Renee Stout

Renee Stout (born 1958) is an American sculptor and contemporary performer known for assemblage artworks dealing gone her personal archives and African-American heritage. Born in Kansas, raised in Pittsburgh, living in Washington, D.C., and strongly aligned through her art to New Orleans, Stout has mighty ties to combination parts of the United States. Her art reflects this, with thematic combination in African diasporic culture throughout the United States. Stout was the first American performer to exhibit in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art.