Kara Walker
Kara Elizabeth Walker is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, printmaker, installation artist, filmmaker, and professor who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes. Walker was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in 1997, at the age of 28, becoming one of the youngest ever recipients of the award. She has been the Tepper Chair in Visual Arts at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University since 2015.
26 November 1969
Born on the same birth date (26 November 1969): Shawn Kemp
Born on the same birth day (26 November): Charles M. Schulz • Cyril Cusack • Des Walker • Edna Campbell • Garcelle Beauvais • Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora • Itamar Singer • James Guy (swimmer) • Jon Ryan • Roman Šebrle
Born in the same month (November 1969): Anthony Peeler • Ayaan Hirsi Ali • Callie Thorne • El Chombo • Gerard Butler • Jean-Michel Saive • Ken Griffey Jr. • Nico Motchebon • Reginald Arvizu • Ryōtarō Okiayu • Sam Cassell • Shawn Kemp