Stephanie Dinkins

Stephanie Dinkins is a transdisciplinary artist and educator whose work intersects emerging technologies and our future histories. Her art practice is deeply committed to creating platforms for dialogue about AI as it intersects with these critical societal issues.

As the inaugural LG - Guggenheim Awardee in 2024, and one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI in 2023, Dinkins leverages technology and storytelling to challenge and reimagine the narratives surrounding marginalized communities, particularly those of Black and brown individuals. Through her installations, digital platforms, and community-based projects, she seeks not only to question the current paradigms of AI development but also to forge paths toward more equitable and inclusive technological futures. Her work emphasizes the importance of incorporating diverse voices and perspectives into the design and application of AI, advocating for a future where technology uplifts and amplifies underrepresented histories and experiences, and fostering a tech ecosystem that is truly beneficial for all.

Dinkins is the Kusama Endowed Chair in Art at Stony Brook University, where she founded the Future Histories Studio, and a Schmitt Futures AI2050 Senior Fellow. She exhibits and publicly advocates for inclusive AI internationally at a broad spectrum of community, private, and institutional venues. Her experiences with, and explorations of, artificial intelligence have led to a deep interest in how algorithmic systems impact communities of color in particular and our futures more generally. She has concluded that our stories are our algorithms.

Dinkins' previous fellowships and support include the United States Artist Fellowship, Knight Arts & Tech Fellowship, Sundance Artist of Practice Fellowship, Lucas Artists Fellowship in Visual Arts at Montalvo Art Center, the Soros Equality Fellowship, Data and Society Research Institute Fellowship and awards from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Creative Capital, Eyebeam, Pioneer Works Tech Lab, NEW INC, Blue Mountain Center, The Laundromat Project, Santa Fe Art Institute and Art/Omi. Wired, The New York Times, Art In America, the BBC and many popular podcasts and online publications have highlighted Dinkins' art and ideas.

She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Maryland Institute College of Art.