Whitney Stanley
Whitney Stanley (b. 1988, United States) is an interdisciplinary artist working across film photography, mixed media painting, textiles, and three-dimensional craft. Her work documents the “contact zones” Black people encounter with one another and with the broader social world around them. Working across these mediums, Stanley explores proximity, relationships, and the cultural dynamics that shape Black communal spaces.
Stanley’s work has been exhibited at venues including 21c Museum (Durham), LUMP Gallery (Raleigh), Provident 1898 (Durham), Hayti Heritage Center (Durham), K Space Contemporary (Corpus Christi), and the Augusta Savage Gallery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Selected Exhibitions
2026
My Cousin’s House, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC (upcoming)
Art Faculty Biennial, Elon University, Elon, NC
2022
We Just Be (Solo Exhibition), 21c Museum, Durham, NC
Strictly Voluntary, LUMP Gallery, Raleigh, NC
In Relation, Provident 1898, Durham, NC
2021
We Are Here. Past, Present, Future, Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC
2020
Third Coast Biennial, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
Breathing While Black, Augusta Savage Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Opulence, Decadence, LUMP Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Truth to Power 8, Pleiades Arts, Durham, NC
About What’s Going On, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, MA
Reawakening, Golden Belt Arts, Durham, NC
Public Installation, Art Ain’t Innocent / NorthStar Church of the Arts, Durham, NC
2019
Long Legacy (Site-Specific Installation), PRIZM Art Fair, Miami Art Week, Miami, FL
Mentorship
Studied under
Juan Logan
Stacy Lynn Waddell
Kimowan Metchewais (McLain)
Selected Press
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. “NorthStar Church of the Arts Downtown Durham Mural Project.”
WUNC. “The World Is Watching. A Durham Activist Explains Why He Camped Out at Police Headquarters.”
The News & Observer. “Artists capture the protest movement in plywood, filling Raleigh and Durham with murals”
Let’s Talk Durham Magazine. “Whitney Stanley.”
Bibliography
Level Ground Collective. “SKEW Magazine,” Issue 2. November 2020.