Coffee @ 10 with Rashaun Rucker

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    Gilbert Gallery
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    About the Artist
    Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is a product of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He makes photographs, prints and drawings and has won more than 40 national and state awards for his work. In 2008 Rucker became the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year.

    He also won a national Emmy Award in 2008 for documentary photography on the pit bull culture in Detroit. Rucker was a Maynard Fellow at Harvard in 2009 and a Hearst visiting professional in the journalism department at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2013. In 2014 Rucker was awarded an artist residency at the Red Bull House of Art. In 2016 Rucker was honored as a Modern Man by Black Enterprise magazine. In 2017 Rucker created the original artwork for the critically acclaimed Detroit Free Press documentary 12th and Clairmount. His work was recently featured in HBO’s celebrated series “Random Acts of Flyness” and the movie “Native Son”. In 2019 Rucker was the first awardee Red Bull Arts Detroit grant and was named a Kresge Arts Fellow for his drawing practice. In 2020 Rucker was named a Sustainable Arts Foundation awardee. In 2021 Rucker was awarded a prestigious International Studies and Curatorial Program (ISCP) residency and a Mellon residency at the University of Michigan Institute of Humanities. Rucker’s diverse work is represented in numerous public and private collections. 

    Artist Statement
    My art examines social and cultural issues in America, with a particular focus on human rights, mental illness, the black experience, and the influence of inequality. My practice serves as an archive of Black culture as it intersects with myth vs. reality.

    Rashaun will be awarded an additional stipend for childcare needs at her home base while she is in residency. These additional funds are provided by a generous grant from the Sustainable Arts Foundation.

     

    This program was made possible thanks to Good Hart Artist Residency.

     

    Good Hart Artist Residency