Tschabalala Self

Tschabalala Self (b. 1990 Harlem, New York) Tschabalala Self is an artist who builds a singular style from the syncretic use of painting, printmaking and sculpture to explore ideas surrounding figuration. She constructs depictions of predominantly women using a combination of sewn, printed, and painted materials, traversing different artistic and craft traditions. The formal and conceptual aspects of Self’s work seek to expand her critical inquiry into selfhood and human flourishing. Recent solo exhibitions and performances include Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia (2025); Longlati Foundation, Shanghai (2025); Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland (2024); Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen (2023); Le Consortium, Dijon (2022); Performa 2021 Biennial, New York City (2021); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore (2021); ICA, Boston (2020); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2019); Art Omi, Ghent (2019); Frye Art Museum, Seattle (2019) and Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2018). Self's work is included in collections such as Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA; Astrup Fearnley, Oslo, Norway; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, USA; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, USA; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, USA; Consortium Museum, Dijon, France; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA; Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, USA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, USA; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA; The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, USA; ICA Boston, Boston, USA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA; Luma Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland; Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris, France; Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, USA; New Museum, New York, USA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany; Qatar Museums, Doha, Qatar; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA; Stedelijk Museum Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Studio Museum Harlem, New York, USA; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA. Tschabalala Self lives and works in the Hudson Valley, New York. “The films that run through my mind while I'm painting are not linear...they are a disparate collection of associations, memories and experiences that are synthesized into a singular work of art.” —Tschabalala Self in conversation with Heinz-Norbert Jocks “Tschabalala Self: Der Schwarze Feminismus,” Kunstforum International, 2025