Senga Nengudi
2026 Milestone Grantee
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The work of Senga Nengudi has been at the forefront of sculptural, performative, and photographic practices for over forty years. Using simple materials in innovative, unexpected ways, Nengudi’s compositions evoke a rich array of references, from subtle allusions to the body, to feminist considerations of space and movement, to the confluence of different cultural and religious rituals. With equal parts rigor and grace, they encourage us to rethink our relationship to the people and world around us. Nengudi's work has been been presented in solo exhibitions at Whitechapel Gallery, London; Dia Beacon; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum; Museu de Arte de São Paulo; Lenbachhaus, Munich; Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, Baltimore Museum of Art; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, among others. Nengudi is the recipient of the Rauschenberg Centennial Award and the Nasher Prize for Sculpture.
