This list of African-American artists is a list that includes dates of birth and death of historically recognized African-American artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, video art, and digital art. The entries are in alphabetical order by surname.
Artists
A–B Panteha Abareshi (born 1999), multidisciplinary artist Nina Chanel Abney (born 1982), painter Blanch Ackers (1914–2003), painter Terry Adkins (1953–2014), artist Mequitta Ahuja (born 1976), painter, installation artist Larry D. Alexander (born 1953), painter Laylah Ali (born 1968), painter Jules T. Allen (born 1947), photographer Tina Allen (1949–2008), sculptor Steve R. Allen (born 1954), painter Charles Alston (1907–1977), painter Amalia Amaki (born 1959), artist Emma Amos (1938–2020), painter Benny Andrews (1930–2006), painter Edgar Arceneaux (born 1972), drawing artist Nellie Ashford (born c. 1943), folk artist James Atkins (born 1941), painter Ellsworth Augustus Ausby (1942–2011), painter, sculptor, performance artistTimes, Hilton Kramer Special to The New York (1970-05-22). "Black Artists' Show On View in Boston." New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-23. Roland Ayers (1932–2014), printmaker Radcliffe Bailey (born 1968), collage, sculpture Kyle Baker (born 1965), cartoonist Matt Baker (1921–1959), comic book artist Rushern Baker IV (born 1987), painter James Presley Ball (1825–1904), photographer Alvin Baltrop (1948–2004), photographer Henry Bannarn (1910–1965), painter Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828–1901), painter Ernie Barnes (1938–2009), neo-Mannerist artist Richmond Barthé (1901–1989), sculptor Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), painter C. M. Battey (1873–1927), photographer Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter (born 1981), multimedia artist and activist Romare Bearden (1911–1988), painter Alice Beasley (born 1945), quilt artist Kevin Beasley (born 1985), sculptor and performance artist Arthello Beck (1941–2004), painter Arthur P. Bedou (1882–1966), photographer Darrin Bell (born 1975), cartoonist Mary A. Bell (1873–1941), illustrator Dawoud Bey (born 1953), photographer Sharif Bey (born 1974), ceramist John T. Biggers (1924–2001), muralist Sanford Biggers (born 1970), interdisciplinary Gene Bilbrew (1923–1974), cartoonist and fetish artist Camille Billops (1933–2019), filmmaker, sculptor, painter, printmaker McArthur Binion (born 1946), painter Robert Blackburn (1920–2003), master printmaker, lithographer, and educator Thomas Blackshear (born 1955) Betty Blayton (1937–2016), painter, printmaker Lula Mae Blocton (born 1947), painter Skunder Boghossian (1937–2003) Chakaia Booker (born 1953), sculptor Edythe Boone (born 1938), muralist Charles Boyce (born 1949), cartoonist Mark Bradford (born 1961) Peter Bradley (born 1940), painter and sculptor James Brantley (born 1945), painter Tina Williams Brewer, fiber artist Moe Brooker (1940–2022), painter, educator and printmaker Elenora "Rukiya" Brown (born 1952), doll creator Elmer Brown (1909–1971) Frank J. Brown (1956–2020), sculptor Frederick J. Brown (1945–2012), painter Larry Poncho Brown (born 1962) Manuelita Brown, sculptor Robert Brown (c. 1936 – 2007), cartoonist Samuel Joseph Brown (1907–1994), watercolorist, printmaker and educator Vivian E. Browne (1929–1993) Donna Bruton (1954–2012), collagist, painter, educator Beverly Buchanan (1940–2015), painter, sculptor Selma Burke (1900–1995), sculptor Calvin Burnett (1921–2007), book illustrator Pauline Powell Burns (1872–1912), painter John Bush (?–1754), powder horn carver Bisa Butler (born 1973), quilter Robert Butler (1943–2014), painter
C–D Frank Calloway (1915–2014) E. Simms Campbell (1906–1971), cartoonist Cicely Carew (born 1982), mixed-media artist Allen 'Big Al' Carter (1947–2008) Fred Carter (1938–2023), cartoonist Yvonne Pickering Carter (born 1939) Bernie Casey (1939–2017), painter Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), sculptor and printmaker Nick Cave (born 1959), performance artist Michael Ray Charles (born 1967), painter Barbara Chase-Riboud (born 1936), sculptor Jamour Chames (born 1989), painter Don Hogan Charles (1938–2017), photographer Caitlin Cherry (born 1987), painter and sculptor Claude Clark (1915–2001), painter and printmaker Edward Clark (1926–2019), painter Sonya Clark (born 1967), textile and multimedia artist Willie Cole (born 1955), painter Robert Colescott (1925–2009), painter Bethany Collins (born 1984) Houston Conwill (1947–2016), multidisciplinary artist Eldzier Cortor (1916–2015), artist and printmaker Pamela Council (born 1986), multidisciplinary artist, sculptor Adger Cowans (born 1936), fine arts photographer and abstract painter Ralston Crawford (1906–1978), abstract painter, lithographer and photographer Ernest Crichlow (1914–2005), social realist artist Allan Crite (1910–2007), painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983), painter Emilio Cruz (1938–2004), painter Frank E. Cummings III (born 1938), woodworker Michael Cummings (born 1945), textile artist Deborah Dancy (born 1949) Ulysses Davis (1913–1990), sculptor Bing Davis (born 1937), potter and graphic artist Charles C. Dawson (1889–1981), illustrator, painter, and printmaker Roy DeCarava (1919–2009), photographer Beauford Delaney (1901–1979), painter Joseph Delaney (1904–1991) Nadine M. DeLawrence (1953–1992), American sculptor and installation artist Xiomara De Oliver (born 1967), Canadian-born American painter. Woody De Othello (born 1991), ceramicist, painter Rosetta DeBerardinis, painter Louis Delsarte (1944–2020), artist Richard W. Dempsey (1909–1987), illustrator and painter Cheryl Derricotte, glass artist, printmaker Joseph Clinton Devillis (1878–1912), painter Thornton Dial (1928–2016) Terry Dixon (born 1969), painter and multimedia artist Jeff Donaldson (1932–2004), painter and critic Aaron Douglas (1899–1979), painter Emory Douglas (born 1943), Black Panther artist John E. Dowell Jr. (born 1941), printmaker, etcher, lithographer, and painter Leonardo Drew (born 1961) David Driskell (1931–2020), artist and scholar Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821–1872), Hudson River School Edward Dwight (born 1933), sculptor, painter, author Torkwase Dyson (born 1973), interdisciplinary artist
E–H Walter Edmonds (1938–2011), muralist William Edmondson (1874–1951), folk art sculptor Allan L. Edmunds (born 1949), printmaker Melvin Edwards (1937–2026), sculptor Janiva Ellis (born 1987), painter Walter Ellison (1899–1977), painter Minnie Evans (1892–1987), folk artist Fred Eversley (born 1941), sculptor
Lola Flash (born 1959), photographer Halim Flowers (born 1980), street artist LaToya Ruby Frazier (born 1982), photographer Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968), artist George Gadson (born 1953), artist and sculptor Charles Gaines (born 1944), conceptual artist Ellen Gallagher (born 1965) Reginald Gammon (1921–2005), painter, printmaker, activist Melvino Garretti (born 1946) Theaster Gates (born 1973), sculptor, ceramicist, and performance artist Reginald K (Kevin) Gee (born 1964), painter Herbert Gentry (1919–2003), painter Wilda Gerideau-Squires (born 1946), photographer Ficre Ghebreyesus (1962–2012) Robert A. Gilbert (c. 1870 – 1942), nature photographer Leah Gilliam (born 1967), media artist and filmmaker Sam Gilliam (1933–2022), painter Russell T. Gordon (1936–2013), printmaker Rex Goreleigh (1902–1986), painter, educator Billy Graham (1935–1999), comic book artist Lonnie Graham, photographer and installation artist Deborah Grant (born 1968), painter Todd Gray (born 1954), photographer, installation and performance artist Leamon Green (born 1959) Renee Green (born 1959), installation artist Mario Gully, comic book artist Tyree Guyton (born 1955) Lauren Halsey (born 1987), installation artist Ed Hamilton (born 1947), sculptor Patrick Earl Hammie (born 1981), painter David Hammons (born 1943), artist Trenton Doyle Hancock (born 1974) Austin Hansen (1910–1996), photographer John Wesley Hardrick (1891–1948), painter Edwin Harleston (1882–1931), painter Elise Forrest Harleston (1891–1970), photographer Jerry Harris (1945–2016), sculptor John T. Harris (1908–1972), painter, printmaker, educator Kira Lynn Harris (born 1963), multidisciplinary Lawrence Harris (born 1937), painter Ilana Harris-Babou (born 1991), sculptor and installation artist Marren Hassenger (born 1947), sculptor, installation, performance Palmer Hayden (1893–1973), painter Donté K. Hayes (b. 1975), ceramicist Barkley Hendricks (1945–2017), painter Nestor Hernández (1961–2006), photographer George Herriman (1880–1944), cartoonist Felrath Hines (1913–1993), painter, conservator LaToya M. Hobbs (born 1988), printmaker, painter, mixed media artist Alvin Hollingsworth (1928–2000), illustrator, painter Humbert Howard (1905 or 1915–1990), painter, ceramicist William Howard (active 19th century), American woodworker and craftsman Bryce Hudson (born 1979), painter, sculptor Julien Hudson (1811–1844), painter, sculptor David Huffman (born 1963), painter Edward Ellis Hughes (1940–2017), painter Richard Hunt (1935–2023), sculptor Clementine Hunter (1886/7–1988), folk artist Bill Hutson (1936–2022), abstract fine artist
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Oliver Lee Jackson (born 1935), painter, sculptor, printmaker, educator Suzanne Jackson (born 1944), artist, gallery owner Tomashi Jackson (born 1980), multimedia artist, painter, videographer, textile-maker and sculptor Virginia Jaramillo (born 1939) Wadsworth Jarrell (born 1929), painter, sculptor Steffani Jemison (born 1981), performance artist, video artist Wilmer Angier Jennings (1910–1990), printmaker, painter, jeweler Annette P. Jimerson (born 1966), painter Joshua Johnson (c. 1763 – c. 1824), portrait painter and folk artist LeRoy Johnson (1937–1922), multidisciplinary artist Malvin Gray Johnson (1896–1934), painter Martina Johnson-Allen (born 1947), painter, sculptor, and printmaker, educator Rashid Johnson (born 1977), conceptual artist Sargent Johnson (1888–1967), sculptor William H. Johnson (1902–1970) Ben F. Jones (born 1941) Calvin B. Jones (1934–2010), painter, muralist Ida E. Jones (1874–1959), painter Jennie C. Jones (born 1968), multidisciplinary Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), painter Lawrence A. Jones (1910–1996), artist, teacher
Samuel Levi Jones (born 1978), painter, assemblage artist Seitu Jones (born 1951), multidisciplinary, sculptor Eddie Jack Jordan (1925–1999), artist, teacher Ronald Joseph (1910–1992), artist, teacher, and printmaker Titus Kaphar (born 1976), painter Richard Gordon Kendall (1933–2008), Texas-based outsider artist Autumn Knight (born 1980), interdisciplinary artist working with performance, installation, and text Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), artist
Doyle Lane (1923–2002), ceramist Claude Lawrence (born 1944), abstract artist Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), painter Deana Lawson (born 1979), photographer Carolyn Lazard (born 1987), conceptual artist Hughie Lee-Smith (1915–1999), artist Simone Leigh (born 1967), sculpture, ceramics Edmonia Lewis (c. 1843 – 1879), artist Nate Lewis (born 1985), visual artist Norman Lewis (1909–1979), painter Joe Louis Light (1934–2005), painter and sculptor Glenn Ligon (born 1960), painter James Little (born 1952), painter, curator Willie Little (born 1961), multimedia artist, painter, sculptor, author Llanakila, artist, painter, digital illustrator, and digital artist Tom Lloyd (1929–1996), sculptor, activist and community organizer Edward L. Loper, Sr. (1916–2011), painter Whitfield Lovell (born 1960), artist Alvin D. Loving (1935–2005), artist