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Kara Walker

1969 - Today

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Kara Elizabeth Walker (born November 26, 1969) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kara Walker has received more than 888,919 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kara Walker is the 1,708th most popular painter, the 13,509th most popular biography from United States and the 141st most popular American Painter.

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  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Kara Walker ranks 1,708 out of 1,421. Before her are Samuel Colman, Ghada Amer, Pacita Abad, Lauren Faust, Viktor Lyapkalo, and Milo Moiré. After her are Ahmed Al Safi, Alfred E. Goodey, Kseniya Simonova, Satine Phoenix, Simon Kozhin, and Kehinde Wiley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Kara Walker ranks 634. Before her are Asaduddin Owaisi, Nazim Huseynov, David Hayter, Hiromitsu Isogai, Yoshiyuki Hasegawa, and J. P. Manoux. After her are Cedric Ceballos, James DeMonaco, Yoshihiro Natsuka, David Dobkin, Zoran Stefanović, and İzel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kara Walker ranks 13,509 out of 18,182. Before her are Ed Schafer (1946), Shelley Moore Capito (1953), Jermaine Stewart (1957), Ben Roethlisberger (1982), Yaki Kadafi (1977), and Andy On (1977). After her are Sean Hannity (1961), Buck Williams (1960), Kat DeLuna (1987), Mark Deklin (1967), Milorad Čavić (1984), and Tech N9ne (1971).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Kara Walker ranks 141. Before her are Elizabeth Catlett (1915), Thomas Kinkade (1958), Laurel Holloman (1971), Eastman Johnson (1824), Samuel Colman (1832), and Lauren Faust (1974). After her are Kehinde Wiley (1977).

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