Endia Beal

Endia Beal is a North Carolina-based artist, curator, and author. Beal’s work merges fine arts

with social justice. She uses photography and video to reveal the often overlooked and

unappreciated experiences unique to people of color.

Beal is featured in several online editorials including The New York Times, Huffington Post, and

National Geographic; she also appeared in TIME Magazine, VICE Magazine, and The Atlantic.

Her work has been exhibited in several institutions including the Nasher Museum of Art, the

New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Aperture Foundation. Beal’s photographs are in private

and public collections, such as The Studio Museum in Harlem, the National Museum of African

American History & Culture, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Beal is a Sony Artisan of Imagery. She is also a fellow of the Center for Curatorial Leadership

and completed residencies at Harvard Art Museums, the Center for Photography at Woodstock,

and McColl Center for Art + Innovation.

Her academic background includes a dual BFA in art history and studio art from the University

of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, followed by an MFA from Yale University. Beal presently

holds the position of Visiting Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University, located in Winston-

Salem, NC.