Walker, Kara




Biography
1969 Birth Stockton, CA, USA
1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pntng./Prntmkng. Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
1994 Master of Fine Arts, Pntng./Prntmkng. Rhode Island School of Design
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Art Matters Inc. Individual Artist' Fellowship
Awards of Excellence II, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibitions
2005 The World is a Stage Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (group)
2005 Kara Walker, Testimony Brent Sikkema, New York (solo)
2004 - 2005 Site Santa Fe's Fifth International Biennial Curated by Robert Storr, Santa Fe (group)
2004 - 2005 Monument to Now, The Dakis Joannou Collection The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens (group)
2004 Dana Schutz, Amy Sillman, Kara Walker Brent Sikkema, New York (group)
2004 Provocations: Selections from the Permanent Collection The Bronx Museum of Art, New York (group)
2004 Nous Venons en Paix... Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal (group)
2003 Narratives of a Negress: Kara Walker Tang teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Williamstown (solo)
2003 Kara Walker, drawings Brent Sikkema, New York (solo)
2002 - 2003 Moving Pictures, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA (group)
2002 Tempo, MoMAQNS, New York, USA (group)
2002 Telling Tales: Narrative Impulses in Recent Art, Tate Liverpool, England (group)
2002 Nat Turner's Revelation (an Important Lesson from our Negro Past You will Likley Forget to Remember), Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2002 An Abbreviated Emancipation The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Michigan, USA (solo)
2002 Slavery!, Slavery!, 25th International Bienal of Sao Paolo, Brazil (solo)
2002 Kara Walker, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany; Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany; Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany; Museumquartier, Vienna, Austria; Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnheim, The Netherlands;(solo)
2002 For the Benefit of All the Races of Mankind (Mos' Specially the Master One, Boss), An Exhibition of Artifacts, Remnants and Effluvia EXCAVATED from the Black Heart of a Negress, Hannover Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany (solo)
2002 Moving Pictures, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA (solo)
2001 American Primitive, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
2001 Disturbing Allegories, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, USA (solo)
2001 The Emancipation Approximation, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo)
2001 Form Follows Fiction, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy (group)
2001 Six Contemporary Artists, The Clifford Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, USA (group)
2001 The Americans, Barbican Art Galleries, Barbican Centre, London, England (group)
2001 New to the Modern: Recent Acquisitions from the Department of Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (group)
2001 The Print World, Ljubljana Biennial 2001, Ljubljana, Slovenia (group)
2001 W, Musée des Beaux – Arts, Cole, France (group)
2001 Parkett Collaborations & Editions Since 1984, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (group)
2001 New Settlements, Nikolaj Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark (group)
2001 Secret Victorians, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, USA (group)
2001 Locating Drawing, Lawing Gallery, Houston, USA (group)
2001 SchattenRisse, Silhouetten und Cutouts, Kunstbau Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (group)
2001 Ornament and Abstraction, The Foundation Beyler, Basel, Switzerland (group)
2001 Waterworks, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden (group)
2000 Blurry Lines, John Michael Kholer Arts Center, Sherboyan, USA (group)
2000 Das Gedäschtnis der Kunst: History and Memory in Contemporary Art, Historic Museum of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (group)
2000 The Power of Narration, Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castello, Spain (group)
2000 Point of Reference, Frederick Hayes, Glenn Ligon, Gary Simmons, Kara Walker, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, USA (group)
2000 Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990s from the Manilow Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (group)
2000 Strength and Diversity: A Celebration of African-American Artists, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (group)
2000 Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (group)
2000 This is Not the Place, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, USA (group)
2000 00, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA (group)
2000 Kara Walker, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA (solo)
1999 Why I Like White Boys, an Illustrated Novel by Kara E. Walker Negress, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
1999 Kara Walker, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, USA (solo)
1999 Another Fine Mess, Brent Sikkema, New York, USA (solo)
1999 African't, Galleri Index, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
1999 No mere words can Adequately reflect the Remorse this Negress feels at having been Cast into such a lowly state by her former Masters and so it is with a Humble heart that she brings about their physical Ruin and earthly Demise, CCAC Institute, Oakland/San Francisco, USA; UCLA Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
1999 Istanbul Biennial: The Passion and the Wave, Istanbul, Turkey (group)
1999 Looking Forward, Looking Black, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA (group)
1999 Re/Righting History; Counternarratives by Contemporary African-American Artists, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, USA (group)
1999 Other Narratives, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA (group)
1999 Art-Worlds in Dialogue, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (group)
1999 Carnegie International 1999/2000, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA (group)
1999 Glenn Ligon & Kara Walker, Brent Sikkema, New York, USA (group)
1999 Au-Delà, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany (group)
1998 Secret Victorians, Contemporary Artists and a 19th-Century Vision, Organized by the Hayward Gallery for The Arts Council of England. Firstsite, The Minories Art Gallery, Colchester, England; Arnolfini, Bristol, England; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England; Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough, England; UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA (group)
1998 Global Vision, New Art from the 90's, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece (group)
1998 Strange Days, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (group)
1998 Postcards From Black America, De Beyerd, Breda and The Frans Hals Museum, Harlem, The Netherlands (group)
1998 Arturo Herrera and Kara Walker, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (group)
1998 Kara Walker/Charles Gaines, The Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean, City College of New York, New York, USA (group)
1998 Presenting Negro Scenes Drawn Upon My Passage Through the South and Reconfigured for the Benefit of Enlightened Audiences Wherever Such May Be Found, By Myself, Missus K.E.B. Walker, Colored, The Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (solo)
1998 Kara Walker: Prints, The Print Center, Philadelphia, USA (solo)
1998 Opera Safety Curtain for 1998-99 Season, Vienna State Opera House, Vienna, Austria.(solo)
1998 Kara Walker Wooster Gardens/Brent Sikkema, New York, USA (solo)
1998 Kara Walker The Forum. St. Louis, USA (solo)
1997 Upon My Many Masters - An Outline, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA (solo)
1997 Presenting Negro Scenes Drawn Upon My Passage Through the South and Reconfigured for the Benefit of Enlightened Audiences Wherever Such May Be Found, By Myself, Missus K.E.B. Walker, Colored, The Renaissance Society, The University of Chicago, USA; The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA; The Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA; (solo)
1997 Kara Walker Huntington Beach Arts Center, Huntington Beach, USA (solo)
1997 Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
1997 Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
1997 Center for contemporary Art, Cincinnati, OH
1997 Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
1997 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1997 A Singular Vision: Prints from Landfall Press, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1997 (No Place) Like Home, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1997 Landfall Press, Twenty-Five Years of Printmaking, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1997 ‘Pagan' Stories: The Situations of Narrative in Recent Art, Apex Art, New York, USA (group)
1997 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA (group)
1997 no place (like home), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (group)
1997 Civil Progress: Life in Black America, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, USA (group)
1997 The Gaze, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, USA (group)
1996 Real, Bass Museum, Miami, USA (group)
1996 New Histories, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA (group)
1996 Conceal/Reveal, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA (group)
1996 No Doubt, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, USA (group)
1996 Body Language, Mills Gallery, Boston, USA (group)
1996 Gone With the Wind: The Fabrication and Denial of Southern Culture, The City Gallery, Atlanta, USA (group)
1996 From the Bowels to the Bosom, Wooster Gardens NYC
1996 Bernard Toale Gallery Boston, MA
1996 Body Language, Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts Boston, MA
1996 New Histories, ICA Boston, MA
1996 From the Bowels to the Bosom, Wooster Gardens/Brent Sikkema, New York, USA (solo)
1996 Ol' Marster Paintin's and Silhouette Cuttings, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, USA (solo)
1995 The High and Soft Laughter of the Nigger Wenches At Night, Wooster Gardens/Brent Sikkema, New York, USA (solo)
1995 The Battle of Atlanta: Being the Narrative of a Negress in the Flames of Desire – A Reconstruction, Nexus Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, USA (solo)
1995 Look Away! Look Away! Look Away!, Center For Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA (solo)
1995 A Drawing, Bravin Post-Lee NYC
1995 La Belle et la Bete, Museum of Modern Art Paris, France
1995 Not Not, (Who's There?), E.S. Vandam NYC
1995 Now Is the Time, Tony Shafrazi Gallery NYC
1995 Landscapes, Borders, Boundaries, Nexus Contemporary Arts Center Atlanta, GA
1995 Inaugural Exhibition, Paul Morris Gallery NYC
1995 Drawing Show, Bernard Toale Gallery Boston, MA
1995 More Than Real, Gallery 400 Chicago, IL
1995 Look Away!..., Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1995 The High and Soft Laughter..., Brent Sikkema/Wooster Gardens NYC
1995 La Belle et La Bete, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (group)
1995 Now is the Time, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, USA (group)
1995 Landscapes, Borders, Boundaries, Nexus Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, USA (group)
1995 Inaugural Show, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, USA (group)
1995 Drawing Show, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, USA (group)
1994 Selections 1994, The Drawing Center, New York, USA (group)
1994 Summer Group Show +2, Stienbaum/Krauss Gallery, New York, USA (group)
1994 An Historical Romance, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, USA (group)
1994 Thesis Show, Sol Koffler Gallery Providence, RI
1993 1993 Annual Invitational New Talent Exhibition, MU Gallery, Boston, USA (group)
1993 Rough Trade, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, USA (group)
1993 Angry Love, Pavilion Exhibit, Arts Festival of Atlanta, Atlanta, USA (group)
1993 National Black Arts Festival/Emerging Artists, Arts Exchange, Atlanta, USA (group)
1993 Into the Light, 1992 Nexus Biennale, Nexus Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, USA (group)
1993 Black Women Artists, YMI Cultural Center, Asheville, USA (group)
1991 Black Men: Image/Reality, New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, USA (group)
1991 The Naked People Show, 800 East, Atlanta, USA (group)
1991 Swan Song, Gallery 100, Atlanta, USA (group)
1991 The Earth Factory Show, Hasting Seeds Building, Atlanta, USA (group)
1991 Rated RX: Pathological Conditions, New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, USA (group)
1991 One/Another, North Arts Center, Atlanta, USA (group)
Awards, Grants, Fellowships:

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Art Matters, Inc. Individual Artist's Fellowship
Awards of Excellence II, Rhode Island School of Design
Awards of Excellence I, Rhode Island School of Design
Ida Blank Ocko Scholarship, Atlanta College of Art
Presidential Scholar, Atlanta College of Art

Literature
2002 Kara Walker
Kunstverein Hannover,Germany
2002 Tempo
MoMAQNS, New York
2002 Kara Walker, Slavery! Slavery!
International Arts and Artists, Washington DC. (Catalog for the 25th International Bienal of Sao Pãolo.)
2002 Kara Walker
Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
2001 the americans. new art
Barbicon Gallery, Barbicon Centre, Publ. Booth-Clibborn Editions, London
2000 Drawing on the Figure: Works on Paper of the 1990s from the Manilow Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2000 Kara Walker: Fantasies of Disbelief
exhibition brochure, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA
2000 This is Not the Place
(exhibition catalogue), Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, USA
1999 Re/Righting History; Counternarratives by Contemporary African-American Artists
(exhibition catalogue): Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, USA
1999 An Interview with Kara Walker
Capp Street Project: Kara Walker (exhibition catalogue), CCAC, Oakland, USA
1999 Kara Walker and Michael Ray Charles," in Looking Forward, Looking Black
(exhibition catalogue): ed. Jo Anna Isaak, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Press, Geneva, New York, USA
1998 Secret Victorians, Contemporary Artists and a 19th-Century Vision
Exhibition catalogue. Traveling exhibition organized by the Hayward Gallery, London, England
1998 Strange Days
Exhibition catalogue, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1997 Kara Walker, Upon My Many Masters - An Outline
Exhibition catalog. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
1997 1997 Biennial
Exhibition catalog, Whitney Museum of American Art, USA
1997 Kara Walker
Exhibition catalogue. Design and text by the artist. The Renaissance Society
1997 Walker, Hamsa. 'Cut It Out', Renaissance Society exhibition catalogue
1997 Armstrong, Elizabeth. '(No Place) Like Home' Walker Art Center exhibition catalogue
1997 Hannaham, James. 'The Shadow Knows...' New Histories exhibition catalogue, ICA, Boston, MA
1997 Szabo, Julie. 'Kara Walker's Shock Art' New York Times Magazine March 23
1996 Golden, Telma. text for 'Oral Mores: A Post bellum Shadow Play' ArtForum September
1996 La Belle et la Bete: Un Choix de Juenes Artists Americainsm
exhibition catalog