LaToya Ruby Frazier

1982
Born in Braddock, PA
2014
American Academy Berlin, Guna S. Mundheim Fellow for Visual Arts, Berlin, Germany
2011
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, New York, NY
2007
Master of Fine Arts, Art Photography, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Applied Media Arts, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2027
Solo Exhibition, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2026
Solo presentation for Black History Month and Women’s History Month, PA
Governor’s Residence, Harrisburg, PA
2025
“The Liberty Portraits: A Monument to the 2024 Champions,” Barclays Center, New York, NY
2024
“More Than Conquerors: A Monument for Community Health Workers of Baltimore, Maryland 2021-2022,” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
“Monuments of Solidarity,” Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY
2023
“LaToya Ruby Frazier,” Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
2022
“Flint is Family, Act I,” Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI
“Flint is Family, Act III,” Penny Stamps Gallery at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
“LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family in Three Acts,” MSU Broad, Lansing, MI
“Flint is Family, Act III,” Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
“LaToya Ruby Frazier: Flint is Family in Three Acts,” The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, NY
2021
“The Last Cruze,” California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“True Pictures? LaToya Ruby Frazier,” Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2020
Centre de la photographie Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
“The Last Cruze,” Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2019
“Flint is Family,” Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane, New Orleans, LA
“The Last Cruze,” The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, IL
Mudam Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
“Flint is Family,” Frost Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL
2018
“LaToya Ruby Frazier,” Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
2017
“On the Making of Steel Genesis Sandra Gould Ford,” August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh, PA
“The Notion of Family,” Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland
August Wilson Center, Pittsburgh, PA
“A’nd from the coaltips a tree will rise,” MAC’s Musée des Arts Contemporains, Le Grand-Hornu, Hornu, Belgium
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, FL
“LaToya Ruby Frazier: Selected Works,” Aperture, New York, NY
2014
“Riveted,” Visual Art Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
“Riveted,” The John L. Warfield Center African and African American Studies, ISESE Art Gallery, Austin, TX
2013
“WITNESS,” Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, MA
“A Haunted Capital,” Anderson Gallery, VCU School of the Arts, Richmond, VA
“Born by a River,” Seattle Art Museum (SAM), for the 2013 Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize, Seattle, WA
“The Notion of Family (2002 – present),” Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France
“WITNESS,” Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX
“A Haunted Capital,” Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
2012
Art Basel Miami Art Positions, solo project, Galerie Michel Rein, Miami, FL
“INHERITANCE: Documentary Work on Braddock Pennsylvania (1974 – 2012),” LaToya Ruby Frazier & Tony Buba, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
“Campaign for Braddock Hospital,” Duke University, Durham, NC
2011
“Honoring Insight: The Impact of Kathe Kowalski,” Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
“Notion of Family,” McGuffey Art Center, Look 3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, VA
2010
“Mother May I,” Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
“Momme Installation,” Saks Fifth Avenue, MoMA PS1, Greater New York, NY
“Documentary and Divergence,” Manchester Craftsmen Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
2009
“Notion of Family,” David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
“Notion of Family,” Hagedorn Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“LaToya Ruby Frazier & Sebrina Fassbender,” Higher Pictures, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026
“Into the Time Horizon,” Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
“America’s 250th,” National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2025
“In Our Time: Eleven Artists + W.E.B. Du Bois,” Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY
“Breath(e),” The Manetti Shrem Museum at UC Davis, Davis, CA
“The Kids Are Alright,” Timothy Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
“American Photographs,” Victoria & Albert South Kensington, London, England
“From the Great Lakes to the Great Plains: The Visible Current of Climate Change,” Bemis Center for the Arts, Omaha, NE
“Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design,” The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
“Corps et âmes,” Pinault Collection, Bourse de Commerce, Paris, France
“it’s a fine thing,” Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
“Portraits from the ICA Collection,” Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, MA
“Inheritance,” Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
“Breath(e),” Moody Center for the Arts, Houston, TX
2024
“Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st Century Art and Poetics,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
“Diaries of Home,” Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
“Shifting Landscapes,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
“The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition,” Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
“The siren song: water as told by artists,” Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
“Breath(e),” Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
“For Dear Life: Art, Medicine, and Disability,” Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA
“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, NY
“RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology,” Fotomuseum Antwerpen (FoMU), Antwerp, Belgium
“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
2023
“RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology,” Barbican Center, London, England
“Friends & Lovers,” FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
“The Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design,” Wright Museum, Detroit, MI
2022
“is it morning for you yet?” 58th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA
“A Picture Gallery of the Soul,” Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
“Landscapes of Labour,” KAI10 Athena Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany
“Conscious Response: Photographers Changing the Way We See,” Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
“A fleur de peau,” Passerelle Centre d’art contemporian, Brest, France
“Fault Lines: Art and the Environment,” North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
“Waiting for Tear Gas,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
“Us Them We | Race Ethnicity Identity,” Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
“Kinship,” National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
“A Picture Gallery of the Soul,” Katherine E. Nash Gallery (Regis Art Center) at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
“I’ll be your Mirror,” Thames Art Gallery, Chatham-Kent, Ontario, FL
“True Pictures?” Contemporary Photography from Canada and the USA, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
“Picturing Black Girlhood,” Express Newark, the center for socially engaged art and design at Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
2021
“The Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience, and Resistance in the Art of Our Time,” Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
“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, IL
“Picturing Motherhood Now: Images for a New Era,” The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
“Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America,” New Museum, New York, NY
“There Is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
“Contact Traces,” CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
2020
“Art of Care,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
“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
“Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design,” Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, GA
“Tell Me Your Story,” Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
“True Likeness,” Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, NC
2019
“States of Health: Visualizing Illness and Healing,” Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
“Just what is it that makes today so different, so appealing?” Gavin Brown’s enterprise at Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, France
“Frederick Douglass: Embers of Freedom,” SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
“America Will Be!: Surveying the Contemporary Landscape,” Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
“Soft Power,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2018
“Family Pictures,” Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
“Picture Industry,” LUMA Arles, Arles, France
“Steel Genesis: Sandra Gould Ford,” Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
“Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection,” Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
“Spotlight: LaToya Ruby Frazier,” 21c Museum Hotels, Louisville, KY
“Dancing with Myself Works from the Pinault Collection,” Punta Della Dogana, Venice, Italy
“Family Pictures After Roy DeCarava,” Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2017
“Being Modern: MoMA in Paris,” Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France
“Picture Industry,” Bard Hassel Museum,(curated by Walead Beshtu), Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
“RACE, LOVE, AND LABOR,” Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, (curated by Sarah Lewis), Stony Brook, NY
“What Does the Image Stand For?” Le Mois de la Photo à Montreal, Montreal, Canada
“Subjective Objective,” Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
“20/20,” Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
“The Grain of the Present,” Pier 24, San Francisco, CA
“Picturing Love: Photography’s Pursuit of Intimacy,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
“Power,” Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, California (curated by Todd Levin)
“Family,” Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
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, NY
“Fifty Years After: Gordon Parks, Carrie Mae Weems, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Mickalene Thomas,” James Barron Art, Kent, CT
“Utopies, espoirs colères,” Centre d’art et de photographie de Lectoure, Lectoure, France
“Me, Myself, I,” China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA
“Martha Rosler If You Can’t Afford To Live Here, Mo-o-ove!!” Mitchel-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
“Muse: Mickalene Thomas Photographs and tête-à-tête,” Aperture, New York, 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, CO
“I am your sister,” Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Brussels, Belgium
“From The Ruins…” 601Artspace, New York, NY
“Wave and Particle,” Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY
“So-called utopias,” Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
2014
“Back and Forth. Forms of Distancing,” Steirischer Herbst Festival, Graz, Austria
“Homeland [in] Security,” Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY
“Busan Biennial: Inhabiting the world,” Busan, South Korea
“Black Eye,” 57 Walker Street, New York, NY
“She was a Film Star before she was my Mother,” Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY
IX Nicaraguan Visual Arts Biennial, Managua, Nicaragua
“PROTEST!” Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
2013
“Empire State. New York Art Now,” Palazzo delle Esposizioni, (curated by Alex Gartenfeld and Norman Rosenthal), Rome, Italy
“Empire State. New York Art Now,” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
“Classless Society,” Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
“About Face: Contemporary Portraiture,” The Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MI
“AIMA / AGO Photography Prize Exhibition,” Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
“Look Again: Images of Daily Life, 17th – 21st Century,” The University of Vermont, Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT
“The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology,” Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL
“Mom, am I Barbarian? – Anne, Ben Barbar Miyim?” 13th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
“Du Bois in our Time,” University Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
“Agoraphobia. A Prologue Exhibition of the 13th Istanbul Biennal,” TANAS, Berlin, Germany
“Backstory: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Ron Jude and Guillaume Simoneau,” Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
“Homebodies,” Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, L
“Quel Travail ?! Manières de faire, manières de voir,” Centre Photographique d’Ile-de-France, Pontault-Combault, France
“Better Homes,” Sculpture Center, New York, NY
“The Kids Are Alright,” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
“The Kids Are Alright,” Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
“The Kids Are Alright,” Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
2012
Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
Whitney Museum of American Art: 2012 Biennial, New York, NY
“Americans in New York 2,” Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France
“Re-Telling,” Nuture Art Gallery, New York, NY
“Tête-à-tête,” Yancey Richardson, New York
“Configured,” Benrimon Contemporary, New York, NY
“Solo Mujeres ESAS,” Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA
2011
Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale 2011, Incheon, Korea
Pittsburgh Biennial, Gertrude’s / LOT, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
“15×15 The Anniversary Acquisitions Exhibition,” Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
“Intimacies,” University of Illinois at Chicago, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
“After Destiny: The Contemporary American Landscape,” Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
“Commercial Break, Garage Projects,” Neville Wakefield, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
“Always The Young Strangers,” Higher Pictures, New York, NY
“Moveable Feast,” Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
“Dust to Settle,” Cuchifritos Gallery, New York, NY
“VideoStudio: Changing Same,” Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY
“The Truth is Not in the Mirror: Photography and Constructed Identity,” Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
“The Pipe and the Flow,” Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid, Spain
2010
“Greater New York,” MoMA PS1, New York, NY
“Playboy Redux: Contemporary Artists Interpret the Iconic Playboy Bunny,” The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
“50 Artists Photograph The Future,” Higher Pictures, New York, NY
“True Fiction,” Philadelphia Photo Art Center Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Inspired,” Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, NY
“Lush Life,” Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York, NY
“Piece De Resistance,” Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
2009
“Generational: Younger Than Jesus,” Triennial, New Museum, New York, NY
“Living and Dreaming,” AIM 29, Bronx Museum, New York, NY
“Gestures 13,” Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2008
“White Lies and Black Noise,” Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
National Academy Museum, Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, New York, NY
2007
“Keeping Up With the Joneses,” Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Everson Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY

Screenings, Film Festivals and Performances

2022
“Film Screening: Seeking a Shared Humanity,” Menil Collection, Houston, TX
2021
“A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks,” Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY
2018
“Self Portrait (United States Steel),” FIAC, Paris, France
“Special Performance of No More Water / The Fire Next Time,” Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
2013
“DETOX (Braddock U.P.M.C.),” Center For Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC
2012
“Demystifying the Myth of the ‘Urban Pioneer’,” (performance), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
“Who Gets To Go Forth?” (Collaborative film screening with Tony Buba, Damian Catera and Sharon Zukin), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
“LaToya Ruby Frazier Makes Moving Pictures,” New York Close Up, Art21, New York, NY
2011
“Commercial Break,” Neville Wakefield, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
The 30th Three Rivers Film Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
“LaToya Ruby Frazier Takes On Levi’s,” New York Close Up, (performance), Art21, New York, NY
“LUMEN,” International video art and projection festival in Staten Island, New York, NY
“VideoStudio: Changing Same,” Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY
2010
“Civil Disobedience,” White Box, New York, NY
2008
“Aurora Picture Show,” Houston, TX
“Magic Lantern,” Providence, RI
2007
“Come on: Desire Under the Female Gaze,” The Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse, NY
“Ecstatic Transformation and Emotional Realism,” Cinema Project, Portland, OR
San Diego Women’s Film Festival, San Diego, CA
2006
Black Maria Film Festival, Jersey City, NJ
Brooklyn Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
Black International Film Festival, New York, NY

Teaching Experience

2012
Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2007-2014
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ

Selected Talks, Lectures and Panels

2025
“Vision & Justice Now: The Challenge and Promises of American Democracy,” Ford Foundation, NY
2024
“Centering the Margins: Uplifting Community Health Workers to Advance Health Equity,” Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
“A Credo on Solidarity,” Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY
“Artist Talk: LaToya Ruby Frazier,” Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
“Gallery Conversation with LaToya Ruby Frazier on Flint is Family,” Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum, Oxford, OH
2022
“Art as Transformation: Using Photography for Social Change,” Butler University, Indianapolis, IN
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, CA
“LaToya Ruby Frazier in Conversation with Margot Norton,” New Museum, New York, NY (virtual)
“Book Launch: The Last Cruze,” with Karsten Lund and Solveig Øvstebø, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, IL(virtual)
2020
“LaToya Ruby Frazier and Julia Reichert in Conversation,” Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
“Art as Transformation, Using Photography for Social Change,” Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2019
“An Afternoon with LaToya Ruby Frazier and The Sister Tour,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
“Art as Transformation: Photography for Social Change,” The Getty, Los Angeles, CA
“Forum on Contemporary Photography,” with Walead Beshty, David Campany, Noam Elcott, Cameron Rowland, and Christopher Williams, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY
“Artist Talk: LaToya Ruby Frazier,” with Karsten Lund and Solveig Øvstebø, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, IL
“Discussion: Benjamin J. Young and Werner Lange,” with Benjamin J. Young and Werner Lange, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, IL
“Discussion: UAW Local 1112,” with Dave Green and Rick Smith, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, IL
“Discussion: UAW Women’s Committee,” with Pamela Brown, Marilyn Moore and Frances Turnage, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, IL
2018
“Through the Lens of Our Stories: the King Legacy Today,” Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Whitney ISP’s 50th Anniversary Program, New York, NY
“Art as Transformation Using Photography for Social Change,” Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
“Art as Transformation Using Photography for Social Change,” Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
“I Am Oz Speaker: LaToya Ruby Frazier,” SUNY Oswego, NY
“History/Her Stories: Photographs by Woman,” AIPAD, New York, NY
“LaToya Ruby Frazier: Art as Transformation,” Columbia University, New York, NY
“In Conversation: Flint Water Crisis, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Shea Cobb, Amber Hasan, Fred Moten,” Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
“LaToya Ruby Frazier: Art as Transformation,” Lenfest Center for the Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
“In Conversation: the Legacy of Noah Purifoy, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Abigail, De Ville, and Yael Lipschutz, Ph.D.,” Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
“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, NY
2017
“The Matter of Black Life: A Conversation with LaToya Ruby Frazier,” Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
“Meet the Artist: LaToya Ruby Frazier,” Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
Visiting Artist Lecture with LaToya Ruby Frazier, The School of Art & Art History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Rockwell Museum – A Smithsonian Affiliate, Corning, NY
“PRATT Institute Honorary Doctorate recipient: LaToya Ruby Frazier,” Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
“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, CA
“Downing Pryor Distinguished Visiting Lecturer: LaToya Ruby Frazier,” Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Fred And Laura Ruth Bidwell Lecture: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Whitney Independent Study Program, New York, NY
SPE, Society for Photographic Education, Orlando, FL
2016
“Socially Engaged; Public and Private Storytelling,” Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
"Aperture Presents: LaToya Ruby Frazier in Conversation with Kellie Jones," Strand, New York, NY
Revolutions Keynote Address: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Colby College, Waterville, ME
"How I Got Over: Vision & Justice in Racialized America, in conversation with Carrie Mae Weems and Sarah Lewis," The Greene Space, New York, NY
2015
TED 2015, Talks, A visual history of inequality in industrial America, Vancouver, Canada
2014
TATE Modern, Performing Photographs: Performance, Photograph, and Affect, London, England
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, France
Brooklyn Museum, A “Haunted Capital,” In Conversation: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Laura Wexler, Lesley Martin and Hershini Bhana Young, New York, NY
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Artist Talk, Kansas City, MO
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, “Empire State Panel,” Conversation with Alex Gartenfeld, Rome, Italy
Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Photography and Film Lecture Series, Visiting Artist, Richmond, VA
Pratt Photography Lectures, The Photo League, New York, NY
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, “Four Photographers Lecture Series,” Boston, MA
2012
Yale University School of Art, Visiting Artist Lecture, New Haven, CT
Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, Teen Council Artist Interview, New York, NY
New Museum, Proposition, “Framework: Activism, Memory, and the Social Landscape,” Presentation with Sharon Zukin, New York, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Service for Contemporary Culture and Community, Artist talk with Tony Buba, Indianapolis, IN
Portland State University, “Art and Social Practice,” MFA Lecture Series, Portland, OR
Braddock Carnegie Library, Presentation with Tony Buba, Braddock, PA
New Museum, “Rhizome’s Seven On Seven Conference,” Presentation with Michael Herf, New York, NY
California College of the Arts, The Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program Series, San Francisco, CA
Mass Art, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Photography Lecture Series, Boston, MA
Columbia University School of the Arts, Visiting Artist Lecture, New York, NY
Sculpture Center, “Translating Spaces: Translating Law,” Presentation, New York, NY
Light Industry, “Lighting Over Braddock,” Conversation with Tony Buba, New York, NY
The Armory Show, “The Efficacy of Art to Incite Structural Change,” panel with Theaster Gates and Sharon Zukin, New York, NY
Parsons, New School, Artist Talk, New York, NY
National Art Education Association, National Convention, Artist Series Speaker, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, Artist Talk, New York, NY
New York Arts Program, Visiting Artist, New York, NY
School of Art | Cooper Union, Visiting Artist with Maren Stange, New York, NY
The Dok-Festival, Documentary Lecture Series, Oslo, Norway
Pratt, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, New York, NY
Rutgers University, Mason Gross Presents, Distinguished Honors Lecture Series, New Brunswick, NJ
2011
The Power of Art Conference, Art Educators of New Jersey, Keynote Speaker, New Brunswick, NJ
Look 3 Festival of the Photograph, Master Talk, Charlottesville, VA
University of Illinois at Chicago, Voices Lecture Series, Chicago, IL
Tisch School of Arts, Department of Photography and Imaging, New York, NY
Edinboro University, “Honoring Insight: The Impact of Kathe Kowalski,” Artist Talk, Edinboro, PA
Haggerty Museum of Art, “Photography and Constructed Identity,” Artist Talk, Milwaukee, WI
Studio Museum Harlem, The Artist’s Voice, LaToya Ruby Frazier in conversation with Cauleen Smith, New York, NY
Manchester Craftsmen Guild, “Documentary and Divergence,” Artist Talk, Pittsburgh, PA
2010
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, “Mother May I,” Artist Talk, Detroit, MI
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, NY
Third Streaming Gallery, “Planet of Slums,” the exhibition, Panel Chair, New York, NY
Parsons, The New School, New York, NY
International Center for Photography, The Photographers’ Lecture Series, New York, NY
Society for Photographic Education, “Framing the Family Photograph,” Panel, Philadelphia, PA
New York University, Grey Art Gallery, Through Other Lenses, Panel, New York, NY
2009
Tyler School of Art, Visiting Artist, Philadelphia, PA
New York Studio Program, Visiting Artist, New York, NY
Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, “Notion of Family” Artist Talk, Atlanta, GA
Art Looks: Studio Museum in Harlem at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2008
Artist Space, Skowhegan Artist Talks, Lorraine O’Grady and LaToya Ruby Frazier, New York, NY
International Center for Photography, Visiting Artist, New York, NY
School for Visual Arts, Visiting Artist, New York, NY
New Jersey City University, Visiting Artist, Jersey City, NJ
2007
“Panel Chair: Works in Progress,” College Art Association, New York, NY
2006
SUNY Oswego, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Oswego, New York, NY
Syracuse University, Grass Roots Media Conference, “Panel Chair: Deconstructing Stereotypes,” Syracuse, New York, NY

Awards, Residencies, and Grants

2024
TIME100 list of the 100 Most Influential People of 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, Pittsburgh PA
Baltimore Museum of Art Inaugural Artist Who Inspire Award, Baltimore, MD
2021
Royal Photographic Society, Honorary Fellowship,  Bristol, UK
2020
Gordon Parks Foundation / Steidl Book Prize, Pleasantville, New York, NY
National Geographic Society Storytelling Fellow, Washington, D.C.
2018
Sundance Institute’s Art of Nonfiction Fellowship and Fund Program, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Rauschenberg Residency, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva, FL
Honorary Doctorate Degree from Pratt Institute at Radio City, NY
2016
Gordon Parks Foundation Award, Pleasantville, NY
2015
MacArthur Genius Grant, Chicago, IL
International Center of Photography (ICP) Infinity Award, New York, NY
TED Fellowship, New York, NY
2014
Guna S. Mundheim Fellow for Visual Arts, American Academy in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
United States Artists, USA Weitz Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Chicago, IL
AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario), Toronto, Canada
John Simon Memorial Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, New York, NY
2013
Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize, Seattle Art Museum (SAM), Seattle, WA
Shortlisted for AMIA AGO photography prize, Ontario, Canada
Shortlisted for the 5th Prix Pictet, London, England
Michael Richards Award for Visual Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
2012
Creative Capital (Theo Westenberger Award), New York, NY
Braddock Carnegie Library, Artist in Residence, Braddock, PA
Whitney Museum of American Art 2012 Biennial Artist in Residence: Youth Insights and Teacher Exchange program, New York, NY
Creative Capital Foundation Visual Arts Award, New York, NY
Alpert/Ucross Residency Prize, Clearmont, WY
2011
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, Studio Program, New York, NY
Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, New York, NY
2010
Art Matters Foundation Grant, New York, NY
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Artist in Residence, New York, NY
New York University Visiting Artist Program Resident, New York, NY
2009
Art Omi, Artist in Residence, New York, NY
2008
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Artist in Residence, Woodstock, NY
Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence, Woodstock, NY
National Academy Museum, S.J. Wallace Truman Fund Award, New York, NY
2007
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship, New York, NY
2006
Geraldine Dodge Fellowship, Morristown, NJ
College Art Association Fellowship, New York, NY

Public Collections

21c Museum, Louisville, KY
Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Bronx Museum of Art, New York, NY
Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, MD
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Colby College Museum of Art, ME
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
FMAC (Municipal Found for Contemporary Art), Paris, France
FRAC Alsace (Regional Found for Contemporary Art), Sélestat, France
FRAC Aquitaine (Regional Found for Contemporary Art), Bordeaux, France
Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, MA
Kadist Foundation, Paris, France
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
MAC’s Musée des Arts Contemporains, Le Grand-Hornu, Hornu, Belgium
Mudam Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Contemporary Photography (MOCP), Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Nasher Museum at Duke University, Durham, NC
National Center for Plastics Arts (CNAP), Paris La Defense, France
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
Pomeranz Collection, Vienna, Austria
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New York, NY
Seattle Art Museum (SAM), Seattle, WA
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Studio Museum in Harlem, NY
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA
Zabludowicz Foundation, London, England