Kerry James Marshall
born 1955
© Kerry James Marshall. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
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© Kerry James Marshall. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
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Biography
Kerry James Marshall (born October 17, 1955) is an American artist and professor, known for his paintings of Black figures. He previously taught painting at the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2017, Marshall was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. He was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, and moved in childhood to South Central Los Angeles. He has spent much of his career in Chicago, Illinois.
A retrospective exhibition of his work, Kerry James Marshall: Mastry, was assembled by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in 2016.
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