Kara Walker

Biography

Kara Elizabeth Walker is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, print-maker, 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.

Known For

Finding Your Roots

as Self

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

as Self

Dreams Are Colder Than Death

The Black List: Volume Two

as Self

Palacetor

as The General