LaToya Ruby Frazier

LaToya Ruby Frazier is an acclaimed contemporary artist whose practice spans a range of media, including photography, video, performance, installation art, and books, and whose work centers on the nexus of social justice, cultural change, and commentary on the American experience. In various interconnected bodies of work, Frazier uses collaborative storytelling with the people who appear in her artwork to address topics of industrialism, Rust Belt revitalization, environmental justice, healthcare access, clean water access, and workers’ and human rights. Frazier’s approach builds on the legacy of 1930s social documentary work and 1960s and 1970s conceptual photography that address urgent social and political issues of everyday life. Her deeply personal and community-centered approach has earned Frazier the Carnegie Prize (2022), honorary doctorates from Edinboro University (2019) and Pratt Institute (2017), a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship (2015), a TED Fellowship (2015), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2014). In 2024, MoMA mounted Frazier’s first museum survey titled Monuments of Solidarity.