Ebony G. Patterson Announced as 2024 MacArthur Fellow

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!

Listen to Patterson discuss Untitled Lightz II:

Learn more about her MacArthur Fellow award: