SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 “Abigail Ekue: Bare Men”, Erotic Heritage Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2016 “Bare Men Pop-Up Exhibit”, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY [artist curated]
2009 “Man. Toy.”, The Body Archive Gallery, New York, NY [artist curated]
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019 Bare Men: The Group Show, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Women Street Photographers Virtual Exhibit; Gulnara Lyabib Samoilova (curator); Kiran Karnani (guest judge)
Black/White 4x6 Exhibit; New York Latin American Art Triennial; NYLAAT-PTM Contemporary’s Project Space; Governors Island
ANYONE / ANYWHERE: The Bright Side; Brooklyn Public Library, Williamsburgh Branch, Brooklyn, NY (Anjelica Jardiel, curator)
1st B&W Athens Photography Festival; Blank Wall Gallery; Serafeio; Athens, Greece
2022 SHOW US YOUR ACTIVISM, Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, Bronx, NY (Mary Colby & Alison McKay, curators)
Print Auction Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
2021 Ride to the Warehouse; Bread & Salt Gallery, San Diego, CA
Lusted Men; La Nombreuse & PianoFabriek, Brussels, Belgium
Community Heroes: Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights; Photoville; St. Andrews Playground, Brooklyn, NY
Black Joy (virtual); Black Women Photographers; The KUBE Gallery (Polly Irungu, curator)
Lusted Men; PhotoSaintGermain; Paris, France
2020 Lusted Men; Marché de l'illustration impertinente; Hasard Ludique, Paris, France
Empirical Nonsense Daily (END); Empirical Nonsense, New York, NY (online)
ANYONE / ANYWHERE VI : PLEASURE; Grey Street, Barcelona, Spain (Anjelica Jardiel, curator)
2019 FUJIFILM Printlife Photo Exhibit; Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY
Priority Mail: Our 2019 Mail Art Biennial; Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Krista Scenna, curator)
Metamorphosis; BKhz Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (Nkhensani Mkhari, curator)
2018 Feature Shoot/The Print Swap Holiday Exhibit; ROOT Studios, Brooklyn, NY
ANYONE / ANYWHERE III: BODIES; The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Anjelica Jardiel, curator)
2015 Autumnal Group Show; artHouse.nyc, SoHo, NY
“You’ve Got Mail!” Summer Show; Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Krista Scenna, curator)
Body Collection; Exposure Award, Musée du Louvre, Paris, FR
2014 See Me Takeover; Times Square, NY; See Me, LIC, NY
2013 Rising Waters 2.0; Museum of the City of New York, New York
Creatives Rising; See Me Exhibition Space, LIC, NY
The Story of the Creative; See Me, Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
ARTIST’S BOOKS, WRITINGS & PUBLICATIONS
2024 “8 Women Motorcyclists On How Riding Has Changed Their Bodies, Relationships and Minds”, Self, YourTango
2022 Black in Black & White (collectible 52-playing card deck)
2021 SHE Rides 2022 (12-month photo wall calendar)
2020 “Speed Play”, Hot to the Touch: Views from the Polyamory Lifestyle, Cole Riley (editor), Cleis Press
2019 Bare Men: The Group Show Exhibit Catalog
Bare Men: Chapter Three (ebook)
Bare Men: Chapter Two (ebook)
Bare Men: Chapter One (ebook)
2018 “Sexy Excerpt: 'Puppy Love' from 'The Darker Side of Lust' by Abigail Ekue” (excerpt), Erotica, Kinkly
Bare Men: MONOCHROME (ebook)
2017 SHE Rides 2018 (12-month photo calendar)
Bare Men: January to June (ebook)
2016 “Cigarro Tarde”, Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 2, Rachel Kramer Bussel (editor), Cleis Press
“Tinder Block” (ebook single)
Bare Men: The B Roll (ebook)
Bare Men, photography book (limited edition)
2015 “5 Ways to Meet Locals in New York City”, From Tourist 2 Local
“Oxy Made Me Lock Him Down”, Sensheant Magazine
2014 “Doin’ It In The Park”, Sensheant Magazine
“A Native’s Guide to Cool Spots to Visit in NYC”, Global Grasshopper
The Darker Side of Lust – 5th Anniversary Edition, Native Creative Press
2013 Exhaust Pipes, mini erotic collection (ebook)
“Basal Metabolic Rate Test”, SF Gate Healthy Living
“Ankle Rehabilitation Exercises After a Chrisman-Snook Surgery”, Joint & Muscle Health, LiveSTRONG.com
“Post-Surgery Knee Exercises”, Fitness, LiveSTRONG.com
“Dynamic & Static Stretching to Improve Knee/ACL Range of Motion”, Injuries, Fitness, LiveSTRONG.com
2009 The Darker Side of Lust, A collection of short erotic fiction
“Banish Back Pain”, Fitness & Workouts, FOXNews.com
“Preventing Weekend Warrior Injuries”, Fitness & Workouts, FOXNews.com
“Cons of High-Protein Diets”, Diet & Eating, AskMen.com
“A.M. vs. P.M. Workouts”, Fitness & Workouts, AskMen.com
2008 “Emergency First Aid for Dads”, Men’s Health Issues, AskMen.com
“Gynecomastia”, Men’s Health Issues, AskMen.com
“What to Look For In a Personal Trainer”, Fitness & Workouts, AskMen.com
“Comfort Cuisine”, Dining, New York Resident
“Light and Bright Summertime Eating”, Girlie Health, Girl Shop Talk
2007 “Elective Surgery cuts risks of Cancer”, am New York (print edition); “Elective Mastectomies on the Rise (online edition)
amny.com, newsday.com
“Handling Infertility”, Men’s Health Spotlight, am New York
“Breathe Deep and Avert your Eyes”, City Scoops Magazine
“Diet says ‘cardio kills’”, Dieter’s Diary, am New York (print edition); Celeb trainer: Cardio kills, weights rule (online edition)
“A diet by numbers”, Dieter’s Diary, am New York (print edition); “5-Factor Diet diary” (online edition)
2006 “Workout rules to live by”, am New York
MEDIA
2020 “Bare Men and Black Creatives”, Kindred Spirits, Chelcie S. Porter, Episode 2
2019 “Pushing Boundaries & Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone: Abigail Ekue”, Women Making an Impact, Africa Hannibal
“Bare Men with Abigail Ekue”, Artgasm with Allison Moon
2018 Behind the Lens: Bare Men, Zoomin.TV
2017 “To Latinx or Not to Latinx” (street interview), Raul A. Reyes, NBCLatino, NBC News
2016 “Bare Men & Obama Erotica w/ Abigail Ekue”, Sexpert w/ Mia Renee podcast
La fotógrafa Abigail Ekue habla con W Fin de Semana, W Semana, W Radio Colombia
The Filmmakers Show, Madhouse TV
2015 Love Sujeiry, SirusXM
#SexySessions, Bondfire Radio
My Dangerous Curves - Venus Revolution, Jace Harnage (host), Blogtalk Radio
2014 TK in the AM, Bondfire Radio
2012 Pornification, VICE
Sex, Love & Hip Hop
Figure Studies; David Michalek, photographer & director
2011 The Spotlite Radio Show
2010 Conversations LIVE! With Cyrus Webb, Blogtalk Radio
The Marvell Gable Show, Valmar Productions, WGCR.US Internet Radio
PRESS
2021 “De naakte man door de lens van de vrouw”, Linda Bais, FOCUS Magazine, No 12, December 2021 (NL)
“Abigail Ekue Q&A”, Shaun Connell, TheBlkGaze - Black Perspectives in Photography (UK)
2020 “Bare Men: The Group Show”, Attitude Loves, Attitude Magazine, July 2020 (UK)
“Hommes Nus: L’Exposition de Groupe / Bare Men: The Group Show, L’Oeil de la Photographie (FR)
“This New York gallery is hosting an online exhibition of male nudes”, Howard Halle, Time Out New York
2019 “Nude Photography 101: Everything You Need to Know About Nude Photography”, Smart Photo Courses
“The Photography of Abigail Ekue”, Casey Bell, Go Naked Magazine, Issue 26
2018 “In a Personal Light: Issac by Abigail Ekue”, Tye Briggs, Favorite Hunks & Other Things
“13 Online Erotica Sites to Get You Majorly in the Mood”, Isadora Baum, POPSUGAR
2017 “Inspiring Portrait Series 'SHE Rides' Captures Women on Motorcycles”, Alison Nastasi, Flavorwire
“Op kruistocht met de camera” (feature and spread), Wim Spijkers, Oh: Lekker voor vrouwen, Issue #10 (NL)
“An Interview with Abigail Ekue”, Erotic Review (UK)
“Abigail Ekue: Men Behaving Nakedly”, Erotic Review (UK)
“Best Women's Erotica Warms Up Winter Crowd at Bluestockings”, Ashleigh Williams, Library Journal
“Bare Men Exhibit in Las Vegas : NSFW”, Queerguru
“Inside One Female Photographer's Mission To Normalize the Nude Male Body”, Priscilla Frank, The Huffington Post
“Revealing a Social Media Strategy for Erotic Art”, Artist Interview, Follow Magazine (AU)
“Abigail Ekue – The Female Gaze”, Itchy Silk
2016 “27 Powerful Photo Stories That Captured Our Attention This Year”, Katherine Brooks, The Huffington Post
“Nackte Männer”, “Hinter den Kulissen” (interview and spread), Janina Gatzky, Séparée, No. 11 (DE)
“Las imperfecciones del cuerpo son el nuevo erotismo del detalle”, Julieta Sanguino, Cultura Colectiva (MX)
“Bare Men: Artist Captures Nude Men of All Ages, Shapes, and Sexuality in This Beautiful Photo Series, Debiparna Chakraborty, Vagabomb (IN)
“Abigail Ekue’s Bare Men”, Queerguru
Exclusive Interview: Abigail Ekue, HUF Magazine, Issue 54
“A Woman Photographed 500 Naked Men To Normalize The Nude Male Body”, Priscilla Frank, The Huffington Post
“[NSFW] A Photographer Depicts Men at Their Most Vulnerable”, Diana Shi, The Creators Project
“500 Männer, 500 Körper”, Hanno Stecher, Männer Magazine (DE)
“The Real Side of a Man – 500 Photographs of Naked Men”, Laurita Putnaitė, alfa.lt (LT)
“The Real Beauty of the Naked Male Body”, Vasilis Thanopoulos, Antivirus Magazine (GR)
“Photo-projects for the Equality of Male and Female Nudity”, CRoL (HR)
“These 15 Photos Celebrate Real Men in All Their Raw Glory”, Shalin Jacob, ScoopWhoop (IN)
"NSFW: See Images From “Bare Men”, a New Photo Book on Male Nudity, Suzannah Weiss, PAPER
“Bare Men Fotografien von Abigail Ekue”, Feigenblatt, No. 30 - Scham (DE)
“New York : Abigail Ekue, Bare Men”, L’Oeil de la Photographie (FR)
“Subverting the Censorship of Male Nude Photography, Abigail Ekue Brings Bare Men to a Pop-Up Show”, Natalie P, WideWalls
“Bare Men” Photography Book by Abigail Ekue | NSFW Images”, Accidental Bear
“New Gallery! Abigail Ekue’s Bare Men”, GabiGirl, Naked Men Happy Women (AT)
2015 “30 Days of Creativity: Abigail Ekue, Writer & Photographer”, Everup
“Native Creative Concierge: A Conversation with Abigail Ekue”, Pink Pangea
“I’m Totally Into This Photo Series of Naked Men”, Lola Lovely, Erotic Scribes
“13 Vulnerable Photos of the Most Average Naked Men You’ll Ever See”, Christine Schoenwald, Your Tango
“12 Honest, Vulnerable (NSFW) Photos of Naked Men”, Sara Coughlin, Refinery29
“The Intimacy of the Male Nude – The Bare Men Series by Abigail Ekue”, Provoke! (NSFW), Angie Kordic, WideWalls (CH)
“Five Caribbean Authors You Need to Know”, Chelcie Porter, Potent Magazine
2014 “Abigail Ekue: Bare Men”, Erotic Review (UK)
“Bare Men”, Mouth&Mouth Magazine
2012 Featured Photographer: Abigail Ekue, Dead Dear
Invisible Crown (interview), Chelcie Porter, Halfstack Magazine
“Don’t Pet The Fro: where unsolicited petting is not welcome”, The:nublk
2011 “Who Am I? An Introduction to Abigail Ekue”, PMc Magazine, The HOT Issue
Abigail Ekue: The Model, The Writer, Profanity Magazine
2009 “The Dildo: A Photo Exhibit”, Parle Magazine
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Craft Front & Center: OUT of the Jewelry Box (exhibit catalog), author photo: Beau McCall, Barbara Paris Gifford, Museum of Arts & Design
2024 Tarot for You and Me, Gary D'Andre, Simon & Schuster (author photo)
2023 Electronic Urban Report/EUR, “The Film Strip: ‘The Marvels’ Director Nia DaCosta Makes ‘Marvel’ History | EUR Exclusive”, Marie Moore
2023 HYPERALLERGIC, “You’ve Heard of the Met Gala, But Do You Know Brooklyn’s “People’s Ball”?”, Elaine Velie
2022 Pornografiche. The Image of Desire in Independent Magazines Dedicated to Sexual Pleasure, Pietro Dal Maso, University of IUAV of Venice
2020 "Actress Aixa Kendrick Credits her American and Latin Roots for her Success", South Florida Caribbean News
2020 “Tantra-Zawadi” (cover image & interview spread), Floyd Boykin Jr., SpokenVizions Magazine, Spring Issue, Volume 11, Issue 3
2018 “Sexy Excerpt: 'Puppy Love' from 'The Darker Side of Lust' by Abigail Ekue” (excerpt), Erotica, Kinkly
2017 “How To Flirt Using Emojis” (quote), Danielle Page, AskMen.com
2017 Uncovered: An Exploration of the Controversy Surrounding the Male Nude in Contemporary Photography, Sophie Haigh, BA (Hons) Fashion Communication, Northumbria University
Photographing The Vulnerable Male, Lucy Wigglesworth, BA History of Art, Department of History of Art, University of Bristol, UK
“Diamante embraces past, looks forward to future” (photo credit), Bryan Fonseca, Brooklyn Downtown Star
2016 “10 NYC-Based Latino Artists to Know" (photo credit), Joan de Jesus, Culture Trip
2016 “Release the TaTas"! Are Women Ready to Get Rid of Their Bras for Good?" (quote), Tweety Elitou, Women.com
2016 “Bare Men” (spread), Math Magazine, Issue Three
2015 “What Erotica Writers Thought of the #AskELJames Twitter Q&A” (quote), Rachel Kramer Bussel, The Frisky
2015 “The Worst Things People Discovered When They Googled Dates” (quote), Natalia Lusinski, Bustle
2015 The Naked and the Lens, Second Edition: A Guide for Nude Photography, Lou Benjamin, Focal Press
2015 “Welcome to Brooklyn” (quote), Megan Eileen McDonough, WestJet Magazine
2014 Succulent SexCraft: Your Hands-On Guide to Erotic Play and Practice, Sheri Winston, Mango Garden Press
2014 “Bare Men” (spread), Pleasurez Erotic Magazine, Fall 2014 Issue
2014 “Meet Abigail Ekue our first female photographer”, Featured Photographer (spread), GoNaked Magazine, November 2014 Issue
2014 “The Girl’s Guide to Using Male Sex Toys” (quote), Rachel Khona, MAXIM
2014 “Ladyscaping by the numbers: How women style their pubic hair” (quote), Mary McCoy, SheKnows
2013 “Talk to Me About Shame” (photo credit), Chris Corbo, Time Out New York
2012 “In Sandy’s Wake, Some Restaurants Suffer Mounting Losses, While Others Prosper” (photo credit), Ann Binlot, BlouinArtinfo.com
2012 “Scenes from After Sandy: Food Folks Keep Serving, Help Out” (photo credit), Serious Eats Team, Serious Eats
2012 “Go Hard”, Corset Magazine, Issue #4 – Kink & BDSM
2011 “The Sensual Tableau Vivant”, Abby Wilcox, Live FAST Magazine
2011 Abigail Says, “Don’t Pet the ‘Fro”, Rockin it Napptural!
2011 “Lemons vs. Watermelons: Do You Love Your Breasts?” (quote), Arielle Loren, Clutch Magazine
2010 Moregasm: Babeland’s Guide to Mind-Blowing Sex (featured model), Rachel Venning, Claire Cavanah
2010 Portraits of Eve: Women of Color Share Their Body/Soul Conversations (cover model, featured model), Herb Way
2009 The Naked and the Lens: A Guide to Nude Photography (featured model), Lou Benjamin
ARTICLES AND ESSAYS
2015 “5 Ways to Meet Locals in New York City”, From Tourist 2 Local
2015 “Oxy Made Me Lock Him Down”, Sensheant Magazine
2014 “Doin’ It In The Park”, Sensheant Magazine
2014 “A Native’s Guide to Cool Spots to Visit in NYC”, Global Grasshopper
2013 “Basal Metabolic Rate Test”, SF Gate Healthy Living
2013 “Ankle Rehabilitation Exercises After a Chrisman-Snook Surgery”, Joint & Muscle Health, LiveSTRONG.com
2013 “Post-Surgery Knee Exercises”, Fitness, LiveSTRONG.com
2013 “Dynamic & Static Stretching to Improve Knee/ACL Range of Motion”, Injuries, Fitness, LiveSTRONG.com
2009 “Banish Back Pain”, Fitness & Workouts, FOXNews.com
2009 “Preventing Weekend Warrior Injuries”, Fitness & Workouts, FOXNews.com
2009 “Cons of High-Protein Diets”, Diet & Eating, AskMen.com
2009 “A.M. vs. P.M. Workouts”, Fitness & Workouts, AskMen.com
2008 “Emergency First Aid for Dads”, Men’s Health Issues, AskMen.com
2008 “Gynecomastia”, Men’s Health Issues, AskMen.com
2008 “What to Look For In a Personal Trainer”, Fitness & Workouts, AskMen.com
2008 “Comfort Cuisine”, Dining, New York Resident
2008 “Light and Bright Summertime Eating”, Girlie Health, Girl Shop Talk
2007 “Elective Surgery cuts risks of Cancer”, am New York (print edition); “Elective Mastectomies on the Rise (online edition) amny.com, newsday.com
2007 “Handling Infertility”, Men’s Health Spotlight, am New York
2007 “Breathe Deep and Avert your Eyes”, City Scoops Magazine
2007 “Diet says ‘cardio kills’”, Dieter’s Diary, am New York (print edition); Celeb trainer: Cardio kills, weights rule (online edition)
2007 “A diet by numbers”, Dieter’s Diary, am New York (print edition); “5-Factor Diet diary” (online edition)
2006 “Workout rules to live by”, am New York