Chakaia Booker

(American, born 1953)

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Chakaia Booker

Inherent Obscurity, 2014

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Chakaia Booker

Feeding Frenzy, 2012

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Chakaia Booker

Inflected Message, 2021

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Chakaia Booker

Fluent, 2002

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Chakaia Booker

Untitled, 2013

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Chakaia Booker

Untitled, 2022

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Chakaia Booker

Untitled, 2022

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Chakaia Booker

Manipulating Fractions, 2004

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Chakaia Booker

Minimum Wage, 2023

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Chakaia Booker

Conflicting Issues, 2023

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Chakaia Booker

Self Absorbed, 2023

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Chakaia Booker

Fixed Scale, 2023

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Biography

Timeline

1953
Born Newark, New Jersey. The artist currently lives in New York and works in Manhattan and Allentown, PA.
1976
BA Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1992
Connor Award
1993
MFA, Sculpture and Painting,The City College of New York, New York, New York
1994
Commission, NASA Art Program, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1995
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
Artist in Residence, The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, New York
1997
New York Foundation for the Arts – Gregory Millard Fellow (Recipient in Sculpture)
1999
The Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Art Fund, Inc.
2000
Anonymous Was A Woman Grant

Exhibitions

2018
Chakaia Booker: Four Sculptures, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
LBD Duty Free, Chicago Park District, Chicago, IL
2016
Millennium Park, Chicago, IL
2015
606 Bloomingdale Trail, Chicago, IL
Take The Highway: Chakaia Booker, Cleveland Institute of Art, OH
Chakaia Booker, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Chakaia Booker Westmont Ridley Tree Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
Eradication: A Form of Obsession: Chakaia Booker, Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Chakaia Booker: Are We There Yet, Towson University, MD
2014
Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, Governors State University, Chicago, IL

Public Collections

Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Philander Smith College, Little Rock, AR
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton, OH
Queens Museum of Arts, Queens, NY
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
Ron Pizutti Collection, Columbus, OH
New School for Social Research, New York, NY