Kalup Linzy
Born: 1977
Hometown: Clermont, Florida
Lives and Works: Brooklyn, NY
Website: http://kaluplinzy.net
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kalup-Linzy/126963884013994
Education:
MFA, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2003
BA, The University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2000
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
About The Artist
Kalup Linzy is primarily known for his live performances, video works, and animation that invoke a satirical narrative inspired by soap operas and Hollywood melodramas to investigate stereotypes around sexual identity, race, and gender.
His films have a decidedly home-made aesthetic and are, in turn, hilarious and moving. Linzy himself often stars, inhabiting a range of characters—bewigged and in drag—who relate the quotidian but at times outrageous trials of everyday rural life. He employs a sly humor to skewer both icons of the New York art world and reality TV shows.
More recently, Linzy has produced an album and performance piece with James Franco, created an opera that debuted at SFMOMA, and shot two music videos for the hot fashion line, Proenza Schouler. He inherits the legacy of a long line of versatile and provocative performance artists including RuPaul and Jack Smith.
Galleries
Taxter and Spengemann Gallery, New York, NY
Select Permanent Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Works by the Artist
