Tatyana has spoken about her work and process at institutions such as National Museum of African American History and Culture, Brooklyn Museum, New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, as well as several schools including Brown, Pratt, Stanford, and The New School. Fazlalizadeh has been profiled by the New York Times, NPR, the New Yorker, and Time Magazine. In 2018, she became the inaugural Public Artist in Residence for the New York City Commission on Human Rights. The impact of Fazlalizadeh's work spread to popular culture when she collaborated with director Spike Lee to base all of the artwork featured in his Netflix series, She's Gotta Have It, on her work. She also served as the show's art consultant. In 2020, Tatyana's debut book, Stop Telling Women to Smile: Stories of Street Harassment and How We're Taking Back Our Power, released from Seal Press.
Residencies
MoMA PS1
Queens, NY
November 2021 - August 2022
New York City Commission on Human Rights Public Artist in Residence
New York, NY
2019
Amplifier Foundation
Seattle, WA
2017
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
2015
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
2014
Lectures/Artist Talks
2018
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
In conversation with Kimberle' Crenshaw, Barbara Arnwire, and Samantha Masters
California State Channel Islands
University of Southern California
In conversation with Jessica Sabogal and Melinda James
The University of the Arts
2017
The University of the Arts
NYC Commission on Human Rights Forum on Women's Issues
2016
The New School
In conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith, Rembert Brown, and Alexis Coe
Rock the Vote's Truth to Power
In conversation with Danny Glover, Asheru, Touré, and Aaron Huey
New Orleans Contemporary Art Center
In conversation with Candy Chang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Open Engagement 2016
2015
Brooklyn Museum
In conversation with Spike Lee and Kehinde Wiley
Brooklyn Museum
In conversation with Damon Davis and Dread Scott
Brooklyn Museum
In conversation with Zanele Muholi and Staceyann Chin
Loyola University
Western Michigan University
Brown University
University of Southern California
University of Texas
Beloit College
University of Montana
Pratt Institute
2014
Brooklyn Museum
Stanford University
Santa Monica College
Georgia State University
George Mason University
Exhibitions
2021
Black American Portraits
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA
2020
Catalyst: Art and Social Justice
Gracie Mansion
New York, NY
Out of Touch
Subliminal Projects
Los Angeles, CA
2019
Oklahoma is Black (solo exhibition)
Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center
Oklahoma City, OK
2018
Project Row Houses
Round 48
Houston, TX
Mirror, Mirror
Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University
Newark, NJ
The New Contemporaries Vol 1
Residency Art
Los Angeles, CA
2017
Not Going Anywhere
BRIC
Brooklyn, NY
Athena Shrugged
Long Sharp Gallery
New York, NY
2016
Women Are Not Seeking Your Validation
Corridor Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
January 10-February 21, 2016
Tatyana Fazlalizadeh: Recent Works
Butter Gallery
Miami, FL
November 14-February 28, 2016
2015
American Survey Pt. 1
Papillion Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
Public Works: Artists' Interventions 1970s-Now
Mills College Art Museum
Oakland, CA
شگفت آور (fabulous)
Shirin Gallery
New York, NY
Vacancy: Urban Interruption and (Re)generation
Glass Curtain Gallery
Chicago, IL
Manifest Justice
Los Angeles, CA
2014
Painted Portraits
Corridor Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
Stop Telling Women to Smile
Betti Ono Gallery
Oakland, CA