Author name: Wendel White

Wendel A. White was awarded a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA in photography from the University of Texas at Austin. White taught photography at the School of Visual Arts, NY; The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NY; the International Center for Photography, NY; Rochester Institute of Technology; and is currently Distinguished Professor of Art at Stockton University. His work has received various awards and fellowships including a 2021 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography, Peabody Museum of Archeology & Ethnography, Harvard University, a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Photography, Bunn Lectureship in Photography, Bradley University, three artist fellowships from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts, a photography grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, and a New Works Photography Fellowship from En Foco Inc.

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Summer 2026 exhibitions

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Current Places to see my work SFO Museum – San Francisco Airport “Schools for the Colored,” until July 26, 2026 https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/wendel-white-schools-for-the-colored Pace University Art Gallery, New York, NY Retold Altered Photography “Schools for the Colored” (20 prints), until July 30, 2026 https://www.pace.edu/news/press-release-pace-university-art-gallery-presents-retold National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography […]

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Retold: Altered Photography

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Prints from the Schools for the Colored portfolio are included in this exhibition at Pace University Art Gallery in New York. The exhibition continues until July 30, 2026

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Dr Deborah Willis Book Talk at Barnes Foundation

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The author eagerly anticipates participating in a discussion with fellow Philadelphia photographers featured in Dr. Deborah Willis’ publication “Reflections in Black: 25th Anniversary Edition: A Reframing.” This event will take place at the Barnes Foundation on Sunday, December 14 at 1:00 p.m., co-sponsored by Temple University’s Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection.

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Artforum Review

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Maria Porges reviews Wendel A. White’s exhibition at Rena Bransten Gallery in May 2025 for Artforum, highlighting his decades-long focus on the construction of race in the U.S. The exhibition showcased works from two of his significant projects, illustrating his exploration of race through recorded and transformed material traces.

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New Partnership with Rena Bransten Gallery

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I am pleased to announce a new partnership with the Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco, CA. The first exhibition opens April 5, 2025 and I will be there on May 10, 2025 in conversation with Makeda Best, Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Oakland Museum of California. https://renabranstengallery.com/exhibitions/wendel-white-schools-for-the-colored/

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Manifest: Thirteen Colonies Book Launch and Conversation

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Sept 26 at 6pm, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. I will be in conversation with Cheryl Finley, Leigh Raiford, Deborah Willis, and Brenda Tindal to discuss this recent publication of my work, Manifest: Thirteen Colonies. Co-published by the Peabody Museum Press at Harvard and Radius Books with six essays and interviews along with two

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