Kalup Linzy
Artist Kalup Linzy | |
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Born | July 23, 1977 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of South Florida |
Website | www.kaluplinzystudio.com |
Kalup Linzy (born July 23, 1977) is an American
Personal life
Linzy was born in
While he was growing up, his mother was in and out of mental facilities and his father became paralyzed after suffering a stroke. This affected Linzy emotionally. He also secretly struggled with his sexuality and only revealed it to close relatives and friends who asked.[1]
Education
Linzy attended South Lake High School in Groveland, Florida, where he ran track and was involved in many student organizations including the Student Government, where he served as President his senior year, Future Homemakers of America, where he served as a state officer, and Future Business Leaders of America. Linzy's performance and creative skills were nurtured in chorus, theatre, and the church choir. His relatives taught him how to play the piano by ear. In his senior year, Linzy was named a Walt Disney Dreamer and Doer, a special recognition for Central Florida students where he represented his county. In 1995, following High School, he enrolled at the University of South Florida where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 2000.[2] As an undergraduate, he pursued his degree in the arts and started a community festival with one of his childhood friends. He then followed that with a MFA from the same school University of South Florida in 2003.[3]
Career
Linzy has described his childhood and place of upbringing has thematically influential for his well-known video and performance work. For example, Linzy has produced a series of soap opera video works, and has described soap operas as having been a key social component for his family and community. He has said that shows such as Guiding Light were a part of daily life when he was growing up, and he often includes soap opera stereotypes in the characters and plot of his videos. His soap opera videos can be characterized by their low-tech quality, themes of community, socializing, family, the church, sexuality and homosexuality.[1]
He would eventually explore sexuality, along with race, gender, stereotypes, and cultural identities, in his art. Linzy pushes the boundaries of gender in his work through dressing himself and other characters in
In 2003, he moved to
Linzy has worked and collaborated with many well known artists, celebrities, and fashion designers. Among them are
In 2010, he was invited by and featured on
Linzy's work was featured in the 2016 Atlanta Biennial curated by Daniel Fuller, Victoria Camblin, Aaron Levi Garvey, and Gia Hamilton.[12] In 2021, Linzy's film OK was an official selection of both the Circle Cinema Film Festival and the Video Art and Experimentation Festival where it was part of the Beauty, Sex and Shame program.[13]
Exhibitions
Solo
- Le Petit Versailles, East Village, NY (2004)
- Kalup Linzy and Charles Nelson, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA (2005)
- All My Churen, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA (2006)
- Kalup Linzy, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York (2006)
- Taxter & Spengemann, New York (2006)
Group
- Sunday in the Arts, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Tampa, FL (2002).
- All Together Now, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY (2003)
- Faith, Champion Fine Art, Culver City, CA (2004)
- Mommy! I'm! Not! An! Animal!, Capsule Gallery, New York, NY (2004)
- African Queen, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (2005)
- Frequency, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (2005)
- Do You Think I'm Disco, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY (2006)
- Masquerade: Representation and the Self in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia (2006)
- Black Alphabet, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland (2006)
- Empathetic, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA (2006)
- AFI FEST 2006, Los Angeles, CA
- Vocal Verbal, Studentski Center, Zegreb, Croatia (2007)
- Uncertain States of America - American Video Art in the 3rd Millennium, Moscow Biennial, Moscow, Russia (2007)
- Spotlight Film and Video Series, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin (2007)
- Prospect.1, New Orleans (2008)
Videography
- Julietta Calls Ramone (2002)
- Ramone Calls Julietta Again: Booty Call (2002)
- Ride to da Club (2002)
- Conversations wit de Churen II: All My Churen (2005)
- Conversations wit de Churen III: Da Young & Da Mess (2005)
- Conversations wit de Churen IV: Play Wit De Churen (2005)
- KK Queens Survey (2005)
- Conversations wit de Churen V: As da Art World Might Turn (2006)
- Lollypop (2006)
- Melody Set Me Free (2007)
- Pursuit of Gay (Happyness) (2007)
- That's Wassup (2007)
- Keys to Our Heart (2008)
- SweetBerry Sonnet (Remixed) (2008)
- OK (2021)
Discography
- 2011: Turn It Up (feat. James Franco) - EP
- 2012: Labisha the Diva (Tracks from Melody Set Me Free On Rabbit.TV) - EP
- 2013: Romantic Loner EP - Single
- 2013: Romantic Loner - Full Album
- 2014: Art Jobs and Lullabies - Full Album
- 2017: Tangled Up - Full Album
References
- ^ BOMB Magazine, Summer 2008. Retrieved on July 25, 2011.
- ^ "KALUP LINZY // A LULLABY, A JOB, AND AN ASS TO HOPE FOR". www.rmcad.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ "MFA Graduate Kalup Linzy Featured in New Frontier at Sundance Institute - College of The Arts - University of South Florida". www.arts.usf.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ "SEEN in the Studio: Kalup Linzy". Vulture. 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ^ "Kalup Linzy | Radical Presence NY". radicalpresenceny.org. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ "Kalup Linzy: Romantic Loner". www.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ Brett Campbell, "Saints Alive", San Francisco Classical Voice, August 9, 2011.
- ^ "Four Saints in Three Acts: An Opera Installation". YBCA. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- ^ "Kalup Linzy: And Then There Were Five..." Huffpost Arts & Culture. The Huffington Post. March 8, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ^ "New NYC Art Reality Show Debuts TONIGHT, With Kalup Linzy". In the Air: Art News & Gossip. ARTINFO.com. January 9, 2012. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ^ "Rooting for the Home Team: The Atlanta Biennial Returns | ARTnews". www.artnews.com. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ "OK". videoart.net. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
External links
- Kalup Linzy website.
- YouTube channel
- WPS1 Variety Show Archived 5 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine (from the Museum of Modern Art)
- Christine Show, "Proud hometown applauds Lake native appearing with James Franco on soap", Orlando Sentinel, July 15, 2010
- Conversations ... with Kalup Linzy - NYFA Interactive
- Kalup Linzy Archived 3 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine - Temple University Empathetic (arts publication)
- Art News
- EAI: Kalup Linzy Biography
- Audio companion to PS1 show - exclusive to Time Out New York