LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER
Born 1982 in Braddock, Pennsylvania
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LaToya Ruby Frazier
Education
2014
American Academy Berlin, Guna S. Mundheim Fellow for Visual Arts
2011
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, New York
2007
Master of Fine Arts, Art Photography, Syracuse University, New York
2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Applied Media Arts, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Solo Exhibitions
2024
“The Instrumental Image: Aerial Photography as Problem and Possibility,” Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, Pomona, CA
“Mother Lode: Material and Memory,” James Cohan Gallery, New York
“Monuments of Solidarity," Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
“Mother Lode: Material and Memory,” James Cohan Gallery, New York
“Monuments of Solidarity," Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
2023
"LaToya Ruby Frazier," Gladstone Gallery, New York
2022
“Flint is Family, Act I,” Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan
“Flint is Family, Act III,” Penny Stamps Gallery at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
"Flint is Family: Act III," Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
"LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family in Three Acts," The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, New York
“Flint is Family, Act III,” Penny Stamps Gallery at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
"Flint is Family: Act III," Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
"LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family in Three Acts," The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, New York
2021
"The Last Cruze," California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California
"True Pictures? LaToya Ruby Frazier," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
"True Pictures? LaToya Ruby Frazier," Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2020
"The Last Cruze," Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Centre de la photographie Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Centre de la photographie Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
2019
"Flint is Family," Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane, New Orleans, Louisiana
"The Last Cruze," The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois
"LaToya Ruby Frazier," MUDAM, Luxembourg
"Flint is Family," Frost Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida
"The Last Cruze," The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois
"LaToya Ruby Frazier," MUDAM, Luxembourg
"Flint is Family," Frost Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida
2018
"LaToya Ruby Frazier," Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
2017
"On the Making of Steel Genesis Sandra Gould Ford," August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"The Notion of Family, Silver Eye Center for Photography," Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"And from the coaltips a tree will rise," MAC's Musée des Arts Contemporains, Le Grand-Hornu, Hornu, Belgium
Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland
August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"The Notion of Family, Silver Eye Center for Photography," Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"And from the coaltips a tree will rise," MAC's Musée des Arts Contemporains, Le Grand-Hornu, Hornu, Belgium
Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland
August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2016
"Performing Social Landscapes," CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
2015
"Performing Social Landscapes," Carré d'Art, Nîmes, France
"A Family Affair," USF University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
"LaToya Ruby Frazier: Selected Works," Aperture, New York
"A Family Affair," USF University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
"LaToya Ruby Frazier: Selected Works," Aperture, New York
2014
"Riveted," Visual Art Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
"Riveted," The John L. Warfield Center African and African American Studies, ISESE Art Gallery, Texas
"Riveted," The John L. Warfield Center African and African American Studies, ISESE Art Gallery, Texas
2013
"WITNESS," The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
"A Haunted Capital," Anderson Gallery, VCU School of the Arts, Richmond, Virginia
"Born by a River," Seattle Art Museum, for the 2013 Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize, Seattle, Washington
"The Notion of Family (2002 - present)," Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
"WITNESS," Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas
"A Haunted Capital," Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
"A Haunted Capital," Anderson Gallery, VCU School of the Arts, Richmond, Virginia
"Born by a River," Seattle Art Museum, for the 2013 Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize, Seattle, Washington
"The Notion of Family (2002 - present)," Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
"WITNESS," Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas
"A Haunted Capital," Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
2012
Art Basel Miami Art Positions, solo project, Galerie Michel Rein, Miami, Florida
"INHERITANCE: Documentary Work on Braddock Pennsylvania (1974 - 2012)," LaToya Ruby Frazier & Tony Buba, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
"Campaign for Braddock Hospital," Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
"INHERITANCE: Documentary Work on Braddock Pennsylvania (1974 - 2012)," LaToya Ruby Frazier & Tony Buba, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
"Campaign for Braddock Hospital," Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
2011
"Honoring Insight: The Impact of Kathe Kowalski," Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
"Notion of Family, McGuffey Art Center," Look 3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, Virginia
"Notion of Family, McGuffey Art Center," Look 3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, Virginia
2010
"Mother May I," Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
"Momme Installation," Saks Fifth Avenue, P.S.1 MoMA Greater New York, New York
"Documentary and Divergence," Manchester Craftsmen Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Momme Installation," Saks Fifth Avenue, P.S.1 MoMA Greater New York, New York
"Documentary and Divergence," Manchester Craftsmen Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2009
"Notion of Family," David Castillo Gallery, Miami, Florida
"Notion of Family," Hagedorn Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
"LaToya Ruby Frazier & Sebrina Fassbender," Higher Pictures, New York (two-person exhibit)
"Notion of Family," Hagedorn Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
"LaToya Ruby Frazier & Sebrina Fassbender," Higher Pictures, New York (two-person exhibit)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
“Photo 2024 Festival,” screening “Flint is Family”, Melbourne, Australia
“Water Pressure. Designing for the Future", Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G), Hamburg, Germany
“RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology”, Fotomuseum Antwerpen (FoMU), Antwerp, Belgium
2023
“Kinship” at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
“RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology” at the Barbican Center, London
“Friends & Lovers” at FLAG Art Foundation, New York
“The Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design” at the Wright Museum
“Water Pressure. Designing for the Future", Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G), Hamburg, Germany
“RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology”, Fotomuseum Antwerpen (FoMU), Antwerp, Belgium
2023
“Kinship” at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
“RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology” at the Barbican Center, London
“Friends & Lovers” at FLAG Art Foundation, New York
“The Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design” at the Wright Museum
2022
“is it morning for you yet?,” 58th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“A Picture Gallery of the Soul,” Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Landscapes of Labour,” KAI10 Athena Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany
“Conscious Response: Photographers Changing the Way We See,” Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
“A fleur de peau,” Passerelle Centre d’art contemporian, Brest, France
"Fault Lines: Art and the Environment," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
"Waiting for Tear Gas," The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Us Them We | Race Ethnicity Identity," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
"Picturing Black Girlhood," Express Newark, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
"I'll be your Mirror," Thames Art Gallery, Chatham-Kent, Ontario
"Kinship," National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
“A Picture Gallery of the Soul,” Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Landscapes of Labour,” KAI10 Athena Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany
“Conscious Response: Photographers Changing the Way We See,” Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
“A fleur de peau,” Passerelle Centre d’art contemporian, Brest, France
"Fault Lines: Art and the Environment," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
"Waiting for Tear Gas," The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Us Them We | Race Ethnicity Identity," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
"Picturing Black Girlhood," Express Newark, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
"I'll be your Mirror," Thames Art Gallery, Chatham-Kent, Ontario
"Kinship," National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
2021
"The Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience, and Resistance in the Art of Our Time,” Brooklyn Museum, New York
"Vogliamo Tutto," Officine Grandi Riparazioni Torino, Italy
"True Pictures: Contemporary Photography from Canada and the USA," Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
"Toward Common Cause: Art. Social Change, and The MacArthur Fellows Program at 40," Smart Museum, Chicago, Illinois
"Picturing Motherhood Now: Images for a New Era," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
"Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America," The New Museum, New York
"There Is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art," Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
"Contact Traces," CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, California
"Vogliamo Tutto," Officine Grandi Riparazioni Torino, Italy
"True Pictures: Contemporary Photography from Canada and the USA," Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
"Toward Common Cause: Art. Social Change, and The MacArthur Fellows Program at 40," Smart Museum, Chicago, Illinois
"Picturing Motherhood Now: Images for a New Era," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
"Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America," The New Museum, New York
"There Is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art," Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
"Contact Traces," CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, California
2020
"Art of Care", Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
"In Real Life. Life's Realities in the Photo Book" Generali Foundation Study Center / Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
"Tell Me Your Story", Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands
"True Likeness," Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, North Carolina
"Global Resistance," Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
"In Real Life. Life's Realities in the Photo Book" Generali Foundation Study Center / Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
"Tell Me Your Story", Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands
"True Likeness," Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, North Carolina
"Global Resistance," Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2019
"States of Health: Visualizing Illness and Healing," Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
"Just what is it that makes today so different, so appealing?," Gavin Brown’s enterprise at Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris
"Frederick Douglass: Embers of Freedom," SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
"America Will Be!: Surveying the Contemporary Landscape," Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
"Soft Power," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
"Just what is it that makes today so different, so appealing?," Gavin Brown’s enterprise at Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris
"Frederick Douglass: Embers of Freedom," SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
"America Will Be!: Surveying the Contemporary Landscape," Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
"Soft Power," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
2018
"Family Pictures," Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"Picture Industry," LUMA Arles, Arles, France
"Steel Genesis: Sandra Gould Ford," Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection," The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
"Spotlight: LaToya Ruby Frazier," 21c Museum Hotels, Louisville, Kentucky
"Dancing with Myself Works from the Pinault Collection," Punta Della Dogana, Venice, Italy
"Family Pictures After Roy DeCarava," Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
"Picture Industry," LUMA Arles, Arles, France
"Steel Genesis: Sandra Gould Ford," Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection," The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
"Spotlight: LaToya Ruby Frazier," 21c Museum Hotels, Louisville, Kentucky
"Dancing with Myself Works from the Pinault Collection," Punta Della Dogana, Venice, Italy
"Family Pictures After Roy DeCarava," Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
2017
"Being Modern: MoMA in Paris", Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris
"Picture Industry," Bard Hassel Museum, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York (curated by Walead Beshtu)
"RACE, LOVE, AND LABOR," Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook, New York (curated by Sarah Lewis)
"What Does the Image Stand For?" Le Mois de la Photo à Montreal, Montreal
"Subjective Objective," Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, New Jersey
"20/20," Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"The Grain of the Present," Pier 24, San Francisco, California
"Picturing Love: Photography’s Pursuit of Intimacy," Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
"Power," Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, California (curated by Todd Levin)
"Family," Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
"Picture Industry," Bard Hassel Museum, Annandale-On-Hudson, New York (curated by Walead Beshtu)
"RACE, LOVE, AND LABOR," Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook, New York (curated by Sarah Lewis)
"What Does the Image Stand For?" Le Mois de la Photo à Montreal, Montreal
"Subjective Objective," Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, New Jersey
"20/20," Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"The Grain of the Present," Pier 24, San Francisco, California
"Picturing Love: Photography’s Pursuit of Intimacy," Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
"Power," Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, California (curated by Todd Levin)
"Family," Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
2016
"Dancing with Myself Works from the Pinault Collection," Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
"Fifty Years After: Gordon Parks, Carrie Mae Weems, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Mickalene Thomas," Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, New York
"Fifty Years After: Gordon Parks, Carrie Mae Weems, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Mickalene Thomas," James Barron Art, Kent, Connecticut
"Utopies, espoirs colères," Centre d’art et de photographie de Lectoure, Lectoure, France
"Me, Myself, I," China Art Objects, Los Angeles, California
"Martha Rosler If You Can't Afford To Live Here, Mo-o-ove!!," Mitchel-Innes & Nash, New York
"Muse: Mickalene Thomas Photographs and tête-à-tête," Aperture, NY
"Crisis of presence," Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
"Dispatches," Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC
"Fifty Years After: Gordon Parks, Carrie Mae Weems, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Mickalene Thomas," Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, New York
"Fifty Years After: Gordon Parks, Carrie Mae Weems, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Mickalene Thomas," James Barron Art, Kent, Connecticut
"Utopies, espoirs colères," Centre d’art et de photographie de Lectoure, Lectoure, France
"Me, Myself, I," China Art Objects, Los Angeles, California
"Martha Rosler If You Can't Afford To Live Here, Mo-o-ove!!," Mitchel-Innes & Nash, New York
"Muse: Mickalene Thomas Photographs and tête-à-tête," Aperture, NY
"Crisis of presence," Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
"Dispatches," Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC
2015
"Edge of Chaos," Casa Donati, 56th Biennale of Venice, Italy
"Bienniale of the Americas: NOW!," Denver, Colorado
"I am your sister," Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Brussels, Belgium
"From The Ruins...," 601Artspace, New York
"Wave and Particle," Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
"So-called utopias," Logan Center for the arts, Chicago, Illinois
"Bienniale of the Americas: NOW!," Denver, Colorado
"I am your sister," Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Brussels, Belgium
"From The Ruins...," 601Artspace, New York
"Wave and Particle," Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
"So-called utopias," Logan Center for the arts, Chicago, Illinois
2014
"Back and Forth. Forms of Distancing," Steirischer Herbst Festival, Graz, Austria
"Homeland [in] Security," Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
Busan Biennial: Inhabiting the world, Busan, South Korea
"Black Eye," 57 Walker Street, New York
"She was a Film Star before she was my Mother," Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
IX Nicaraguan Visual Arts Biennial, Managuan, Nicaragua
"PROTEST!," Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado
"Homeland [in] Security," Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
Busan Biennial: Inhabiting the world, Busan, South Korea
"Black Eye," 57 Walker Street, New York
"She was a Film Star before she was my Mother," Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
IX Nicaraguan Visual Arts Biennial, Managuan, Nicaragua
"PROTEST!," Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2013
"Empire State. New York Art Now," Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome (curated by Alex Gartenfeld and Norman Rosenthal)
"Empire State. New York Art Now," Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Classless Society, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
"About Face: Contemporary Portraiture," The Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
"AIMA / AGO Photography Prize Exhibition," The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
"Look Again: Images of Daily Life, 17th - 21st Century," The University of Vermont, Fleming Museum, Burlington, Vermont
"The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology," Museum of contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
"Mom, am I Barbrian? - Anne, ben barbar miyim?" 13th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
"Du Bois in our Time," University Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
"Agoraphobia." A Prologue Exhibition of the 13th Istanbul Biennal, TANAS, Berlin
"Backstory: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Ron Jude and Guillaume Simoneau," Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Illinois
"Homebodies," Museum of contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
"Quel Travail ?! Manières de faire, manières de voir," Centre Photographique d'Ile-de-France, Pontault-Combault, France
"Better Homes," Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
"The Kids Are Alright," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
"The Kids Are Alright", Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
"The Kids Are Alright," Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
"Empire State. New York Art Now," Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Classless Society, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
"About Face: Contemporary Portraiture," The Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
"AIMA / AGO Photography Prize Exhibition," The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
"Look Again: Images of Daily Life, 17th - 21st Century," The University of Vermont, Fleming Museum, Burlington, Vermont
"The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology," Museum of contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
"Mom, am I Barbrian? - Anne, ben barbar miyim?" 13th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
"Du Bois in our Time," University Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
"Agoraphobia." A Prologue Exhibition of the 13th Istanbul Biennal, TANAS, Berlin
"Backstory: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Ron Jude and Guillaume Simoneau," Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Illinois
"Homebodies," Museum of contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
"Quel Travail ?! Manières de faire, manières de voir," Centre Photographique d'Ile-de-France, Pontault-Combault, France
"Better Homes," Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
"The Kids Are Alright," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
"The Kids Are Alright", Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
"The Kids Are Alright," Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
2012
Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
Whitney Museum of American Art: 2012 Biennial, New York
"Americans in New York 2," Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France
"Re-Telling," Nuture Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
"Tête-à-tête," Yancey Richardson, New York
"Configured," Benrimon Contemporary, New York
"Solo Mujeres ESAS," Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, California
Whitney Museum of American Art: 2012 Biennial, New York
"Americans in New York 2," Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France
"Re-Telling," Nuture Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
"Tête-à-tête," Yancey Richardson, New York
"Configured," Benrimon Contemporary, New York
"Solo Mujeres ESAS," Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, California
2011
Incheon Women Artists' Biennale 2011, Incheon, Korea
Pittsburgh Biennial, Gertrude's / LOT, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"15x15 The Anniversary Acquisitions Exhibition," Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
"Intimacies," University of Illinois at Chicago, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois
"After Destiny: The Contemporary American Landscape," Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
"Commercial Break, Garage Projects," Neville Wakefield, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"Always The Young Strangers," Higher Pictures, New York
"Moveable Feast," Museum of the City of New York, New York
"Dust to Settle," Cuchifritos Gallery, New York
"VideoStudio: Changing Same," Studio Museum Harlem, New York
"The Truth is Not in the Mirror: Photography and Constructed Identity," Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"The Pipe and the Flow," Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
Pittsburgh Biennial, Gertrude's / LOT, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"15x15 The Anniversary Acquisitions Exhibition," Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia
"Intimacies," University of Illinois at Chicago, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois
"After Destiny: The Contemporary American Landscape," Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
"Commercial Break, Garage Projects," Neville Wakefield, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
"Always The Young Strangers," Higher Pictures, New York
"Moveable Feast," Museum of the City of New York, New York
"Dust to Settle," Cuchifritos Gallery, New York
"VideoStudio: Changing Same," Studio Museum Harlem, New York
"The Truth is Not in the Mirror: Photography and Constructed Identity," Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
"The Pipe and the Flow," Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
2010
"Greater New York," P.S.1 MoMA, Long Island City, NY
"Playboy Redux: Contemporary Artists Interpret the Iconic Playboy Bunny," The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"50 Artists Photograph The Future," Higher Pictures, New York
"True Fiction," Philadelphia Photo Art Center Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Inspired," Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
"Lush Life," Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York
"Piece De Resistance," Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York
"Playboy Redux: Contemporary Artists Interpret the Iconic Playboy Bunny," The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"50 Artists Photograph The Future," Higher Pictures, New York
"True Fiction," Philadelphia Photo Art Center Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Inspired," Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
"Lush Life," Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York
"Piece De Resistance," Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York
2009
"Generational: Younger Than Jesus," Triennial, New Museum, New York
"Living and Dreaming," AIM 29, Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York
"Gestures 13," Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Living and Dreaming," AIM 29, Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York
"Gestures 13," Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2008
"White Lies and Black Noise," Rush Arts Gallery, New York
National Academy Museum, Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, New York
National Academy Museum, Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, New York
2007
"Keeping Up With the Joneses," Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York
2006
Everson Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
Screenings, Film Festivals and Performances
2024
PHOTO 2024 Festival, screening “Flint is Family”, Melbourne, Australia
2022
Film Screening: Seeking a Shared Humanity, Menil Collection, Houston, Texas
2021
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks, Tribeca Film Festival, New York
2018
Self Portrait (United States Steel), FIAC, Paris
Special Performance of No More Water / The Fire Next Time, Park Avenue Armory, New York
Special Performance of No More Water / The Fire Next Time, Park Avenue Armory, New York
2013
DETOX (Braddock U.P.M.C.), Center For Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
2012
Demystifying the Myth of the "Urban Pioneer", (performance), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Who Gets To Go Forth? (Collaborative film screening with Tony Buba, Damian Catera and Sharon Zukin), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
LaToya Ruby Frazier Makes Moving Pictures, New York Close Up, Art21, New York
Who Gets To Go Forth? (Collaborative film screening with Tony Buba, Damian Catera and Sharon Zukin), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
LaToya Ruby Frazier Makes Moving Pictures, New York Close Up, Art21, New York
2011
Commercial Break, Neville Wakefield, 54th Venice Biennale, Italy
The 30th Three Rivers Film Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
LaToya Ruby Frazier Takes On Levi's, New York Close Up, (performance), Art21, New York
LUMEN, International video art and projection festival in Staten Island, New York
VideoStudio: Changing Same, Studio Museum Harlem, New York
The 30th Three Rivers Film Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
LaToya Ruby Frazier Takes On Levi's, New York Close Up, (performance), Art21, New York
LUMEN, International video art and projection festival in Staten Island, New York
VideoStudio: Changing Same, Studio Museum Harlem, New York
2010
Civil Disobedience, White Box, New York
2008
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, Texas
Magic Lantern, Providence, Rhode Island
Magic Lantern, Providence, Rhode Island
2007
Come on: Desire Under the Female Gaze, The Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse, New York
Ecstatic Transformation and Emotional Realism, Cinema Project, Portland, Oregon
San Diego Women's Film Festival, San Diego, California
Ecstatic Transformation and Emotional Realism, Cinema Project, Portland, Oregon
San Diego Women's Film Festival, San Diego, California
2006
Black Maria Film Festival, Jersey City, New Jersey
Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn, New York
Black International Film Festival, New York
Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn, New York
Black International Film Festival, New York
Teaching
2012
Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut
2007-2014
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Lectures and Artist Talks
2024
“A Credo on Solidarity,” Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
"Gallery Conversation with LaToya Ruby Frazier on Flint is Family," Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio
"Artist Talk: LaToya Ruby Frazier" at Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
"Gallery Conversation with LaToya Ruby Frazier on Flint is Family," Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio
"Artist Talk: LaToya Ruby Frazier" at Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2022
“Art as Transformation: Using Photography for Social Change,” Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana
2021
The Last Cruze, in Turin: A conversation between LaToya Ruby Frazier and Samuele Piazza, Officine Grandi Riparazioni Torino, Italy
Industrial Residue in the Rust Belt: LaToya Ruby Frazier and Taylor Renee Aldridge in Conversation, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California
LaToya Ruby Frazier in Conversation with Margot Norton, The New Museum, New York (virtual)
Book Launch: The Last Cruze, with Karsten Lund and Solveig Øvstebø, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois (virtual)
Industrial Residue in the Rust Belt: LaToya Ruby Frazier and Taylor Renee Aldridge in Conversation, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California
LaToya Ruby Frazier in Conversation with Margot Norton, The New Museum, New York (virtual)
Book Launch: The Last Cruze, with Karsten Lund and Solveig Øvstebø, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois (virtual)
2020
LaToya Ruby Frazier and Julia Reichert in Conversation, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Art as Transformation, Using Photography for Social Change, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Art as Transformation, Using Photography for Social Change, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
2019
An Afternoon with LaToya Ruby Frazier and The Sister Tour, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Art as Transformation: Photography for Social Change, The Getty, Los Angeles, California
Forum on Contemporary Photography, with Walead Beshty, David Campany, Noam Elcott, Cameron Rowland, and Christopher Williams, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Artist Talk: LaToya Ruby Frazier, with Karsten Lund and Solveig Øvstebø, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois
Discussion: Benjamin J. Young and Werner Lange, with Benjamin J. Young and Werner Lange, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois
Discussion: UAW Local 1112, with Dave Green and Rick Smith, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois
Discussion: UAW Women’s Commitee, with Pamela Brown, Marilyn Moore and Frances Turnage, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois
Art as Transformation: Photography for Social Change, The Getty, Los Angeles, California
Forum on Contemporary Photography, with Walead Beshty, David Campany, Noam Elcott, Cameron Rowland, and Christopher Williams, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Artist Talk: LaToya Ruby Frazier, with Karsten Lund and Solveig Øvstebø, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois
Discussion: Benjamin J. Young and Werner Lange, with Benjamin J. Young and Werner Lange, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois
Discussion: UAW Local 1112, with Dave Green and Rick Smith, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois
Discussion: UAW Women’s Commitee, with Pamela Brown, Marilyn Moore and Frances Turnage, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Illinois
2018
Through the Lens of Our Stories: the King Legacy Today, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Whitney ISP's 50th Anniversary Program, New York
Art as Transformation Using Photography for Social Change, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Art as Transformation Using Photography for Social Change, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
I Am Oz Speaker: LaToya Ruby Frazier, SUNY, Oswego, New York
History/Her Stories: Photographs by Woman, AIPAD, New York
LaToya Ruby Frazier: Art as Transformation, Columbia University, New York
In Conversation: Flint Water Crisis, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Shea Cobb, Amber Hasan, Fred Moten, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
LaToya Ruby Frazier: Art as Transformation, Lenfest Center for the Arts, Columbia University, New York
In Conversation: the Legacy of Noah Purifoy, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Abigail, De Ville, and Yael Lipschutz, Ph.D., Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
In Conversation: Health Access, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Dr. Esa Davis, Rev. Kyndra Frazier, and Gabriel N. Mendes, Ph.D., Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Whitney ISP's 50th Anniversary Program, New York
Art as Transformation Using Photography for Social Change, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Art as Transformation Using Photography for Social Change, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
I Am Oz Speaker: LaToya Ruby Frazier, SUNY, Oswego, New York
History/Her Stories: Photographs by Woman, AIPAD, New York
LaToya Ruby Frazier: Art as Transformation, Columbia University, New York
In Conversation: Flint Water Crisis, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Shea Cobb, Amber Hasan, Fred Moten, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
LaToya Ruby Frazier: Art as Transformation, Lenfest Center for the Arts, Columbia University, New York
In Conversation: the Legacy of Noah Purifoy, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Abigail, De Ville, and Yael Lipschutz, Ph.D., Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
In Conversation: Health Access, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Dr. Esa Davis, Rev. Kyndra Frazier, and Gabriel N. Mendes, Ph.D., Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
2017
The Matter of Black Life: A Conversation with LaToya Ruby Frazier, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Meet the Artist: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Visiting Artist Lecture with LaToya Ruby Frazier, The School of Art & Art History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rockwell Museum – A Smithsonian Affiliate, Corning, New York
PRATT Institute Honorary Doctorate recipient: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Radio City Music Hall, New York
How Do We Think About, Talk About, And Give Birth to a World Where All Belong?, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, University of California, Berkeley, California
Downing Pryor Distinguished Visiting Lecturer: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Fred And Laura Ruth Bidwell Lecture: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
Whitney Independent Study Program, New York
SPE, Society for Photographic Education, Orlando, Florida
Meet the Artist: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Visiting Artist Lecture with LaToya Ruby Frazier, The School of Art & Art History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rockwell Museum – A Smithsonian Affiliate, Corning, New York
PRATT Institute Honorary Doctorate recipient: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Radio City Music Hall, New York
How Do We Think About, Talk About, And Give Birth to a World Where All Belong?, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, University of California, Berkeley, California
Downing Pryor Distinguished Visiting Lecturer: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
Fred And Laura Ruth Bidwell Lecture: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
Whitney Independent Study Program, New York
SPE, Society for Photographic Education, Orlando, Florida
2016
Socially Engaged; Public and Private Storytelling, Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Aperture Presents: LaToya Ruby Frazier in Conversation with Kellie Jones, Strand, New York
Revolutions Keynote Address: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
How I Got Over: Vision & Justice in Racialized America, in conversation with Carrie Mae Weems and Sarah Lewis, The Greene Space, New York
Aperture Presents: LaToya Ruby Frazier in Conversation with Kellie Jones, Strand, New York
Revolutions Keynote Address: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
How I Got Over: Vision & Justice in Racialized America, in conversation with Carrie Mae Weems and Sarah Lewis, The Greene Space, New York
2015
TED 2015, Talks, A visual history of inequality in industrial America, Vancouver, Canada
2014
TATE Modern, Performing Photographs: Performance, Photograph, and Affect, London
2013
Paris Photo, Photo Platform, co-directed by Nicolas Bourriaud and Chantal Pontbriand, Discussion with Carlos Garaicoa, La Toya Ruby Frazier, Zineb Sedira and Rosângela Rennó, Paris
Brooklyn Museum, A Haunted Capital, In Conversation: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Laura Wexler, Lesley Martin and Hershini Bhana Young, Brooklyn, New York
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Artist Talk, Kansas City, Missouri
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Empire State Panel, Conversation with Alex Gartenfeld, Rome
Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Photography and Film Lecture Series, Visiting Artist, Richmond, Virginia
Pratt Photography Lectures, The Photo League, Brooklyn, New York
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Four Photographers Lecture Series, Boston, Massachusetts
Brooklyn Museum, A Haunted Capital, In Conversation: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Laura Wexler, Lesley Martin and Hershini Bhana Young, Brooklyn, New York
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Artist Talk, Kansas City, Missouri
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Empire State Panel, Conversation with Alex Gartenfeld, Rome
Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Photography and Film Lecture Series, Visiting Artist, Richmond, Virginia
Pratt Photography Lectures, The Photo League, Brooklyn, New York
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Four Photographers Lecture Series, Boston, Massachusetts
2012
Yale University School of Art, Visiting Artist Lecture, New Haven, Connecticut
Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, Teen Council Artist Interview, Bronx, New York
New Museum, Proposition, Framework: Activism, Memory, and the Social Landscape, Presentation with Sharon Zukin, New York
Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Service for Contemporary Culture and Community, Artist talk with Tony Buba, Indianapolis, Indiana
Portland State University, Art and Social Practice, MFA Lecture Series, Portland, Oregon
Braddock Carnegie Library, Presentation with Tony Buba, Braddock, Pennsylvania
New Museum, Rhizome's Seven On Seven Conference, Presentation with Michael Herf, New York
California College of the Arts, The Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program Series, San Francisco, California
Mass Art, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Photography Lecture Series, Boston, Massachusetts
Columbia University School of the Arts, Visiting Artist Lecture, New York
Sculpture Center, Translating Spaces: Translating Law, Presentation, Long Island City, New York
Light Industry, Lighting Over Braddock, Conversation with Tony Buba, Brooklyn, New York
The Armory Show, The Efficacy of Art to Incite Structural Change, panel with Theaster Gates and Sharon Zukin, New York
Parsons, New School, Artist Talk, New York
National Art Education Association, National Convention, Artist Series Speaker, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, Artist Talk, New York
New York Arts Program, Visiting Artist, New York
School of Art | Cooper Union, Visiting Artist with Maren Stange, New York
The Dok-Festival, Documentary Lecture Series, Oslo, Norway
Pratt, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Brooklyn, New York
Rutgers University, Mason Gross Presents, Distinguished Honors Lecture Series, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, Teen Council Artist Interview, Bronx, New York
New Museum, Proposition, Framework: Activism, Memory, and the Social Landscape, Presentation with Sharon Zukin, New York
Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Service for Contemporary Culture and Community, Artist talk with Tony Buba, Indianapolis, Indiana
Portland State University, Art and Social Practice, MFA Lecture Series, Portland, Oregon
Braddock Carnegie Library, Presentation with Tony Buba, Braddock, Pennsylvania
New Museum, Rhizome's Seven On Seven Conference, Presentation with Michael Herf, New York
California College of the Arts, The Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program Series, San Francisco, California
Mass Art, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Photography Lecture Series, Boston, Massachusetts
Columbia University School of the Arts, Visiting Artist Lecture, New York
Sculpture Center, Translating Spaces: Translating Law, Presentation, Long Island City, New York
Light Industry, Lighting Over Braddock, Conversation with Tony Buba, Brooklyn, New York
The Armory Show, The Efficacy of Art to Incite Structural Change, panel with Theaster Gates and Sharon Zukin, New York
Parsons, New School, Artist Talk, New York
National Art Education Association, National Convention, Artist Series Speaker, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, Artist Talk, New York
New York Arts Program, Visiting Artist, New York
School of Art | Cooper Union, Visiting Artist with Maren Stange, New York
The Dok-Festival, Documentary Lecture Series, Oslo, Norway
Pratt, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Brooklyn, New York
Rutgers University, Mason Gross Presents, Distinguished Honors Lecture Series, New Brunswick, New Jersey
2011
The Power of Art Conference, Art Educators of New Jersey, Keynote Speaker, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Look 3 Festival of the Photograph, Master Talk, Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Illinois at Chicago, Voices Lecture Series, Chicago, Illinois
Tisch School of Arts, Department of Photography and Imaging, New York
Edinboro University, Honoring Insight: The Impact of Kathe Kowalski, Artist Talk, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Haggerty Museum of Art, Photography and Constructed Identity, Artist Talk, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Studio Museum Harlem, The Artist's Voice, LaToya Ruby Frazier in conversation with Cauleen Smith, New York
Manchester Craftsmen Guild, Documentary and Divergence, Artist Talk, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Look 3 Festival of the Photograph, Master Talk, Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Illinois at Chicago, Voices Lecture Series, Chicago, Illinois
Tisch School of Arts, Department of Photography and Imaging, New York
Edinboro University, Honoring Insight: The Impact of Kathe Kowalski, Artist Talk, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Haggerty Museum of Art, Photography and Constructed Identity, Artist Talk, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Studio Museum Harlem, The Artist's Voice, LaToya Ruby Frazier in conversation with Cauleen Smith, New York
Manchester Craftsmen Guild, Documentary and Divergence, Artist Talk, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2010
Museum Of Contemporary Art Detroit, Mother May I, Artist Talk, Detroit, Michigan
Vera List Center for Art and Politics, Confounding Expectations: Revisiting "In, Around and Afterthoughts on Documentary Photography", Aperture Foundation at The New School, New York
Third Streaming Gallery, Planet of Slums, the exhibition, Panel Chair, New York
Parsons, The New School, New York
International Center for Photography, The Photographers' Lecture Series, New York
Society for Photographic Education, Framing the Family Photograph, Panel, Philadelphia, Pensylvania
New York University, Grey Art Gallery, Through Other Lenses, Panel, New York
Vera List Center for Art and Politics, Confounding Expectations: Revisiting "In, Around and Afterthoughts on Documentary Photography", Aperture Foundation at The New School, New York
Third Streaming Gallery, Planet of Slums, the exhibition, Panel Chair, New York
Parsons, The New School, New York
International Center for Photography, The Photographers' Lecture Series, New York
Society for Photographic Education, Framing the Family Photograph, Panel, Philadelphia, Pensylvania
New York University, Grey Art Gallery, Through Other Lenses, Panel, New York
2009
Tyler School of Art, Visiting Artist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
New York Studio Program, Visiting Artist, New York
Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Notion of Family Artist Talk, Atlanta, Georgia
Art Looks: Studio Museum in Harlem at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
New York Studio Program, Visiting Artist, New York
Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Notion of Family Artist Talk, Atlanta, Georgia
Art Looks: Studio Museum in Harlem at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
2008
Artist Space, Skowhegan Artist Talks, Lorraine O'Grady and LaToya Ruby Frazier, New York
International Center for Photography, Visiting Artist, New York
School for Visual Arts, Visiting Artist, New York
New Jersey City University, Visiting Artist, Jersey City, New Jersey
International Center for Photography, Visiting Artist, New York
School for Visual Arts, Visiting Artist, New York
New Jersey City University, Visiting Artist, Jersey City, New Jersey
2007
Panel Chair: Works in Progress, College Art Association, New York
2006
SUNY Oswego, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Oswego, New York
Syracuse University, Grass Roots Media Conference, Panel Chair: Deconstructing Stereotypes, Syracuse, New York
Syracuse University, Grass Roots Media Conference, Panel Chair: Deconstructing Stereotypes, Syracuse, New York
Awards, Honors and Residencies
2024
The Annual Friends of Artists Space Dinner, honoring LaToya Ruby Frazier, showcasing "Water is Life," Doubles Club, New York, NY
2022
Carnegie Museum of Art / 58th Carnegie Prize, More Than Conquerors: A Monument For Community Health Workers Of Baltimore, Maryland
2020-2021
National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship
2020
Gordon Parks Foundation / Steidl Book Prize
2019
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Edinboro University
2018
Sundance Institute’s Art of Nonfiction Fellowship and Fund Program, Los Angeles, California
2017
Rauschenberg Residency, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva, Florida
Honorary Doctorate Degree from Pratt Institute at Radio City, New York
Honorary Doctorate Degree from Pratt Institute at Radio City, New York
2016
Gordon Parks Foundation Award, Pleasantville, New York
2015
MacArthur Genius Grant, Chicago, Illinois
International Center of Photography (ICP) Infinity Award, New York
TED Fellowship, New York
International Center of Photography (ICP) Infinity Award, New York
TED Fellowship, New York
2014
Guna S. Mundheim Fellow for Visual Arts, American Academy in Berlin, Germany
United States Artists, USA Weitz Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Chicago, Illinois
AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario), Toronto, Canada
John Simon Memorial Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, New York
United States Artists, USA Weitz Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Chicago, Illinois
AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario), Toronto, Canada
John Simon Memorial Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, New York
2013
Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize, Seattle Museum, Washington
Shortlisted for AMIA AGO photography prize, Ontario, Canada
Shortlisted for the 5th Prix Pictet, London
Michael Richards Award for Visual Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York
Shortlisted for AMIA AGO photography prize, Ontario, Canada
Shortlisted for the 5th Prix Pictet, London
Michael Richards Award for Visual Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York
2012
Creative Capital (Theo Westenberger Award), New York
Braddock Carnegie Library, Artist in Residence, Braddock, Pennsylvania
Whitney Museum of American Art 2012 Biennial Artist in Residence: Youth Insights and Teacher Exchange program, New York
Creative Capital Foundation Visual Arts Award, New York
Alpert/Ucross Residency Prize, Clearmont, Wyoming
Braddock Carnegie Library, Artist in Residence, Braddock, Pennsylvania
Whitney Museum of American Art 2012 Biennial Artist in Residence: Youth Insights and Teacher Exchange program, New York
Creative Capital Foundation Visual Arts Award, New York
Alpert/Ucross Residency Prize, Clearmont, Wyoming
2011
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, Studio Program, New York
Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, New York
Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, New York
2010
Art Matters Foundation Grant, New York
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Artist in Residence, New York
New York University Visiting Artist Program Resident, New York
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Artist in Residence, New York
New York University Visiting Artist Program Resident, New York
2009
Art Omi, Artist in Residence, New York
2008
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Artist in Residence, Woodstock, New York
Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence, Woodstock, New York
National Academy Museum, S.J. Wallace Truman Fund Award, New York
Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence, Woodstock, New York
National Academy Museum, S.J. Wallace Truman Fund Award, New York
2007
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship, New York
2006
Geraldine Dodge Fellowship, Morristown, New Jersey
College Art Association Fellowship, New York
College Art Association Fellowship, New York
Selected Public Collections
Akron Museum of Art, Akron, Ohio
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
21c Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
Musée des arts contemporains, Grand-Hornu, Belgium
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Bronx Museum of Art, New York
Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
FMAC (Municipal Found for Contemporary Art), Paris
FRAC Alsace (Regional Found for Contemporary Art), Sélestat, France
FRAC Aquitaine (Regional Found for Contemporary Art), Bordeaux, France
Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas
ICA Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Kadist Foundation, Paris
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (LA MoCA), Los Angeles
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Contemporary Photography (MOCP), Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
Nasher Museum at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
National Center for Plastics Arts (CNAP), Paris La Defense, France
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Pomeranz Collection, Vienna, Austria
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New York
Seattle Art Museum (SAM), Seattle, Washington
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, Massachusetts
Zabludowicz Foundation, London
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
21c Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
Musée des arts contemporains, Grand-Hornu, Belgium
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Bronx Museum of Art, New York
Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
FMAC (Municipal Found for Contemporary Art), Paris
FRAC Alsace (Regional Found for Contemporary Art), Sélestat, France
FRAC Aquitaine (Regional Found for Contemporary Art), Bordeaux, France
Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas
ICA Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
Kadist Foundation, Paris
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (LA MoCA), Los Angeles
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Contemporary Photography (MOCP), Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
Nasher Museum at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
National Center for Plastics Arts (CNAP), Paris La Defense, France
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Pomeranz Collection, Vienna, Austria
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New York
Seattle Art Museum (SAM), Seattle, Washington
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, Massachusetts
Zabludowicz Foundation, London