YoYo Lander
Education
University of California, Los Angeles 2010, M.F.A
Howard University 2007, B. A.
Solo Exhibitions
Harvey B. Gantt Center – YoYo Lander: Between the Quiet, Selected Works from 2019-2024 – Charlotte, NC 2025
Phillips Auction – Yesterday Was Hard – West Hollywood, CA 2024
Zidoun - Bossuyt, A Big Romance – Paris, FR 2023
The KNOW Contemporary, Onto Something – Los Angeles, CA 2021
Evergreen Valley College, No Rain, No Flower – San Jose, CA 2019
Joyce Gordon Gallery, No Rain, No Flower – Oakland, CA 2019
Museum of African American Art, Memories of Love – Los Angeles, CA 2018
Dysonna Art Gallery, When Joy Overcomes Pain – Los Angeles, CA 2016
Group Exhibitions
Liljevalchs – When We See Us – Stockholm – Stockholm, Sweden 2025
EXPO Chicago – Chicago, IL 2025
Bozar – When We See Us – Brussels, Belgium 2025
Untitled Art – Miami Beach, FL 2024
Phillips Auction – Yesterday Was Hard – West Hollywood, CA 2024
The Phillips Collection – Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, Washington, DC 2024
Kunstmuseum Basel – When We See Us – Basel, Switzerland 2024
Galleria Anna Marra – How Do You Want to See Yourself – Rome, Italy 2024
EXPO Chicago – Chicago, IL 2024
Art Paris – Fragile Utopias. A Focus on the French Scene – Paris, France 2024
Museum of Fine Art Houston – Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, Houston, TX 2024
Art SG – Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 2024
Bunker Art Space – Odalisque – Palm Beach, FL 2023/2024
Untitled Art – Miami Beach, FL 2023
Museum Folkwang – WE IS FUTURE: Visions of New Communities, Essen, Germany 2023-2024
Frisk Art Museum – Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, Nashville, TN 2023
EXPO Chicago – Chicago, IL 2023
Abu Dhabi Art – Abu Dhabi, UAE 2023
Untitled Art – Miami Beach, FL 2022
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art, When We See Us – Cape Town, SA 2022
Abu Dhabi Art – Abu Dhabi, UAE 2022
Art Brussels – Brussels, Belgium 2022
Art Dubai – Al Sufouh, Dubai 2022
Chicago Booth – London, UK 2022
Marianne Boesky Gallery, Winner Takes All – New York City, NY 2022
Phillips, House of Crowns – New York City, NY 2021
Jeffrey Deitch, Shattered Glass – Miami, FL 2021
Jac Forbes Gallery, Mother's Nature – Malibu, CA 2021
Marianne Boesky Gallery, In Situ – New York City, NY 2021
Prizm Art Fair, Noir, Noir: Meditations on African Cinema and its Influence on Visual Art – Miami, FL 2020
Christie's, Say it Loud – New York City, NY 2020
CFHILL, Black Voices/Black Microcosm – Stockholm, Sweden 2020
Band of Vices, Shades of Summer – Los Angeles, CA 2020
ZuCot Gallery, H.E.R. – Atlanta, GA 2019
Residency Art Gallery, Untitled – Los Angeles, CA 2017
Gallery 38, Return of the Gods – Los Angeles, CA 2016
Corporate Commissions/Art Placements/ Select Special Collections
RACLIN MURPHY MUSEUM OF ART – NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY – Notre Dame, IN 2024
NORTHWESTERN PRTIZKER SCHOOL OF LAW ART COLLECTION – Chicago, IL 2024
CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM – Los Angeles, CA 2024
MUSEUM OF FINE ART, HOUSTON – Houston, TX 2023
INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM – Charleston, SC 2022
THE PETRUCCI FAMILY FOUNDATION (PFF), 2021
UP NEXT ART MUSEUM – Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, 2020
HILL HARPER ART FOUNDATION, 2020
THE BUNKER ART SPACE – BETH RUDIN DEWOODY COLLECTION, 2020
INSECURE, HBO 2020 - Season 4 & 5
KAISER PERMANENTE – Los Angeles, CA 2018
GREY'S ANATOMY, ABC 2018 – Season 15, Episode 7
Publications and Television
Ebert, Grace. "In YoYo Lander’s Dynamic Portraits, Layers of Stained Paper Capture Light and Shadow." Colossal. 27 September 2024. link
Waddoups, Ryan. "YoYo Lander Mines Infinite Meaning From a Sweater’s Folds." Surfacemag.com. 12 September 2024. link
Ascher, Storm. "VOICES: Storm Ascher in Conversation with YoYo Lander." Phillips.com. 12 September 2024. link
Baratta, Franchesca. "YoYo Lander | Yesterday Was Hard..." Flaunt.com. 13 September 2024. link
Renfrow, Daniel. "A New Exhibit at the MFAH Explores Black Identity through Collage." Houstoniamag.com. 2 April 2024. link
Kouoh, Koyo."When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting." Thames & Hudson. March 2023. pp. 179, 311.
Delmez, Kathryn E. "Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage." Frist Art Museum. November 2023. pp. 115, 260.
Dozier, Ayanna. "Curator’s Choice: Women and Nonbinary Artists Subvert the Politics of Portraiture." Artsy.net. 25 April 2023. link
Zoldan, Sharón. "Sharón Zoldan Shares Her Miami 2022 Highlights." Whitewall.art. 07 December 2022. link
Dozier, Ayanna. "The 10 Best Booths at Untitled Art, Miami Beach 2022." Artsy.net. 29 November 2022. link
Labaz, Victoria Sarah. "The Embodied Minds of YoYo Lander." VictoriaSarah.com. 24 March 2022. link
Dambrot, Shana Nys. "Reviews." Artillery Magazine. Nov/Dec Issue. 1 November 2021. pp 48-50. link
"October Art Exhibitions, Events, Pop-ups and Shows in LA." Los Angeles Times. October 2021 link
Boone, Keyaira. "18 Must-See Exhibitions To Visit This Fall." Essence.com. September 2021 link
"Anatomy of Black Art." Revolt TV. September 2020 link
Moore, Charles. "YoYo Lander's Vulnerable Portraits Celebrate Black Beauty and Strength." Artsy.net. August 2020 link
Schulz, Abby. "Christie's Hosts Selling Exhibition for Black Artist." Barrons.com. July 2020 link
Gray, Austen. "YoYo Lander Owns Feminine Vulnerability." ArtofChoice.com. April 2020 link
"YoYo Lander." CFHILL. April 2020 link
Dunsen, Danny. "Artist Spotlight: YoYo Lander." ArtX. October 2019 link
Cowen, Kathy. "YoYo Lander's new paintings explore what it means to be..." CreativeBoom. January 2020 link
"Meet the Creatives." Blavity. November 2016 link