Sage Ni'Ja Whitson

Sage Ni'Ja Whitson
Sage Ni'Ja Whitson
Occupations	Interdisciplinary Artist, Writer, Performer, Founder/Artistic Director of The NWA Project

Sage Ni'Ja Whitson is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, writer and the founder/artistic director of The NWA Project. Whitson is non-binary and gender non-conforming, and uses the pronouns they/them.^[1]^[2]

Career

A Bessie-Award-winning interdisciplinary artist, performer and writer, Whitson has been referred to as "majestic"^[3] and "magnetic"^[4] by The New York Times, and is recognized by Brooklyn Magazine as being one of the 100 culture influencers.^[5] Awards include a Hedgebrook Residency, LMCC Process Space Residency, Bogliasco Fellowship, Brooklyn Arts Exchange Artist Residency, and two-time Creative Capital "On Our Radar" award, including being an inaugural recipient.^{[citation needed]}

Whitson is a professor in the Department of Black Study at the University of California, Riverside.^[2]

Works

Exhibitions

These Waking Glories (2025)^[6]^[7]
A Meditation on Tongues (2017)
Quasar (2015)
Summons and Arrival (2015)
Tribute to Malachi Maghostut Favors (2015)
When Water Dries the Mouth (2015)

Books

Whitson, Sage Ni'Ja (November 4, 2025). Transtraterrestrial: Dark Matter and Black Divinities. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9780819501998.

References

↑ "Sage Ni'Ja Whitson". Creative Capital. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
1 2 "Sage Ni'Ja Whitson". UC Riverside Department of Black Study. University of California, Riverside. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
↑ Seibert, Brian (August 14, 2014). "Taking City Moves From the Street to the Lawn 'Dancing Through the Bronx' Makes a Stop at Wave Hill". New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
↑ Burke, Siobhan (January 10, 2017). "American Realness: Subversive, Crowded and Lit by Vital Sparks". New York Times.
↑ Miller, Rachel (March 13, 2017). "Brooklyn 100 Influencer: Ni'Ja Whitson, Interdisciplinary Artist". Brooklyn Magazine.
↑ Esposito, Veronica (March 3, 2026). "'It was very challenging': the exhibition memorialising Black trans deaths across the US". The Guardian. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
↑ "Sage Ni'Ja Whitson: These Walking Glories". California African American Museum. Retrieved March 3, 2026.

External links

The Unarrival Experiments

[1] "Sage Ni'Ja Whitson". Creative Capital. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-19.

[ucr-snw-2] 1 2 "Sage Ni'Ja Whitson". UC Riverside Department of Black Study. University of California, Riverside. Retrieved March 3, 2026.

[3] Seibert, Brian (August 14, 2014). "Taking City Moves From the Street to the Lawn 'Dancing Through the Bronx' Makes a Stop at Wave Hill". New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2017.

[4] Burke, Siobhan (January 10, 2017). "American Realness: Subversive, Crowded and Lit by Vital Sparks". New York Times.

[5] Miller, Rachel (March 13, 2017). "Brooklyn 100 Influencer: Ni'Ja Whitson, Interdisciplinary Artist". Brooklyn Magazine.

[guard-3mar2026-6] Esposito, Veronica (March 3, 2026). "'It was very challenging': the exhibition memorialising Black trans deaths across the US". The Guardian. Retrieved March 3, 2026.

[caam-twg-7] "Sage Ni'Ja Whitson: These Walking Glories". California African American Museum. Retrieved March 3, 2026.

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