State Artist Letitia Huckaby

Description

Letitia Huckaby is the 2026 Texas State Artist-2D. Her research-based practice combines photographic prints and fabrics to reexamine history and its contemporary connection to the black experience through portraiture. Huckaby has been included in various exhibitions, notably at Art League Houston, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Studio School of Harlem, and the Texas Biennial. Her work is included in several collections, including the Library of Congress and the Samella Lewis Contemporary Art Collection at Scripps College. Huckaby was named the 2022 Texas Artist of the Year by Art League Houston. She is the co-founder of Kinfolk House, a collaborative project space in Fort Worth. She is available to give talks or lectures. Photo: Paul Leicht.