Faith Ringgold was an artist from Harlem, New York, who created provocative artworks that responded to the civil rights and feminist movements. In honor of what would have been Ringgold’s 95th birthday, today we’re sharing 5 facts you might not know about her life and practice!
1: In her series “American People” that she began in 1963, Ringgold used a style that she dubbed “super realism” to explore the civil rights movement from a woman’s point of view. She considered this to be the start of her mature artistic work.
2: In 1970 Ringgold co-founded the Ad Hoc Women’s Art Committee, a group that advocated for equal inclusion of women artists in the Whitney Biennial.
3: Ringgold’s famous story quilts, which pay tribute to a range of historical time periods and noted cultural figures, were inspired by her fashion-designer mother and Tibetan scroll paintings.
4: In addition to being an acclaimed visual artist, Ringgold was also an award-winning author. She wrote and illustrated numerous children’s books, including “Tar Beach” (1991) and “Harlem Renaissance Party” (2015).
5: She was also a huge fan of playing Sudoku, which inspired her to create a visual art variation of the game in the form of an app called Quiltuduko. It rolled out on iTunes in 2014 when Ringgold was 84 years old.
Visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts
and see Ringgold’s work “American Collection #4: Jo Baker’s Bananas” (1997) on view in the museum’s third floor galleries. 
Artwork credit: Faith Ringgold, "American Collection #4: Jo Baker’s Bananas," 1997; © 2025 Faith Ringgold/Artists Rights Society, New York, Courtesy of ACA Galleries, New York
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