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Howardena Pindell
b. 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · American · Based in New York, New York, USA
- Boston University
- Yale University School of Art, New Haven
- Hole-punched Paper Chads
- Sewn Stitched Canvas
- Glitter
- Video Activism
Howardena Pindell has moved between process-based abstraction and explicitly political work since the 1970s. Her early paintings use punched-paper dots, grids, stitching and sprayed color; later works address racism, sexism and institutional exclusion with direct autobiographical force.
Painting; collage; video; works on paper
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
“Howardena Pindell: Inner Circle” | Art21 "Extended Play"
Art2114 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Whitney Stories: Jeffrey Gibson on Howardena Pindell
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1974Untitled #20
- 1980Free, White and 21
- 1990Autobiography: Scapegoat
- 1974Untitled #8
- 1973Untitled #4
- 1992Autobiography: Fire (Suttee)
- 1973–2007Video Drawings
- 1980sOval Memory Series
- 1988Autobiography: East/West
- 1991–92Separate But Equal Genocide: AIDS
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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