Howardena Pindell

Howardena Pindell is an important American artist, curator, professor, and writer. Her work is known for its intense political and sociological content based on her own life experiences as an African American artist emerging during the Civil Rights Movement. Her artistic style has evolved from figurative art to large collage abstractions using a variety of mediums.Howardena Pindell was born in Philadelphia,PA. She attended Boston University and went on to Yale University to receive her MFA in 1967. Since the early 1970s Pindell has been an activist in the art community and has written articles shedding light on issues of race, censorship, and violence. Pindell has also traveled the world and her experiences in such places as Egypt, Nigeria, Japan, Russia, and India lend inspiration to her work. Howardena Pindell’s awards include College Art Association, Studio Museum of Harlem Artist Award, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Collections of her work are worldwide including Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Detroit Institute of New York, Chase-Manhattan Bank in New York, Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York, and The Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark.