Autor/-in: Hamza Walker

Hamza Walker. became The Brick's second director after twenty-one years as curator and director of education at the Renaissance Society in Chicago. Walker was the recipient of the 1999 Norton Curatorial Grant, the 2005 Walter Hopps Award for curatorial achievement, and a 2006 Emily Hall Tremaine Award for the exhibition Black Is, Black Ain't. In 2010, Walker was awarded the Ordway Prize as a mid-career curator whose writings and exhibitions have had a significant impact on the field of contemporary art. In addition to serving on panels and juries throughout Europe and the United States, he has written for numerous artists' monographs and publications such as Artforum. and Parkett.