Artist profile
Theaster Gates
Theaster Gates is an American social practice artist, sculptor, and urban planner based in Chicago whose work combines space reclamation, archival preservation, and ceramic craft to address Black cultural history and community development.
Ranking metrics
Cofactor
98.20
Credential score
1623.5
Reference 80×100cm
$121,750
Credentials
- Nationality
- American
- Museum exhibitions
- 80
- Solo exhibitions
- 50
- Group exhibitions
- 150
- Museum collections
- Whitney Museum of American Art, Tate, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
- Gallery representation
- White Cube, Gagosian, Gray Gallery
- Private collections
- 200
- Press
- 500
- Scholarly articles
- 45
- Books
- 15
- Auction record
- $800,000
Last updated 2026-08-08.
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Identity
Nationality
American
Birth / death years
1973
Mediums
sculpture, installation, ceramics, performance
Prices
Auction record
$800,000
Representation
Gallery representation
White Cube, Gagosian, Gray Gallery
Museum collections
Whitney Museum of American Art, Tate, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Private collections
200
Exhibitions
Museum exhibitions
80
Solo exhibitions
50
Group exhibitions
150
Bibliography
Books
15
Press
500
Scholarly articles
45