List of African-American visual artists

Artists

A–B

• Nina Chanel Abney, painter
• Terry Adkins, artist
• Mequitta Ahuja, painter, installation artist
• Larry D. Alexander, painter
• Laylah Ali, painter
• Jules T. Allen, photographer
• Tina Allen, sculptor
• Charles Alston, painter
• Amalia Amaki, artist
• Emma Amos, painter
• Benny Andrews, painter
• Edgar Arceneaux, drawing artist
• Nellie Ashford , folk artist
• Radcliffe Bailey collage, sculpture
• Kyle Baker, cartoonist
• Matt Baker, comic book artist
• 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
• Romare Bearden, painter
• Arthello Beck, painter
• Arthur P. Bedou, photographer
• Darrin Bell, cartoonist
• Mary A. Bell
• 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
• Thomas Blackshear
• Betty Blayton, painter, printmaker
• Chakaia Booker, sculptor
• Edythe Boone, muralist
• Charles Boyce, cartoonist
• Tina Williams Brewer, fiber artist
• Michael Bramwell, conceptual artist
• Mark Bradford
• Elenora "Rukiya" Brown, doll creator
• Elmer Brown
• Frank J. Brown, sculptor
• Frederick J. Brown, painter
• Larry Poncho Brown
• Manuelita Brown, sculptor
• Robert Brown, cartoonist
• Beverly Buchanan, painter, sculptor
• Selma Burke, sculptor
• Calvin Burnett, book illustrator
• Pauline Powell Burns, painter
• John Bush, powder horn carver
• Robert Butler, painter

  C–D

• Frank Calloway
• E. Simms Campbell, cartoonist
• Allen 'Big Al' Carter
• Fred Carter, cartoonist
• Bernie Casey, painter
• Elizabeth Catlett, sculptor and printmaker
• Nick Cave, performance artist
• Michael Ray Charles, painter
• Barbara Chase-Riboud, sculptor
• 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
• Kennard Copeland, ceramic sculptures
• Eldzier Cortor, artist and printmaker
• Ernest Crichlow, social realist artist
• Allan Crite, painter
• Njideka Akunyili Crosby, painter
• Emilio Cruz, painter
• Frank E. Cummings III, woodworker
• Michael Cummings, textile artist
• Ulysses Davis, sculptor
• Bing Davis, potter and graphic artist
• Charles C. Dawson illustrator, painter, and printmaker
• Roy DeCarava, photographer
• Beauford Delaney, painter
• Joseph Delaney
• Louis Delsarte, artist
• J Rodney Dennis painter
• 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
• David Driskell, artist and scholar
• Robert Scott Duncanson, Hudson River School
• Edward Dwight sculptor, painter, author

  E–H

• William Edmondson, folk art sculptor
• Mel Edwards, sculptor
• Janiva Ellis, painter
• Walter Ellison, painter
• Minnie Evans, folk artist
• Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, artist
• Ellen Gallagher
• Melvino Garretti
• Theaster Gates, sculptor, ceramicist, and performance artist
• Reginald K Gee, painter
• [Herbert Gentry, painter
• Wilda Gerideau-Squires, photographer
• Robert A. Gilbert, nature photographer
• Leah Gilliam, media artist and filmmaker
• Sam Gilliam, painter
• Russell T. Gordon, printmaker
• 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
• Kyle Hackett painter
• Ed Hamilton, sculptor
• Patrick Earl Hammie, painter
• David Hammons, artist
• Trenton Doyle Hancock
• Edwin Harleston, painter
• Elise Forrest Harleston, photographer
• Kira Lynn Harris, multidisciplinary
• John Wesley Hardrick, painter
• Jerry Harris, sculptor
• Lawrence Harris, painter
• Ilana Harris-Babou, sculptor and installation artist
• Marren Hassenger, sculptor, installation, performance
• Palmer Hayden, painter
• Barkley Hendricks, painter
• Nestor Hernández, photographer
• George Herriman, cartoonist
• LaToya M. Hobbs printmaker, painter, mixed media artist
• Alvin Hollingsworth, illustrator, painter
• William Howard, American woodworker and craftsman
• Bryce Hudson, painter, sculptor
• Julien Hudson, painter, sculptor
• David Huffman, painter
• Richard Hunt, sculptor
• Clementine Hunter, folk artist

  J–O

• Wadsworth Jarrell, painter, sculptor
• Tomashi Jackson, multimedia artist, painter, videographer, textile-maker and sculptor
• Steffani Jemison, performance artist, video artist
• Wilmer Angier Jennings, print maker, painter, jeweler
• Annette P. Jimerson, painter
• Joshua Johnson, portrait painter and folk artist
• Malvin Gray Johnson, painter
• Rashid Johnson, conceptual artist
• Sargent Johnson, sculptor
• William H. Johnson
• Calvin B. Jones, painter, muralist
• Jennie C. Jones, multidisciplinary
• Lois Mailou Jones, painter
• Lawrence A. Jones, artist, teacher
• 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
• 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
• Llanakila, artist, painter, digital illustrator, and digital artist
• Edward L. Loper, Sr., painter
• Whitfield Lovell, artist
• Alvin D. Loving, artist
• Johnnie Mae Maberry,, artist/art educator/ activist
• 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
• Richard Mayhew, Afro-Native American, landscape painter
• Valerie Maynard, sculptor, printmaker, painter
• Ealy Mays, painter
• William McBride , artist, designer and collector
• Howard McCalebb, artist
• Corky McCoy, illustrator
• Charles McGee, painter
• Charles McGill, artist, educator
• Julie Mehretu, painter, printmaker
• Troy Michie, collage artist, painter, interdisciplinary installation artist, and sculptor
• Nicole Miller, video artist
• Joe Minter sculptor, creator of African Village in America
• Dean Mitchell, painter
• Scipio Moorhead, painter
• Archibald Motley, painter
• Wangechi Mutu painter, sculptor
• Gus Nall, painter
• Harold Newton, artist
• Lorraine O'Grady, conceptual artist
• Turtel Onli, cartoonist
• Jackie Ormes, cartoonist
• John Outterbridge, assemblage artist
• Joe Overstreet, artist

  P–S

• Jennifer Packer, painter
• Gordon Parks, photographer, director
• Cecelia Pedescleaux, quilter
• Janet Taylor Pickett, mixed media artist
• Delilah Pierce, artist
• Earle M. Pilgrim, artist
• Howardena Pindell, painter
• Jerry Pinkney, illustrator
• Adrian Piper, conceptual artist
• Rose Piper, painter and textile designer
• Horace Pippin, painter
• Rae Pleasant, illustrator
• P. H. Polk, photographer
• Carl Robert Pope, photographer
• William Pope.L conceptual artist
• Charles Ethan Porter painter
• Harriet Powers, folk artist
• Walter Price , painter
• Martin Puryear, sculptor
• Mavis Pusey, abstract painter
• Patrick H. Reason
• Earle Wilton Richardson, artist
• Faith Ringgold, painter
• Haywood Rivers, painter
• Amber Robles-Gordon, installation artist
• Arthur Rose Sr., multidisciplinary
• Bayeté Ross Smith, photographer
• Alison Saar, artist
• Betye Saar, artist
• Charles L. Sallée Jr., painter
• Reginald Sanders, visual artist
• Raymond Saunders, painter
• Augusta Savage, sculptor
• John T. Scott, artist
• Joyce J. Scott, sculptor
• Lorenzo Scott, painter
• William Edouard Scott, painter
• Charles Sebree, painter
• 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
• Vincent D. Smith, painter and printmaker
• William E. Smith, painter and printmaker
• Gilda Snowden
• Mitchell Squire, American installation artist, sculptor and performance artist
• Raymond Steth
• Renee Stout, artist
• Thelma Johnson Streat American painter, dancer, educator
• Martine Syms, artist

  T–Z

• Henry Ossawa Tanner, artist
• 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
• Morrie Turner, cartoonist
• 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
• James W. Washington, Jr., painter and sculptor
• Lewis Watts
• Carrie Mae Weems, photographer
• Pheoris West
• Charles Wilbert White, muralist
• Jack Whitten, painter
• Kehinde Wiley, painter
• Gerald Williams , painter
• William T. Williams, painter
• Deborah Willis, photographer
• Ellis Wilson, painter
• Fred Wilson, conceptual artist
• John Woodrow Wilson, sculptor
• Beulah Woodard, sculptor
• Hale Woodruff, painter
• Richard Wyatt, Jr., painter, muralist
• Richard Yarde, watercolorist
• Joseph Yoakum, self-taught landscape artist
• Purvis Young, artist

  Artist groups

• The Highwaymen
• AfriCOBRA
• Where We At
• National Conference of Artists
• Spiral