Christa Blackwood is a photo, text, and installation artist based in Brooklyn, New York, with a focus on identity, history, and popular culture. Raised in Oklahoma City and New Orleans, Blackwood developed her visual voice at New York University, where her street art, such as the provocative 1991 poster Butcherknives, gained significant attention and led to her involvement with The Woman’s Action Coalition (WAC) through the invitation of Kiki Smith and Lucy Lippard.
She holds a Master of Arts from NYU and a Bachelor’s degree in Classics and Filmmaking from The University of Oklahoma. Since the early 1990s, Blackwood has exhibited widely, including at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Ogden Museum, The Houston Center for Photography, The Institute of Fine Arts NYU, San Francisco City Hall, and the Contemporary Austin. Her work has been featured in prominent publications such as The New York Times, The Chicago Sun Times, The Village Voice, Lenscratch, and Art Desk Magazine.
Blackwood also founded and managed The Children’s Photographic Collective, providing photo and literacy workshops to students in New York City and Austin, Texas, from 1995 to 2007.
