# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmie-durham
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:25:31.280Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmie-durham"
name: "Jimmie Durham"
slug: "jimmie-durham"
description: "Jimmie Bob Durham was an American sculptor, essayist and poet. He was active in the United States in the civil rights movements of African Americans and Native Americans in the 1960s and 1970s, serving on the central council of the American Indian Movement (AIM). He returned to working at art while living in New York City. His work has been extensively exhibited. Durham also received the Günther-Peill-Preis (2003), the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Robert Rauschenberg Award (2017), and the 58th Venice Biennale's Golden Lion for lifetime achievement (2019)."
tagline: "American artist (1940–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmie_Durham.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1940-07-10"
deathDate: "2021-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.64
  momentum:             0.4971590909090909
  historical:           10.75993733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جمی ڈرہم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمي دورهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمى دورهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Durham"
    title: "Jimmie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Durham"
    title: "Jimmie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Durham"
    title: "Jimmie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Durham"
    title: "Jimmie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Durham"
    title: "Jimmie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Durham"
    title: "Jimmie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Durham"
    title: "Jimmie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Durham"
    title: "Jimmie Durham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B8"
    title: "Дарем, Джимми"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Durham"
    title: "Jimmie Durham"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445487"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump