we makin gumbo II, 2024

Photograph, porcelain okra, box braids, 35mm photo of the Atlantic Ocean, satin, hair beads, and homegrown gourd

40 x 27 x 3 inches

Fair Market Value: $7,650

Starting Bid: $5,355

Buy It Now: $11,475

STEPHANIE J. WOODS is a multidisciplinary artist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Originally from Seneca, South Carolina, and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Woods's work is deeply rooted in her desire to preserve and celebrate her cultural heritage. Woods has been awarded several prestigious residencies and fellowships, including the Black Rock Senegal Residency, the Harpo Prize, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Residency, the Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, and the ACRE Residency. She has also spent time at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency, and Penland School of Craft, among others. Her work has been featured in major exhibitions, including at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery as part of Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today and the Dakar Biennale. Woods's work is held in permanent collections at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Gibbes Museum of Art, and the Mint Museum, to name just a few.

Artist-in-Residence, 2025