Jerry Gant

Jerry Gant (November 21, 1961 - November 11, 2018) Jerry Gant bụ onye America na-ese ihe nkiri, onye na-ede uri, onye na'eme ihe nkiri na onye nkuzi.Selman, Carol (September 3, 2011). "Newark Visual, Performance Artist Jerry Gant: From Slave Ship to Mother Ship". Patch.

 Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ 
A mụrụ Gant na Newark, New Jersey . Aranda-Alvarado, Rocio (2012). Aljira Emerge 7 and Emerge 8. Newark, NJ: Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art. Ọ tolitere na-agagharị na Newark na nne ya. Mgbe  dị obere, ọ nwụnahụrụ nna ya n'ihi mmanya na-aba n'anya, cirrhosis, na dị ka Gant si kwuo, "Ọ bụ ịda ogbenye na-eti ya ihe n'okpuru. Ọ nwụghị; e gburu ya".

Gant gara West Side High School  ma gụọ akwụkwọ na Essex County College na Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts . 

 Ọrụ 
Gant -arụsi ọrụ ike na ihe odide nke afọ 1980 na New York City. 'ịbụ onye ndị na-ese ihe n'Afrịka na America dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri Spike Lee, na mbido afọ 1990, Gant malitere ime okwu na New York City na Newark. Gant -emepụta ọrụ nka, akwa na uwe, ihe a tụrụ atụ, ihe a kpụrụ akpụ, na mgbidi. Gant gbalịrị igosipụta mmụọ  obodo nke Newark, ka ọ na-agbagha echiche na echiche omenala.  rụrụ ọrụ nka n'ime na mgbe mgbe n'èzí "white-cube" na mgbalị ịgbasa ọrụ nka nwere ike ịrụ n'ime obodo. Gant arụwo ọrụ na mgbidi n'ofe ngalaba ọ bụla na Newark. E nyekwara ya ọrụ ịmepụta ọtụtụ ihe ọkpụkpụ ọha.  na-etinye iri na atọ n'ime ihe ndị a tụrụ atụ nke Gant na Nat Turner Park.

Onye na-enyocha nka Benjamin Genocchio nke The New York Times kọwara ihe ọkpụkpụ Gant nke na-eji osisi, ígwè na waya a chọtara na usoro ya nke "ghetto blasters" dị ka ihe na-ezo aka na "obodo ukwu na ike egwu". 

 Ihe ngosi ndị a họọrọ 

 2015 - Enwere m ike ịbụ onye na-esote: Jerry Gant & Bryant Lebron, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
  - My Brother's Thread, Cork Gallery, NY[1]
 2006 - ...  mana enwere m obi ụtọ, Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ [1]
  - William Turner Sculpture Garden, Maplewood, NJ[1]
  - Top Dog Underdog, Luna Stage Artist Space, Montclair, NJ[1]

 Nsọpụrụ 

 2006 - Onye na-ese ihe na Residence Program, Gallery Aferro
 2006 - Artstart Grant, Newark Arts Council
 2005 - Creative Heartwork Residency Awardship
 2010- Newark Museum Film Festival, Paul Robeson Award, Aha nsọpụrụ Short Documentary; "BulletProof Ambition"

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