Steffani Jemison was born in 1981 in Berkeley, CA, and raised in Cincinnati, OH. A professor of Art & Design at Rutgers University, Jemison’s first novel will be published by Primary Information later this year. Since 2016, she has been a part of the musical collaborative, Mikrokosmos, with Justin Hicks. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions and special projects at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2021); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2019); Nottingham Contemporary (2018); Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA; Jeu de Paume, Paris (both 2017); RISD Museum, Providence (2015); and LAXART, Los Angeles (2013), among other venues. She has also been included in numerous group exhibitions, including Greater New York at MoMA PS1 (2021) and the Whitney Biennial (2019), as well as at venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (both 2019); the Drawing Center, New York (2015); and the Studio Museum in Harlem (2012). Jemison currently lives and works in Brooklyn.