List of African-American visual artists
This list of African-American visual artists is a list that includes dates of birth and death of historically recognized African-American fine 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, multidisciplinary artist
- Nina Chanel Abney, painter
- Blanch Ackers, painter
- Terry Adkins, artist
- Mequitta Ahuja, painter, installation artist
- Larry D. Alexander, painter
- Laylah Ali, painter
- Jules T. Allen, photographer
- Tina Allen, sculptor
- Steve R. Allen, painter
- Charles Alston, painter
- Amalia Amaki, artist
- Emma Amos, painter
- Benny Andrews, painter
- Edgar Arceneaux, drawing artist
- Nellie Ashford, folk artist
- James Atkins, painter
- Ellsworth Augustus Ausby, painter, sculptor, performance artist
- Roland Ayers, printmaker
- Radcliffe Bailey, collage, sculpture
- Kyle Baker, cartoonist
- Matt Baker, comic book artist
- Rushern Baker IV, painter
- James Presley Ball, photographer
- Alvin Baltrop, photographer
- Henry Bannarn, painter
- Edward Mitchell Bannister, painter
- Ernie Barnes, neo-Mannerist artist
- Richmond Barthé, sculptor
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, painter
- C. M. Battey, photographer
- Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, multimedia artist and activist
- Romare Bearden, painter
- Alice Beasley, quilt artist
- Kevin Beasley, sculptor and performance artist
- Arthello Beck, painter
- Arthur P. Bedou, photographer
- Darrin Bell, cartoonist
- Mary A. Bell, illustrator
- Dawoud Bey, photographer
- Sharif Bey, ceramist
- John T. Biggers, muralist
- Sanford Biggers, interdisciplinary
- Gene Bilbrew, cartoonist and fetish artist
- Camille Billops, filmmaker, sculptor, painter, printmaker
- McArthur Binion, painter
- Robert Blackburn, master printmaker, lithographer, and educator
- Thomas Blackshear
- Betty Blayton, painter, printmaker
- Lula Mae Blocton,, painter
- Skunder Boghossian
- Chakaia Booker, sculptor
- Edythe Boone, muralist
- Charles Boyce, cartoonist
- Mark Bradford
- Peter Bradley, painter and sculptor
- James Brantley, painter
- Tina Williams Brewer, fiber artist
- Moe Brooker, painter, educator and printmaker
- Elenora "Rukiya" Brown, doll creator
- Elmer Brown
- Frank J. Brown, sculptor
- Frederick J. Brown, painter
- Larry Poncho Brown
- Manuelita Brown, sculptor
- Robert Brown, cartoonist
- Samuel Joseph Brown, watercolorist, printmaker and educator
- Vivian E. Browne
- Donna Bruton, collagist, painter, educator
- Beverly Buchanan, painter, sculptor
- Selma Burke, sculptor
- Calvin Burnett, book illustrator
- Pauline Powell Burns, painter
- John Bush, powder horn carver
- Bisa Butler, quilter
- Robert Butler, painter
C–D
- Frank Calloway
- E. Simms Campbell, cartoonist
- Cicely Carew, mixed-media artist
- Allen 'Big Al' Carter
- Fred Carter, cartoonist
- Yvonne Pickering Carter
- Bernie Casey, painter
- Elizabeth Catlett, sculptor and printmaker
- Nick Cave, performance artist
- Michael Ray Charles, painter
- Barbara Chase-Riboud, sculptpeor
- Jamour Chames, painter
- Don Hogan Charles, photographer
- Caitlin Cherry, painter and sculptor
- Claude Clark, painter and printmaker
- Edward Clark, painter
- Sonya Clark, textile and multimedia artist
- Willie Cole, painter
- Robert Colescott, painter
- Bethany Collins
- Houston Conwill, multidisciplinary artist
- Eldzier Cortor, artist and printmaker
- Pamela Council, multidisciplinary artist, sculptor
- Adger Cowans, fine arts photographer and abstract painter
- Ralston Crawford, abstract painter, lithographer and photographer
- Ernest Crichlow, social realist artist
- Allan Crite, painter
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby, painter
- Emilio Cruz, painter
- Frank E. Cummings III, woodworker
- Michael Cummings, textile artist
- Deborah Dancy
- Ulysses Davis, sculptor
- Bing Davis, potter and graphic artist
- Charles C. Dawson, illustrator, painter, and printmaker
- Roy DeCarava, photographer
- Beauford Delaney, painter
- Joseph Delaney
- Nadine M. DeLawrence, American sculptor and installation artist
- Xiomara De Oliver, Canadian-born American painter.
- Woody De Othello, ceramicist, painter
- Rosetta DeBerardinis, painter
- Louis Delsarte, artist
- Richard W. Dempsey, illustrator and painter
- Cheryl Derricotte, glass artist, printmaker
- Joseph Clinton Devillis, painter
- Thornton Dial
- Terry Dixon, painter and multimedia artist
- Jeff Donaldson, painter and critic
- Aaron Douglas, painter
- Emory Douglas, Black Panther artist
- John E. Dowell Jr., printmaker, etcher, lithographer, and painter
- Leonardo Drew
- David Driskell, artist and scholar
- Robert Seldon Duncanson, Hudson River School
- Edward Dwight, sculptor, painter, author
- Torkwase Dyson, interdisciplinary artist
E–H
- Walter Edmonds, muralist
- William Edmondson, folk art sculptor
- Allan L. Edmunds, printmaker
- Melvin Edwards, sculptor
- Janiva Ellis, painter
- Walter Ellison, painter
- Minnie Evans, folk artist
- Fred Eversley, sculptor
- Lola Flash, photographer
- Halim Flowers, street artist
- LaToya Ruby Frazier, photographer
- Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, artist
- George Gadson, artist and sculptor
- Charles Gaines, conceptual artist
- Ellen Gallagher
- Reginald Gammon, painter, printmaker, activist
- Melvino Garretti
- Theaster Gates, sculptor, ceramicist, and performance artist
- Reginald K (Kevin) Gee, painter
- Herbert Gentry, painter
- Wilda Gerideau-Squires, photographer
- Ficre Ghebreyesus
- Robert A. Gilbert, nature photographer
- Leah Gilliam, media artist and filmmaker
- Sam Gilliam, painter
- Russell T. Gordon, printmaker
- Rex Goreleigh, painter, educator
- Billy Graham, comic book artist
- Lonnie Graham, photographer and installation artist
- Deborah Grant, painter
- Todd Gray, photographer, installation and performance artist
- Leamon Green
- Renee Green, installation artist
- Mario Gully, comic book artist
- Tyree Guyton
- Lauren Halsey, installation artist
- Ed Hamilton, sculptor
- Patrick Earl Hammie, painter
- David Hammons, artist
- Trenton Doyle Hancock
- Austin Hansen, photographer
- John Wesley Hardrick, painter
- Edwin Harleston, painter
- Elise Forrest Harleston, photographer
- Jerry Harris, sculptor
- John T. Harris, painter, printmaker, educator
- Kira Lynn Harris, multidisciplinary
- Lawrence Harris, painter
- Ilana Harris-Babou, sculptor and installation artist
- Marren Hassenger, sculptor, installation, performance
- Palmer Hayden, painter
- Donté K. Hayes, ceramicist
- Barkley Hendricks, painter
- Nestor Hernández, photographer
- George Herriman, cartoonist
- Felrath Hines, painter, conservator
- LaToya M. Hobbs, printmaker, painter, mixed media artist
- Alvin Hollingsworth, illustrator, painter
- Humbert Howard, painter, ceramicist
- William Howard, American woodworker and craftsman
- Bryce Hudson, painter, sculptor
- Julien Hudson, painter, sculptor
- David Huffman, painter
- Edward Ellis Hughes, painter
- Richard Hunt, sculptor
- Clementine Hunter, folk artist
- Bill Hutson, abstract fine artist
J–O
- Oliver Lee Jackson, painter, sculptor, printmaker, educator
- Suzanne Jackson, artist, gallery owner
- Tomashi Jackson, multimedia artist, painter, videographer, textile-maker and sculptor
- Virginia Jaramillo
- Wadsworth Jarrell, painter, sculptor
- Steffani Jemison, performance artist, video artist
- Wilmer Angier Jennings, printmaker, painter, jeweler
- Annette P. Jimerson, painter
- Joshua Johnson, portrait painter and folk artist
- LeRoy Johnson, multidisciplinary artist
- Malvin Gray Johnson, painter
- Martina Johnson-Allen, painter, sculptor, and printmaker, educator
- Rashid Johnson, conceptual artist
- Sargent Johnson, sculptor
- William H. Johnson
- Ben F. Jones
- Calvin B. Jones, painter, muralist
- Ida E. Jones, painter
- Jennie C. Jones, multidisciplinary
- Lois Mailou Jones, painter
- Lawrence A. Jones, artist, teacher
- Samuel Levi Jones, painter, assemblage artist
- Seitu Jones, multidisciplinary, sculptor
- Eddie Jack Jordan, artist, teacher
- Ronald Joseph, artist, teacher, and printmaker
- Titus Kaphar, painter
- Richard Gordon Kendall, Texas-based outsider artist
- Autumn Knight, interdisciplinary artist working with performance, installation, and text
- Gwendolyn Knight, artist
- Doyle Lane, ceramist
- Claude Lawrence, abstract artist
- Jacob Lawrence, painter
- Deana Lawson, photographer
- Carolyn Lazard, conceptual artist
- Hughie Lee-Smith, artist
- Simone Leigh, sculpture, ceramics
- Edmonia Lewis, artist
- Nate Lewis, visual artist
- Norman Lewis, painter
- Joe Louis Light, painter and sculptor
- Glenn Ligon, painter
- James Little, painter, curator
- Willie Little, multimedia artist, painter, sculptor, author
- Llanakila, artist, painter, digital illustrator, and digital artist
- Tom Lloyd, sculptor, activist and community organizer
- Edward L. Loper, Sr., painter
- Whitfield Lovell, artist
- Alvin D. Loving, artist
- Eric N. Mack, painter, multi-media installation artist, and sculptor
- Gwendolyn Ann Magee, artist, quilter
- Clarence Major, painter
- Ajuan Mance, visual artist, professor
- Kerry James Marshall, painter
- Eugene J. Martin, painter
- Louise Martin, photographer
- Percy Martin, printmaker
- Richard Mayhew, landscape painter
- Valerie Maynard, sculptor, printmaker, painter
- Ealy Mays, painter
- Lester Julian Merriweather, collagist, painter
- William McBride (artist), artist, designer and collector
- Howard McCalebb, artist
- Hugo McCloud, visual artist
- Corky McCoy, illustrator
- Charles McGee,, painter
- Charles McGill, artist, educator
- Julie Mehretu, painter, printmaker
- Yvonne Cole Meo, sculptor, printmaker
- Troy Michie, collage artist, painter, interdisciplinary installation artist, and sculptor
- Sam Middleton, mixed-media artist
- Nicole Miller, video artist
- Joe Minter, sculptor, creator of African Village in America
- Dean Mitchell, painter
- Evangeline Montgomery, metal art, printmaker
- Scipio Moorhead, painter
- Barbara Tyson Mosley, abstract painter
- Charles Franklin Moss, photographer and painter
- Archibald Motley, painter
- Zora J. Murff, photographer
- Jayson Musson
- Wangechi Mutu, painter, sculptor
- Gus Nall, painter
- Senga Nengudi, sculptor, performance artist
- Harold Newton, artist
- Odili Donald Odita, abstract artist
- Lorraine O'Grady, conceptual artist
- Mary Lovelace O'Neal, artist and arts educator
- Turtel Onli, cartoonist
- Jackie Ormes, cartoonist
- John Outterbridge, assemblage artist
- Joe Overstreet, artist
P–S
- Jennifer Packer, painter
- Norman Parish, painter, muralist and art dealer
- Gordon Parks, photographer, director
- Sandra Payne, collagist, sculptor, conceptual artist
- Adam Pendleton, conceptual artist
- Cecelia Pedescleaux, quilter
- Janet Taylor Pickett, mixed media artist
- Delilah Pierce, artist
- Earle M. Pilgrim, artist
- Howardena Pindell, painter
- Jefferson Pinder, performance
- Jerry Pinkney, illustrator
- Adrian Piper, conceptual artist
- Rose Piper, painter and textile designer
- Horace Pippin, painter
- William Pleasant Jr., painter
- P. H. Polk, photographer
- Stephanie Pogue, printmaker
- Carl Robert Pope, photographer
- William Pope.L, conceptual artist
- Charles Ethan Porter, painter
- Harriet Powers, folk artist
- Walter Price (artist), painter
- Martin Puryear, sculptor
- Mavis Pusey, abstract painter
- Bob Ragland, painter and sculptor
- Rammellzee
- Helen Evans Ramsaran, sculptor
- Robin Rhode
- John Rhoden, sculptor
- Earle Wilton Richardson, artist
- Taft Richardson Jr., folk artist
- Faith Ringgold, painter
- Haywood Rivers, painter
- Amber Robles-Gordon, installation artist
- Deborah Roberts,, collage artist
- Arthur Rose Sr., multidisciplinary
- Bayeté Ross Smith, photographer
- Nellie Mae Rowe
- Alison Saar, artist
- Betye Saar, artist
- Synthia Saint James, painter
- Charles L. Sallée Jr., painter
- Reginald Sanders, visual artist
- Raymond Saunders, painter
- Augusta Savage, sculptor
- Dread Scott, performance, photography, installation, screen-printing and video
- John T. Scott, artist
- Joyce J. Scott, sculptor
- Lorenzo Scott, painter
- William Edouard Scott, painter
- Charles Searles, painter, sculptor
- Charles Sebree, painter
- Gail Shaw-Clemons, printmaker, educator
- Yinka Shonibare
- Thomas Sills, painter
- Gary Simmons, artist
- Lorna Simpson, artist
- Merton Simpson, painter
- William Simpson, portrait painter
- Ferrari Sheppard, painter
- Amy Sherald, painter
- Cauleen Smith, filmmaker
- Leslie Smith III, painter
- Shinique Smith
- Susan Smith-Pinelo, video, performance
- Vincent D. Smith, painter and printmaker
- William E. Smith, painter and printmaker
- Gilda Snowden
- Sylvia Snowden, abstract painter
- Carroll Sockwell, abstract painter
- Jeff Sonhouse, painter
- Vaughn Spann, printmaker and painter
- Mitchell Squire, American installation artist, sculptor and performance artist
- Raymond Steth
- Renee Stout, artist
- Lou Stovall, printmaker
- Tavares Strachan, conceptual artist
- Thelma Johnson Streat, American painter, dancer, educator
- Martine Syms, artist
T–Z
- Henry Ossawa Tanner, artist
- Ron Tarver, photographer, artist, and educator
- Mary Lee Tate, painter, decorative artist
- U.S. Grant Tayes, painter, barber, musician, columnist, and educator
- Margaret Taylor-Burroughs
- Alma Thomas, painter
- Hank Willis Thomas, photographer
- Mickalene Thomas, painter and installation artist
- Bob Thompson, painter
- Mildred Thompson, abstract painter, printmaker and sculptor
- Dox Thrash, printmaker, sculptor
- Bill Traylor
- Henry Taylor, painter
- Yvonne Edwards Tucker, potter
- Adejoke Tugbiyele, sculptor, multidisciplinary artist
- Morrie Turner, cartoonist
- Leo Twiggs, painter and educator
- James Van Der Zee, photographer
- Kara Walker, artist
- William Walker, Chicago muralist
- Eugene Warburg,, sculptor
- Laura Wheeler Waring, painter
- E. M. Washington, printmaker and counterfeiter
- Cullen Washington, Jr., abstract painter
- James W. Washington, Jr., painter and sculptor
- Howard N. Watson, watercolor painter
- Richard J. Watson, painter, printmaker
- Lewis Watts, photographer, curator, art historian and educator
- Carrie Mae Weems, photographer
- Joyce Wellman, painter, printmaker
- Pheoris West, artist and educator
- Charles Wilbert White, muralist
- Folayemi Wilson, interdisciplinary artist and designer
- Jack Whitten, painter
- Kehinde Wiley, painter
- Gerald Williams (artist), painter
- Moses Williams, silhouettist
- William T. Williams, painter
- Deborah Willis, photographer
- Ellis Wilson, painter
- Fred Wilson, conceptual artist
- Wilmer Wilson IV, performance, photographer
- John Woodrow Wilson, sculptor
- Frank Wimberley,, painter
- Beulah Woodard, sculptor
- Hale Woodruff, painter
- Richard Wyatt, Jr., painter, muralist
- Richard Yarde, watercolorist
- Joseph Yoakum, self-taught landscape artist
- Kenneth Victor Young, painter, designer, educator
- Purvis Young, artist
- Brenna Youngblood, painter, sculptor, collagist