Kalup Linzy (b. 1977) was born in Clermont, Florida and grew up in nearby Stuckey. Raised in the church and
church choir, he first began performing musical numbers for his congregation and family. Coupled with an interest
in impersonation and constant exposure to soap operas, Linzy opted to pursue a career as an actor and singer.
Upon entering a BA (2000) program at the University of South Florida, he took full control of his artistic reins,
working as writer, performer, editor and producer of his own short soaps, accompanied by his original music. Linzy
also earned his MFA (2003) from the University of South Florida and then completed a residency at the
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He has since moved to Brooklyn where he pursues his career as an
artist. Kalup Linzy is represented in the collections of several museums, including The Studio Museum in Harlem,
The Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Source: Studio Museum in Harlem
Born in Stuckey, FL, 1977
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2003
M.F.A., University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2000
B.F.A., University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2008
Kalup Linzy, The Moore Space, Miami, FL
Modern Mondays: An Evening with Kalup Linzy, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Prospect.1 New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2007
We the People: Kalup Linzy and Wardell Milan, Context Galleries, Derry, Northern Ireland
2006 Kalup Linzy: Shades of Black and White, International & National Projects, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Revelation 23:7 – His Rod Got Gold in It, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Laughing in a Foreign Language, The Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UK [cat.]
2007
Playback, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France [cat.]
Television Delivers People, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2006
Masquerade: Representation and the Self in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney,
Australia [cat.]
2005
Frequency, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY [cat.]
Selected Collections
Marlene Meyerson, Tesuque, NM
Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, New York, NY
The Museum of Old and New Art, State Collection of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania,
Australia
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Source: Rubell Family Collection
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