Theaster Gates
July 25-July 31, 2010
(week 8)
BS, Iowa State University; MA, University of Cape Town; MS, Iowa State University. Teaches: University of Chicago Selected Exhibitions: 2010 Whitney Biennial; Milwaukee Art Museum, WI; Contemporary Arts Museum (Houston); DOVA Temporary, University of Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Experimental Station, Chicago; Inax Ceramics Museum, Tokaname Japan. Site Interventions: Dinner Intervention, Chicago; Representation Series, Experimental Station and Illinois Humanities Council; Uprising, Voice, Violin and Cello, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Dinner at 7, Rodan Restaurant, Chicago. Select Performances: Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven Netherlands; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago. Residencies: John Michael Kohler Arts in Industry. Affiliations: Experimental Station, Chicago; Monk Parakeet, Chicago; Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago; International Workshop for Ceramics Artists, Japan. Center for Race Politics and Culture, University of Chicago; DeFabriek Artist Space, Eindhoven, Netherlands). Lectures: Artists Connect, Art Institute of Chicago; University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Northwestern University; Little Black Pearl Art and Design Center, Chicago; Our Literal Speed, Chicago; Boots Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis.