Theaster Gates

Theaster Gates studied at University of Cape Town, Iowa State University and Lane Technical College Prep High School. The record notes the qualification Master of Arts.

Theaster Gates received Crystal Award, Frederick Kiesler Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship. Work by Theaster Gates is held by Tate, National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Modern Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

13 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1860 to 2019.

Theaster Gates: How to revive a neighborhood: with imagination, beauty and art, dated 2015, held by TED, inventory 2220. Ground Rules (black line), dated 2015, held by Q214867, inventory 2018.11.1. Do you hear me calling? Mama Mamama or What Is Black Power?, dated 2018, held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, inventory 2018.371.A-B. Ground rules. Free throw, dated 2015, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2017.40. My name is Dave. Reflections/ Refractions at the Stony Island Arts Bank. Tony Lewis. Theaster Gates Facsimile Cabinet of Women Origin Stories, Reflections. neckbone. Theaster Gates. Horizontal Civil Tapestry, dated 2019, wood and decommissioned fire hose, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2024.49. Standing Throne 4, dated 2012, wood lath and plywood, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2026.272. Artist's Dream, No. 18 from the series "Stereographs of the Watkins Glen", dated 1860/99, albumen print, stereo, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1980.47.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 6 named public collections.

TED: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Q214867: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Smithsonian American Art Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Gates, Theaster, Oxford Art Online, 2018. Gates, Theaster, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2018. Disiplinlerarası Bir Sanat Öncüsü Sosyal Çömlekçi Theaster Gates, Yedi, 2023. Gates, Theaster (1973–)., Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art, 2017. Theaster Gates: Artist as Catalyst for Community Development, 2014. The Artist’s Museum as Reversed Cultural Space, Museum & Society, 2025. A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, Panorama, 2024.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 7 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Theaster Gates studied at University of Cape Town, Iowa State University and Lane Technical College Prep High School.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Chicago. Employment is recorded with University of Chicago. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences and documenta.

Work by Theaster Gates is recorded in the collections of Tate, National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Crystal Award, Frederick Kiesler Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship.