Gabriel Koren

Gabriel Koren is a Hungarian born American sculptor whose body of work focuses on noted and or celebrated African-American public figures.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/nyregion/priced-out-of-brooklyn-a-sculptor-seeks-a-new-studio-to-rent.html|title=Priced Out of Brooklyn, a Sculptor Seeks a New Studio to Rent|first=Rachel L.|last=Swarns|newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 16, 2015}}

She was born and raised in Budapest. Koren's works include the first public statue of Malcolm X, titled with his full Muslim name "El-Hajj Malik Shabazz, Malcolm X" (1997) and commissioned by the Percent for Art for and

placed at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan where the Civil rights leader was assassinated,{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dclapercentforart/projects/projects-detail.page?recordID=147|title=Projects Detail Viewer - Percent for Art|website=www1.nyc.gov}} the statues of Frederick Douglass (2009) for the Frederick Douglass Memorial at Frederick Douglass Circle in Harlem commissioned by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Percent for Art,{{cite web | url=https://www.centralparkinbronze.com/frederick-douglas | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814015117/https://www.centralparkinbronze.com/frederick-douglas | url-status=usurped | archive-date=August 14, 2020 | title=Frederick Douglass | Gabriel Koren | Central Park in Bronze }} and "Prudence Crandall with Student" (2008) in the Connecticut State Capitol.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ct.gov/kids/cwp/view.asp?a=2577&q=428212#:~:text=KIDS:+Prudence+Crandall+Statue&text=There+is+a+new+statue,of+her+African+American+Students|title=KIDS: Prudence Crandall Statue|website=www.ct.gov}}