Ebony G. Patterson was recently announced as one of the 2024 MacArthur Fellows, sometimes also referred to as the “genius grant.” The Nerman Museum owns one of her pieces:

Ebony G. Patterson, Untitled Lightz II, 2013, mixed media on paper, 75 x 100 in. Collection Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Gift of the H Tony and Marti Oppenheimer Foundation. Photo: EG Schempf
Patterson has also been featured in a some of our exhibitions!
- dy/nas/ty (2014) – this was also her first institutional solo exhibition!
- REVEAL (2014-2015)
- Adorned (2022-2023)
- WILD LIFE! (2023)
Listen to Patterson discuss Untitled Lightz II:
Learn more about her MacArthur Fellow award: