Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle (born 1987) is an American artist who focuses on questions of race, sexuality, and history through a variety of visual and textual mediums. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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Early life and education
Hinkle was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1987. She studied painting (BFA) at Maryland Institute College of Art and writing (MFA) at California Institute of the Arts. Notable works include the Kentrifica project, the Tituba series, and the Uninvited series.
Recognition
Hinkle is the recipient of several fellowships and grants including the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Award, the Cultural Center for Innovation’s Investing in Artists Grant, Social Practice in Art (SPart-LA), and the Jacob K. Javits Full Fellowship for Graduate Study. She is a recent alumna (2015-2016) of the US Fulbright Program in which she conducted research at the University of Lagos in Lagos, Nigeria.