Kalup Linzy Overview

Linzy's best known work is a series of video art pieces satirizing the tone and narrative approach of television soap opera. He performs most of the characters himself, many of them in drag. He also performs many of the same characters... [more]

Linzy's best known work is a series of video art pieces satirizing the tone and narrative approach of television soap opera. He performs most of the characters himself, many of them in drag. He also performs many of the same characters on stage. Linzy's work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Art in America, and Artforum. Born in Clermont, Florida, Linzy graduated from the MFA program at the University of South Florida in 2003. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture video art workshop, and in 2005 received a grant from the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. Linzy was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2007. [show less]