Dawoud Bey began his career as an artist in 1975 with a series of photographs, Harlem, USA, that was later exhibited in his first one-person exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1979. He has since had exhibitions worldwide, at institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Barbican Centre in London, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Bey’s works are included in the permanent collections of numerous museums in the U.S. and abroad, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Honors over his long career include the Guggenheim Fellowship and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Portrait photography by Jason Smilke/Mainstream