Xaviera Simmons

♀ *1974 / United States

Works

Solo exhibitions

Xaviera Simmons

ICA Institute Contemp Art, Boston (US)
25 Jan 2023 – 31 May 2023
Crisis Makes a Book Club

Queens Museum of Art, New York (US)
2 Oct 2022 – 5 Mar 2023
Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans (US)
18 Nov 2017 – 24 Feb 2018
CODED

The Kitchen, New York (US)
22 Jun 2016 – 29 Jul 2016
Accumulations

Light Work, Syracuse (US)
12 Jan 2015 – 5 Mar 2015
Underscore

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield (US)
22 Sep 2013 – 9 Mar 2014
Open

David Castillo Gallery, Miami (US)
2 Dec 2013 – 21 Jan 2014
Wilderness

Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York (US)
14 Apr 2011 – 6 Jun 2011
(Harvest): Any Number of Myths and Stories

David Castillo Gallery, Miami (US)
13 Nov 2010 – 1 Dec 2010
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Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (US)
20 Jul 2007 – 16 Sep 2007

Group

As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids (US)
6 Dec 2025 – 26 Apr 2026

with James Barnor, Stan Douglas, Samuel Fosso, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Barkley L. Hendricks, Texas Isaiah, Liz Johnson Artur, Seydou Keita, Deana Lawson, Dawit Petros, Jamel Shabazz, Carrie Mae Weems
Widening the Lens

Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix (US)
27 Feb 2025 – 15 Jun 2025

with David Alekhuogie, A.K. Burns, Melissa Catanese, Sam Contis, Cyprien Gaillard, David Hartt, Sky Hopinka, Justine Kurland, Dionne Lee, Mark McKnight, Erin Jane Nelson, Lucy Raven …
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 …
Widening the Lens

Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (US)
11 May 2024 – 12 Jan 2025

with David Alekhuogie, A.K. Burns, Melissa Catanese, Sam Contis, Cyprien Gaillard, David Hartt, Sky Hopinka, Justine Kurland, Dionne Lee, Mark McKnight, Erin Jane Nelson, Lucy Raven …
RE/SISTERS

A Lens on Gender and Ecology

Barbican Art Gallery , London (GB)
5 Oct 2023 – 14 Jan 2024

with Laura Aguilar, Poulomi Basu, Melanie Bonajo, Carolina Caycedo, Minerva Cuevas, Monica de Miranda, Agnes Denes, Chloe Dewe Mathews, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Simryn Gill, Gauri Gill, Fay Godwin …
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 …
DEEP BLUE

Museu do Porto , Porto (PT)
18 May 2023 – 2 Jul 2023

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Kudzanai Chiurai, Monica de Miranda, Sandim Mendes, Sethembile Msezane, Silvia Rosi, Athi-Patra Ruga, Zineb Sedira, Buhlebezwe Siwani, Helena Uambembe
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 …
Race, Love, and Labor (an excerpt)

CPW, Kingston (US)
14 Jan 2023 – 19 Mar 2023

with Endia Beal, William Cordova, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Tommy Kha, Deana Lawson, Alma Leiva, Gina Osterloh, Dawit Petros, Paul Mpagi Sepuya
I Hear America Singing

Contemporary Photography from America

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus (US)
3 Jun 2022 – 22 Jan 2023

with Matthew Brandt, Lucas Foglia, Michael Lundgren, Alex MacLean, Pamela Pecchio, Griselda San Martin, David Benjamin Sherry, Greg Stimac, Millee Tibbs
True Pictures?

Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus Kanada und den USA

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
12 Mar 2022 – 26 Jun 2022

with Vikky Alexander, Roy Arden, Walead Beshty, Anne Collier, Gregory Crewdson, Liz Deschenes, Stan Douglas, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Nan Goldin, Rodney Graham, Martine Gutierrez, Anthony Hernandez …
TRUE PICTURES?

Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus Kanada und den USA

Sprengel Museum, Hannover (DE)
6 Nov 2021 – 13 Feb 2022

with Vikky Alexander, Roy Arden, Walead Beshty, Anne Collier, Gregory Crewdson, Liz Deschenes, Stan Douglas, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Nan Goldin, Rodney Graham, Martine Gutierrez, Anthony Hernandez …
Soft Power

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
26 Oct 2019 – 17 Feb 2020

with Haig Aivazian, Marwa Arsanios, Nairy Baghramian, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Nikhil Chopra, Minerva Cuevas, Cevdet Erek, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Hassan Khan, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Cinthia Marcelle, Dave McKenzie …
Live Dangerously

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington (US)
19 Sep 2019 – 20 Jan 2020

with Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Anna Gaskell, Dana Hoey, Graciela Iturbide, Kirsten Justesen, Justine Kurland, Rania Matar, Ana Mendieta, MWANGI HUTTER, Laurie Simmons, Janaina Tschaepe
30 Americans

Painting, sculpture, and photography by influential contemporary African American artists.

The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (US)
27 Oct 2019 – 12 Jan 2020

with Mark Bradford, Renee Green, David Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Rashid Johnson, Glenn Ligon, Kalup Linzy, Kerry James Marshall, Rodney McMillian, Wangechi Mutu, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson …
The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement

The Phillips Collection, Washington (US)
22 Jun 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Erkan Oezgen, Adel Abdessemed, Chantal Akerman, John Akomfrah, Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Guillermo Arias, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Beverly Buchanan …
Contemporary Performance

Florida Museum Photo, Tampa (US)
24 Apr 2019 – 31 Aug 2019

with Ebtisam Abdul Aziz, Matthew Barney, Lyle Ashton Harris, Cindy Sherman, Deborah Willis
30 Americans

contemporary art by African American artists

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (US)
1 Jun 2019 – 25 Aug 2019

with Mark Bradford, Renee Green, David Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Rashid Johnson, Wangechi Mutu, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems
Mickalene Thomas - tête-à-tête

The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton (US)
20 Oct 2018 – 13 Jan 2019

with Renee Cox, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Lyle Ashton Harris, Deana Lawson, Zanele Muholi, Malick Sidibe, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems
People Get Ready: Building a Contemporary Collection

Nasher Museum of Art, Durham (US)
1 Sep 2018 – 6 Jan 2019

with William Cordova, William Eggleston, Mounir Fatmi, Genevieve Gaignard, Hassan Hajjaj, Lyle Ashton Harris, Barkley L. Hendricks, Rashid Johnson, Pedro Lasch, Kerry James Marshall, Zanele Muholi, Wangechi Mutu …
Picture Fiction

Kenneth Josephson and Contemporary Photography

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
28 Apr 2018 – 31 Dec 2018

with Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Walead Beshty, Anne Collier, Robert Cumming, Jan Dibbets, Roe Ethridge, Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Robert Heinecken, Leslie Hewitt, Joseph Jachna …
Cry of Victory and Short Walks to Freedom

Projects+gallery, St. Louis (US)
18 Oct 2018 – 24 Nov 2018

with Kwame Brathwaite, Fabrice Monteiro, Alexis Peskine, Hank Willis Thomas
MUSE: Mickalene Thomas Photographs and tête-à-tête

Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (US)
14 Jul 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Renee Cox, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Lyle Ashton Harris, Deana Lawson, Zanele Muholi, Malick Sidibe, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems
Woman with a Camera

photographs by 16 women artists

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
8 Jul 2017 – 14 Jan 2018

with Marina Abramovic, Anne Collier, Leslie Hewitt, Catherine Opie, Laurie Simmons, Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems
LA TERRA INQUIETA

Palazzo della Triennale, Milano (IT)
28 Apr 2017 – 20 Aug 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, John Akomfrah, Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Ziad Antar, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Banu Cennetoglu, Phil Collins, Rokni Haerizadeh …
THE RESTLESS EARTH

Palazzo della Triennale, Milano (IT)
28 Apr 2017 – 20 Aug 2017

with Adel Abdessemed, John Akomfrah, Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Ziad Antar, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Andrea Bowers, Tania Bruguera, Banu Cennetoglu, Phil Collins, Rokni Haerizadeh …
The Artist’s Museum

ICA Institute Contemp Art, Boston (US)
16 Nov 2016 – 26 Mar 2017

with Rosa Barba, Carol Bove, Rachel Harrison, Louise Lawler, Mark Leckey, Pierre Leguillon, Goshka Macuga, Christian Marclay, Rosemarie Trockel, Sara VanDerBeek
RACE, LOVE, AND LABOR

A traveling exhibition from the Center for Photography at Woodstock

Photographic Resource Center, Boston (US)
18 Nov 2016 – 28 Jan 2017

with Endia Beal, William Cordova, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, Alma Leiva, Gina Osterloh, Dawit Petros
The Making of a Fugitive

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
16 Jul 2016 – 4 Dec 2016

with Dennis Adams, Chris Burden, David Hammons, Barbara Kruger, Glenn Ligon, Bruce Nauman, Michal Rovner, Carrie Schneider
The Grace Jones Project

Mus African Diaspora, San Francisco (US)
27 Apr 2016 – 18 Sep 2016

with Rashayla Marie Brown, Gerard H. Gaskin, Harold Offeh
For Freedoms

Jack Shainman Gallery, New York (US)
7 Jun 2016 – 29 Jul 2016

with Shimon Attie, Wendy Ewald, Chitra Ganesh, Jim Goldberg, Marilyn Minter, Carlos Motta, Trevor Paglen, Alec Soth, Will Steacy, Mikhael Subotzky, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas …
30 Americans

contemporary art by African American artists

Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (US)
18 Oct 2015 – 18 Jan 2016

with Mark Bradford, Wangechi Mutu, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems
Body Doubles

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
25 Oct 2014 – 19 Apr 2015

with Valerie Belin, Jeanne Dunning, Robert Gober, Rashid Johnson, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, Richard Prince, Collier Schorr, Cindy Sherman, Gillian Wearing
Radical Presence

Black Performance in Contemporary Art

Studio Museum Harlem, New York (US)
14 Nov 2013 – 11 Mar 2014

with Zachary Fabri, David Hammons, Lyle Ashton Harris, Kalup Linzy, Dave McKenzie, Clifford Owens, Adam Pendleton, Carrie Mae Weems
Un-drawn

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia (US)
14 Mar 2013 – 17 May 2013

with J. Carrier, Richard Mosse, David Taylor
tête-à-tête, curated by Mickalene Thomas

Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York (US)
12 Jul 2012 – 31 Aug 2012

with LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, Zanele Muholi, Clifford Owens, Malick Sidibe, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas
The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl

Art Museum Miami, Miami (US)
18 Mar 2012 – 10 Jun 2012

with Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Janet Cardiff, Rodney Graham, Tim Lee, Christian Marclay, George Bures Miller, Vik Muniz, Robin Rhode, Ed Ruscha, Malick Sidibe, Mark Soo …
30 Americans

contemporary art by African American artists

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington (US)
1 Oct 2011 – 12 Feb 2012

with Mark Bradford, Rashid Johnson, Wangechi Mutu, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems
The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl

ICA Institute Contemp Art, Boston (US)
18 Mar 2011 – 10 Jun 2011

with Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Janet Cardiff, Rodney Graham, Gregor Hildebrandt, Tim Lee, Christian Marclay, George Bures Miller, Vik Muniz, Robin Rhode, Ed Ruscha, Malick Sidibe …
Greater New York

MoMA PS1, New York (US)
23 May 2010 – 20 Oct 2010

with William Cordova, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Jack Goldstein, Sharon Hayes, Alex Hubbard, Alice O’Malley, Adam Pendleton, David Benjamin Sherry, Elisabeth Subrin, Hank Willis Thomas, Guido van der Werve, Conrad Ventur …
The Reach of Realism

MoCA Miami, Miami (US)
1 Dec 2009 – 14 Feb 2010

with Uta Barth, Olaf Breuning, Phil Collins, Thomas Demand, Alex Hubbard, Elad Lassry, Wolfgang Tillmans, Gillian Wearing, Artur Zmijewski
Signs Taken For Wonders

Jack Shainman Gallery, New York (US)
28 May 2009 – 3 Jul 2009

with Kader Attia, Jean Ulrick Desert, Carrie Mae Weems
PS: Parsing Spirituality

Affirmation Arts, New York (US)
10 Jan 2009 – 17 Feb 2009

with Janine Antoni, Sebastiaan Bremer
Cinema Remixed and Reloaded

Black Women Artists and the Moving Image Since 1970

Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (US)
18 Oct 2008 – 4 Jan 2009

with Bradley McCallum & Jacqueline Tarry, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Tracey Moffatt, Wangechi Mutu, Adrian Piper, Tracey Rose, Berni Searle, Lorna Simpson, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems
Facing Race

MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland (US)
12 Sep 2008 – 28 Dec 2008

with Elizabeth Axtman, Jefferson Pinder, Hank Willis Thomas
MIW IV

CPW, Woodstock (US)
19 Jan 2008 – 30 Mar 2008

with Deborah Bay, Margarida Correia, Isaac Diggs, Isabelle Lumpkin, Meira Marrero, Natasha Moustache, Rishi Singhal, Kwabena Slaughter, Toshi Ueshina, Preston Wadley, Vagner Whitehead
Passionate Attitudes

CPW, Woodstock (US)
11 Nov 2006 – 23 Dec 2006

with Jen Davis, Graciela Fuentes, Jane Hammond, Cornelia Hediger, Rebecca Horne, Rachel Mackow, Susanne Neunhoeffer, Kanako Sasaki
Frequency

Studio Museum Harlem, New York (US)
9 Nov 2005 – 12 Mar 2006

with Demetrius Oliver, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas
re: source

Art in General, New York (US)
8 Sep 2004 – 6 Nov 2004

with Mayumi Lake, Marcelino Stuhmer

Events

Bienal’23 Fotografia do Porto - ACTS OF EMPATHY

70 ARTISTS / 16 EXHIBITIONS

Ci.CLO Plataforma de Fotografia, Porto (PT)
18 May 2023 – 2 Jul 2023

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Ursula Biemann, Myriam Boulos, Kudzanai Chiurai, Monica de Miranda, Jorge Graça, Mohamed Hassan, Hyeseon Jeong and Seongmin Yuk, Uwa Iduozee, Rima Maroun, Alice Martins, Sandim Mendes …
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 …
Liverpool Biennial 2021

Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (GB)
20 Mar 2021 – 6 Jun 2021

with Larry Achiampong, Erick Beltran, Yael Davids, Camille Henrot, Nicholas Hlobo, Sohrab Hura, Ebony G. Patterson, Zineb Sedira
Month of Photography 2019

MOP Denver, Denver (US)
1 Mar 2019 – 28 Apr 2019

with Halim al Karim, Corey Arnold, Philip Augustin, Fatemeh Baigmoradi, Odette England, Torben Eskerod, Danae Falliers, Theresa Ganz, Paula Gillen, Karol Golemboski, Kris Graves, Kris Graves …
AIPAD 2019 - Digital Fictional Cinematic Surrealistic

AIPAD, New York (US)
4 Apr 2019 – 7 Apr 2019

with Julie Blackmon, Patty Carroll, Amanda Charchian, Julie Cockburn, Ivan Forde, Formento & Formento, Carla Jay Harris, Ole Marius Joergensen, Ervin A. Johnson, David LaChapelle, Jeff Louviere and Vanessa S. Brown, Erwin Olaf …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
6 Dec 2018 – 9 Dec 2018

with Ignasi Aballi, Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Darren Almond, Darren Almond, Erica Baum, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Dirk Braeckman, Kwame Brathwaite, Nancy Burson …
Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp

triennial of contemporary art

Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans (US)
18 Nov 2017 – 25 Feb 2018

with Abbas Akhavan, John Akomfrah, Rebecca Belmore, Sonia Boyce, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Edgar Cleijne, Donna Conlon, Genevieve Gaignard, Ellen Gallagher, Gauri Gill, Alfredo Jaar, Rashid Johnson …
PhotoNOLA 2017

New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans (US)
7 Dec 2017 – 10 Dec 2017

with Anthony Caronia, Sam Geballe, Cornelia Hediger, Priya Kambli, Michael Kenna, Kerry Mansfield, Brittany Markert, Josephine Sacabo, Lauren E. Simonutti, Kimberly Witham
Art Basel Miami Beach 2017

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
7 Dec 2017 – 10 Dec 2017

with Marina Abramovic, Darren Almond, Claudia Andujar, John Baldessari, Lothar Baumgarten, Dawoud Bey, Matti Braun, AA Bronson, James Casebere, Talia Chetrit, Louisa Clement, Sara Cwynar …