Chakaia Booker

Chakaia Booker (dɔɣi o la yuuni 1953 ni, tiŋ yuli booni Newark, New Jersey) o nyɛla nucheeni tuun tumdi ŋun be binyɛra kpebu polo, dini ka silimiingi bɔli ni sculptor la. O tuma ni nyɛla yaɣa pam ni mali shɛli n kuri bukaata nima, ka di lahi nyɛla din tooi zoogi tinsini kamani United States, Europe, Africa, n ti pahi Asia. Booker nyɛ ŋun daa be yuuni 2000 Whitney Biennial la ni, ka deegi Guggenheim Fellowship yuuni 2005 ni, nti pahi American Academy of Arts and Letters kpaŋmaŋ pini din jendi nucheeni tuma yuuni 2001. Booker nyɛla ŋun be New York City’s East Village ka tumdi tuma ni, binshɛɣu din gbaagi o piili ha dingbaagi yuma 1980s ka daa yoogi o tuma Allentown, Pennsylvania tingban ni.

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O tuma nim din yina pam zama ni

Shhh (1992), Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton, Ohio^[2]
Mother and Child (1994), Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey^[3]
Blue Bell (1998), Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio^[4]
Egress (c. 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.^[5]
Sweet Dreams (2000), Brooklyn Museum, New York^[6]
When Thoughts Collide (2000), Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York^[7]
Acid Rain (2001), National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.^[8]
El Gato (2001), Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri^[9]
India Blue (2001), Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan^[10]
It's Like This (2001), Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama^[11]
Little Red Riding Hood (2001), Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas^[12]
Raw Attraction (2001), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York^[13]
Urban Butterfly (2001), Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts^[14]
Urban Mask (2001), National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.^[15]
Untitled (2002), Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee^[16]
A Moment in Time (2004), Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York^[17]
Echoing Factors (2004), Brooklyn College Library, City University of New York^[18]
Quality Time (2004), Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence;^[19] Whitney Museum, New York;^[20] and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut^[21]
Rendezvous (2004), Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan^[22]
Urban Excursion (2004), Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan^[23]
Position Preferred (2006), McNay Art Museum, San Antonio^[24]
Remembering Columbia (2006), NASA Art Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C.^[25]
Four Twenty One (2010), David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland, College Park;^[26] and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut^[27]
Untitled (2011), Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts;^[28] and Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.^[29]
The Liquidity of Legacy (2016), National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.^[30]

Awards, commissions, and residencies

Selected awards and residencies

Merit Award in Public Art, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc., Indianapolis, 2008
Fellowship for Fine Arts, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York City, 2005
Design Award, Art Commission of the City of New York, New York City, 2005
Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York City, 2002
Arts and Letters Award, Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, 2001
Grant, Anonymous Was A Woman Award, New York City, 2000
Inclusion in the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, 2000
Award, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Art Fund, New York City, 1999
Gregory Millard Fellow: Sculpture, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York City, 1997
The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Painters and Sculptors Grant, New York City, 1995
Artist-in-Residence, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, 1995
Commission, NASA Art Program, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1994
Therese Ralston McCabe Connor Award, City College of New York, New York City, 1992
Grant, Artists Space, New York City, 1988

Selected commissions

National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C., 2016
Millennium Park, Chicago, 2016
Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2015
Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn, 2013

Kundivihira

↑ Oklahoma Contemporary Exhibitions. MutualArt Services, Inc..
↑ Shhh. Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum.
↑ Mother and Child. Rutgers University.
↑ Blue Bell. Oberlin College.
↑ Acquisition: Chakaia Booker. National Gallery of Art (18 August 2022).
↑ Sweet Dreams.
↑ When Thoughts Collide. Cornell University.
↑ Acid Rain. National Museum of Women in the Arts.
↑ El Gato. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
↑ India Blue. Flint Institute of Arts.
↑ It's Like This. Birmingham Museum of Art.
↑ Artwork on Second Floor - Reynolds Library. Philander Smith College (14 October 2014).
↑ Raw Attraction. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
↑ Urban Butterfly. Wellesley College.
↑ Urban Mask. Smithsonian Institution.
↑ Untitled. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
↑ A Moment in Time. Storm King Art Center.
↑ Echoing Factors. City University of New York.
↑ Quality Time. Rhode Island School of Design.
↑ Quality Time. Whitney Museum.
↑ Quality Time. Yale University.
↑ Rendezvous. Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.
↑ Urban Excursion. Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.
↑ Position Preferred. McNay Art Museum.
↑ Remembering Columbia. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (6 June 2013).
↑ Four Twenty One. University of Maryland, College Park.
↑ Four Twenty One. Yale University.
↑ Untitled. Wellesley College.
↑ Untitled woodcut and chine collé. Library of Congress.
↑ The Liquidity of Legacy. Smithsonian Institution.

Karim pahi

Arango, Jorge. "Elevating the Everyday: Sculpture Chakaia Booker". Essence November 2003, 146
Castro, John Gardener "The Language of Life: Chakaia Booker". Sculpture (Washington D.C.) January/February 2003, 28-33
"Chakaia Booker", 2007, Decordova Sculpture Park Online, 2007, (21 March 2007)
"Chakaia Booker", 2007 Marlborough Gallery Online, 2007 (21 March 2007)
Glueck, Grace; "Art InReview; Chakaia Booker," The New York Times, 16 March 2001,
Lewis, Samella S.; African American Art and Artists. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990
Nichols, Mathew Guy; "Chakaia Booker:Material Matters", Art In America, June/July 2004, 164-169
Sanders, Phil and David Krut Projects (Gallery). Chakaia Booker: Print Me. New York: David Krut Publishing. 2012
Wei, Lilly; "Queen of Rubber Soul", Art News, January 2002, 88-90
Wilkinson, Michelle; Material girls : contemporary Black women artists: Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, 2011, 18-19

External links

Chakaia Booker website

[Mutual-1] Oklahoma Contemporary Exhibitions. MutualArt Services, Inc..

[2] Shhh. Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum.

[3] Mother and Child. Rutgers University.

[4] Blue Bell. Oberlin College.

[5] Acquisition: Chakaia Booker. National Gallery of Art (18 August 2022).

[6] Sweet Dreams.

[7] When Thoughts Collide. Cornell University.

[8] Acid Rain. National Museum of Women in the Arts.

[9] El Gato. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.

[10] India Blue. Flint Institute of Arts.

[11] It's Like This. Birmingham Museum of Art.

[12] Artwork on Second Floor - Reynolds Library. Philander Smith College (14 October 2014).

[13] Raw Attraction. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[14] Urban Butterfly. Wellesley College.

[15] Urban Mask. Smithsonian Institution.

[16] Untitled. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.

[17] A Moment in Time. Storm King Art Center.

[18] Echoing Factors. City University of New York.

[19] Quality Time. Rhode Island School of Design.

[20] Quality Time. Whitney Museum.

[21] Quality Time. Yale University.

[22] Rendezvous. Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.

[23] Urban Excursion. Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.

[24] Position Preferred. McNay Art Museum.

[25] Remembering Columbia. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (6 June 2013).

[26] Four Twenty One. University of Maryland, College Park.

[27] Four Twenty One. Yale University.

[28] Untitled. Wellesley College.

[29] Untitled woodcut and chine collé. Library of Congress.

[30] The Liquidity of Legacy. Smithsonian Institution.

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