List of African-American artists
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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 artist
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
J–O
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.
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