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Visual artist & diversity leader

Titus Kaphar

Confront bias and reshape institutional narratives with Titus Kaphar, visual artist and diversity thought leader. Titus works with organizations to recognize systemic erasure, challenge inherited narratives, and build inclusive culture. MacArthur Fellow whose work appears in MoMA and the National Gallery of Art.

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  • Visual artist exposing erasure of Black people in art
  • MacArthur Fellow reshaping historical paintings physically
  • Creator of iconic TIME magazine social justice cover
Titus Kaphar is a visual artist whose work confronts the erasure of Black people from Western art history, using paint, canvas, and sculpture to make hidden narratives impossible to ignore. Kaphar received a MacArthur Fellowship for deconstructing the literal structure of canonical artworks to expose the absence of people of color. His painting for the cover of TIME magazine during the Ferguson protests became one of the most recognized images of the American social justice movement. His work hangs in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art. Kaphar's approach goes beyond critique. He physically cuts, folds, and reshapes historical paintings to show audiences how artistic traditions have shaped public memory. His talks translate this method into a framework anyone can use to recognize bias embedded in the institutions and images that surround us daily. He makes the invisible visible, giving audiences practical ways to question what they see and what has been left out. Audiences leave Kaphar's presentations with a sharper eye for how visual culture reinforces inequality, concrete strategies for challenging inherited narratives in their own fields, and a renewed sense of what art can accomplish when it refuses to look away from history. Book Titus Kaphar to give your audience the tools to see what they have been trained to overlook.

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Kaphar's MacArthur-recognized work deconstructing canonical art translates directly into a framework for identifying institutional bias your teams can apply immediately. His method of making erasure visible gives leaders practical tools to challenge inherited narratives across operations, culture, and external positioning.

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Titus Kaphar specialises in discussing social justice, representation of people of color, racism and inequality and more.
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