Ken Nordine [SEP] place of birth
Ken Nordine was born in Cherokee, Iowa. His parents were Swedish. The family later moved to Chicago, where he attended Lane Technical College Prep High School and the University of Chicago. During the 1940s, he was heard on "The World's Great Novels" and other radio programs broadcast from Chicago. One of which, Honore de Balzac's short story "Une passion dans le désert", was recorded for the 1955 album "Passion in the Desert". In 1955, he provided the voiceover on Billy Vaughn
College of Art, The Walters Art Museum, Carroll Mansion, Phoenix Shot Tower, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore
- May 2009: "Shades of Black", Galerie Nordine Zidoun, Luxembourg
- Oct 2008: "Within Our Gates", Irwin Street Water Tower, Atlanta
- Sep 2008: "The Dark Is Light Enough", Galerie Nordine Zidoun, Paris
- Feb-Jun 2008: "Another Country", Kiang Gallery, Atlanta