Kalup Linzy

**Kalup Linzy** (bɛ daa n dɔɣi o la silimin gɔli July biɛɣu pishi ni ata dali, yuuni 1977 puuni) nyɛla bɛ ni n boli so ni video n ti pahi performance artist la n yi America na amaa ka lee be Tulsa, OK tingbani puuni n tumdi o tuma. O diɛma puuni nahingbana din tooi n niŋ bayana n-nyɛ bɛ ni buɣisi shɛli n boli ni *low-tech quality*, yel'kpana din be tinsi puuni, nirilim bee maŋa kahigi n niŋ taba, daŋ, Asori duu, daadam ni nyɛ so (paɣa bee doo) n ti pahi *homosexuality*.
## O biɛhigu

Bɛ daa n dɔɣila Linzy Clermont, Florida tingbani puuni. O ba n daa nyɛ Samuel Avant, Sr. ŋun daa n-nyɛ pukpari la ka o ma mii nyɛ Constance Linzy ŋun daa mali muɣisigu ni schizophrenia ka di daa n ti bahindi o ni tiima valibu yiriŋ yiriŋ puuni. Bɛ daa n wumsila Linzy Stuckey din be Florida ka lee n-nyɛ tiŋ'kpaŋ bela n tabi o yabipaɣa, Georgianna Linzy ŋun daa n-nyɛ tikpuralana, ka nyɛ teela ŋun daa lahi n ka o nyavuli ni la, ka lahi n tabi o piriba, Diane McMullen ŋun daa n-nyɛ bɛ ni n boli so ni *evangelist* ka daa lahi nyɛ ŋun be duɣili puuni di bahi n bahi yiŋa tuma puuni la, n ti tabili o ŋahiba, Isaiah McMullen ŋun daa n-nyɛ bɛ ni boli so ni *minister* ka o daa lee n che *railroad* tuma tumbu la. Linzy chanila o ba ŋun daa n yi maale bihi ka che Center Hill, Florida la sani n ti n niŋdi o vuhim dabisa di maani . O mini o tuzopaɣa Athia Linzy-Isom n daa laɣim ba ni ma amaa ka o tuzodabba anu n ti pahi o tuzopaɣa ŋun daa n pahila nyɛ o mini ban n laɣim ba konko. Kalup lahi nyɛla ŋun n gbubi o piriba mini o ŋahiba bihi ayobu la ka bɛ nyɛ o tuzobihi.

Saha shɛli o ni daa n yiɣisiri na o ma zuɣu daa nyɛla din n lɛbi ka o ba gba mii daa kɔŋ o ningbuna dambu balee o ti n lebigi li n tum tum'shɛli n ti o maŋa ka di daa bi n yi shɛli polo na n pahila gbali ni bɔɣu dɔr'shɛli din daa n gbaagi o la dawurima puuni. Dinbɔŋɔ daa nyɛla din daa n soɣi n dam Linzy biɛhisuŋtali polo pam. O daa lahi nyɛla ŋun di wahala pam ni o bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni *sexuality* la ka daa lee n kahigiri li n mali yɛri o daŋ'shɛba n ti tabili o simnima shɛba ban mini o daa n niŋ ningbuna ni taba ka daa n bɔri kahigibu zaŋ kpa di polo. 
## Shikuru baŋsim
Linzy daa chaŋla South Lake High School din be Groveland, Florida la n daa ti *ran track* ka daa lahi n pahi bɛ shikurubihi laɣinsi pam puuni di bahi n bahindi laɣingu shɛŋa bɛ ni boli ni the Student Government la puuni ka daa n-nyɛ bɛ zuɣulana, ka daa n-nyɛ bɛ ni n boli so ni *state officer* la Future Homemakers of America puuni, n ti tabili Future Business Leaders of America. Linzy tuma mini o tabitabi tum'baŋsim zaa daa nyɛla o ni n bɔhim shɛli kpɛriguduu, *chorus*, mini *church choir* puuni. O mabiligu n daa nyɛ ban n wuhi o bɛ ni n ŋmeri *piano* shɛm o tibili puuni. Saha shɛli puuni Linzy ni daa n be o *senior year* la puuni, bɛ n pa o la yu paa n booni o ni *a Walt Disney Dreamer* ni *Doer*, ka di daa n-nyɛ yu'gahibdili n-ti Central Florida shikurubihi ka o daa zaŋ li n zani n-ti ya.  Yuuni 1995 la puuni, o ni daa n naai bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni *High School*, o daa chaŋmi n ti kpɛ University of South Florida ka daa n ti yina ni *Bachelor of Arts degree* yuuni 2000 la puuni.  O ni daa na n-nyɛ bɛ ni n boli so ni *undergraduate* saha shɛli la puuni ka o daa chaŋ n ti tuɣi o *degree* lala *arts* maa puuni ka daa n bɔ bilim ni zo n pahi o maŋa zuɣu ka bɛ daa n pili tiŋa chɔɣu puhibu siliminsi ni boli shɛli ni   *community festival* la.  Din nyaaŋa o daa nyɛla ŋun zaŋ MFA n doli li lala shikuru maa puuni University of South Florida yuuni 2003 la puuni.
## O tuma
Linzy bilim ni n ti pahi o ni daa n zooi luɣ'shɛli polo na nima zaa malila tarili o *video* din niŋ bayana nima la puuni mini o kpaŋmaŋa o tumu maa puuni. Shɛhirili, Linzy daa tooi n zooi Ka o malindi *soap opera video* tuma, ka daa n buɣisi lala *soap operas* maa n yeli ni di nyɛla binkpeeni bee daantaliga n be bɛ daŋ n ti tabili bɛ tingbani puuni. O daa n lahi n yɛliya ni ʒinahigu kamani *Guiding Light* daa nyɛla din n pahi biɛhigu puuni saha shɛli puuni o ni daa n yiɣisiri na ka di che ka tooi zooi ka o mali lala *soap opera* ŋɔ pubu n niŋdi kpɛkpɛritiba n ti pahi luɣ'shɛli polo bɛ ni n kpɛri kpɛrigu maa siniinima maa puuni. O lala *soap opera videos* nima mali malila nahingbana ŋɔ ŋanima puuni, *low-tech quality*, yel'kpana din be tinsi ni, nirilim ni taba, daŋ, Asori duu, daadam ni nyɛ so (paɣa bee doo) n ti pahi *homosexuality*.

O daa tooi n mali bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni *sexuality*, la n tabili *race*, ninsali ni nyɛ so (paɣa bee doo), *stereotypes*, mini kaya ni taada yaɣa zaa n niŋdi o tuma puuni.  Linzy daa chemi ka o mini kpɛrikpɛritiba shɛba n ti pahi o maŋa zuɣu ka bɛ mali bɛ maŋa shili n niŋ bɛ ni boli shɛli ni drag la puuni n zaŋ bɛ ni boli shɛli ni *pre-recorded voices* bee *manipulating voice* la ka zaŋ sinii (*video*) mali niŋ puuni la n ŋmeri li bala dabam dabam puuni ka di nyɛ di maan n kpaŋsiri daadam ni nyɛ so yaɣa maa n niŋ o tuma. Lala *soap opera* maa kpɛkpɛrita *maps* nyɛla din galisi pam ka o mali n niŋdi bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni *charts* ni o nya tihi din nyɛ daŋ ni taba ka lahi n vihi n baŋ daadama taarihi din yɛn che ka o labisi ba na biɛhigu puuni. O daa lahi nyɛla ŋun mali o zonima ban mi kpɛrita bela bee ka bɛ ka lahabali shɛli zaŋ kpa kpɛrigu polo n niŋ ka bɛ be yaɣ'shɛŋa. Yaha, Linzy daa lahi nyɛla ŋun n diɛmdi akpaaku zuɣu, ka nyɛ yil'sabira, ka daa lahi n gbundi kpalanzuya ni nuuni tum'baŋdiba shɛba n pahi o lala sinii tuma maa zuɣu.

Yuuni 2003 la puuni, o daa yimi n chaŋ New York City tingbani puuni ni o ti n tuɣi o bɔhimbu *arts* puuni. Yuuni 2005 la ni, o kpaŋmaŋa ʒinahigu shɛli bɛ ni n boli ni *show* la puuni luɣ'shɛli polo bɛ ni boli ni The Studio Museum in Harlem la ni n ti pahi *a project* Taxter mini Spengemann Gallery din be Chelsea la puuni n daa ti n tahi *[[The New York Times]]* labi yuli la na ka Holland Cotter daa n niŋ  ka  di daa ti n yooi ni yɛltɔɣili ŋɔ "*A star is born*...". Linzy daa deei pin'gahinda pam di bahi n bahindi paɣibunima n ti tabili sɔŋsim bobigu. O ni n deei pin'shɛŋa ni paɣibu shɛŋa n-nyɛ The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant, *the* John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, a Creative Capital Award, *an Art Matters grant, The Jerome Foundation grant, The Harpo Foundation grant*, n ti pahi *The Headlands Alumni Award residency*. O tuma shɛŋa nyɛla din n pahi ʒingama laɣinsi pam n ti pahi salo bee gɔmdanti daguya puuni. Ŋanima shɛŋa n-nyɛ The Museum of Modern Art, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Birmingham Museum of Art, The Rubell Family Collection n ti tabili the collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg. O na min pun n wuhi *universities* mini *colleges* shɛŋa din n be tinsi ni kamani New York University n ti pahi Harvard University zaa puuni.

Linzy daa n tumya pam ka tɔm n gbuni kpalanzuya ni nuuni tum'baŋdiba ban mali salo milinsi, *celebrities*, n ti pahi teelanima. Bɛ puuni shɛba n-nyɛ James Franco, Chloe Sevigny, Natasha Lyonne, Liya Kebede, Leo Fitzpatrick, James Ransone, Dan Colen, Nate Lowman, Diane von Furstenberg, Proenza Schouler, Michael Stipe, Tunde Adebimpe n ti pahi bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni the band TV on the Radio.  O tuma nyɛla din nya paɣiri suma bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni film festivals pam la puuni ka di shɛŋa nyɛ Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, n ti pahi Outfest. O lahi nyɛla bɛ ni n paɣi so lahabali chuɣu bukunima pam puuni di bahi n bahindi *[[New York Magazine]]*, *[[V (American magazine)|V]]*, *[[W (magazine)|W]]*, *[[Out (magazine)|Out]]*, *[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]*, din daa n niŋ bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni *interview* la ni o zo, Chan Marshall, *Artillery Magazine*, o ni daa n-nyɛ daantaliga ŋa puuni ka daa naain yi n che silimin gɔli May yuuni 2014 puuni la bɛ ni daa n yihi o na a six-page spread din be *[[Harper's Bazaar]], [[Hong Kong]]* la ni n daa ti n paɣiri o. 

Yuuni 2010 la puuni, bɛ daa n boli o mi ka o daa ti n pahi General Hospital n ti tabili James Franco playing Kalup Ishmael. O daa n diɛmla Route 66 (song) la. Yuuni 2011 la wuuni puuni (*summer*), ka Linzy daa n yihi lala *video* maa na ka daa lee n diɛm *A Heavenly Act* din nyɛ *an opera* n-ti Italia baaŋa bee yil'sabira Luciano Chessa ka bɛ ni n boli shɛba ni SFMOMA nima la mii n tabi sɔŋ ka  Gertrude Stein nima gba n niŋ di sabibu la puuni. *A Heavenly Act* daa tuumi n yina silimin gɔli August biɛɣu pia ni awei dali, yuuni 2011 puuni, luɣ'shɛli polo bɛ ni n boli ni Yerba Buena Center for the Arts ka di be San Francisco la puuni ka Ensemble Parallèle nima daa  n yihi o akpaaku zuɣu diɛma na. Yuuni 2012 la puuni saha shɛli puuni o ni daa na n wuhiri performance studies baŋsim yaɣili la New York University puuni la, Linzy mini butoh nuuni tum'baŋda Edoheart n daa yina bɛ ni n boli shɛli ni an art reality show la puuni.

Linzy tuma daa lahi nyɛla din n nya paɣibu yuuni 2016 la Atlanta Biennial ka daa n-nyɛ Daniel Fuller, Victoria Camblin, Aaron Levi Garvey, n ti pahi Gia Hamilton nima ni daa n *curated* shɛli. Yuuni 2021 la puuni, Linzy sinii shɛli o ni daa n boli ni *OK* la daa nyɛla Circle Cinema Film Festival nima mini Video Art Experimentation Festival nima la ni daa n piigi shɛli ka di pahi *Beauty*, *Sex* n ti pahi *Shame program* nima la puuni.
## ''Exhibitions''

### Solo
* Le Petit Versailles, East Village, NY (2004)
* *Kalup Linzy and Charles Nelson*, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA (2005)
* *All My Churen*, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA (2006)
* *Kalup Linzy*, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York (2006)
* Taxter & Spengemann, New York (2006)
### Laɣingu shɛŋa puuni o ni n be
* *Sunday in the Arts*, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Tampa, FL (2002).
* *All Together Now*, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY (2003)
* *Faith*, Champion Fine Art, Culver City, CA (2004)
* *Mommy! I'm! Not! An! Animal!*, Capsule Gallery, New York, NY (2004)
* *African Queen*, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (2005)
* *Frequency*, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (2005)
* *Do You Think I'm Disco*, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY (2006)
* *Masquerade: Representation and the Self in Contemporary Art*, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney,    Australia (2006)
* *Black Alphabet*, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland (2006)
* *Empathetic*, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA (2006)
* *AFI FEST 2006*, Los Angeles, CA
* *Vocal Verbal*, Studentski Center, Zegreb, Croatia (2007)
* *Uncertain States of America - American Video Art in the 3rd Millennium*, Moscow Biennial, Moscow, Russia (2007)
* *Spotlight Film and Video Series*, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin (2007)
* *Prospect.1*, New Orleans (2008)
* *[http://www.peacelovegoats.org Project G.O.A.T.] *, Tampa, FL (2021)
### ''Videography''
*''Julietta Calls Ramone'' (2002)
*''Ramone Calls Julietta Again: Booty Call'' (2002)
*''Ride to da Club'' (2002)
*''Conversations wit de Churen II: All My Churen'' (2005)
*''Conversations wit de Churen III: Da Young & Da Mess'' (2005)
*''Conversations wit de Churen IV: Play Wit De Churen'' (2005)
*''KK Queens Survey'' (2005)
*''Conversations wit de Churen V: As da Art World Might Turn'' (2006)
*''Lollypop'' (2006)
*''Melody Set Me Free'' (2007)
*''Pursuit of Gay (Happyness)'' (2007)
*''That's Wassup'' (2007)
*''Keys to Our Heart'' (2008)
*''SweetBerry Sonnet (Remixed)'' (2008)
*OK (2021)

### ''Discography''
* 2011: Turn It Up (feat. James Franco) - EP
* 2012: Labisha the Diva (Tracks from Melody Set Me Free On Rabbit.TV) - EP
* 2013: Romantic Loner EP - Single
* 2013: Romantic Loner - Full Album
*2014:  Art Jobs and Lullabies - Full Album
*2017:  Tangled Up - Full Album

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