Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems: Biography in Details

Who is Carrie Mae Weems?

Carrie Mae Weems is popularly known as a significant contemporary artist. Weems works in text, fabric, digital images, and installation videos. She is best famed for her photography.

Also, the artist has worked in several media and grew her practice to include community outreach.

Carrie Mae Weems- Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity

Carrie Mae Weems was born on 20 April 1953. Presently, her age is 69 years old. Likewise, her birthplace is Portland, Oregon.

Carrie Mae is the daughter of her father, Carrie Polk whereas her mother’s name is Myrlie Weems. Likewise, she has six siblings and is the second child among all.

Talking about her nationality, Carrie Mae Weems holds an American identity whereas her ethnicity is African American.

In which school did Carrie Mae Weems attend?

Regarding education, she took her graduation degree from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia at the age of 28 years old in B.A.

Also, Carrie Mae Weems earned her master’s degree from the University of California, San Diego. Moreover, she is also involved in the folklore graduate program at the University of California, Berkeley.

Carrie Mae Weems- Professional Life, Career

The famous photographer, Carrie Mae Weems started working in the labor movement in her early twenties. She was politically active as a union organizer. After being motivated by The Black Photography Annual, she decided to make her career in photography.

To work, Weems shifted to New York City and joined Studio Museum in Harlem. There, she collaborated with different other artists and photographers like Coreen Simpson and Frank Stewart. She also took a photography class in 1976 at the Museum and Carrie’s teacher was Dawoud Bey.

Going on, Carrie Mae finished her first collection of photographs, text, and spoken word in 1983, called Family Pictures and Stories. She completed her next series, Ain’t Jokin in the year 1988.

Additionally, the famed photographer continues to become active in the art field with her latest photographic project like Louisiana Projects(2003), Roaming(2006), Museums(2006), Constructing History(2008), African Jewels(2009), Mandingo(2010), Slow Face to Black(2010), Equivalents(2012), Blue Notes(2014-2015).

At present, She is an Artist in residence at Syracuse University.

Carrie Mae Weems- Net worth, Salary

The great artist has earned handsome money from her successful career. She has worked as being photographer, artist, and so on.

It is reported that Carrie Mae Weems has an estimated net worth of $1 million as of 2022.

However, Carrie Mae Weems has not revealed her exact salary, earnings, and assets details to the public yet.

Is Carrie Mae Weems involved in any rumors and controversies?

The well-named personality has never been part of any controversial matter or rumors till now. Carrie has maintained her profile clearly.

It seems that she does not want to mix her personal and professional life.

Body features- Height, Weight

The successful artist has beautiful looks and an admirable personality. Weems has black eyes as well as black curly hair.

67years old, Carrie Mae Weems has maintained her body fit and balance her body weight.

However, she never revealed her exact height, weight, and other physical details in the public yet.

Social Media

About her social media presence, Carrie Mae is an active personality on social media. She has more than 38.5k followers on her official Instagram account @carriemaeweems. Weems is also active on Twitter with more than 3.5k followers.

Furthermore, Carrie Mae Weems is also available on Facebook with nearly 6.5k fans and supporters.

Facts/ Trivia

• Her favorite color is Chartreuse, Yellow, Burnt Orange, and Deep Red.
• Her favorite food is Popcorn.
• Carris’ most successful award-winning photographs, films, and videos have been shown in over 50 exhibitions in the USA and other places.

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