Karen Hampton (weaver)

Karen Hampton (weaver)

mmádu

ụdịekere	nwanyị
aha enyere	Karen
aha ezinụlọ ya	Hampton
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya	1958
ọrụ ọ na-arụ	textile artist, omenkà
ebe agụmakwụkwọ	Laney College
Ihe nrite	Fellow of the American Craft Council

Agụmakwụkwọ

Malite mgbe ọ dị afọ asatọ, Hampton mụtara ma na-arụ ọrụ ịkwa akwa na ịchọ mma n'ụlọ. Mgbè ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ gàrà Laney College otu afọ. Ọ ga-emesị nweta akara ugo mmụta na nka na anthropology na New College of California . Hampton gàrà n'ihu na agụmakwụkwọ ya dị ka ónyé na-ese ihe mgbè ọ na-amụta ónyé na-akpa ákwà na ónyé na-akwa ákwà Ida Grae, ma mesịa mechaa mechaa MFA ya na UC Davis.

Ọrụ

Hampton na-arụ ọrụ na ngwakọta nke mgbasa ozi akwa, nke kachasị pụta ìhè na-akpa, na-acha, na-achọ mma, na imewe elu, yana ibipụta site na iji ihe oyiyi echekwara. Ihe odide ya na-ekwukarị banyéré akụkọ ihe mere eme nke America na Africa America, dịka nzaghachi nye echiche ya na "e chefuru akụkọ ihe méré ányá nke ndị ohu nwanyị na mmepụta akwa America mbụ". Kemgbe ọ matara Flora, nna nna Hampton nke a tọhapụrụ n'ohu na ngwụcha afọ 1700 ma mesịa ghọọ ónyé nwe ala, o webatara akụkọ ezinụlọ n'ime nka ya, na mgbakwunye na ahụmịhe ndụ ya gụnyere ịgba bọs afọ ofufo dị ka nwatakịrị.

Na mgbakwunye na ọrụ nka ya, Hampton na-emepụta nyocha ndị ọkà mmụta banyéré akụkọ ihe méré eme nke mmepụta akwa site n'aka ụmụ nwanyị Africa America n'oge ịgba ohu.

Hampton egosila ihe ngosi onwé onye na ụlọ ọrụ gụnyere Honolulu Museum of Art, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art.

Onyinye

• Instituto Sacatar Fellowship, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 2015
• Onyinye ịzụta, Prince George's County Parks & Planning, 2011
• Eureka Fellowship, Fleishhacker Foundation, 2008
• Onyinye Mmepe Ọrụ, Marin Arts Council, Marin County, CA, 2008
• Ihe nrite Ellen Hansen, UC Davis, Davis CA, 2000
• Jastro Shield Research Fellowship, UC Davis, Davis CA, 1999