![]() ![]() Willis was the curator of photographs and the prints/exhibition coordinator at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library between 19, after which she became the curator of an exhibition at the Center for African American History and Culture of the Smithsonian Institution for eight years. ![]() from the Cultural Studies Program of George Mason University in 2001. in art history from City College of New York in 1986 and a Ph.D. in photography from Pratt Institute in 1979 an M.A. in photography from Philadelphia College of Art in 1975 an M.F.A. Her father was a photographer as well, and her close familial ties are apparent in works such as Daddy’s Ties: The Tie Quilt II (1992), and Progeny: Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas (2009). She is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at Tisch School of the Arts of New York University.īorn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Willis is the mother of conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas. Among her awards and honors, she was a 2000 MacArthur Fellow. ![]() Deborah Willis is a contemporary African-American artist, photographer, curator of photography, photographic historian, author, and educator. ![]()
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