Steffani Jemison (b. 1981) lives and works in New York. Solo exhibitions, screenings, and performances include Greene Naftali, New York (forthcoming 2024, 2021); JOAN, Los Angeles (2022); Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam (2022, 2020); Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon (2021); Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati (2021); Kai Matsumiya, New York (2019); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2019); Lincoln Center, New York (2018); Jeu de Paume, Paris (2017); CAPC Bordeaux (2017); MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts (2017); Nottingham Contemporary (2017); RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island (2015); and The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2015). Notable group exhibitions include Counterpublic, St. Louis (2023); A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, organized by the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art (travelling 2022–24); Greater New York, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York (2021); Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem, organized by The Studio Museum in Harlem and The American Federation for Arts (travelled 2019–21); Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2019). Jemison is Associate Professor of Art & Design at Rutgers University; her first novel, A Rock, A River, A Street, was published by Primary Information in 2022.

Her work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; Baltimore Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among others.