Deborah Willis (artist)

Deborah Willis (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli February dabaa anu dali yuuni 1948) nyɛla African-American nucheeni baŋda, anfoonima yaara, taarihi baŋda, sabira n-ti pahi shikuru baŋda.The HistoryMakers. Deborah Willis biography, ArtMakers, June 27, 2007. Accessed August 1, 2009.  O pini puuni shɛli nyɛ yuuni 2000 MacArthur Fellow.John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. MacArthur Fellows. July 2000.  Accessed August 1, 2009. Saha ŋɔ o nyɛla baŋda mini ʒi'ba zaŋ n-ti Department of Photography and Imaging shikuru yuli booni Tisch School of the Arts n-ti New York University.New York University. Maurice Kanbar Institute. Photography & Imaging. Accessed August 1, 2009. Yuuni 2024, pɛ daa piigi o American Philosophical Society.

 Piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim 
Deborah Willis nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ban daa dɔɣi ŋɔ nyɛ Ruth mini Thomas Willis silimiin goli February dabaa anu dali yuuni 1948. Willis bia nyɛ nucheeni baŋda Hank Willis Thomas. O ba daa nyɛla anfoonima yaara ka o tumanima nyɛ Daddy's Ties: The Tie Quilt II (1992), and Progeny: Deborah Willis ni Hank Willis Thomas (2009).

Wilis' shɛhira gbana nyɛ B.F.A. in photography ka di daa yina shikuru yuli booni Philadelphia College of Art yuuni 1975;  M.F.A. in photography from Pratt Institute yuuni 1979;  M.A. in art history ka di daa yina City College of New York yuuni 1986;Deborah Willis Curriculum Vitae – March, 2013. n-ti pahi Ph.D. ka di yina shikuru yuli booni George Mason University yuuni 2001.Deborah Willis résumé . Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. Accessed August 1, 2009.

Other activities
Willis nyɛla ŋun daa pahi ninvuɣ shɛba ban daa piigi ban di Rome Prize yuuni 2023–24 cycle, ban daa nyɛ lala ʒia ŋɔ ʒi'banima nyɛ Naomi Beckwith mini Fred Wilson.Maximilíano Durón (24 April 2023), Artists Win Coveted Rome Prize, Including Dread Scott and Nao Bustamante ARTnews.

Recognition
Willis nyɛla ŋun deegi pina pam, di shɛŋa nyɛ din doli na ŋɔ:
2023 Don Tyson Prize for the Advancement of American Art 
2023 Honorary Doctor of Humanities from Yale
2020 Award for Outstanding Service to Photography and Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.
 2013-2014: Richard D. Cohen Fellow in African and African American Art, Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Harvard University
2005: Guggenheim Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial FoundationJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Deborah Willis.  Accessed August 2, 2009.
 2005: Fletcher Fellow, Fletcher FoundationAssociated Press, "12 get grants for efforts on race - Anita Hill among honorees given $50,000 each". Washington Post, April 16, 2005.
 2003: Honorary doctorate, Maryland Institute College of ArtRoyster-Hemby, Christina. "Reflected in the lens. After years of chronicling the African-American experience, photographer and former MICA professor Deborah Willis turns the camera on herself".  Baltimore City Paper, March 30, 2005. Accessed August 2, 2009.
 2000: MacArthur Fellow
 1995: Infinity Award for Writing, International Center of Photography."Infinity Awards 1985–1995", International Center of Photography. August 1, 2014.

Artistic and photographic works
O ni nyɛ nucheeni baŋda mini anfooninima yaara, Willis nyɛla ŋun zani n-ti Bernice Steinbaum Gallery din be MiamiBernice Steinbaum Gallery. Artist's page.  Accessed August 1, 2009. mini Charles Guice Contemporary din be Berkeley, California.Charles Guice Contemporary. Deborah Willis . Accessed August 1, 2009.  O "exhibitions" nyɛ din doli na ŋɔ:
 "Progeny," Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, 2008.Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. Exhibitions 2005-2009.  Accessed August 4, 2009.  The exhibition traveled as "Progeny: Deborah Willis mini Hank Willis Thomas" yuuni 2009 n-ti New York mini Sacramento, California."Progeny: Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas". Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University. Accessed August 2, 2009.
 "Regarding Beauty", University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2003 ka di daa chani ka ʒiri anfoonima.Martell, Chris. "Beautiful dreamers - photographer focuses on the threads of beauty that run through the African-American community". Wisconsin State Journal, February 15, 2003.
 "Deborah Willis: Tied to Memory," Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, 2000.Schmitz-Rizzo, Margaret. "Kemper Museum displays artist's keepsakes". Kansas City Star, July 5, 2000.
 "Deborah Willis," Hughley Gallery & Objects, Atlanta, 1992, nyɛla din daa chani ni taarihinima amaa ka daa leei jandi anfooni taarihinima, kundinima n-ti pahi daŋ "snapshots."Fox, Catherine. Art review. Atlanta Journal and Constitution, August 28, 1992.

 "Story Quilts: Photography and Beyond", Black Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1999, Pat Ward Williams, "exhibition" ŋɔ daa nyɛlaAfrican-American nucheeni baŋdiba ata tuma—Willis, Kyra E. Hicks n-ti pahi Dorothy Taylor.
 Tribute to the Hottentot Venus quilt, 1992.

Curated exhibitions
"Exhibition" shɛŋa Willis ni niŋ nyɛ din doli na ŋɔ:

 "Posing Beauty in African American Culture," bɛ daa zaŋ li wuhi salo yuuni 2009 Tisch School of the Arts, New York University ka nyɛ bɛ ni pa niŋdi shɛli dunia zaa.
 "Reflections in Black," Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian institution, Washington, DC, 2000, on African-American photography.John-Hall, Annette. Light and shadow. While Smithsonian curator Deborah Willis is proud of "Reflections in Black," an exhibition of African American photography, suffering clouds her satisfaction. On opening night, her beloved nephew - who helped with the research - was killed in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Inquirer, April 2, 2000. Lala "exhibition" ŋɔ nyɛla din daa be U.S. yaɣa pam bin din gbaai yuuni 2000 mini yuuni 2003 sunsuun.. Accessed August 2, 2009.Boxer, Sarah. "Photography review; Black Photographers Who Are Trying To Get Blackness Right", The New York Times, November 9, 2001. Accessed August 2, 2009.
 "Constructed Images: New Photography," nyɛla o ni daa niŋ shɛli bin din gbaai yuuni 1989 mini yuuni 1992 sunsuun.Fraser, C. Gerald. "Harlem curator helps redefine photography", The New York Times, August 6, 1989. Accessed August 2, 2009.Smith, Virginia. Art review - "Constructed Images: New Photography." Atlanta Journal and Constitution, October 31, 1990.Hagen, Charles. "Review/photography; How racial and cultural differences affect art", The New York Times, August 23, 1991. Accessed August 2, 2009.

Publications

Kundivihira

Further reading


 External links 


 Berger, Maurice, ""Framing - and - Reflecting Beauty", Lens Blog, The New York Times, March 11, 2013, 

Finley, Cheryl, "Deborah Willis’s Writings and Exhibitions Have Shaped Scholarship on African-American Photography", ARTnews, January 14, 2020.
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: "Carl Van Vechten: American Portraitist" exhibit materials, 1992 (curated by Deborah Willis)
Deborah Willis professional files collection held by the New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts Division

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