Ming Smith

*1947 / United States

Works

Contacts for the work of Ming Smith

Ming Smith

mingsmithstudio.com

Solo exhibitions

WANDERING LIGHT

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
6 Jul 2026 – 4 Oct 2026
Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue

Portland Museum of Art, Portland (US)
6 Feb 2026 – 7 Jun 2026
I Paint with Light

M77, Milano (IT)
1 Apr 2025 – 24 May 2025
Transcendence / August Moon

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus (US)
19 Sep 2024 – 18 May 2025
Wind Chime

Wexner Center for Art, Columbus (US)
21 Sep 2024 – 5 Jan 2025
On the road

Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York (US)
2 May 2024 – 15 Jun 2024
Feeling the Future

Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (US)
26 May 2023 – 1 Oct 2023
Projects: Ming Smith

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
4 Feb 2023 – 29 May 2023
A Dream Deferred

Pippy Houldsworth, London (GB)
18 Mar 2022 – 30 Apr 2022
Evidence

Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York (US)
20 May 2021 – 26 Jun 2021
Ming Smith

Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (US)
13 Jan 2017 – 18 Feb 2017
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June Kelly Gallery, New York (US)
18 Jun 2010 – 30 Jul 2010

Group

Photography as a Way of Life

Minor White, Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan

High Museum of Art, Atlanta (US)
9 Oct 2026 – 7 Feb 2027

with John Baldessari, Harry Callahan, Linda Connor, Roy DeCarava, Emmet Gowin, Arthur Siegel, Aaron Siskind, Kiki Smith, Minor White
Reisenden folgen Wegen – Humanität als Praxis

36. Bienal de São Paulo, Berlin Edition

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
12 Sep 2026 – 6 Dec 2026

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Leo Asemota, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Christopher Cozier, Cevdet Erek, Theo Eshetu, Forensic Architecture, Lynn Hershman, Laila Hida, Leiko Ikemura, Olu Oguibe, Wolfgang Tillmans
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

Mississippi Museum of Art, Los Angeles (US)
25 Jul 2026 – 8 Nov 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, James Barnor, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong …
Black Photojournalism

Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth (US)
15 Mar 2026 – 5 Jul 2026

with Harry Adams, Anthony Barboza, Kwame Brathwaite, Adger Cowans, Roy DeCarava, Doris Adelaide Derby, Louis Draper, Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris, David Hartt, Chester Higgins, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Marilyn Nance …
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
24 Feb 2026 – 14 Jun 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, James Barnor, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong …
Collective Visions

Celebrating 25 Years of Photography

AGO Art Gallery Ontario, Toronto (CA)
7 Nov 2025 – 10 May 2026

with Kelani Abass, Diane Arbus, Barbara Astman, Rebecca Belmore, Max Dean, Harold E. Edgerton, Robert Frank, Jaromir Funke, Gauri Gill, Hannah Hoech, Bert Hardy, Peter Hujar …
Black Photojournalism

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (US)
13 Sep 2025 – 19 Jan 2026

with Harry Adams, Anthony Barboza, Kwame Brathwaite, Roy DeCarava, Doris Adelaide Derby, Louis Draper, Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris, David Hartt, Chester Higgins, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Marilyn Nance, Gordon Parks …
Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

National Gallery of Art, Washington (US)
21 Sep 2025 – 4 Jan 2026

with Billy Abernathy, Harry Adams, Raphael Albert, Ralph Arnold, Anthony Barboza, James Barnor, Romare Bearden, Dawoud Bey, Kwame Brathwaite, Dwight Carter, Roland Charles, Albert V. Chong …
Coming into Focus

A Snapshot of Photography at the Nasher

Nasher Museum of Art, Durham (US)
17 Jul 2025 – 4 Jan 2026

with Berenice Abbott, Anonymous, Disfarmer (Mike Meyer), Peter Henry Emerson, Genevieve Gaignard, Barkley L. Hendricks, Ken Heyman, David Octavius Hill, Andre Kertesz, Mary Ellen Mark, Felix Nadar, Arthur Rothstein …
Life with Photographs

75 Years of the Eastman Museum

George Eastman Museum, Rochester (US)
5 Oct 2024 – 31 Aug 2025

with Linsey Addario, Cory Arcangel, Anna Atkins, George N. Barnard, Betty Hahn, Abelardo Morell, Edward Weston
Infinite Hope

Jenkins Johnson Gallery SF, San Francisco (US)
21 Jan 2025 – 1 Mar 2025

with Kwame Brathwaite, Renee Cox, Gordon Parks
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
5 Nov 2024 – 20 Jan 2025

with James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Stan Douglas, Louis Draper, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso …
Picture Windows: Photographs from the Collection

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (US)
17 Feb 2024 – 28 Jul 2024

with Josef Breitenbach, Wynn Bullock, Imogen Cunningham, John Divola, Lee Friedlander, Justin Kimball, O. Winston Link, Danny Lyon, Alen MacWeeney, Gordon Parks, John Pfahl, Aaron Siskind …
Going Dark

The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility

Guggenheim New York, New York (US)
20 Oct 2023 – 7 Apr 2024

with Farah Al Qasimi, Kevin Beasley, Rebecca Belmore, Dawoud Bey, John Edmonds, Ellen Gallagher, David Hammons, Lyle Ashton Harris, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Joiri Minaya, Sandra Mujinga …
As We Rise

Photography from the Black Atlantic

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (US)
17 Jun 2023 – 31 Dec 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara …
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
24 Feb 2023 – 21 May 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara …
Against the Grain

Photography from South Africa and the United States

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (ZA)
18 Mar 2023 – 15 Apr 2023

with Ernest Cole, David Goldblatt, Ruth Motau, Lindokuhle Sobekwa
A DIFFERENT LENS

ICONIC & RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE JPMORGAN CHASE ART COLLECTION

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
10 Nov 2022 – 13 Dec 2022

with Diane Arbus, Tina Barney, Carolle Benitah, Cig Harvey, Graciela Iturbide, Terri Loewenthal, Yamini Nayar, Laurie Simmons, Mickalene Thomas
BLACK VENUS

Shawanda Corbett

Fotografiska - Museum, New York (US)
13 May 2022 – 28 Aug 2022

with Sadie Barnette, Widline Cadet, Renee Cox, Ayana Jackson, Deana Lawson, Zanele Muholi, Jenn Nkiru, Amber Pinkerton, Tabita Rezaire, Coreen Simpson, Maud Sulter, Kara Walker …
Studio to Stage

Music Photography from the Fifties to the Present

The Pace Gallery, New York (US)
29 Jun 2022 – 19 Aug 2022

with Richard Avedon, Janette Beckman, Robert Frank, Paul Graham, Hiro, Peter Hujar, Ari Marcopoulos, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn
Working Together

The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati (US)
25 Feb 2022 – 25 May 2022

with Anthony Barboza, Roy DeCarava, Louis Draper, Beuford Smith, Shawn Walker
Image Gardeners

The McEvoy Foundation for the Arts (MFA), San Francisco (US)
14 Jan 2022 – 30 Apr 2022

with Diane Arbus, Erica Baum, Carina Brandes, Carolyn Drake, Vivian Maier, Wangechi Mutu, Chanell Stone, Francesca Woodman
Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
21 Nov 2020 – 20 Mar 2021

with Anthony Barboza, Louis Draper, Ray Francis, Shawn Walker
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

The Broad, Los Angeles (US)
23 Mar 2019 – 1 Sep 2019

with Dawoud Bey, Roy DeCarava, Louis Draper, David Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Lorraine O'Grady, Betye Saar, Charlie White
A Series of Utterly Improbable, Yet Extraordinary Renditions

Yet Extraordinary Renditions (featuring Ming Smith; Frida Orupabo and Missylanyus)

Galerie Rudolfinum, Praha (CZ)
17 Jan 2019 – 31 Mar 2019

with Arthur Jafa, Frida Orupabo
Family Pictures

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee (US)
14 Sep 2018 – 20 Jan 2019

with Roy DeCarava, John Edmonds, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Lyle Ashton Harris, Deana Lawson, Lorraine O'Grady, Gordon Parks, Sondra Perry, Carrie Mae Weems
ARTHUR JAFA

Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin, Berlin (DE)
11 Feb 2018 – 25 Nov 2018

with Frida Orupabo
Family Pictures

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus (US)
16 Feb 2018 – 20 May 2018

with Roy DeCarava, John Edmonds, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Lyle Ashton Harris, Deana Lawson, Lorraine O'Grady, Gordon Parks, Sondra Perry, Carrie Mae Weems
A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY

The Black Photographers Annual, Volume I

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (US)
16 Feb 2017 – 3 Oct 2017

with Anthony Barboza, Roy DeCarava, Louis Draper, LeRoy Henderson
We Wanted a Revolution

Black Radical Women, 1965-85

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn (US)
21 Apr 2017 – 17 Sep 2017

with Beverly Buchanan, Ana Mendieta, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems
Pictures by Women

A History of Modern Photography

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
7 May 2010 – 4 Apr 2011

with Berenice Abbott, Rogi André, Emmy Andriesse, Claudia Andujar, Eleanor Antin, Diane Arbus, Gertrud Arndt, Anna Atkins, Tina Barney, Uta Barth, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Valerie Belin …

Events

Rencontres d'Arles 2026

WORLDS IN VIEW

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
6 Jul 2026 – 4 Oct 2026

with Felicia Abban, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Martine Barrat, Willis E. Bell, Bruno Boudjelal, Anne-Lise Broyer, Clement Cogitore, Rebekka Deubner, Omar Victor Diop, Denyse Gawu-Mensah, Harry Gruyaert …
Rencontres d'Arles 2026 - Opening Week

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
7 Jul 2026 – 11 Jul 2026

with Olivia Arthur, Park Chan-wook, Stan Douglas, Johan Grimonprez, Alfredo Jaar, William Klein, Martin Parr, Deborah Stratman
miart 2026

Fiera Milano International , Milano (IT)
17 Apr 2026 – 19 Apr 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Jacopo Benassi, Silvia Camporesi, Yoan Capote, Florence di Benedetto, Elger Esser, Simone Fattal, Candida Hoefer, Alfredo Jaar, Mimmo Jodice, William Klein, Agnieszka Kurant …
ArteFiera 2026

curated section: photography and video (Photography and moving images)

Bologna Fiere, Bologna (IT)
6 Feb 2026 – 8 Feb 2026

with Darren Almond, Carlos Amorales, Stefano Arienti, David Armstrong, Hamza Badran, John Baldessari, Rosa Barba, Per Barclay, Yael Bartana, Matteo Basile, Elisabetta Benassi, Jacopo Benassi …
36th Bienal de São Paulo

Not All Travellers Walk Roads—Of Humanity as Practice

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
6 Sep 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

with Noor Abed, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Leila Alaoui, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Kader Attia, Myriam Omar Awadi, Meriem Bennani, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Ernest Cole, Christopher Cozier, SONG Dong, Cevdet Erek …
Paris Photo 2025 - Solo Shows

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Sama Alshaibi, Claudia Andujar, Koto Bolofo, Brodbeck & de Barbuat, Edward Burtynsky, Larry Clark, Jeff Cowen, Jack Davison, Marie Laure De Decker, Tamas Dezso, Tania Franco Klein, Axel Huette …
Paris Photo 2025 - Solo Show

M77, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025
Paris Photo 2025 - Elles x Paris Photo

7 avenue Winston Churchill

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Helena Almeida, Helene A. Amouzou, Claudia Andujar, Eve Arnold, Pilar Aymerich, Yto Barrada, Claude Batho, Letizia Battaglia, Sibylle Bergemann, Myriam Boulos, Julia Margaret Cameron, Helen Chadwick …
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2025

AIPAD, New York (US)
24 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2025

with Slim Aarons, Stanko Abadzic, Berenice Abbott, Oliver Abraham, Robert Adams, Ansel Adams, Laure Albin-Guillot, Mariette Pathy Allen, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Maria Antelman, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus …
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth

Jenkins Johnson Gallery SF, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Poulomi Basu, Renee Cox, Lola Flash, Gordon Parks
2024 FOTOFOCUS BIENNIAL: backstories

FotoFocus Cincinnati, Cincinnati (US)
26 Sep 2024 – 30 Oct 2024

with Ansel Adams, Michael Almereyda, Rachael Banks, Rose Marie Cromwell, Dawn DeDeaux, William Eggleston, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Albert Moser, Kanthy Peng, Barbara Probst, Chip Thomas
Paris Photo 2023 artists

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Berenice Abbott, Michael Ackerman, Ansel Adams, Albarran Cabrera, Toni Amengual, Eugenio Ampudia, Angelo Funk, Vladimir Antaki, Nobuyoshi Araki, Nadim Asfar, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon …
PHOTOFAIRS New York

PHOTOFAIRS , New York (US)
8 Sep 2023 – 10 Sep 2023

with Rhiannon Adam, Ansel Adams, Yang Ah Ham, Yang Ah Ham, Miles Aldridge, Amanda Marchand & Leah Sobsey, Peter Beard, Tom Bianchi, Billy & Hells, Julie Blackmon, Sheila Pree Bright, Michelle Bui …
Capture Photography Festival 2023

Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver (CA)
1 Apr 2023 – 30 Apr 2023

with Henry Clay Anderson, Roy Arden, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Jorian Charlton …
Frieze Art Fair | Los Angeles

Frieze art fair, Los Angeles (US)
16 Feb 2023 – 19 Feb 2023

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, David Askevold, Sadie Barnette, Jean Baudrillard, Lynda Benglis, Huma Bhabha, Sarah Charlesworth, Joana Choumali, Bruce Conner, Tracey Emin, Simone Forti, Lee Friedlander …
Elles x Paris Photo 2022

A circuit dedicated to women photographers

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
10 Nov 2022 – 13 Dec 2022

with Nazli Abbaspour, Marina Abramovic, Laure Albin-Guillot, Kathleen Alisch, Helena Almeida, Diane Arbus, Letizia Battaglia, Erica Baum, Judith Black, Margaret Bourke-White, Nathalie Boutte, Sophie Calle …
ADAA: The Art Show 2022

Art Dealers (ADAA), New York (US)
3 Nov 2022 – 6 Nov 2022

with Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Jodi Bieber, Zheng Chongbin, Joana Choumali, Susan Derges, Christiane Feser, Ori Gersht, Louise Lawler, Julio Le Parc, Rebecca Lepkoff, Helen Levitt …
FOG Design+Art 2020

FOG Design+Art, San Francisco (US)
16 Jan 2020 – 19 Jan 2020

with Richard Avedon, Inaki Bonillas, Tom Fecht, Spencer Finch, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, Richard Learoyd, Zoe Leonard, Richard Misrach, Gordon Parks, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Francesca Woodman
UNTITLED Miami Beach 2019

Untitled Art Fairs, Miami (US)
4 Dec 2019 – 8 Dec 2019

with Dawoud Bey, Tom Bianchi, Jonathan Calm, Daniel Canogar, Jordi Colomer, Sharon Core, Katrien De Blauwer, Chris Engman, Ken Gonzales-Day, Hubertus Hamm, Lynn Hershman, Isaac Julien …
Paris Photo 2019

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2019 – 10 Nov 2019

with Berenice Abbott, Oliver Abraham, Marina Abramovic, Ansel Adams, David Adika, Jun Ahn, Albarran Cabrera, Pilar Albarracin, Laure Albin-Guillot, Helena Almeida, Darren Almond, Malala Andrialavidrazana …
Paris Photo 2019 - The Platform

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2019 – 10 Nov 2019

with Helene Binet, Marguerite Bornhauser, Victor Burgin, Marie Clerel, Hannah Collins, Elsa & Johanna, Leandro Feal, Samuel Fosso, Anna Fox, Jim Goldberg, Felicity Hammond, Josh Haner …
EXPO CHICAGO 2019

EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago (US)
19 Sep 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Eleanor Antin, Janine Antoni, Takashi Arai, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Valerie Belin, Bae Bien-U, Sebastiaan Bremer, Christopher Bucklow, Tricia Capello, Lynn Davis, Jason DeMarte …
Frieze Art Fair | New York

Frieze art fair, New York (US)
2 May 2019 – 5 May 2019

with Iain Baxter, Dawoud Bey, Marcelo Brodsky, XING Danwen, Mitch Epstein, Kota Ezawa, David Goldblatt, Ken Gonzales-Day, Shilpa Gupta, Martine Gutierrez, Tim Head, Anthony Hernandez …