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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kara Walker has received more than 983,383 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kara Walker is the 2,013th most popular painter (down from 1,705th in 2019), the 15,026th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,475th in 2019) and the 157th most popular American Painter.

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  • 44.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Kara Walker ranks 2,013 out of 2,023. Before her are Marc Quinn, Laurel Holloman, Pacita Abad, Alfred Freddy Krupa, Leslie Ward, and Leonel Maciel. After her are Jenny Saville, Nalini Malani, Shamsia Hassani, Alfred E. Goodey, Jwan Yosef, and Satine Phoenix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Kara Walker ranks 720. Before her are Alessandro Melli, Kenji Ogiwara, Jamie Walters, Ryszard Wolny, Akemi Noda, and Thomas Johanson. After her are Vasily Kudinov, David Slade, Jan Apell, Dean Phillips, Richard Dormer, and David Yost.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kara Walker ranks 15,026 out of 20,380. Before her are Ryan McPartlin (1975), Mark Linn-Baker (1954), Vincent Martella (1992), Jonathan Bennett (1981), Wynonna Judd (1964), and Jacky Rosen (1957). After her are Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943), Paul Fannin (1907), Barrett Foa (1977), Brad William Henke (1966), Kat DeLuna (1987), and Alexa PenaVega (1988).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Kara Walker ranks 157. Before her are Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859), Eastman Johnson (1824), Robert S. Duncanson (1821), Lauren Faust (1974), Thomas Kinkade (1958), and Laurel Holloman (1971). After her are Kehinde Wiley (1977), and Clayton Lewis (1915).

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