Chakaia Booker

Biography

General

  • 1953Born in Newark, New Jersey

  • 19761976 BA Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

  • 19931993 MFA, The City College of New York, New York, New York

Awards

  • 2008Merit Award in Public Art, Chakaia Booker: Mass Transit, Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

  • 200524th Annual Art Commission Award, The Art Commission of the City of New York, New York, New York, United States Construction of the Weeksville Heritage Center and Adjacent Landscape, including the Installation of Sugar in My Bowl II by Chakaia Booker

  • 2005Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, New York, United States

  • 2002The Pollock-Krasner Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, New York, United States

  • 2001Academy Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, United States

  • 2000Anonymous Was a Woman Grant, Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation, New York, New York, United States

  • 1999The Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Art Fund, Inaugural Awards Panel, New York, New York, United States

  • 1997Gregory Millard Fellow (recipient in Sculpture), The New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York, United States

  • 1995Artist in Residence, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York, United States

  • 1995Painters and Sculptors Grant, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, New York, United States

  • 1992Elizabeth Ralston McCabe Connor Award, The City College of New York, New York, New York, United States

  • 1988Grant, Artists Space, New York, New York, United States

Biennials

  • 2005Closer to Home - The 48th Annual Corcoran Biennial, Washington, D.C., United States

  • 2000Whitney Biennial 2000, New York, New York, United States

  • 1997Biennial Exhibition of Public Art, Purchase, New York, United States

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2010Chakaia Booker, The Sculpture Park at Moore in Aviator Park, Moore College of Art, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

  • 2010Chakaia Booker: Eminent Domain, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, United States.

  • 2010Look Again, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2009Chakaia Booker: Crossover Effects, Simpson Sculpture Garden, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, United States.

  • 2008Chakaia Booker: Mass Transit, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

  • 2008Destiny Unchanged, Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2008 - 2009Inside Out, Elmhurst Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois, United States. with Bob Emser

  • 2008Rubber Made: Sculpture by Chakaia Booker, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

  • 2007Chakaia Booker, Gallery 210, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

  • 2006Chakaia Booker, The Putney School, Putney, Vermont, United States.

  • 2006Forefront: Chakaia Booker, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., United States. traveled to Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia, United States

  • 2005Chakaia Booker, Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.

  • 2005Chakaia Booker, Lord & Taylor, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2005Chakaia Booker: Escultura, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain.

  • 2005New Works, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

  • 2004Chakaia Booker, Storm King Art Center, Moutainville, New York, United States.

  • 2004Chakaia Booker: Divine Detritus by the Black Warrior River, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.

  • 2004Chakaia Booker: Jersey Ride, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.

  • 2003Chakaia Booker: No More Milk and Cookies, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2002Serendipity, Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

  • 2001Chakaia Booker Sculpture, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

  • 2001Chakaia Booker: New Sculptures, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2000Chakaia Booker, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, United States.

  • 1999Industrial Subliminal-I-zation, Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

  • 1998Not That Daughter, June Kelly Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1997Revelations, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, United States.

  • 1996Changing Distribution, Queens Museum of Art at the Bulova Corporate Center, Queens, New York, United States.

  • 1996Sculpture, Max Protech Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1995The Observance Installation, York College, Jamaica, New York, United States.

  • 1994Milk Carton Installation, Jamaica Art Center, Jamaica, New York, United States.

  • 1994Silent Complicity, Independent Arts Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1991Fitting of Apt Parts, Casa Adela Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

Group Exhibitions

  • 2009Art on the Green, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri , United States.

  • 2009Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2009Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2008Discarded to Distinctive, Richard M. Ross Art Museum, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, United States.

  • 2008 - 2011NASA Art: 50 Years of Exploration, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States.

  • 2008 - 2009Provocative Visions: Race and Identity – Selections from the Permanent Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2008Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2008 - 2009Seminal Works from the N’Namdi Collection of African American Art, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, Michigan, United States.

  • 2008Summer Show, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2008Summer Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2007Painting and Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2007SCOPE New York 2007, Marlborough Gallery booth, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2007Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2007Whole Fragment, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada, United States. (exhibition catalogue)

  • 2007Wit and Whimsy, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States. (exhibition catalogue)

  • 200614th Annual Exhibit of Fine Art by African Americans, Art in the Atrium, Morristown, New Jersey, United States.

  • 2006American Perspectives: Highlights of Works by African American Artists, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, United States.

  • 2006Extreme Materials, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States. (exhibition brochure)

  • 2006Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2006Summer Group Show, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2005Collection Remixed: Threads and Vines, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, United States.

  • 2005Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas, United States.

  • 2005Factory Direct: New Haven, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

  • 2005Frequency, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2005Over & Over: Passion As Process, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois, United States. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

  • 2005Salamanca ciudad de la escultura, City of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.

  • 2005USA, Hoy: Pintura y Escultura, Galería Marlborough, Madrid, Spain. (exhibition catalogue)

  • 2004Creating Their Own Image, Aronson Galleries, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2004Los Monocromos, de Malevich al presente, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain.

  • 2004Unveiling the Image: Multicultural Woman Artists, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey, United States.

  • 2003Larger Than Life: Women Artists Making It Big, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States.

  • 2003New Loan Exhibition, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, United States.

  • 2002Memory and Metaphor, Walsh Library Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, United States.

  • 2001Compelled, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, New Jersey, United States.

  • 2001Driving Women, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York, United States.

  • 2001Fair, UFA Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2001Group Exhibition, Navy Pier, N'Namdi Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

  • 2001Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2001Material and Matter, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2001Red, Black, and Green, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2000Greater New York, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, United States.

  • 2000Group Exhibition, N'Namdi Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

  • 2000The End, Exit Art/The First World, New York, New York, United States.

  • 2000The Likeness of Being: Contemporary Self-Portraits by 60 Women, DC Moore Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1999Artistry of Space: The NASA Art Program, Artrain, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.

  • 1999Material Perception, Nations Bank Plaza Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

  • 1999Passages: Contemporary Art in Transition, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York, United States. The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois

  • 1999Reuse/Renew, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States.

  • 1999The Times of Our Lives, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1998Alternative Measures, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York, United States.

  • 1998Art After Dark, Cedarhurst Sculpture Park, Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States.

  • 1998Beauty and the Beast, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1998Beyond the Monument, Public Art Fund, Metro Tech Commons, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

  • 1998Constructions in Multiple Hues: Sculptures by Women of Color, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

  • 1998Entitled: Black Women Artists, Skylight Gallery, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Center for Art and Culture, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

  • 1998Group Exhibition, Abington Art Center Sculpture Garden, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States.

  • 1998Postcards From Black America: Contemporary African American Art, Deyerd Centre for Contemporary Art, Breda, and the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands.

  • 1998Reaching for the Stars Through Art: Selected Works by American Artists from the NASA Art Program, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., United States.

  • 1998Rubber, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1998Urban Expressions, Skylight Gallery, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Center for Art and Culture, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

  • 1997Group Exhibition, Abington Art Center Sculpture Garden, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States.

  • 1997Group Exhibition, Art Spot Gallery Marya, Osaka, Japan.

  • 1997International ’97, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York, United States.

  • 1997New York Exhibition, Gallery Guute, Hiroshima, Japan.

  • 1997Opposite Disciplines, Gallery X, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1997Salon Renaissance, A1 The Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1997Sooi (Difference/Originality), Xa104 Roadside Museum, Hiroshima, Japan.

  • 1997Unresolved… Drawings and Paintings According(ly) to Chakaia Booker, Keith Duncan, Luke Gray, Archibald Arts, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1996Acts of Obsession, Carla Stellweg Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1996Hanging Sculpture Garden, Newport Center Mall, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.

  • 1996Heat Up, The Fukuyama Museum, Hiroshima, Japan.

  • 1996Inside Out, Longwood Art Center, Bronx, New York, United States.

  • 1996To Carry Me Home, Artist-in-Residence Exhibition from the Studio, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1996Twentieth Century American Sculpture at the White House: Northeast Region—Exhibition IV, The White House, Washington, D.C., United States.

  • 1995Group Exhibition, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States.

  • 1995ME, Dru Arstark Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1995Notation on Africanism, Archibald Arts, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1995Recycling with Imagination: ART FORUM DETRITUS II, Massman Gallery of Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

  • 1995The Art of Justice, Part I, Krasdale Gallery, White Plains, New York, United States.

  • 1995The Listening Sky: An Inaugural Exhibition of The Studio Museum Sculpture Garden, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1995Three African American Women, A.F.T.U./Bill Hodges Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1995Way Cool, Exit Art/The First World, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1994Altering the Figure, Middlesex County College, Edison, New Jersey, United States.

  • 1994International ’93–’94, Part II, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York, United States.

  • 1994Newcomers Exhibition, Countee Cullen Library, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1993There It Is There It Is There It Is, 450 Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1988360 Degrees Centered: Paintings and Textiles by Howardena Pindell, Faith Ringgold, and Chakaia Booker, Tompkins Square Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

  • 1984Hoard Not Your Soulful Creations, Tompkins Square Gallery, New York, New York, United States.

Public Collections

  • Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

  • Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, New York, United States

  • Brooklyn College Library, Brooklyn, New York, United States

  • Donald W. Reynolds Library & Technology Center at Philander Smith College, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

  • Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, United States

  • Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

  • Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

  • Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., United States

  • Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, United States

  • New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

  • Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York, United States

  • Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, United States

  • The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, United States

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States

  • The New School for Social Research, New York, New York, United States

  • The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, United States

  • The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, United States

  • The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York, United States

  • Wabash Valley Outdoor Sculpture Collection and Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

Public Commissions

  • 1994Commission, Sculpture, NASA Art Program, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., United States

Lectures

  • 1995Transformation: A Dialogue on Installations, Mixed Media and Found Objects, New School for Social Research, New York, New York, United States

  • 1996Artist Lecture and Residency, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York, United States

  • 1997Revelations, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, United States

  • 1997Writing Through the Arts, Greenburgh Central School, Hartsdale, New York, United States

  • 1998The Arts Dialogue, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, United States

  • 1999Industrial Subliminal-I-zation, Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

  • 1999Guest Lecturer, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio, United States

  • 2001Guest Speaker, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Shen Yang, Peoples Republic of China

  • 2002Guest Speaker, Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey, United States

  • 2002Lecture/Panel Discussion, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, United States

  • 2002Lecturer, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, United States

  • 2002Visiting Artist, Jamaica Art Center for Arts & Learning Inc., Jamaica, New York, United States

  • 2003Lecturer, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, United States

  • 2003Guest Speaker, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States

  • 2003Chakaia Booker: An Overview, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, United States

  • 2003Sculpture in America – Provost’s Lecture Series, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

  • 2003Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin- La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

  • 2003Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States

  • 2003Lecturer, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, United States

  • 2003Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, United States

  • 2003Guest Lecturer, The City College of New York, New York, New York, United States

  • 2004Lecturer, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States

  • 2004Intersections 2003 - 2004, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, Hawaii, United States

  • 2004Lecturer with the Visiting Artist Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • 2004Chakaia Booker, School of Art Exhibitions and Visiting Artists Programs, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

  • 2004Lecturer, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

  • 2004Guest Lecturer, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

  • 2004Lecturer, Sculpture and Public Art Program, University of Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, United States

  • 2004Lecturer, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • 2004Women Society's Visiting Artist, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

  • 2004Visiting Artist Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • 2004Visiting Artist Program, Seattle Art Museum and the University of Washington Art School Public Art Program, Seattle, Washington, United States

  • 2004Jersey Ride: Dialogue – Chakaia Booker, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

  • 2004Visiting Artist Guest Lecturer - Chakaia Booker, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  • 2004Visiting Artist, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, United States

  • 2004Visiting Arist Guest Lecturer, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

  • 2004Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States

  • 2004Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States

  • 2004Guest Speaker, Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey, United States

  • 2004Guest Lecturer, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States

  • 2004Teacher's Symposium, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, United States

  • 2004Career Day Guest, Patrick Francis Healy Middle School, East Orange, New Jersey, United States

  • 2004Visiting Artist/Lecturer, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States

  • 2004Friends of American Art, The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, United States

  • 2004Speaker, Center for Creative Arts, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

  • 2004Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

  • 2004Visiting Artist/Lecturer Series, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

  • 2004Art Club of Kutztown University Lecture, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States

  • 2005African American Lecturers, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States

  • 2005Lecturer, National Association of Women Artists, New York, New York, United States

  • 2005Visual Voices - Professional Lecture Series, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, United States

  • 2005Sculpture Club Visiting Artist Lecture Series, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

  • 2005Lecturer, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey, United States

  • 20052004-2005 Visiting Artist Series Chakaia Booker, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States

  • 2005Visiting Artist Program, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

  • 2005Over & Over: Passion as Process, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, United States

  • 2005Lecture, University of Colorado at Denver and the Denver Art Museum Alliance for Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado, United States

  • 2005Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky, United States

  • 2006Lecture, New York and the Visual Arts, Pace University, New York, New York, United States

  • 2006Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, United States

  • 2006Forefront: Chakaia Booker, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., United States

  • 2006Forefront: Chakaia Booker, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia

  • 2006Keynote Speaker, Crossroads Cincinnati 2006 Conference, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey, United States

  • 2006Visiting Artist and Lecturer - Ellen Johnson, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, United States

  • 2006Guest Speaker, Annual Museum Tea, Newark Museum Volunteer Organization, Newark, New Jersey, United States

  • 2006Visual Studies Speakers Series, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States

  • 2006Lecturer, The Putney School, Putney, Vermont, United States

  • 2006Lecturer, Rutgers University, Brodsky Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

  • 2006Sculpture and the Speakers Program, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States

  • 2006Visual Voices - Professional Lecture Series, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, United States

  • 2006Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer, Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset, New Jersey, United States

  • 2006Lecturer, MICA/MFAST Program, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • 2006Visiting Speaker, Montclair High School, Montclair, New Jersey, United States

  • 2007Lecturer, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States

  • 2007Artists Using Discards: Media & Message, Solid Waste and Recycling Conference, The Sagamore, Bolton Landing, New York, United States

  • 2007Lecturer, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, United States

  • 2007Artist Lecture for Whole Fragment, University of Nevada: Reno, Reno, Nevada, United States

  • 2007Lecturer, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • 2007Lecturer, University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

  • 2008Chakaia Booker - Guest Lecturer, Brooks Museum of Art, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

  • 2008Guest Lecture Series, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States

  • 2008Lecturer, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States

  • 2009When Does the Fun Begin: Overview, Spooner Hall, Kansas University, Lawrence, Kansas, United States

  • 2009Provacative Visions: Race and Identity, Selections from the Permanent Collection, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United States

  • 2009Lecturer, Music Recital Hall, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

Books and Articles by the Artist

  • 2007Booker, Chakaia. “Chakaia Booker on Louise Nevelson.” In The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson. New Haven: Yale University Press with the Jewish Museum, New York, New York. pp. 163-165

Performances in Film

  • 1989Rude Awakening, David Greenwalt, in collaboration with Aaron Russo, music by Jonathan Elias, edited by Paul Fried, film by David Greenwalt appeared as film extra

Theatrical Designs

  • 0Set design for Division Street (a play by x), x, x, x

  • 0Set design for Extenuating Circumstances (a play by x), x, x, x

  • 0Set design for Mass Appeal (a play by x), x, x, x

Bibliography

  • 2010Marlborough Chelsea. Look Again. New York: Marlborough Chelsea, 2010

  • 2009Anonymous. "New sculpture to be dedicated March 26." ISU Newsroom, March 09, 2009

  • 2009Anonymous. "Up Now: ‘Second Lives’, Museum of Arts and Design." ARTnews, vol. 108, no. 4, April 01, 2009

  • 2009Britton, Cole. "Celebrated artist’s work comes to ISU Sculpture to be displayed in front of New Theater." Indiana Statesman, March 25, 2009

  • 2009Cayce, Andrés. "La reina de desguace." Mujer Hoy, October 31, 2009

  • 2009Crow, Kelly. "The Battle for Queens." The Wall Street Journal, August 07, 2009

  • 2009Cutler, Jody B. "A Lineage is Not a Category." The International Review of African American Art, October 13, 2009, pp. 38-39. illustrated, p. 38

  • 2009Pollack, Barbara. "Chakaia Booker: Marlborough Chelsea." ARTnews, June 01, 2009

  • 2009Sims, Lowery Stokes. "Seeing Chakaia Booker’s Sculpture" In Chakaia Booker. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 2009

  • 2009Weinberg, Lauren. "Corn and Bunyan." Time Out Chicago, Issue 224, June 11, 2009, p. 121

  • 2008Anonymous. "Chakaia Booker." Art in America: Annual Guide 2008-2009, p. 34

  • 2008Anonymous. "Chakaia Booker." Indianapolis Business Journal, July 24, 2008

  • 2008Anonymous. "Chakaia Booker in Indianapolis, Kansas City." artnet.com, July 23, 2008

  • 2008Anonymous. "Chakaia Booker sculpture unveiled in Hudson County Park." The Jersey Journal, October 16, 2008

  • 2008Anonymous. "Chakaia Booker Transforms Salvaged Tires into Art at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art." artdaily.org, June 17, 2008

  • 2008Anonymous. Chakaia Booker: Mass Transit. Indianapolis: Arts Council of Indianapolis, 2008

  • 2008Anonymous. "Chakaia Booker: Mass Transit." Sculpture Magazine, vol. 27, no. 8, October 01, 2008

  • 2008Anonymous. "Downtown Dedication Marks Debut of Public Art Exhibition." Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick, July 22, 2008

  • 2008Anonymous. "Indy Art Exhibit Featured in The Wall Street Journal." Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick, July 28, 2008

  • 2008Anonymous. "Off Road." The Pitch, July 03, 2008, p. 25

  • 2008Anonymous. "RubberMade: Sculptures by Chakaia Booker." Sculpture Magazine, July 01, 2008, p. 15

  • 2008Anonymous. "Smithsonian Celebrates NASA’s 50th Anniversary with Traveling Art Exhibition." The Chipley Bugle, September 26, 2008

  • 2008Benner, Bill. "When the Rubber Meets the…Sidewalk!." INDYinsights with Bill Benner, July 14, 2008

  • 2008Borman, Laurie. "Destination: Art for the Tired Soul." ontheroad.randmcnally.com, July 17, 2008

  • 2008Bremer, D. Neil. Inside Out. Elmhurst: Elmhurst Art Museum, 2008

  • 2008Cook, Christopher, et al. Rubbermade: Sculpture by Chakaia Booker. Kansas City: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 2008

  • 2008Crow, Kelly. "The Michelin Woman." The Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2008 p. W2

  • 2008Harry, Lou. "A&E: Booker Blitzes Downtown." Indianapolis Business Journal, July 26, 2008

  • 2008Hatcher, Cole. "Ross Art Museum Features Eco-Friendly Exhibit." collegenews.org,, September 22, 2008

  • 2008Heilenman, Diane. "Chakaia Booker: The Making of a Public Art Exhibition." The Courier-Journal, July 20, 2008

  • 2008Hotchner, Holly, et al. Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary. New York: The Museum of Art and Design, 2008

  • 2008Marshall, Konrad. "Public Art Treading New Ground: Tire Sculptures that Dot City to be Dedicated Today." The Indianapolis Star, July 22, 2008 pp. A1, A4

  • 2008Saetre, Julie Cope. "Artful Retreads." The Indianapolis Star, July 13, 2008, pp. 2-13

  • 2008Theodore, Jeff. "Art unveiled at Washington Park." The Jersey Journal, October 15, 2008

  • 2008Theodore, Jeff. "Art work is big and shiny, and takes a place of pride in park." The Jersey Journal, October 16, 2008

  • 2008Thibodeaux, Julianna. "ARTS: Tread on Me." NUVO: Indy’s Alternative Voice, August 13, 2008

  • 2008Thorson, Alice. "Art Review: ‘RubberMade: Sculpture by Chakaia Booker." The Kansas City Star, June 21, 2008

  • 2008Thorson, Alice. "Art Review: ‘RubberMade: Sculpture by Chakaia Booker." The American Sculptor, June 23, 2008

  • 2008Walker, Steve. "Reviews: Tire Consequences." Review Magazine, June 06, 2008, p. 42

  • 2008Whitson, Jennifer. "Installation of Booker art moves to July 14." Indianapolis Business Journal, June 16, 2008

  • 2008Wilmeth, Renee. "The Rubber Meets the Road: Chakaia Booker’s tire sculptures debut this month, the edgiest in a series of public art exhibitions downtown. But can the program be sustained?." Indianapolis Monthly, July 01, 2008

  • 2008Yates, Christopher. "Transformation: Message, material linked in ‘green’ works, found-object pieces." The Columbus Dispatch, November 09, 2008

  • 2007Anonymous. "Artist Chakaia Booker to Produce Major Public Art Exhibition for Indianapolis in 2008." PRNewswire.com, November 22, 2007

  • 2007Anonymous. Brodsky Center Ball: Auction Preview Catalogue.. New Brunswick: Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2007, p. 7

  • 2007Anonymous. "Chakaia Booker – Public Art Exhibition for Indianapolis in 2008." The American Sculptor, November 17, 2007

  • 2007Anonymous. "Critics picks: 2008. Rubbermaid: Chakaia Booker." The Kansas City Star, August 26, 2008

  • 2007Anonymous. "Designed for Living." T: The New York Times Style Magazine, April 14, 2007, pp. 74-75 94

  • 2007Bonetti, David. "Funky Meets Fantasy: Tires Recycled and Redeemed." St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 18, 2007 Section F

  • 2007Hermanns, Ralph. New York, Of Course. Stockholm: Wetterling Gallery, 2007

  • 2007Thorson, Alice. "Christopher Cook Named Curator at Kemper." The Kansas City Star, July 07, 2007

  • 2007Veneciano, Jorge Daniel. “The Return of the Medusa and the Art of Chakaia Booker.” In Chakaia Booker. St. Louis: Gallery 210, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2007

  • 2007Walker, Jim. "Downtown’s a Gallery." The Indianapolis Star, September 26, 2007 p. A4

  • 2007Whitson, Jennifer. "Next big (art) thing: Chakaia Booker? New York artist’s work may replace Opie’s." Indianapolis Business Journal, September 08, 2007

  • 2006Anonymous. "Forefront: Chakaia Booker." Women in the Arts, June 01, 2006, pp. 8-9

  • 2006Anonymous. "Memorial Art Gallery exhibits Extreme Materials." Canada Free Press, February 27, 2006

  • 2006Brumer, Miriam. "Newark Between Us." artcritical.com, December 01, 2006

  • 2006Castro, Jan Garden. "Reviews: Chakaia Booker." Sculpture Magazine, December 01, 2006, pp. 71-72

  • 2006O'Sullivan, Michael. "Booker and Kepple: Extra Texture." The Washington Post, June 02, 2006 p. WE63

  • 2005Anonymous. "Chakaia Booker. El poder intrínseco del material." El Punto de las Artes, April 29, 2005

  • 2005Anonymous. Collection Remixed. New York: The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 2005

  • 2005Anonymous. "Houston - Double consciousness: Black conceptual art." The Art Newspaper, p. 3

  • 2005Anonymous. "L&T Windows: Threads and Retreads." Women's Wear Daily, March 09, 2005, p. 13

  • 2005Anonymous. "La Marlborough muestra sus visiones del arte norteamericano actual." Terra Networks, S.A., July 05, 2005

  • 2005Anonymous. "New Storm King Acquisition, Vol. 15, No. 1." Sculpture News: The Newsletter of the Storm King Art Center, April 01, 2005

  • 2005Anonymous. "Spotted in Manhattan." Sculpture Magazine, May 01, 2005, p. 11

  • 2005Anonymous. "USA, hoy: pintura y escultura." Madrid Sindical, June 10, 2005

  • 2005Anonymous. "USA, hoy: pintura y escultura." Art Notes, July 01, 2005

  • 2005Anonymous. "Visiones del arte estadounidense actual en la Galería Marlborough." El Mundo, July 05, 2005

  • 2005Berne, Terry. "In the Age of the Monochrome." Art in America, January 01, 2005, pp. 98-103

  • 2005Bolonik, Kera. "Rubber Soul." Rutgers Magazine, December 01, 2005, pp. 40-41

  • 2005Carpio, F.. "Made in America." ABC, July 23, 2005

  • 2005Cowan, Alison Leigh. "When a Factory is a Foundry for Art." The New York Times, February 09, 2005 pp. E1, E7

  • 2005Genocchio, Benjamin. "Through a Global Prism." Art Review, pp. 9-13

  • 2005Kauder, Helen, et al. Factory Design: New Haven. New Haven: artSPACE, 2005, pp. 21-24

  • 2005Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "Double Vision." Houston Press, March 01, 2005

  • 2005Klaasmeyer, Kelly. "Powerful Dialogue." Houston Press, March 17, 2005

  • 2005Mason, Brooke S.. "Art on Fifth Avenue." The Art Newspaper, vol. XIV, no. 157, April 01, 2005, p. 50

  • 2005O'Sullivan, Michael. "The Corcoran in Earnest." The Washington Post, March 25, 2005 p. WE47

  • 2005Roeske, Sharon. "Art in Black History Month." Arts Houston Magazine, February 10, 2005, p. 15

  • 2005Rubí, Amalia García. "USA, hoy, pintura y escultura norteamericana." El Punto de las Artes, July 22, 2005

  • 2005Ruggiero, Bob. "Double Vision." Houston Press, January 20, 2005, p. 28

  • 2005Sermans, Franklin, et al. Double Consciousness Black Conceptual Art Since 1970. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 2005, p. 56 illustrated on cover

  • 2005Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. "Home’ is built on fantasy." The Washington Times, April 02, 2005

  • 2005Sterling, Susan Fisher. "Chakaia Booker’s ‘Acid Rain'." Women in the Arts, September 01, 2005, pp. 4-5

  • 2005Valenciano, Celia. "USA, hoy: pintura y escultura." LaNetro, July 20, 2005

  • 2005Wright, Cherilyn "Liv". "Industrial Strength Spring Fashion." International Review of African American Art, vol. 20, no. 2, June 01, 2005, p. 34

  • 2004Anonymous. Chakaia Booker: Storm King Art Center. Mountainville: Storm King Art Center, 2004

  • 2004Anonymous. "Storm King Art Center: Chakaia Booker." Sculpture Magazine, vol. 2, no. 8, October 01, 2004

  • 2004Anonymous. Unveiling the Image: Multicultural Women Artists. Summit: New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, 2004

  • 2004Aranda-Alvarado, Rocío, et al. Chakaia Booker: Jersey Ride. Jersey City: Jersey City Museum, 2004

  • 2004Ash, Elizabeth. "Around the World in 40 Years: Celebrating ART in Embassies." State Magazine, November 01, 2004. illustrated, p. 27

  • 2004Behrens, Ahn. "Artist’s works represent the landscape of New Jersey." Waterfront Journal, vol. 23, no. 12, May 27, 2004, p. 7

  • 2004Behrens, Ahn. "Chakaia Booker knows old tires can be things of beauty: Works by top sculptor at Jersey Museum." The Jersey Journal, 138th year, no. 18, May 22, 2004 pp. A1, A5

  • 2004Behrens, Ahn. "Sculptures tell an urban story." Waterfront Journal, June 17, 2004, p. 14

  • 2004Bischoff, Dan. "Artist’s exhibition a Jersey homecoming." Sunday Star Ledger, February 22, 2004, pp. 1-7

  • 2004Genocchio, Benjamin. "Art Through a Global Prism." The New York Times, April 25, 2004, pp. 9-13

  • 2004Genocchio, Benjamin. "Where the Rubber Meets the Sublime." The New York Times, February 15, 2004

  • 2004Harris, Jane. "A Surprising Survey of African American Women’s Art." The Village Voice, December 17, 2004

  • 2004Johnson, Ken. "When They Leave the Road, Some Lucky Tires Go into Art." The New York Times, July 23, 2004 p. E31

  • 2004Mulero, Eugene. "From Rubber to Art, The Abstract/Modern creations of Chakaia Booker." Current, Vol. 13, No. 43, February 26, 2004, p. 5

  • 2004Nichols, Matthew Guy. "Chakaia Booker: Material Matters." Art in America, June 01, 2004, pp. 164-169

  • 2004Richardson, Teri. "Industrial Poetics." The International Review of African American Art, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 51-52

  • 2003Allen, Doug. "Chakaia Booker." The New Yorker, October 13, 2003, p. 22

  • 2003Anonymous. "Flint Institute of Arts, Annual Report 2001-2002." Flint Institute of Art, p. 18

  • 2003Arango, Jorge. "Elevating the Everyday: Sculptor Chakaia Booker." Essence, November 01, 2003, p. 146

  • 2003Castro, Jan Garden. "The Language of Life: A Conversation with Chakaia Booker." Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 1, January 01, 2003, pp. 28-33

  • 2003Gluek, Grace. "Chakaia Booker: ‘No More Milk and Cookies'." The New York Times, October 10, 2003 p. E32

  • 2003Henry, Clare. "Recycling and the Artistry of Retreads." Financial Times, October 08, 2003

  • 2003Nadelman, Cynthia. "Chakaia Booker." ARTnews, December 01, 2003, pp. 117-118

  • 2003Powell, Richard. Black Art: A Cultural History. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003, p. 191

  • 2003Robinson, Walter. "Weekend Update." artnet.com, September 25, 2003

  • 2003Veneciano, Jorge Daniel. “No More Milk and Cookies: The Disillusionment of Chakaia Booker.” In Chakaia Booker: No More Milk and Cookies. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 2003

  • 2002Anonymous. "Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis: Chakaia Booker." Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 6, January 01, 2002, p. 16

  • 2002Garnett, Joy. "Into Africa: Chakaia Booker at Marlborough." artnet.com, August 01, 2002

  • 2002Wei, Lily. "Queen of Rubber Soul." ARTnews, January 01, 2002, pp. 88-89

  • 2001Anonymous. "Art Notes: Auto Art." The Star-Ledger, February 28, 2001

  • 2001Anonymous. "Arts and Leisure Guide." The New York Times, February 25, 2001

  • 2001Anonymous. Compelled. Clinton: Hunterdon Museum of Art, 2001

  • 2001Anonymous. "Talent - Rubber Made." New York Magazine, March 12, 2001, p. 97

  • 2001Canning, Susan. "Chakaia Booker Marlborough Chelsea." Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 7, September 01, 2001, pp. 71-72

  • 2001Cohen, Mark D.. "Chakaia Booker: New Sculptures." reviewny.com, March 01, 2001

  • 2001Kotik, Charlotta. "Chakaia Booker." In Chakaia Booker: New Sculptures. New York: Marlborough Gallery, 2001

  • 2001Mahoney, Robert. "Chakaia Booker at Marlborough Chelsea." Art in America, September 01, 2001, pp. 147-148

  • 2001Smith, Hazel, ed. "Women on the Move - Chakaia Booker." The New York Beacon, April 19, 2001

  • 2000Anderson, Maxwell Lincoln, ed. Whitney Biennial: 2000 Exhibition. New York: Whitney Museum of Art, 2000

  • 2000Kino, Carol. "The Emergent Factor: A recent show at PS. 1, devoted to developments in the New York art world since 1995, embraced 145 artists, dozens of curators and two major institutions.." Art in America, July 01, 2000, pp. 45-49

  • 2000Perree, Rob. "Chakaia Booker Bedwingt De Autoband." Kuntsbeeld, June 01, 2000, pp. 18-21

  • 2000Raskins, David. "Chakaia Booker at the Akron Art Museum." Art in America, May 01, 2000, pp. 171-172

  • 2000Stein, Judith E.. The Likeness of Being: Contemporary Self Portraits by Sixty Women. New York: DC Moore Gallery, 2000

  • 1999Anonymous. Who's Who in American Art . New Providence: Marquis, 1999, p. 121 22nd edition

  • 1999Di Suvero, Mark. "Chakaia Booker." Connaissance des Arts, No. 566, November 01, 1999, pp. 102-103

  • 1998Clifford, Katie. "Rubber." Art Papers: New Trends in Contemporary Art, Vol. 22, No. 3, May 01, 1998, pp. 54-55

  • 1998Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review." The New York Times, July 10, 1998

  • 1998Glueck, Grace. "The Antithesis of Minimalism’s Cool Geometry: Fleshy Rubber." The New York Times, February 13, 1998

  • 1998Katz, Mary Lynn. "At the White House: The First Lady’s Sculpture Garden." Sculpture, Vol. 17, No. 6, July 01, 1998, pp. 22-27

  • 1998Schmerler, Sarah. "Urban Expressions." Time Out New York, No. 37, May 07, 1998, p. 63

  • 1997Bear, Liza. "Chakaia Booker at Max Protech." Art in America, May 15, 1997, pp. 131-132 No. 5

  • 1997Lovett, Cynthia. "Close Up: A Talk with Neuberger Biennial Artist, Chakaia Booker." Westchester Art News, Vol. 18, No. 7, July 01, 1997, p. 12

  • 1997Veneciano, Jorge Daniel. The Listening Sky: An Inaugural Exhibition of The Studio Museum in Harlem Sculptural Garden. New York: The Studio Museum in Harlem, 1997

  • 1996Cotter, Holland. "To Carry Me Home." The New York Times, July 26, 1996

  • 1996McCarthy , J. and L.K. Epstein. A Guide to the Sculpture Parks and Gardens of America. New York: Michael Kesend Publishing, 1996, p. 58

  • 1996Schmerler, Sarah. "Standing On Ceremony." Time Out New York, p. 26

  • 1995Anonymous. Socrates Sculpture Park, 12 June 94 - 30 April 95. Long Island City: Socrates Sculpture Park, 1995, p. 15

  • 1995Ginty, Molly M.. "Dressing for the Tax Man: Deductions Women Wear to Work." Equity About Women and Money, Vol. 2, No. 1, April 01, 1995, p. 7

  • 1995Glueck, Grace. "Captivating Zoos of Art: To Be Young, 3-D and Way Cool." The New York Observer, May 29, 1995

  • 1995Kimmelman, Michael. "Turning an Alley into a Showcase for Sculpture." The New York Times, September 22, 1995

  • 1994Gardner, Renee. "Entertainment’s Best Bets." New York Newsday, April 03, 1994

  • 1988Jessen, Christian Juul. "East Village. Her vokser moden op af New York’s asfalt." Eva 3, pp. 96-98

  • 1984Anonymous. "Booker’s Exotic Designs in Village Exhibition." New York Amsterdam News, March 17, 1984, p. 18