Wangechi Mutu

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collage artist contemporary artist multimedia artist person sculptor visual artist

Wangechi Mutu is a Kenyan-born, New York–based contemporary artist known for her multimedia collages and sculptures that explore themes of gender, race, colonialism, and the female body.

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instanceOf	collage artist ⓘ contemporary artist ⓘ multimedia artist ⓘ person ⓘ sculptor ⓘ visual artist ⓘ
awardReceived	Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award ⓘ United States Artists Fellowship ⓘ
birthPlace	Nairobi ⓘ surface form: Nairobi, Kenya
commissionedBy	Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
commissionedWork	The NewOnes, will free Us ⓘ
degree	BFA from Cooper Union ⓘ MFA from Yale University ⓘ
educatedAt	Cooper Union ⓘ Yale School of Art ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Brooklyn Museum ⓘ Centre Pompidou ⓘ Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ Museum of Modern Art ⓘ surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York Nasher Museum of Art ⓘ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Studio Museum in Harlem ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
field	collage ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ installation art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ video art ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection	Brooklyn Museum ⓘ Centre Pompidou ⓘ Museum of Modern Art ⓘ surface form: Museum of Modern Art, New York Nasher Museum of Art ⓘ Tate ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
influencedBy	African art ⓘ fashion magazines ⓘ science fiction imagery ⓘ surrealism ⓘ
knownFor	installation ⓘ multimedia collages ⓘ sculpture ⓘ video works ⓘ
movement	Afrofuturism ⓘ contemporary African art ⓘ feminist art ⓘ
name	Wangechi Mutu self-link ⓘ
nationality	Kenyan ⓘ
notableWork	A Fantastic Journey ⓘ Exhuming Gluttony: Another Requiem ⓘ Histology of the Different Classes of Uterine Tumors ⓘ In Two Canoe ⓘ MamaRay ⓘ Nguva na Nyoka ⓘ Once upon a time she said, I’m not afraid and her enemies became afraid of her The End ⓘ Shavasana I ⓘ Shavasana II ⓘ Suspended Playtime ⓘ The NewOnes, will free Us ⓘ The Seated I ⓘ The Seated II ⓘ The Seated III ⓘ The Seated IV ⓘ Water Woman ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, United States
theme	African diaspora ⓘ body modification ⓘ hybrid female figures ⓘ mythology ⓘ postcolonial critique ⓘ science fiction ⓘ violence against women ⓘ
usesMedium	bronze ⓘ found materials ⓘ ink ⓘ magazine cutouts ⓘ organic materials ⓘ paint ⓘ video ⓘ
workFocus	colonialism ⓘ environmental issues ⓘ gender ⓘ identity ⓘ migration ⓘ race ⓘ the female body ⓘ

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