- Kara Elizabeth Walker is an American contemporary painter, print-maker, installation artist, filmmaker, and professor whose work explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity. She has gained national and international recognition for her cut-paper silhouettes, a technique first used in the 16th century and further developed in the 18th century, depicting historical narratives haunted by sexuality, violence, and subjugation. In 2014, Walker produced her first site-specific sculpture, A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby, which was installed in a warehouse in a former Domino Sugar compound in Brooklyn.- IMDb Mini Biography By: per official website walkerart
- She is a painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist, professor, and filmmaker.
- Walker is regarded as among the most prominent and acclaimed Black American artists working today.
- Walker was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in 1997, at the age of 28, becoming one of the youngest ever recipients of the award.
- She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes.
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