I think that has been a benefit to me because I think most people understand quilts and not a lot of people understand paintings. But yet they're looking at one.

Ringgold is represented by ACA Gallery. She has influenced numerous modern artists including Linda Freeman and known some of the greatest African American artists personally including Romare Bearden Jacob Lawrence and Betye Saar. Black Entertainment Television (BET) had aired several episodes of the television series Roc in which a Ringgold poster was shown on nine different occasions for a total of 26.

She is professor emeritus in the University of California San Diego visual art department.