M.F.A. Advanced Photographic Studies, International Center of Photography-Bard, New York, NY
Thesis: All the black language
M.A. Art and Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Thesis : Jewels from the Hinterland: A study in arts-based storytelling
B.A. Urban Studies and Sociology, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Thesis: The History of Harlem, Housing, and Black Upper-middle Class Identity
2022: I Keep Missing My Water, ICA at VCU, Richmond, VA (forthcoming)
A Sequence for Squeezing, Baxter Street CCNY, New York, NY
2020: Brief & Drenching, Fotografiska, New York, NY
2018: A Collective Utterance, Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
All the black language, ICP-Bard Studios, Long Island City, NY
2023: New York Now: Home, A Photography Triennial, Museum of the City of New York, NY
Queer-ish: Photography and the LGBTQ+ Imaginary, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA
2021: TOUCH, Swiss Institute, New York, NY
I Belong to This, Huxley-Parlour, London, UK
Self-Maintenance Resource Center, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
Museum as Classroom, Smart Museum, Chicago, IL
2020: Social Justice Billboard Project, NE SCULPTURE I Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Anthem, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Queen is Dead, ltd los angeles at h Club Los Angeles, CA
Catalyst: Art and Social Change, Gracie Mansion Conservancy, New York, NY
2019: Down Time: On the Art of Retreat, Smart Museum, Chicago, IL
Parallax, Photoville, New York, NY
From the Margins, Gallery 102, Washington, D.C.
F.A.B.U. (For All By Us) Books and Editions, Shoot The Lobster, New York, NY
Radical Reading Room, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
The Other Is You: Brooklyn Queer Portraiture, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
Parallax, Photoville LA, Los Angeles, CA
2018: They're foxy to me, are they foxy to you?, ltd los angeles, Sunday Art Fair, London, UK
To Know a Stranger, Baxter Street CCNY, New York, NY
Come to Your Senses, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
Everyday Muse, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Close to Reality, ICP School, New York, NY
2017: I Am! We Are Here!, The Point CDC, Bronx, NY
Ecotone, Zaha Hadid, New York, NY
Bronx Calling: The Fourth AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Her Feet Planted Firmly On The Ground, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
2016: If We Came From Nowhere Here, Why Can’t We Go Somewhere There?, Artworks
Trenton, Trenton, NJ
Up for Debate, BRIC House, Brooklyn, NY
2015: What's Inside Her Never Dies, Yeelen Gallery, Miami, FL.
Intimacy, RabbitHole Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
Signified Space(s), Gnarly Vines, Brooklyn, NY.
The Migration, Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
The Artist’s Studio, BRIC House, Brooklyn, NY
2014: If We Came From Nowhere Here, Why Can’t We Go Somewhere There?, Vivid Solutions
Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Studio Works: Ceramics, Printmaking, and Photography, Macy Gallery, New York, NY
Bridging Boundaries: Redefining Diaspora, Postcrypt Art Gallery, Columbia University,
New York, NY
2013: Studio Works: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Macy Gallery, New York, NY
Myers Art Prizes, Macy Gallery, New York, NY
September Primer, Macy Gallery, New York, NY
A New Nothing Vol. 1, ed. by John Pilson, Sleeper, 2021
Photo No-Nos ed. by Jason Fulford, Aperture, 2021
These Are the Faces of Tranquility, The New York Times, 2019
All the black language, Self Published, Second Edition, 2018
All the black language, Self Published, First Edition, 2018
MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora ed. by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn and
Adama Delphine Fawundu, Eye & I Inc., 2017
The Perfect Woman to Paint Michelle Obama, The New York Times, 2017
Showers Closed., Self Published, 2017
Ungapeli Umoya, Self Published, 2017
3 star selfie’s, Self Published, 2017
2022: Artist Talk, St. Olaf Collage
2022: Artist Talk, Smith College
2022: Artist Talk, Princeton Day School
2021: Artist Talk, Vassar College
2021: Artist Talk, Columbia University
2021: Artist Talk, Barnard College
2021: Artist Talk, “F is for Femininity Roundtable,” Klarna
2020: Artist Talk, Parsons School of Design
2020: Variously Documenting: Methods of Portraiture, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
2020: Artist Talk, Brooklyn Museum of Art
2019: Artist Talk with Derrick Woods-Morrow, Smart Museum of Art
2019: Artist Talk, New York University
2019: Artist Talk, Purchase College, SUNY
2019: Storytelling Saturdays with Naima Green, The Studio Museum in Harlem
2019: Artist Talk, New York Public Library
2019: Optics: Queer Eye(s), International Center of Photography Museum
2019: A Sense of Pride: LGBTQ Symposium Series, NSU Art Museum
2018: CULTURED Live: Non-Conforming Narratives, Spring Place
2018: Artist Talk, Vassar College
2018: A Collective Utterance with Oluremi Onabanjo, Arsenal Gallery
2018: Artist Talk, Recess Assembly
2018: Women's Leadership Forum, Saint Vincent's Academy
2017: Black Ecologies of Dissent, American Studies Association Annual Meeting
2017: The Social Image, Eyebeam
2016: Artist Talk, Black Portraiture[s], Johannesburg, ZA
2015: Artist Talk and Co-Facilitator, NAIS People of Color Conference
2014: Artist Talk, Macy Art Gallery
2011: Educating Girls, New York State Association of Independent Schools
2023: Penumbra Workspace Program, New York, NY
2023: Center for Photography at Woodstock AIR, Kingston, NY
2022: The Silver List
2021: Fire Island Artist Residency, Cherry Grove, NY
2021: Barnard Library Research Award, New York, NY
2020: Recess, Brooklyn, NY
2019: Pocoapoco, Oaxaca City, Mexico
2019: MASS MoCA Teaching Residency, North Adams, MA
2019: New York Times Portfolio Review, New York, NY
2017: Directors Fellowship, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2016: Directors Fellowship, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2016: Dinner without an Agenda with Hallie Ringle, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
2016: Artist in the Marketplace (AIM), Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
2015: Dinner without an Agenda with Petrushka Bazin Larsen, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
2015: Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2014: Rye Country Day Teaching Fellowship, Rye Country Day School, Rye, NY
2014: Teachers College Merit Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2013: Rye Country Day Teaching Fellowship, Rye Country Day School, Rye, NY
2013: Teachers College Merit Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2013: Myers Art Prize, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
2021-2023: Harnish Visiting Artist and Lecturer in Photography, Smith College
2021: Practices, Strategies, Techniques, Justine Kurland Workshops
2021: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Performing & Creative Arts, CUNY College of Staten Island
2020-2021: Editor in Chief, 2020Visions
2020: Visual Arts Curriculum Advisor, Yours Truly Creative
2019: Digital Strategist and Content Creator, Red Bull Arts
2016-2019: Community Strategist and Program Coordinator, AFRICA’SOUT!
2014-2016: Visual Arts Teacher, Berkeley Carroll School
2012-2014: Visual Arts Teacher, Rye Country Day School
2011-2012: Global Diversity and Social Responsibility Coordinator, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
2010-Present: Editorial & Commercial Photographer
2021: Board of Directors, Robert Giard Foundation
2021: Naima Green’s Brief & Drenching Is A Study In Stillness And Sensuality, Elle
Naima Green, A Radiating Nature, Office Magazine
Queer artists of color dominate 2021's must-see LGBTQ art shows, NBC News
2020: Studio Visit: Portrait Photographer Naima Green on Having Fun With Her Subjects and
the Joys of a Five-Mile Walk, artnet News
Naima Green, Brief & Drenching @Fotografiska New York, Collector Daily
Naima Green is in Pursuit of the Close Portrait, SSENSE
Naima Green’s Ode to Fleeting Pleasures, Aperture
Focus On: Naima Green, Photograph Mag
The artist archiving Black queer history as it happens right now, i-D
How Naima Green Makes Editorial Photography Assignments Personal, The Luupe
Photographer Naima Green reimagines Catherine Opie’s famous ‘Dyke Deck,’ Dazed
Are Virtual Viewing Rooms the Future of Photography?, Aperture
The queer female and non-binary photographers redefining the fashion image, Dazed
Pur·suit, LensCulture
Sawdust, SCREEN_
2019: Way Back Wednesday | Naima Green, Barnard College
From the Margins: Queerness, Identity, and Representation, Metal Magazine
So Long, Summer: 7 Photographers Remember the Season, T Magazine
Eye Mask: Mexico with Naima Green, CULTURED
Marlene Colburn And Naima Green Are Creating Diverse Queer Spaces, Nylon
Why BlackSpace, Dancing While Black | Black Bodies, White Boxes
Naima Green Captures the Many Faces of the Queer Community, Artsy
Naima Green: The Frontrunner Interview, Frontrunner
Don’t Miss This Artist’s Update of a Classic World of Queer Art, Nylon
Buy It Before It’s Gone: Photographer Naima Green Revisits Catherine Opie’s Dyke Deck,
CULTURED
The Dyke Deck revisited: New portrait-filled playing cards capture a dynamic queer
community, Brooklyn Based
This Artist is Making the Queerest Deck of Cards Ever, OUT Magazine
Queer communities of color photographed for a new set of playing cards, Metro.co.UK
These Photos Celebrate Queer Communities for People of Color, Feature Shoot
Interview with Naima Green – The Pur·suit Project, Lez Spread the Word
Why This Photographer Is Reimagining The Dyke Deck, Refinery29
Naima Green Stacks Catherine Opie’s “Dyke Deck” with Images of Queer
Contemporaries, Hyperallergic
A New Project Remakes Catherine Opie's Classic Dyke Deck With Photos of
Contemporary Queerness, Humble Arts Foundation
The “Pur·suit" Of Better Playing Cards, BUST
2018: Fertile Ground: Huma Bhabha, Joan Jonas, Maren Hassinger, and Naima Green in Parks
and Art Spaces Around New York, ARTnews
These Powerful Images Celebrate Artists of Color Amid Lush, Green Backdrops, VICE
Naima Green, A Collective Utterance @NYC Parks Arsenal Gallery, Collector Daily
2017: Intricacies of the Image: Naima Green and Jessica Lynne in Conversation, SPOT
Magazine, Houston Center for Photography
The absolute best photos of 2017 (in The Fader), The Fader
‘Her Feet Planted Firmly on the Ground’ at the Houston Center for Photography, Glasstire
‘Her Feet Planted Firmly on the Ground’ at the Houston Center for Photography,
Lenscratch
On The Importance of Creating Black Art In The Time Of Trump, The Fader
MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora, Eye & I Inc.
SPOOK: Issue Six
If 2017 was a photo, what would it be?, The Fader
These New York Gardeners Are Fighting The System By Growing Food, The Fader
In a Fake World, Pictures of Friend Feel The Most Real, The Fader
naima green’s view on the women’s march on washington, i-D Vice
2016: naima green’s quietly radical portraits of people in color in parks, i-D Vice
Naima Green's Beautiful Portraiture Is Changing Public Perception of Green Spaces,
Garden Collage
The essence of #BlackGirlMagic is in these photographs, Fusion
In Conversation with Naima Green, Arts.Black
2015: Jewels from the Hinterland: A Conversation on Black and Brown Bodies in Nature with
Photographer Naima Green, Black Girl in Om
Intimacy Art Show' Will Make You Want To Get Close to Somebody, Huffington Post
20 Mesmerizing Images Explore the Meaning of Intimacy, Refinery 29
SPOOK: Issue Five, America: A Visual Survey
Dinner Without An Agenda with Petrushka Bazin, Queens Museum
Hands Up, Don’t Shoot, Winter Tangerine Review
2014: Jewels from the Hinterland, Black Girls Talking
Bridging Boundaries at Postcrypt Gallery stirs thought, leaves its mark on visitors,
Columbia Spectator
Collaborative art expo pairs students with Harlem artists, Columbia Spectator
Jewels from the Hinterland, BKLYNR
Art Institute of Chicago
Barnard College Library
Decker Library at MICA
Fleet Library at RISD
International Center of Photography Library
Leslie-Lohman Museum
Museum of Modern Art Library
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Hirsch Library
National Gallery of Art
Olin Library, Cornell University
Pratt Institute Libraries
Smart Museum of Art
Teachers College, Columbia University