Todd Gray
b.
- 1954
- Los Angeles, CA
Education
- 1989
- MFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
- 1979
- BFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
- 2024
- Solo, Galerie Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway (forthcoming)
- 2023
- "Rome Work," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "On Point," Lehmann Maupin, London, UK
- 2022
- "Atlantic lullabies, Other tellings," David Lewis, East Hampton, NY
- 2021
- "the hidden order of the whole," David Lewis, New York, NY
- "Crossing the Waters of Space, Time, and History," Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
- "Todd Gray / MATRIX 186," Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
- 2019
- "Cartesian Gris Gris," David Lewis, New York, NY
- Todd Gray: Euclidean Gris Gris," Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA (cat.)
- 2018
- "Todd Gray: Pluralities of Being," Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
- "Portraits," Melikseitan | Briggs, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
- "My Life in the Bush with MJ and Iggy," Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
- "Pluralities of Being," Gallery Momo, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2016
- "A Place That Looks Like Home," Light Work, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (cat.)
- "Time Machine, Hippie Dandy," Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles, CA
- 2015
- "Caliban in the Mirror 2.0: Exquisite Terribleness," Samson Projects, Boston, MA
- 2014
- "Exquisite Terribleness," Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles, CA
- 2012
- "The Gray Room," Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2010
- "Spirit Shack (with Kyungmi Shin)," See Line Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
- 2005
- "Todd Gray, Shaman," Pablo’s Birthday, New York, NY
- 2004
- "Todd Gray: Immaculate," Luckman Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (cat.)
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2023
- "The World Made Wondrous," Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
- "Afro-Atlantic Histories," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
- "Claiming the Narrative," Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, NJ
- 2021
- "Black American Portraits," Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
- "Mining The Archive," Yancey Richardson, New York, NY
- "Photo Flux: Unshuttering LA," The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020
- "TELL ME YOUR STORY: Storytelling in African American Art, From the Harlem Renaissance to the Present," curated by Rob Purrée, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
- 2019
- "ec·dy·sis," curated by Shirley Morales, ltd los angeles at CASSTL and Antwerp Art Pavillion, Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp, BE
- "Whitney Biennial," curated by Jane Panetta and Rujeko Hockley, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (cat.)
- "Mapping Black Identities," Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
- "A Brilliant Spectrum: Recent Gifts of Color Photography," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
- 2018-2019
- "Michael Jackson: On the Wall," curated by Nicholas Cullinan, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK; traveling to Grand Palais, Paris, France; Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany; and the Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland (cat.)
- 2018
- "The Assassination of Leon Trotsky," David Lewis, New York, NY
- "Public Fiction: The Conscientious Objector," curated by Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey and Lauren Mackler, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
- 2016
- "Made In LA: a, the, though, only," curated by Aram Moshayedi and Hamza Walker, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (cat.)
- 2015
- "Breath/Breadth: Contemporary American Black Male Identity," Maier Art Museum, Randolph College, VA
- "Black Portraitures{S} li: Imagining the Black Body and Re-Stagging Histories," symposium presented by Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, Florence, Italy
- "Cry Me A River, Etoile Polaire Lodge #1," New Orleans, LA
- "Manifest Justice," pop-up exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- "Freeway Studies #2: Inside the Quad," curated by Meg Linton, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "Gettin’ off the Ground," curated by Isabelle Lutterodt, Angeles Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
- 2013
- "Go Tell It on the Mountain," California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- 2012
- "Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community," USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "Refocus: Multicultural Focus," Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA
- 2011
- "The Bearden Project," The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
- "Posing Beauty," curated by Deborah Willis, Fisher Museum of Art, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; traveled to Newark Art Museum, Newark, NJ; Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
- 2010
- "From My Universe, Object of Desire," See Line Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
- "Contemporary Art From the Douglas Nielsen Collection," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
- 2009
- "Black Is Black Ain’t," curated by Hamza Walker, Detroit Museum of Art, Detroit, MI (cat.)
- "Oz, New Offerings From Los Angeles," Instituto Cultural Cabana, Guadalajara, Mexico
- "Posing Beauty," curated by Deborah Willis, Gulf + Western Gallery, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, NY
- 2008
- "Black Is Black Ain’t," curated by Hamza Walker, Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (cat.)
- "Twenty Years Ago Today: Supporting visual Artists in LA," curated by Rita Gonzalez and Kris Kuramitsu, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- "Truthiness: Photography as Sculpture," curated by Tyler Stallings, CAlifornia Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
- "PIX, Some Recent Photos From The Post-Filmic Era," curated by Kristina Newhouse, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
- "This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in Los Angeles Photographs," curated by Claudia Bohn- Spector and Jennifer Watts, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
- 2007
- “Celebrity," curated by Marily Knode, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ; traveled to Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
- "Blacks In and Out of the Box," curated by Lisa Henry California Afro-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- 2006
- "Brave New World," curated by Heather Harmon and Nicole Dungao, Pharmaka Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "Gray, Korfmann, Youngblood: New Forms in Photography," Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2005
- "Framing the Triangle," curated by Deborah Willis, Goethe Institute, Accra, Ghana
- 2004
- "Fade, 1990-2003, African American Art in Los Angeles," L.A. Cultural Affairs Department, Luckman Gallery, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angles, CA
- 2001
- "Committed to the Image," Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
- "Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California," The Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography
- 2023
- Zellen, Jody. "Todd Gray," Visual Art Source, December 20 (Link)
- Simons, Baya. "Five exhibitions to put a spring in your step," The Brooklyn Rain, March 16
- Altchek, Ana. "This Week In Culture: March 13-19, 2023," Cultured Magazine, March 13
- Lescaze, Zoe. "Todd Gray," Artforum, February
- Taft, Catherine. "Todd Gray," Artforum, January
- 2022
- Akande, Oyin. “’We Are History’ Confronts the Climate Emergency through a Global Art Lens.” Wallpaper.com, Wallpaper*, October 16
- Shaw, Anny. “Sotheby’s Launches Primary Market Channel Selling Works Directly from Artists’ Studios.” The Art Newspaper – International Art News and Events, The Art Newspaper – International Art News and Events, September 12
- Lawson-Tancred, Jo. “Sotheby’s Launches Artist’s Choice, a New Venture That Enables Artists to Consign Work Directly to Auction.” Artnet News, September 11
- Tremayne-Pengelly, Alexandra. “Sotheby’s Auction House Is Entering the Primary Art Market to Work Directly with Artists and Galleries.” Observer, September 8
- Gerlis, Melanie. “Sotheby’s Takes on Galleries with New Primary-Market Channel.” Sotheby’s Takes on Galleries with New Primary-Market Channel, Financial Times, September 8
- Mengiste, Maaza. “This Is What The Journey Does.” Transition Magazine, no. 132, June 2022, pp. 343– 347.
- Fukuyama, Francis, et al. “Mistaking Identity, by Francis Fukuyama.” Harper’s Magazine, April 19
- 2021
- Duron, Maximiliano. “At Art Basel Miami Beach, Large-Scale Artworks Reflect on Tumultuous Past Two Years.” ARTnews.com, December 1
- Rinaldi, Ray Mark. “A Curator Makes Room for Big Ideas and Big Art.” The New York Times, November 28
- Akkam, Alia. “Miami Art and Design Week 2021: Everything You Need to Know.” Architectural Digest, November 23
- Phearse, Terrence. “ Interview with Todd Gray.” Musée Magazine, October 30
- Baquar, Zoha. “Exhibition Review: The Hidden Order of the Whole.” Musée Magazine, October 29
- Knoblauch, Loring. “Todd Gray, the Hidden Order of the Whole at David Lewis.” Collector Daily, October 20
- Miranda, Carolina A. “Newsletter: Essential Arts: Todd Gray turns colonialism and the art of photography on its head”, Los Angeles Times, March 13
- 2020
- Cap, Max King. “Todd Gray: Diary in Fragments”, Artillery Magazine, Nov 10
- Ontiveros, Mario. X-TRA Artists and Rights, EPISODE 2: SUPERPOWERS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES: DEFINING WHAT YOU WANT TO SUSTAIN, July 14
- Ontiveros, Mario. X-TRA Artists and Rights, EPISODE 1: LIVING A LIFE WHILE DECOLONIZING THE MIND, July 7
- Hosseini, Raheem. “Black artists from around the globe donate their work for online auction to help SF’s MoAD.” Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle, April 23
- Diehl, Travis. “The Artist Remixing History, from French Gardens to the Cosmos.” Aperture, March 5
- “What I’ve learned: Belinda Tate, executive director of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.” Christie’s, March 5
- 2019
- Preston Zappas, Lindsay. “Episode 16: Todd Gray.” Contemporary Art Review.la, November 14
- Chiotakis, Steve. “Todd Gray explores colonialism in Africa and Europe through photos.” KCRW, November 13
- Naçi, Silvi. “Artists at Work: Todd Gray.” East of Borneo, November 4
- Crippa, Karin, “How gallerists choose artists for art fairs.” Art|Basel, October
- “Todd Gray — Conceptual Artist.” The Genius List, October
- “Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for Fall 2019.” Hyperallergic, September 10
- Distefano, Alex. “Best of L.A. Arts: Fall Preview Pick: Todd Gray at Pomona College.” LAWeekly, August 27
- Speed, Mitch. “Todd Gray Visualizes the Labyrinth of Black Post-Colonial Identity.” Frieze, July 24
- Dubicki, Emilia. “New York City Spring 2019 Highlights.” The Woven Tale Press, June 18
- Well, Graham B. “Todd Gray: Cartesian Gris Gris.” The Brooklyn Rail, June
- Davis, Ben. “The 2019 Whitney Biennial Shows America’s Artists Turning Toward Coded Languages in Turbulent Times.” Artnet News, May 20
- Cotter, Holland. “The Whitney Biennial: Young Art Cross-Stitched With Politics” The New York Times, May 16
- Kissick, Dean. “The Whitney Biennial Takes On The American Dream” Cultured Magazine, May 14
- Saltz, Jerry. “The New Whitney Biennial Made Me See Art History in a New Way” New York Magazine, May 14
- Durón, Maximilíano. “A Tour of the 2019 Whitney Biennial in 20 Photos” ARTnews, May 13
- Mitter, Siddhartha. “The Whitney Biennial Called. How Will They Answer?” The New York Times, May 9
- “Todd Gray at David Lewis, New York” ARTnews, May 8
- “From Exhibitions and Installations to Performances and Collaborations, We Bring You the 25 Most Important Events in Art, Design, Architecture, Fashion and Everything in Between.” Cultured Magazine. May/June
- Gelt, Jessica. “Mike Kelley Foundation grants: 10 winners split $400,000 to make daring art.” LA Times, April 11
- Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Todd Gray: Everything is Everywhere.” LA Weekly, March 8
- 2018
- Tilley, John Martin. “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Michael Jackson?.” Office Magazine, September 6
- “Todd Gray: Michael Jackson’s official photographer.” National Portrait Gallery, September 4
- Taft, Catherine.“Todd Gray.” Artforum, September
- Evans, Diana. “Michael Jackson, King of Pop Art.” The New York Review of Books, August 11
- “An Icon Celebrated.” Sotheby’s, July 23
- Mizota, Sharon. “Review: Photographer Todd Gray traces African roots.” Los Angeles Times, July 9
- Eckardt, Stephanie. “How Nearly 50 Artists’ Attempted to Do the Impossible: Illustrate Michael Jackson’s Enormous Influence and Legacy.” W Magazine, July 8
- Koerth, Katherina. “This is how artists saw Michael Jackson.” Spiegel Online, July 3
- Bradbury, Sarah. “On the wall: Michael Jackson’s impact on contemporary art, a decade after his death.” Independent, June 28
- Lawless, Jill. “Exhibition explores Michael Jackson as artists’ inspiration.” Northwest Indiana Times, June 27
- Zamponi, Beatrice. “Michael Jackson: On the Wall at National Portrait Gallery of London.” Vogue Italia, June 15
- Miranda, Carolina A. “Datebook: Portraits of peers, collages inspired by the African diaspora and art for feline lovers.” Los Angeles Times, June 14
- “I was Michael Jackson’s personal photographer’.” Royal Photographic Society, June 6
- “The Faces of Michael Jackson.” Royal Photographic Society Journal, June
- 2017
- Curiel, Jonathan. “Michael Jackson Remains Invincible.” SF Weekly, May 17
- Wagley, Catherine G. “Iggy Pop on Trial, Long Island Iced Teas, and the Long Game: At the 2017 Edition of Art Los Angeles Contemporary.” Artnews, January 30
- Wagley, Catherine. “5 Art Shows to See in L.A. This Week.” LA Weekly, January 25
- 2016
- Mizota, Sharon. “How artist Todd Gray fashioned another loving tribute to his friend, Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek.” Los Angeles Times, June 24
- Knight, Christopher. “‘Made in L.A. 2016’: Hammer Museum biennial proves a thoughtful place to ponder the possibilities.” Los Angeles Times, June 23
- Diner, Eli. “Aram Moshayedi on Made in L.A. 2016.” Flash Art, June 10
- Rodney, Seph. “Todd Gray’s Framing of Identity.” Artillery Magazine, May 3
- Finkel, Jori. “Out-of-towners stay out-of-sight at Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair.” The Art Newspaper, January 30
- Jansen, Char. “Artist’s Desks.” Artslant, January 27
- Finkel, Jori. “‘Made in L.A.’ at Hammer Museum Casts a Global Eye.” The New York Times, January 20
- Vankin, Deborah. “What is an L.A. artist? Hammer Museum answers with its ‘Made in L.A.’ biennial lineup.” Los Angeles Times, January 19
- 2015
- McQuaid, Kate. “Armenia, Africa stamp their past on art.” The Boston Globe, May 26
- 2005
- Roth, Charlene. “Todd Gray: Immaculate.” Artweek, March. Freeman, Tommy. “Brave New World at Pharmaka.” Artweek, September
- 2004
- Myers, Holly. “A historical record that tends to contain blots and erasures.” Los Angeles Times, December 21
- 2003
- Gleason, Mat. “Art Angelenos.” Modern Painters, Spring
- 2002
- Holmes, Emory. “Breaking Away From Pictures of Stereotypes.” Los Angeles Times, July 31
- 2001
- Alleti, Vince. “Body and Soul,” Village Voice, March 13
Exhibition Catalogues and Publications
- 2019
- McGrew, Rebecca. Todd Gray: "Euclidean Gris Gris." Claremont: Pomona College Museum of Art
- Hockley, Rujeko and Panetta, Jane. "Whitney Biennial 2019." New York: Whitney Museum of American Art.
- 2018
- Cullinan, Nicholas, ed. "Michael Jackson: On the Wall’. London: National Portrait Gallery.
- 2016
- Moshayedi , Aram. "Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only." Munich: Prestel Publishing.
- 2013
- Copeland, Huey, Darby English, Greg Foster-Rice, Amy M. Mooney, Kymberly N. Pinder, Krista Thompson, Hamza Walker, and Kenneth Warren. "Black Is, Black Ain’t." Chicago: The Renaissance Society.
- 2009
- Gray, Todd. "Michael Jackson: Before He Was King." San Francisco: Chronicle Books.
- 2004
- Henger, Sue, ed. "Todd Gray: Immaculate." Los Angeles: Luckman Gallery.
- 2000
- Barron, Stephanie, Sheri Bernstein, Ilene Susan Fort, Howard N. Fox. "Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000". Berkeley: University of California Press.
Selected Talks, Lectures and Panels
- 2021
- Artist Talk: Todd Gray / MATRIX 186, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, March 8 Panel Discussion: Todd Gray: Euclidean Gris Gris, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, May 12
- 2016
- The Poetic Research Bureau presents. Todd Gray, October 15
- 2011
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, “Caliban in the Mirror”, New Orleans, LA
- 2005
- Luckman Gallery, “Immaculate” gallery talk New York University, Accra, Ghana, Visiting Artist
- 2004
- Yale University, “Regarding Michael Jackson: Performing Racial, Gender, and Sexual Difference Center Stage Academy of Media Arts, (Kunsthochschule fur Medien) Cologne, Germany, Visiting Artist
- 2002
- Academy of Media Arts, (Kunsthochschule fur Medien) Cologne, Germany, Visiting Artist Claremont Graduate School, Visiting Artist
- 2001
- Academy of Media Arts, (Kunsthochschule fur Medien) Cologne, Germany, Visiting Artist The Public + Artist Program, Museum of Contemporary Art, L.A.
- California Community Foundation – J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts and Brody Arts Fund panelist for the selection of Individual Artist Awards
- 1998
- MOCA Mentors Program, presenter, Los Angeles
- 1997
- The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, "Photographic Lecture and Workshop Series" “Sunday Family Art Workshops with Todd Gray", MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
- “Day Without Art", CSULB, organizer and participant
- Education video: “Elusive Paradise: Los Angeles Art from the Permanent Collection” Family Gallery MOCA
- “Introduction to Professional Careers in the Arts" seminar, Community Arts Resources for the Getty Multicultural Summer Interns, The Getty Grant Program, Los Angeles, CA
- 1996
- University of California, San Diego, Artist Lecture Series Oakland Museum of Art, "the present (h)our", artist lecture series University Art Museum, UC Santa Barbara, CA
- “Stream of Consciousness: Eight Los Angeles Artists", artist lecture The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, artist lecture series
- 1995
- Armand Hammer Museum, “Laurie Brown and Todd Gray, exhibiting artists in the Contemporary Photography: The California Focus" at the art rental and sales Gallery.
- Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Atlanta, presenting artist, “Michael Jackson Reconsidered".
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "P.L.A.N. Artist Panel"
- Pomona College, Claremont, Media Arts Lecture Series
- Korean American Museum, Los Angeles, panelist, “Creating Context" Panelist: City of Los Angeles Cultural Grants Program, Photography
- Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, exhibitions committee
- 1994
- Friends of Photography Annual Members Workshop, San Francisco Panelist: City of Los Angeles Cultural Grants Program, Photography State University of New York, Albany, Artist Lecture Series
- Santa Monica Museum of Art Salon Presents: Todd Gray
- 1993
- University of California, Los Angeles, Artist Lecture Series
- L. A. Art Fair, "The Kitchen Table", Eugenia P. Butler, moderator
- 1992
- University of California, Irvine, "Convergence", Pat Ward Williams, moderator. L. A. Art Fair, "L. A. Xtension Artist Panel"
- 1991
- Panelist: Regional Individual Photography Grants, National Endowment for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, Boston, MA
- 1990
- Los Angeles Photography Center: The Visual Statement
- 1988
- Todd Gray: Personal Myths, Columbia College Chicago Photography Department Lecture Series Panelist: Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Deborah Willis, moderator, Houston, TX
Performances
- 2018
- "Another Part of Me," University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, MD 2017
- "Iggy Pop Tried to Kill Me," Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Los Angles, CA
- 2010
- "Caliban in the Mirror,” with Max King Cap, Roy & Edna Disney Cal/Arts Theater (REDCAT), Los Angeles, CA
- 2009
- “Water," Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
- 2008
- "Akwidaa: Kumasi, Shrines and Masquerades Live!," 80WSE, New York University, New York, NY
- “Afrotronic," with Giavanni Washington, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- "Akwidaa Mangroove, with Michael Grodsky," 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica CA
- 2007
- "Sonic Love Wave," New Renaissance Theater, Syracuse, NY
- 2004
- "Look Me In The Eye," Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- 2003
- "Art Church," The Woman’s Building, Los Angeles, CA Public Art Commissions
- 2018
- Metro (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority), Los Angeles, CA
- 2012
- CIM Urban Real Assets, Midtown Crossing, Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles International Airport, Video Installation, with Joseph Santarromana
- 2009
- Los Angeles International Airport
- 2004
- Los Angeles Fire Station #43, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Residencies & Studio Programs
- 2023
- Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
- 2016
- Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency, Bellagio, Italy
- 2015
- Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellowship, Englewood, FL
Awards & Grants
- 2022
- Rome Prize for Visual Arts
- 2018
- John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Fine Arts
- 2016
- Bellagio Creative Arts Fellowship, The Rockefeller Foundation
- 2007
- Public Art Commission: Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, CA
- 2006
- SCAC, Assigned Time release, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)
- 2005
- Sabbatical, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists, connected to J. Paul Getty Trust Fund
- 2004
- SCAC, Assigned Time release, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Public Art Commission, Los Angeles Fire Station #43, City of Los Angeles Pasadena Art Alliance Grant for “Immaculate” Exhibition Artists’ Resource for Completion Grant, The Furfee Foundation
- 2003
- SCAC, Assigned Time release, California State University, Long Beach, CA (CSULB)
- 2001
- SCAC, Assigned Time release, CSULB Associate Professor, CSULB
- 2000
- Assigned time release, Caliifornia State Univesity, Long BEACH, CA (CSULB)
- 1999
- Public Art Commissions: Jefferson Branch Library, and Baldwin Hills Branch Library
- 1997
- City of Los Angeles Individual Art is Grant
- 1991
- Art Center College of Design, Pasedena – Great Teacher’s Award
- 1988
- Wasserman Scholarship (CalArts), Valencia, CA
Public Collections
- Benton Museum of Art, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
- California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
- Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art/LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, CA
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
- Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
- Museum of Contemporary Art/MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
- National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- RISD Museum, Providence, RI
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
- Studio Museum in Harlem, NY
- University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT
- University of Parma, Parma, Italy
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY