Theaster Gates

Coordinator of Arts Programming

Division of the Humanities
1115 E. 58th Street
Walker 418
Chicago, IL 60637
theaster@uchicago.edu
773/702-8974
773/702-6305 (fax)

I have long had interest in both arts administration and art practice. After spending a few years as project manager for the Chicago Transit Authority, overseeing arts related projects, I began working with many of Chicago's arts-based community organizations as both artist-teacher and administrator. Now at University of Chicago, my responsibilities include assisting in the development of faculty and student organization collaborations and representing the Division of the Humanities in coordinating campus arts activities.

Education

BS 1995 (Urban Planning, Fine Arts, and Religious Studies), Iowa State University
Postbaccalaureate Honours Certificate 1998 (Fine Arts and Religious Studies), University of Cape Town
MIS 2005 (Community and Regional Planning and Public Sculpture), Iowa State University