African American Artists

Radcliffe Bailey

• Atlanta-based artist

• Artwork examines American history to attempt to generate healing for slavery and other racially charged American institutions.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

• 1970s/80s era artist

• Brooklyn-based

• Rough life growing up

• Known as one of the first neo-impressionist artists

Diane Edison

• Athens and Brooklyn-based artist

• Examines race through self-portraits

Scipio Moorhead

• Enslaved person during the 1700s

• Drew some of the only known images of enslaved African Americans

Faith Ringgold

• One of the most famous living African American artists

• Harlem-based artist

• Sews “story-quilts” to share about the experience and events in African American culture

Kara Walker

• Contemporary African American artist

• Examines racial inequity and violence in her artwork