Theaster Gates valuation
Chicago artist working across sculpture, ceramics and the renewal of buildings and neighbourhoods.
Theaster Gates (born 1973) was born in Chicago, the youngest of nine children of a roofer and a school teacher, and graduated from Iowa State University in urban planning and ceramics in 1996, later spending a year studying pottery in Tokoname, Japan.
What a work by Theaster Gates is worth
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Bio
Theaster Gates (born 1973) was born in Chicago, the youngest of nine children of a roofer and a school teacher, and graduated from Iowa State University in urban planning and ceramics in 1996, later spending a year studying pottery in Tokoname, Japan. He founded the Rebuild Foundation, whose sites on Chicago's South Side include the Dorchester Projects and the Stony Island Arts Bank. He won the Nasher Prize in 2018. In London his exhibition A Clay Sermon was shown at the Whitechapel Gallery in 2021, and he designed the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion. He teaches at the University of Chicago.
What comes to market is paintings made with roofing tar, sculpture, ceramics and limited editions. A buyer will want to know the date and series of a work, the gallery of origin and whether it comes with a certificate. Many of his works use reclaimed materials, so what looks like wear may be part of the piece, and it helps to have an installation shot or gallery photograph to compare. Tar surfaces should be checked for cracking and marks, and ceramics for chips and hairline cracks.
At a glance
- Born
- 28 August 1973, Chicago
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