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Exhibitions
2022
  Folium Pictum, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles. March 12 - April 16, 2022.

2021
  There is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art, Bowdoin Art Museum, Brunswick ME, September 16, 2021 – January 30, 2022. Online exhibition.

2020
  SAY IT LOUD! A Virtual Exhibition, Christies, July 31 – August 21.

2019
  CockSure. Spaces, Cleveland OH, Aug 16 – Sep 27 (solo video installation).

2018
  Windbook, Bibliothèque Nationale de Louxembourg, May 31, 2018 - May 31, 2019.

 
  Structures of Identity: Photography from the Walther Collection
Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, October 21, 2017 – February 5, 2018.
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, Mexico, February 23 – June 3.
FOAM Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 29 – August 29.
Fundació Foto Colectania: Barcelona, Spain, November 14 – March 10, 2019.

  Experimental Approaches, Schneider Gallery, Chicago IL March 16 – April 28.

 
2016
  Unseen/Unknown: Staten Island and Its Islands. Snug Harbor Cultural Center, April 9 - June 5.
 
  The Order of Things: Photography From the Walther Collection. Museet Fotografiska, Stockholm Sweden. February 12 - May 15.
 
2015
  The Order of Things: Photography From the Walther Collection. Ulm Germany, May 17 - October 10.
 
2014
  Typology, Taxonomy, Seriality: Photography From The Walther Collection. Les Rencontres d’Arles, France July 7 – September 21.
 
  Slaves Of Mimesis: Nine Years On 23rd Street. Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, NY April 24 – May 24.
 
  The Islands And Waterways Of New York City: Photographs By Accra Shepp, The Queens Museum, February 2 – May 11 (solo).
 
2013
  Imago Mundi, Venice Biennale, collateral event, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice Italy, August 28 - October 7.
 
  Rising Waters: Photographs Of Hurricane Sandy, Museum Of The City Of New York, October 29 – February 20, 2014.
 
  Rising Waters: Photographs of Hurricane Sandy. International Center of Photography, Governors Island, August 24 - September 29.
 
  Flushing Creek into Bowery Bay: Selections from the Islands of New York. Flushing Town Hall, New York NY, November 16 - January 12, 2014 (solo).
 
  STREET SHOTS/NYC, Museum of the City of New York at the Seaport Museum, January 15 – April 5.
 
2012
  Human Cities 2012: Reclaiming Public Space. Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels, March 15-31.
 
  Occupy Wall Street. Museum of the City of New York at the Seaport Museum, New York NY, Jan 25 - May 3.
 
2011
  Occupying Wall Street. Steven Kasher Gallery New York NY, Nov 11 - ongoing.
  Art of Latino Foodways. United Community Center, Milwaukee, WI, March 4 – July 1.
 
2009
  Harlem Postcards. The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY Nov 12 - Mar 14, 2010.
 
2008
  The Tobacco Project. Gallery 138, New York, NY May 8 - June 7.
 
2007
  Photography Books. Nelson Hancock Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Dec 6 - January 26, 2008.
  In The Still. Dell Pryor Gallery, Detroit, MI April 22 - June 1.
 
2006
  In The Loop. Estudiotres, Chicago, IL May 12 - June 16 (solo).
  Saturday Night Sunday Morning. Chattanooga African American Museum, Chattanoog, TN May 8 - June 30.
  Artificial Afrika. Gigantic Artspace, New York, NY January 27 - March 17.
   
2005
  Echoes of Complicity. LIPA, Chicago, IL September 9 - 30.
   
  Saturday Night Sunday Morning.
  African American Museum, Phildadelphia, PA April 10 - September 17
  City Gallery East, Atlanta GA October 14 - November 11
   
2004
  In The Loop. City Gallery at Water Tower Place, Chicago IL, October 7 - December 31 (solo).
 
2003
  First Totems: the women and the children. Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL December 5 - January 3, 2004 (solo).
 
  Accra Shepp: Leaf Work. Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL March 15 - May 11 (solo).
   
2002
  The Art Council Awards Show. Gallery 312, Chicago, IL May 1 - May 25.
   
2001
  In/Site/Out. Apex Art, New York, NY March 16 - April 14.
   
  Committed To The Image: A Half Century of Black Photographers in America. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY. February - April.
   
  Parade of Flags: Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A parade project with four New York City Schools. http://www.flagparade.org. January 15 (video CNN).
   
2000
  Environmentally Concerned. Nathan Cummings Foundation/Dieu Donne Paper Mill, New York, NY April 10 - September 15.
  Bronx River Art Center and Gallery. Bronx, NY September 23 - November 25.
   
  Precedence: Emmet Gowin and His Students. Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, School of Art & Design, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred NY. September 6 - 30.
   
  Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present.   Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C., February 4 - June 30.
   
1999
  HalfLight. Galeripadi.   Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, July 4 - 14 (solo).
   
  The Making of HalfLight. Galeri Soemardja, Institut Teknologi Bandung - Fakultas Seni Rupa dan Desain.   Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, July 5-10 (solo).
   
1998
  Paper+, Works on Dieu Donne Paper .   Dieu Donne Paper Mill, New York, NY, April 18 - May 29.
   
  Black Art Fair. New York, N Y February.
   
  FotoExpresion  La Biblioteca Publica Municipal Gabriel Turbay.   Bucaramanga, Colombia.   March 19 - April 23.
   
1997
  Tunnel Visions. Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY, July 10 - October 10 (solo).
   
  Sensorial Impressions. Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego CA, Nov. 15 - Jan. 3, 1998.
   
  FotoExpresion  Centro Colombo - Americano.   Bogota, Colombia.   October 10 - November 3.
   
1996
  Grand Central Station: SubTerrain. Drew University, Madison NJ February 8-28 (solo).
   
1995
  Grand Central Station: SubTerrain. Jamaica Arts Center, New York NY, January 14 - March 18 (solo).
   
1994
  Shadows. The Light Factory, Charlotte NC, November 15 - January 14, 1995 (solo).
   
  Contemporary Photographs from the Museum Colelction. The Art Museum Princeton University, November 23, 1994 - January 8, 1995.
   
1993
  On View 1993. Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley MA, December 10 - February 27, 1994.
   
  Shadow Pictures. The Romi Crawford Gallery, New York NY, November 4 - December 26 (solo).
   
  Accra Shepp. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC, March 22 - April 7 (solo).
   
  Accra Shepp. The Charles Russell Gallery, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield MA, April - May.
   
1992
  Accra Shepp. Kirkland Art Center, Clinton NY, March 8 - March 31.
   
  untitled. Houk Friedman, New York, NY, June - August.
   
1991
  New York Architects: In Search of the Urban Ideal . Jamaica Arts Center, New York NY, October 12-November 23.
   
  Fragments. Art in General, New York NY, April 13 - May 11.
   
  Marginal Majority. Aaron Davis Hall, City University of New York, April - August.
   
1990
  Public Mirror: Artists Against Racial Prejudice. The Clocktower, New York NY, September 13 -October 7.
   
  Accra Shepp. Midtown Y, New York NY, April - May.
   
1989
  Rooms With a View. Ledel Gallery, New York NY, December - February 1990.
   
  Alternate Mappings. New York University, New York NY Nov.-Dec. (solo).
   
1988
  Crysallis. Association of Community Based Artists of Westchester and Environs, Mt. Vernon, NY, September - November.