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CHAKAIA BOOKER

BIOGRAPHY

1953

Born Newark, New Jersey

1976

BA Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

1993

MFA, The City College of New York, New York, New York

The artist lives and works in Manhattan, NY and Allentown, PA.
LECTURES
1995
Transformation: A Dialogue on Installations, Mixed Media and Found Objects, New School for Social Research, New York, New York
1996
Studio Museum in Harlem, Residency/Lecture, New York, New York
1997
Revelations, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
  Writing Through the Arts, Greenburgh Central School, Hartsdale, New York
1998
The Arts Dialogue, Kean University, Union, New Jersey
1999
Industrial Subliminal-I-zation, Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Akron Art Museum, Guest Lecturer Chakaia Booker, Akron, OH
2001
Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Guest Speaker, Shen Yang, Peoples Republic of China
2002
Ramapo College, Guest Speaker Chakaia Booker, Mahwah, New Jersey
Seton Hall University, Lecture/Panel Discussion, South Orange, NJ
Brooklyn Museum, Panel Discussion, Brooklyn, NY
Jamaica Art Center for Arts & Learning Inc, Visiting Artist, Jamaica Queens, NY
2003
Santa Clara University, Lecturer, Santa Clara, California
Stanford University, Guest Speaker, Stanford, California
Chakaia Booker: An Overview, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
Sculpture In America, Guest Lecturer, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Provost’s Lecture Series, Bloomsburg, PA
University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Visiting Artist, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Rutgers University -Paul Robeson Gallery, Visiting Artist/lecturer, Newark, NJ
Colgate University, Lecture Series, Hamilton, NY
Pratt Institute, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Brooklyn, NY
The City College of New York, Guest Lecturer, New York, NY
2004
University of Kentucky, Lecturer, Lexington, Kentucky
  Intersections 2003–2004, Lecturer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, Hawaii
  Visiting Artist Program, Lecturer, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  School of Art Exhibitions and Visiting Artist Programs, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  The University of Alabama, Lecturer, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  Sculpture and Public Art Program – University of Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
  University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse, Guest Lecturer Chakaia Booker, La Crosse, Wisconsin
  Maryland Institute College of Art, Chakaia Booker Lecture, Baltimore, MD
  Washington University in St. Louis, Women Society’s Visiting Artist, St. Louis, MO
  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Visiting Artist Program, Chicago, Illinois
  Jersey City Museum, Jersey Ride: Dialogue Chakaia Booker, Jersey City, NJ
  Spelman College, Visiting Artist Guest Lecturer Chakaia Booker, Atlanta GA
  Montclair State University, Visiting Artist , Montclair, NJ
  Grand Rapids Community College,Visiting Artist Guest Lecturer, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  Indiana University of Pennsylvania,Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Indiana, Pennsylvania
  University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan, Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Sheboygan, WI
  Ramapo College, Guest Speaker Chakaia Booker, Mahwah, New Jersey
  University of Vermont, Guest Lecturer, Burlington, VT
  New Jersey Center for Visual Art’s, Teacher’s Symposium, Summit, NJ
  Patrick Francis Healy Middle School, Career Day, East Orange, NJ
  The University of Iowa, Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Iowa City, Iowa
  The Newark Museum, Friends Of American Art, Speaker, Newark, NJ
  Center for Creative Arts, Speaker, Chattanooga, TN
  Eastern Michigan University, Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Ypsilanti, MI
  Southern Connecticut State University, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, New Haven, CT
  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Art Club of Kutztown University-Lecture, Kutztown, PA
2005 African American Lecturers, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
  National Association of Women Artist, Lecture Chakaia Booker, New York, New York
  Professional Lecture Series, Visual Voices, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
  Sculpture Club Visiting Artist Lecture Series, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
  The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Lecturer, Pomona, New Jersey
  2004–2005 Visiting Artist Series, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  Western Michigan University, Visiting Artist Program, Kalamazoo, MI
  Katonah Museum of Art, Over & Over: Passion As Process, Katonah, NY
  University of Colorado at Denver and the Denver Art Museum Alliance for Contemporary Art, Lecture Chakaia Booker, Denver, CO
  Northern Kentucky University, Visiting Artist-Lecturer, Highland Heights, KY
2006 New York and the Visual Arts, Lecture, Pace University, New York
  Visiting Artist Lecture, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
  Forefront: Chakaia Booker, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
  Forefront:Chakaia Booker, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum – Hollins University,
Roanoke, Virginia
  Crossroads Cincinnati 2006 Conference, Keynote Speaker Chakaia Booker, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey
  Ellen Johnson Visiting Artist – Chakaia Booker Lecture, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
  Annual Museum Tea, Newark Museum Volunteer Organization, Guest Speaker Chakaia Booker, Newark, New Jersey
  University at Buffalo, The State University of New York,Visual Studies Speakers Series,
Buffalo, NY
  The Putney School, Chakaia Booker Lecture, Putney, VT
  Rutgers University, Brodsky Center, Chakaia Booker Lecture, New Brunswick, NJ
  Towson University, Sculpture and the Speakers Program, Towson, MD
  Bradley University, Professional Lecture Series, Visual Voices, Peoria, IL
  Rutgers Preparatory School, Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer, Somerset, NJ
  Maryland Institute College of Art, MICA/MFAST Program, Lecture, Baltimore, MD
  Montclair High School, Visiting Speaker, Montclair, NJ
2007 Lecture Chakaia Booker, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio Texas
  Artist Using Discards: Media & Message, Solid Waste and Recycling Conference, Bolton Landing, New York
  Lecture Chakaia Booker, Towson University, Towson, Maryland
  Artist Lecture for Whole Fragment, University of Nevada: Reno, Reno, Nevada
  Lecture Chakaia Booker, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
  University of Missouri – St. Louis, Chakaia Booker Lecture, St. Louis, MO
2008 The University of Memphis – Brooks Museum of Art Guest Lecturer Chakaia Booker, Memphis, Tennessee
  University of Maryland, Guest Lecture Series, College Park, Maryland
  University of South Dakota, Chakaia Booker Lecture, Vermillion, SD