{"id":379,"name":"Theaster Gates","url":"","description":"Theaster Gates was born in 1973 in Chicago, where he lives and works. He exhibits widely, including group shows such as the Whitney Biennial, New York; dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel; \u2019The Spirit of Utopia\u2019 at Whitechapel, London; and Studio Museum\u2019s \u2018When Stars Collide\u2019 in New York. Solo exhibitions include \u2018To Speculate Darkly: Theaster Gates and Dave, the Slave Potter\u2019 at Milwaukee Art Museum; Seattle Art Museum; MCA Chicago; and \u2018The Black Monastic\u2019 residency at Museu Serralves, Porto. Gates was awarded the inaugural Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics, and the Artes Mundi 6 prize. Gates is founder of the nonprofit Rebuild Foundation and Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, University of Chicago.","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/author\/theastergates\/","slug":"theastergates","avatar_urls":{"24":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992.jpg","48":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992.jpg","96":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992-96x96.jpg"},"meta":[],"simple_local_avatar":{"full":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992.jpg","96":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992-96x96.jpg","25":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992-25x25.jpg","160":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992-160x160.jpg","74":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992-74x74.jpg","32":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992-32x32.jpg","128":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992.jpg","120":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992.jpg","30":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992.jpg","60":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992.jpg","125":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992.jpg","24":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992.jpg","48":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992.jpg","250":"http:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Theaster-Gates_avatar_1445481992.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}