Theaster Gates

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Theaster Gates is an American artist and urban planner known for his socially engaged practice that combines sculpture, installation, performance, and community revitalization, particularly on Chicago’s South Side.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artist
human
installation artist
performance artist
sculptor
social practice artist
urban planner
artisticMedium architecture
installation
performance
sculpture
urban interventions
awardReceived Artes Mundi Prize (shortlist)
surface form: Artes Mundi Prize

Joan Miró Prize
Kurt Schwitters Prize
United States Artists Fellowship
surface form: U.S. Artists Fellowship
basedIn City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1973-08-28
employer University of Chicago
familyName Gates
fieldOfWork community development
contemporary art
socially engaged art
urban planning
focusesOn Black cultural archives
community empowerment
race and class
urban inequality
founded Dorchester
surface form: Dorchester Projects

Rebuild Foundation
Stony Island Arts Bank
genre conceptual art
site-specific art
givenName Theaster
hasExhibitedAt Documenta (Kassel)
surface form: Documenta 13

Haus der Deutschen Kunst
surface form: Haus der Kunst, Munich

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Tate Modern
Venice Biennale
Whitney Museum of American Art
movement social practice art
name Theaster Gates self-link
nationality American
notableFor community revitalization on Chicago’s South Side
socially engaged practice
notableWork Civil Tapestry series
Dorchester
surface form: Dorchester Projects

Stony Island Arts Bank
Temple Exercises
occupation professor
placeOfBirth City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago
positionHeld Professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago
workLocation South Side, Chicago
surface form: Chicago’s South Side

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The Phillips Collection hasWorkBy Theaster Gates
Theaster Gates name Theaster Gates self-link