Renee Cox
Renee Cox | |
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Cox at the premiere of Baby Mama at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. | |
| Born | October 16, 1960 Colgate, Jamaica |
| Education | Syracuse University (B.A.) School of Visual Arts (M.F.A.) |
| Known for | Photography |
| Notable work | Yo Mama's Last Supper |
| Movement | Feminist art |
| Awards | Creative Time Inc. for Street Poster Project (1993) Artists Fellowship Award from The New York Foundation for the Arts (1996) Artists-in-Residence Program at Light Works (1997) Aaron Matalon Award from The National Gallery of Jamaica (2007) Tribeca Film Festival Art Award (2007) Chrysalis Award from The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (2006) Gold Rush Award (2015) |
Renee Cox (born October 16, 1960) is a Jamaican-American artist, photographer, lecturer, political activist and curator. Her work is considered part of the feminist art movement in the United States. Among the best known of her provocative works are Queen Nanny of the Maroons, Raje and Yo Mama's Last Supper, which exemplify her Black Feminist politics. In addition, her work has provoked conversations at the intersections of cultural work, activism, gender, and African Studies. As a specialist in film and digital portraiture, Cox uses light, form, digital technology, and her own signature style to capture the identities and beauty within her subjects and herself.