1969, Kara Walker ranks 760. Before her are Mariusz Błaszczak, Arabella Kiesbauer, Moussa Saïb, Jorge Eliécer Julio, Shuta Sonoda, and Ronny Weller. After her are Qiu Miaojin, Igor Pamić, Dweezil Zappa, Paulo Alves, Ximena Restrepo, and Domino Harvey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kara Walker ranks 15,146 out of 20,380. Before her are Willie Banks (1956), Douglas Crockford (1955), Ramon Estevez (1963), Jaime Ray Newman (1978), Al Jean (1961), and George W. Norris (1861). After her are Edith Windsor (1929), Joey Badass (1995), Ken Olin (1954), Virginia Pearson (1886), Phoebe Snow (1950), and Jeff Bergman (1960).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Kara Walker ranks 156. Before her are Elizabeth Catlett (1915), Eastman Johnson (1824), Jacob Lawrence (1917), Kari Byron (1974), Thomas Kinkade (1958), and Lauren Faust (1974). After her are Laurel Holloman (1971), Mark Ryden (1963), Kehinde Wiley (1977), Rachel Dolezal (1977), and Clayton Lewis (1915).

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