Carl Hancock Rux

Carl Hancock Rux
Carl Hancock Rux in concert, Paris, France, 2018
Born	Carl Stephen Hancock March 24 New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, singer-songwriter, director, actor, performance artist, visual artist, radio personality
Years active	1989–present
Notable works	Asphalt, Rux Revue, Talk, Pagan Operetta, Good Bread Alley, Apothecary Rx
Notable awards	Alpert Award in the Arts, NYFA Prize, Village Voice Literary prize, Obie Award, Bessie Award
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www.carlhancockrux.com

Carl Hancock Rux (/ˈrʌks/) is an American poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, novelist, essayist, as well as multidisciplinary performing and installation artist. He is the author of a collection of poetry, Pagan Operetta, a novel, Asphalt and the play Talk,^[1] Rux has been published as a contributing writer in numerous journals, catalogs, anthologies, and magazines including Interview magazine, Essence magazine, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Iké Udé's aRude Magazine, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art (founded by fellow art critics Okwui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu and Salah Hassan) and American Theatre (magazine), among others. Rux's writings and monographs on visual art include essays on the work of conceptual artist Glenn Ligon ( I Stand in My Place With My Own Day Here: Site-Specific Art at The New School, edited by Frances Richards with a foreword by Lydia Matthews and introduction by Silvia Rocciolo and Erik Stark); the introduction for Nick Cave’s Until; and the Guggenheim Museum’s Carrie Mae Weems retrospective.

Carl Hancock Rux is also a musician, having performed on stages worldwide with artists including Chaka Khan, Odetta, Nona Hendryx, Steve Earle, Meshell Ndegeocello, The Roots, Vernon Reid,Antony and the Johnsons, Natalie Merchant, Joan Osbourne, and many others. He has recorded several albums, singles, and mixed tapes since the release of his Sony 550 cd, Rux Revue.^[2] Rux's mixed media works (with frequent collaborator, visual artist and sculptor, Dianne Smith) have been included in the Uptown Triennale at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery;^[3] as well as the Archer Aymes Retrospective, exploring the legacy of emancipation through an immersive art installation featuring a concert performance by mezzo soprano Alicia Hall Moran and pianist Aaron Diehl, presented as one component of a three-part series commemorating Park Avenue Armory^[4] and at the Frieze Art Fair at London's Serpentine Gallery.^[5]

Rux has been featured on the cover of the New York Times magazine,American Theater magazine (with Tony Kushner), and the Village Voice.

He is co-artistic director of Mabou Mines,^[6] associate artistic director at Harlem Stage The Gate House,^[7] resident artist at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts where annually he conceives and stages its campus-wide Juneteenth festival,^[8] multidisciplinary editor at The Massachusetts Review^[9] and has taught and or lectured at Brown University, Yale University, Hollins University, UCLA, Smith College, UMass Amherst, Sarah Lawrence College, New York University, Rutgers University and is the former Head of the MFA Writing for Performance Program at CalArts where he continues to teach.^[10] Mr. Rux lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.