Theaster Gates

Quick Facts

Full Name	Theaster Gates
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	Aug 28, 1973(1973-08-28)
Age	51
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Virgo

Theaster Gates Biography

Theaster Gates is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on August 28, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Theaster Gates was born and raised in East Garfield Park on the West Side of Chicago. He was the youngest of nine children and the only son. His father was a roofer and his mother a school teacher. His sisters passed on their interest in civil rights activism and the family attended a Baptist church where Gates, a choir member, became interested in performance. Gates attended Lane Technical High School. In 1996, he graduated from Iowa State University, with a B.S. in Urban Planning and Ceramics. His early art was in pottery, and he spent time studying the art in Japan. He decided he wanted to explore religion in South Africa, and in 1998 he received a M.A. at the University of Cape Town in Fine Arts, and Religious Studies.

He returned to Chicago and was hired by the Chicago Transit Authority to organize and obtain public art for its public transportation system. In 2006 he was awarded an M.S. in Urban Planning, again from Iowa State, with additional studies in Ceramics, and Religious Studies. In 2006, he was hired by the University of Chicago as an arts programmer, and later director of arts outreach. In addition to creating fine arts pottery, he became interested in presenting performance art.

Theaster Gates Net Worth

Theaster Gates is one of the richest Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Theaster Gates 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Theaster Gates (born August 28, 1973) 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. Gates’ work has been shown at major museums and galleries internationally and deals with issues of urban planning, religious space, and craft. He is committed to the revitalization of poor neighborhoods through combining urban planning and art practices. He is represented by Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago.

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January 2014 he designed a million-dollar installation for the South Side’s 95th Street subway terminal. It is the largest public art project in the history of the Chicago Transit Authority. He was participant at the 2012 DOCUMENTA (13) art show in Kassel, Germany, the 2010 Whitney Biennial in New York, the Milwaukee Art Museum in 2010, the 2010 Art Chicago fair. He was included in “Hand+Made: The Performative Impulse in Art and Craft”, at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and in 2013 had a solo show, 13th Ballad, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Gates is represented by Regen Projects of Los Angeles and White Cube, London. On May 30, 2014, Gates and jazz pianist Jason Moran led a one-time performance entitled Looks of a Lot as part of the “Symphony Center Presents Jazz” series and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s “Truth to Power Festival.”

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Thomas Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Theaster Gates celebrates birthday on August 28 of every year.

The New York Times site lists research and video documentary of the life in Chicago and the efforts of Theaster Gates to rebuild art pieces for demonstration with material salvaged from shuttered African-American businesses, schools and churches on the South Side of Chicago, where he is based, into a tower gallery in the National Gallery of Art’s East Building. Some of the articles contain quoted thoughts that the Mr. Gates gave. He hopes his work could operate as both an interesting art object and as a catalyst to help the restoration of schools. The second installment in its acclaimed “Processions” performance series organized by artist Theaster Gates. “Plantation Lullabies,” held Friday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 p.m., will be the second in a series of four collaborative performances that introduce unexpected and unexplored connections between sacred music, African and African American culture and history, theater, world dance and chant. Gates is the founder and executive director of the non-profit Rebuild Foundation, which now oversees a network of buildings across the South Side, including Dorchester Projects and the Stony Island Arts Bank, as well as a professor in the Department of Visual Arts and director of arts and public life at the University of Chicago.

Top Facts about Theaster Gates

1. Theaster Gates is a Chicago-based artist and urban planner.
2. He has degrees in ceramics, religious studies, and urban planning.
3. Gates founded the Rebuild Foundation to revitalize neighborhoods through art.
4. His work often incorporates found objects and materials from abandoned buildings.
5. Gates has exhibited at major museums around the world, including the Tate Modern.
6. He was awarded the Artes Mundi prize in 2015 for his socially engaged art practice.
7. Gates is also a professor at the University of Chicago’s Department of Visual Arts.
8. He has been featured on Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people.
9. In 2020, he launched an initiative to support Black-owned businesses in Chicago during COVID-19 pandemic.
10. Gates’ artwork explores themes of race, class, and community activism.

What is theaster gates known for?

Theaster Gates is most famous for his big architectural projects. One of the biggest of these is The Dorchester Project. This is still happening, but began in 2006 when he bought an abandoned building in Chicago. He collaborated with a team of architects and designers to do the building up.

What did Theaster Gates create for his city?

Gates’s non-profit, Rebuild Foundation, manages the many projects in his Chicago hometown—including the Stony Island Arts Bank, Black Cinema House, Dorchester Art and Housing Collaborative, Archive House, and Listening House —while extending its support to cities throughout the American Midwest.

How did theaster gates help revive a poor Chicago neighborhood?

Gates bought the dilapidated neo-Classical building, formerly the Stony Island Trust & Savings Bank, from the city for $1 in 2013. It had several feet of standing water in the basement. Undeterred, Gates sold “bank bonds” of salvaged marble for $5,000 each to fund the renovation.

What kind of art does Theaster Gates make?

Theaster Gates
Born| August 28, 1973 Chicago, Illinois, US
Nationality| American
Known for| Installation art , Urbanism
Movement| Social Practice

Why did theaster gates begin the Dorchester projects?

Gates began the project when he bought neighbouring two-story vacant houses and commenced a design project to reinstate and resurrect the home as a site of community interaction and uplift. The project was so successful that it led to the development of a third building across the street.