2019Nominee
Best Picture
America
Theaster Gates
Actor · Director · Producer
Chicago, Illinois, USA
August 28, 1973
Biography
Theaster Gates is an American social practice installation artist and a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he still lives and works.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2021Nominee
Best Performance
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
2017Nominee
Best Performance
Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Career Highlights
2015Highlight
Best Director
Billy Sings Amazing Grace
Video
America
Black Art: In the Absence of Light
Basquiat: Rage to Riches