Occupation – Artist – Painter
Sylvia del Villard (1927-1990)
For over thirty years Sylvia Luz del Villard Güilbert gave global lectures and performances on the African influence in Puerto...
Njideka Akunyili Crosby (1983- )
Nigerian-born Njideka Akunyili Crosby is a leading contemporary artist. In early 2018 a typically large-scale painting by Crosby sold for...
Thomas Neil-Abraham Evans (1984- )
Having achieved considerable success after switching careers, Thomas “Detour” Evans has been in big demand as a muralist and portrait...
David Clyde Driskell (1931-2020)
David Clyde Driskell was an artist, art historian, curator, and professor. He was known as one of the world’s leading...
Madeline Gayle “Asali” Dickson (1948- )
M. Gayle Dickson, also known as Asali, was the only woman graphic artist for the Black Panther Party Newspaper between...
Thomas Richman Blackshear II (1955- )
Thomas Blackshear is a renowned painter and sculptor. Blackshear was born in Waco, Texas on November 14, 1955 to Thomas...
Amy Sherald (1973- )
Amy Sherald, a portrait artist, was the first African American woman to complete a presidential portrait for the Smithsonian Institution’s National...
Kehinde Obot Wiley (1977- )
Kehinde Wiley, an artist, is best known for his 2018 official portrait of former U.S. President Barack Obama and the first African American to...
Clarence Major (1936- )
Clarence Lee Major is a distinguished poet, novelist, painter, anthologist, lexicographer, memoirist, and teacher. His creative output encompasses a wide range of artistic and intellectual...
