Exhibits & Events

Wendel White is a distinguished photographer who focuses on Black history, the legacy of slavery, and the importance of empowering perspectives. Folding Time will feature selected photographs from his foundational bodies of work, Schools for the Colored, Red Summer, and Manifest.

Mr. White was born in Newark, New Jersey. He was awarded a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York and an MFA in photography from the University of Texas at Austin. White taught photography at the School of Visual Arts, NY; Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NY; Rochester Institute of Technology; and is currently Distinguished Professor of Art & American Studies at Stockton University.

His awards and fellowships include an honorary doctor of arts, Oakland University; Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography, Peabody Museum, Harvard University; Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in photography; three artist fellowships from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts, and grants from Center Santa Fe, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts as well as residencies at Monuments Lab, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art and the Arts Council of Princeton.