List of American artists 1900 and after
This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized 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, digital art and video art.
Born 1900–1909
1900- Samuel Cashwan, sculptor
- Carl Holty, painter
- Fred Kabotie, painter, silversmith
- Rico Lebrun, painter
- Fannie Nampeyo, potter, ceramic artist
- Alice Neel, painter
- Betty Parsons, painter, gallerist
- Virginia True, painter
- Jack Tworkov, painter
- Adja Yunkers, painter
- James Richmond Barthé, sculptor
- Francis Criss, painter
- Dorothy Dehner, sculptor, printmaker
- Beauford Delaney, painter
- Walt Disney, cartoonist, animator, filmmaker
- Thomas Brownell Eldred, painter, printmaker
- Philip Evergood, painter, printmaker, sculptor
- Greta Kempton, portrait artist
- Richard Lindner, painter
- Louise Emerson Ronnebeck, painter
- Esther Rose, painter, calligrapher
- Albert Swinden, painter
- John Augustus Walker, painter
- Elof Wedin, artist
- Ansel Easton Adams, photographer
- Isabel Bishop, painter, printmaker
- Dorr Bothwell, painter, printmaker
- Alexander Cañedo, surrealism and magic realism
- Roger Wilson Dennis, painter, art conservator
- Lee Gatch, painter, muralist
- Donal Hord, sculptor
- Paul Kelpe, painter
- Kenzo Okada, painter
- I. Rice Pereira, painter
- Pietro Pezzati, painter
- Charles Pollock, painter
- Isaac Soyer, painter
- Maxine Albro, painter, muralist, lithographer, mosaic artist, sculptor
- Walter Inglis Anderson, painter
- Joseph Cornell, sculptor, filmmaker
- Vestie Davis, self-taught artist
- Elwood Decker, painter
- Stephen Etnier, painter
- Walker Evans, photographer
- Adolph Gottlieb, painter
- Robert Gwathmey, painter
- Al Hirschfeld, caricaturist
- Leon Karp, painter and printmaker
- Seymour Lipton, sculptor
- Charles S. Martz, painter and photographer
- Isamu Noguchi, sculptor
- Mark Rothko, painter
- Louis Schanker, painter
- Ethel Schwabacher, painter
- Bernarda Bryson Shahn, painter, lithographer
- Karl Zerbe, painter
- Margaret Bourke-White, photographer
- Hans Burkhardt, painter
- Paul Cadmus, painter, printmaker
- Clarence Holbrook Carter, painter
- Arshile Gorky, painter
- Chaim Gross, sculptor
- Murray Hantman, painter and muralist
- Peter Hurd, painter
- Willem de Kooning, painter
- Fletcher Martin, painter
- Nan Phelps, painter
- Jose de Rivera, sculptor
- Clyfford Still, painter
- Leonard Bahr, painter, muralist, illustrator
- Grace Clements, muralist, mosaicist, art critic
- Perle Fine, painter
- Jared French, painter
- Forrest Hibbits, watercolor painter, illustrator
- Winnifred Hudson, abstract painter
- Lois Mailou Jones, painter
- Martin W. Kellogg, portrait painter
- Doris Lee, painter
- Paul Meltsner, painter
- Barnett Newman, painter
- Sanford Plummer, watercolor painter
- James Amos Porter, painter, art historian
- Anton Refregier, painter
- Kurt Roesch, painter
- Ray Strong, painter
- Harry Anderson, painter and illustrator
- Peter Blume, painter
- James Brooks, painter and muralist
- Ralston Crawford, painter, lithographer, and photographer
- Burgoyne Diller, painter
- Herbert Ferber, sculptor
- Philip Johnson, architect, art collector
- Dorothy Morang, painter and pastelist
- David Smith, sculptor
- Leon Polk Smith, painter
- Charles Alston, painter
- Acee Blue Eagle, painter, muralist
- Ilya Bolotowsky, painter, printmaker
- Marie Z. Chino, potter, ceramic artist
- Constance Edith Fowler, painter, printmaker
- Jon Gnagy, painter, illustrator, television art instructor
- Jacob Kainen, painter
- Albert Kotin, painter
- Tom Lea, muralist, illustrator, painter
- Michael Loew, painter
- Harry Mintz, painter
- Walter Tandy Murch, painter
- Fairfield Porter, painter
- Gregorio Prestopino, painter
- George Rickey, sculptor
- Theodore Roszak, sculptor, painter
- Millard Sheets, painter
- Henriette Wyeth, painter
- Claire Falkenstein, sculptor
- Sybil Gibson, painter
- Herblock, political cartoonist
- Lee Krasner, painter
- Helen Lundeberg, painter
- Nicholas Marsicano, painter
- George McNeil, painter
- Wilber Moore Stilwell, depression era artist
- Roger Tory Peterson, graphic artist, illustrator, naturalist
- Minor White, photographer
- Gertrude Abercrombie, Surrealist painter
- Jean Cory Beall,, painter and public artist
- Al Capp, cartoonist
- Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia, impressionist painter, sculptor, and lithographer
- Enrico Donati, painter
- Jacob Lipkin, sculptor
- Cornelia MacIntyre Foley, painter
- Charles Gordon, watercolor artist
- Dorothy Stratton King, painter and printmaker
- Norman Lewis, painter
- Alex Raymond, cartoonist
- Herman Rose, painter
- Manfred Schwartz, painter
- Fay Morgan Taylor, modernist artist
Born 1910–1919
- Leonard Bocour, paint-maker, painter
- Paul Feeley, painter
- James FitzGerald, sculptor, painter
- Morris Graves, painter, printmaker
- Hiroshi Honda, painter
- Franz Kline, painter
- Fuller Potter, painter
- Mitchell Siporin, painter
- Hedda Sterne, painter
- Dorothea Tanning, painter, surrealist
- Arnold Arbeit, architect, sculptor, painter
- Will Barnet, painter, printmaker
- Romare Bearden, painter, printmaker
- Louise Bourgeois, sculptor, printmaker
- Eleanor Layfield Davis, painter, sculptor
- John McCrady, painter
- Carl Morris, painter, muralist
- Hilda Grossman Morris, sculptor
- David Park, painter
- Kara Shepherd, surrealist painter
- Charles Addams, cartoonist
- William Baziotes, painter
- William Congdon, painter
- William Franklin Draper, painter
- Fay Kleinman, painter
- Ida Kohlmeyer, painter, sculptor
- Alexander Liberman, painter, sculptor
- Morris Louis, painter
- Agnes Martin, painter
- Phillip Pavia, sculptor
- Jackson Pollock, painter
- Raymond Francis Robbins, intricate realist paintings
- Walter Sanford, artist
- Tony Smith, sculptor
- George Sugarman, sculptor
- Carl Thorp, impressionist landscapes
- Peter Agostini
- Ralph Leon Bagley, artist and art instructor
- Hyman Bloom, painter
- Lawrence Calcagno, painter
- Robert Capa, photographer
- Mary Gehr, painter and printmaker
- Philip Guston, painter, printmaker
- Reuben Kadish, sculptor
- James Kelly, painter
- Ibram Lassaw, sculptor
- Conrad Marca-Relli, collage artist, painter
- Mercedes Matter, painter
- Ruthe Katherine Pearlman, painter and art educator
- Ad Reinhardt, painter
- Bettina Steinke, painter and muralist
- Glen Alps, printmaker, sculptor
- Ward Brackett, illustrator
- Nassos Daphnis, painter
- Allan Houser, painter, sculptor
- Gwendolyn Knight, painter
- Tony Rosenthal, sculptor
- Alton Tobey, painter, muralist, illustrator
- Emerson Woelffer, painter
- Elizabeth Catlett, sculptor, printmaker
- Claude Clark, painter
- John Rogers Cox, painter
- Edward Dugmore, painter
- Friedel Dzubas, painter
- Ruth Gikow, muralist
- Sam Golden, paint-maker, painter
- Bob Kane, cartoonist
- Jack Levine, painter
- Clayton Lewis, painter and sculptor
- Richard Lippold, sculptor
- Nellie Meadows, artist
- Robert Motherwell, painter, printmaker
- Hans Namuth, photographer
- Elmer Bischoff, painter
- Warren Eugene Brandon, painter
- Eyvind Earle, painter
- Leonard Edmondson painter, printmaker
- Joseph Goto, sculptor
- Karl Kasten, painter, printmaker
- Ethel Magafan, painter
- Montyne
- Alfonso Ossorio, painter, collagist
- Eunice Parsons, modernist collagist
- Paul Penczner, painter
- Richard Pousette-Dart, painter
- Jon Schueler, painter
- Sylvia Sleigh, painter
- Reuben Tam, painter
- Kathleen Gemberling Adkison, abstract expressionist painter
- Albert Alcalay, painter
- Nicolas Carone, painter
- Maya Deren, avant-garde filmmaker and theorist, photographer
- Manny Farber, painter, film critic
- Edith Frohock, painter and printmaker
- Robert Goodnough, painter
- Stephen Greene, painter
- David Hare, sculptor and photographer
- Jacob Lawrence, painter, printmaker
- Louisa Matthíasdóttir, painter
- Milton Resnick, painter
- Robert Richenburg, painter
- Syd Solomon, painter
- Andrew Wyeth, painter
- Ronald Bladen, sculptor
- Cornell Capa, photographer
- Keith Crown, abstract painter
- Elaine de Kooning, painter
- Jane Frank, painter
- Cleve Gray, painter
- Stephen Pace, painter
- David Foster Pratt, painter
- Gerard Francis Tempest, painter and sculptor
- Charles Banks Wilson, painter
- Theophilus Brown, painter
- Fritz Bultman, painter, sculptor
- Edward Corbett, painter
- Frederick Hammersley, painter
- Lester Johnson, painter
- Irving Kriesberg, painter
- Alden Mason, painter
- Lee Mullican, painter
- John Wilde, painter, draughtsman, printmaker
Born 1920–1929
- John Coplans, painter, photographer
- Gene Davis, painter, printmaker
- Jimmy Ernst, painter
- Elaine Hamilton, painter
- Ray Harryhausen, stop-motion animator, sculptor
- Luchita Hurtado, painter
- Eugene Mackaben, painter
- Roger Medearis, painter
- Albert Nemethy, painter
- Honoré Desmond Sharrer, painter
- Wayne Thiebaud, painter, printmaker
- George Tooker, painter
- Hannah Tompkins, painter, printmaker
- Paul Wonner, painter
- Herbert Abrams, painter
- Gertrude Bleiberg, painter
- Norman Bluhm, painter
- Edward Boccia, painter
- William Brice, painter
- Thomas Chimes, painter
- Lillian Desow-Fishbein, painter
- Norris Embry, painter
- Salvatore Grippi, painter, printmaker
- Charles Li Hidley, abstract expressionist
- Al Jaffee, cartoonist
- Frank Lobdell, painter
- Joe Stefanelli, painter
- Anne Truitt, sculptor
- Ralph Burke Tyree, painter
- Leona Wood, painter
- Leonard Baskin, sculptor, printmaker
- Leland Bell, painter
- Nell Blaine, painter
- Robert De Niro, Sr., painter
- Virginia Dehn , painter and printmaker
- Richard Diebenkorn, painter, printmaker
- Kahlil Gibran, sculptor, inventor, painter
- Helen Gilbert, painter and kinetic sculptor
- Charlotte Gilbertson, painter, printmaker
- Leon Golub, painter
- Grace Hartigan, painter
- Julius Hatofsky, painter
- John Hultberg, painter
- Matsumi Kanemitsu, painter and lithographer
- Albert Kresch, painter
- Harvey Littleton, glass artist
- Stan Masters, painter
- Jules Olitski, painter
- Ray Parker, painter
- Charles Cropper Parks, sculptor
- Haywood Rivers, painter
- Theodoros Stamos, painter
- Richard Stankiewicz
- Jim Steg, printmaker, collage artist
- H. C. Westermann, sculptor
- Diane Arbus, photographer
- David Aronson, painter
- Richard Artschwager, painter, sculptor
- Robert Beauchamp, painter
- Erlena Chisolm Bland, painter
- John Boatright, painter
- Ernest Briggs, painter
- John Ery Coleman, painter
- Jess Collins, painter, collage artist
- Sam Francis, painter, printmaker
- Charles Garabedian, painter
- Paul Georges, painter
- Shirley Jaffe, painter
- Paul Jenkins, painter
- Ellsworth Kelly, painter, printmaker
- Roy Lichtenstein, painter, sculptor, printmaker
- Knox Martin, painter, sculptor, muralist
- Fred Mitchell, painter
- Ruth Mountaingrove, feminist photographer and poet
- Larry Rivers, painter
- John Bageris, artist
- Al Blaustein, painter and printmaker
- George Brecht, Fluxus artist, composer
- Gandy Brodie, painter
- Robert Frank, filmmaker, photographer
- Jane Freilicher, painter
- Michael Goldberg, painter
- Douglas Huebler, conceptual artist
- James Jarvaise, painter
- Chris Karras, painter
- LaVerne Krause, printmaker, painter
- John Levee, painter
- Kenneth Noland, painter
- Philip Pearlstein, painter, printmaker
- Beverly Pepper, sculptor, painter
- George Segal, sculptor
- Kendall Shaw, painter
- Peter Voulkos, ceramic artist
- Charles Waterhouse, painter, illustrator and sculptor
- Jane Wilson
- John Altoon, painter
- Karl Benjamin, painter
- Robert Colescott, painter
- Nita Engle, watercolor painter
- Len Gridley Everett, painter
- Joseph Glasco, painter
- Duane Hanson, sculptor
- Lila Katzen sculptor
- Joan Mitchell, painter, printmaker
- Robert Rauschenberg, all media
- Emmett Williams, collage artist, concrete poet
- Stephen Antonakos, sculptor, light artist
- Hannelore Baron, collage artist
- Wallace Berman, assemblage artist
- Stanley Boxer, painter
- Edward Clark, painter
- Rosalyn Drexler, painter
- Sonia Gechtoff, painter
- Everett Raymond Kinstler, painter
- Ellen Lanyon, painter
- Ed Moses, painter
- Elva Nampeyo, potter, ceramic artist
- George Earl Ortman, painter
- Roland Petersen, painter
- Betye Saar, assemblage artist
- Charles Seliger, painter
- Nancy Spero, painter, printmaker, collage artist
- Don Stivers, painter
- Beth Van Hoesen, printmaker
- Jack Youngerman, painter
- Jack Boul, painter, sculptor and printmaker
- Lilian Thomas Burwell, painter and sculptor
- Richard Callner, painter
- John Chamberlain, sculptor
- Tony DeLap, sculptor
- Peter Forakis, sculptor
- Al Hansen, performance artist, collage artist, Fluxus artist
- Ray Johnson, collage artist, mail artist
- Wolf Kahn, painter
- Allan Kaprow, painter, assemblagist, performance artist
- Alex Katz, painter, printmaker
- Edward Kienholz, installation artist, sculptor
- Alfred Leslie, painter
- John Mason, ceramic artist
- Eleanore Mikus, painter
- Jack Roth, painter
- William Scharf, painter
- Lillian Schwartz, Digital artist
- Kenneth Snelson, sculptor
- Anne Tabachnick, painter
- John Paul Thomas, painter
- Ernest Trova, sculptor
- Pat Adams, painter
- Arman, painter, sculptor, experimental artist
- Alice Baber, painter
- Yoong Bae, painter and sculptor
- Allyn Bromley, printmaker
- Rolando López Dirube, artist
- Thomas Downing, painter
- Ken Ferguson, ceramist
- Helen Frankenthaler, painter, printmaker
- Ralph Goings, painter
- Wally Hedrick, painter, collage artist
- Al Held, painter, printmaker
- Robert Indiana, painter, sculptor, printmaker
- Robert Irwin, installation artist
- Donald Judd, sculptor
- Sol LeWitt, conceptual artist, installation artist, sculptor, printmaker
- Brian O'Doherty, aka Patrick Ireland, sculptor, painter, installation artist, conceptual artist
- Nathan Oliveira, painter, printmaker
- Pat Passlof, painter
- Wendell Thompson Perkins, painter
- Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva, potter, ceramic artist
- Paul Resika, painter
- Betty Sabo, landscape painter and sculptor
- David Simpson, painter
- Julian Stanczak, painter
- Anthony Triano, painter, sculptor, and illustrator
- Cy Twombly, painter, sculptor
- Andy Warhol, painter, filmmaker, printmaker
- John Wesley, painter
- Ida Applebroog, painter
- Jo Baer, painter
- John Button, painter
- Robert d’Arista, painter
- Jay DeFeo, painter, visual artist
- Jules Feiffer, cartoonist
- Jackie Ferrara, sculptor
- Vassilios Giavis, historical illustrator
- Howard Kanovitz, painter
- Lyman Kipp, sculptor
- Nicholas Krushenick, painter
- Gabriel Laderman, painter
- Clement Meadmore, sculptor
- Claes Oldenburg, sculptor
- Charles O. Perry, sculptor
- Raquel Rabinovich, painter, sculptor
- Neil Welliver, painter
Born 1930–1939
- Richard Anuszkiewicz, painter, sculptor, printmaker
- Robert Arneson, sculptor, ceramist
- William H. Bailey, painter
- James E. Brewton, painter, printmaker
- Harold Bruder, realist painter
- Annette Corcoran, graphic artist and ceramist
- Allan D'Arcangelo, painter, graphic artist, printmaker
- Marisol Escobar, sculptor, printmaker
- Helen Frank, painter, printmaker
- Judith Godwin, painter
- Ron Gorchov, painter
- Jasper Johns, painter, sculptor, printmaker
- Ken Kerslake, printmaker, painter
- Howard Kottler, ceramist, sculpture
- Lee Lozano, painter
- Robert Natkin, painter
- Manuel Neri, sculptor, painter
- Walter Pashko, surrealism
- Deborah Remington, painter, printmaker
- Faith Ringgold, painter and fabric artist
- Robert Ryman, painter
- Anita Steckel, graphic artist
- Susan Weil, painter
- Gahan Wilson, cartoonist
- Helene Aylon,, painter
- John Baldessari, conceptual artist, printmaker
- John Balossi, painter and sculptor
- John Nelson Battenberg
- Jack Beal, painter
- Lee Bontecou, sculptor, printmaker
- Stan Dann, wood sculptor
- Audrey Flack, painter
- Rolland Golden, abstract realist painter
- R.C. Gorman, painter
- Raymond Han, painter
- Fred Holle, artist and educator
- Budd Hopkins, painter
- Howard Mehring, painter
- Malcolm Morley, painter, printmaker
- Robert Morris, sculptor, conceptual artist
- Marjorie Strider, sculptor
- Tom Wesselmann, painter, collage artist
- Alan Bean, former American astronaut, painter
- Robert Bechtle, painter
- Emilie Benes Brzezinski, sculptor
- James Lee Byars, installation artist, sculptor, performance artist
- Ron Ferri, digital artist
- Charles Hinman, painter
- Morris Katz, painter
- Craig Kauffman, painter, sculptor
- Emily Mason, painter
- Nora Chapa Mendoza, abstract painter
- Nam June Paik, Fluxus, installation artist
- Dorothea Rockburne, painter
- Harry Tsuchidana, abstract painter
- William Anastasi, painter
- George Bogart, painter
- Kenneth Wayne Bushnell, visual artist
- Albert Contreras, painter
- Chryssa, sculptor
- Guy Coheleach, painter
- Bruce Conner, filmmaker, assemblage artist, sculptor, painter, collagist, graphic artist and photographer
- Dale Eldred, sculptor
- Dan Flavin, sculptor
- Sam Gilliam, painter, printmaker
- Carol Haerer, painter
- Phillip Hefferton
- John Stuart Ingle, watercolorist
- Alison Knowles, Fluxus performance artist, sound artist, papermaker, printmaker
- Charlotte Moorman, Fluxus, performance artist
- Ree Morton, painter, sculptor
- Yoko Ono, installation artist, sculptor, filmmaker
- James Rosenquist, painter and muralist, printmaker
- Joe Shannon, painter
- Stephen De Staebler, sculptor
- Michelle Stuart, painter, sculptor, photographer
- Mark di Suvero, sculptor
- Paul Thek, installation, painting, sculpture
- Don Bachardy, portrait artist
- Colette Bangert, new media artist
- Walter Darby Bannard, painter
- Bill Barrett, sculptor, painter
- Billy Al Bengston, painter, sculptor
- Helen Bershad, abstract expressionist painter
- Llyn Foulkes, painter
- James Gill, painter
- Anita Huffington, sculptor
- Yvonne Jacquette, painter, printmaker
- Joni T. Johnson, painter
- John McCracken, sculptor
- Jay Milder, painter
- Forrest Moses, abstract landscape painter
- Irving Petlin, painter
- Gloria Plevin, painter
- Yvonne Rainer, performance artist, choreographer, dancer
- Peter Saul, painter
- Selina Trieff, abstract artist
- Harold Joe Waldrum, painter, photographer
- Neil Williams, painter
- Carl Andre, minimalist sculptor
- Eleanor Antin, performance artist, filmmaker, installation artist
- Christo, environmental installation artist
- Walter De Maria, sculptor
- Jim Dine, painter, sculptor, printmaker
- Simmie Knox, portrait artist
- Al Loving, painter
- Ben Fortunado Marcune, figurative and representational sculptor and painter
- Chuck Oberstein, clown paintings
- Kenneth Price, ceramist
- Joseph Rael, artist and writer
- Mel Ramos, painter
- Hib Sabin, sculptor
- Stanley Tomshinsky, artist
- Carol Wald, artist and illustrator
- Edward Avedisian, painter
- Richard Estes, painter, printmaker
- Hollis Frampton, experimental filmmaker, photographer, theorist
- Gregory Gillespie, painter
- Hans Haacke, conceptual artist
- Richard Haas, muralist
- Eva Hesse, sculptor
- Tom Holland, painter, mixed media
- Dennis Hopper, actor, photographer, painter, other media
- Joan Jonas, video, performance artist, other media
- Evan Lindquist, printmaker
- Doug Ohlson, painter
- Richard Pionk, pastellist, painter
- Lucas Samaras, photographer, sculptor, printmaker
- Frank Stella, painter, printmaker
- DeWain Valentine, sculptor
- Leo Valledor, painter
- Carlos Villa, painter
- Thornton Willis, painter
- Peter Campus, video artist, photographer
- Reginald Case, painter, collagist, sculptor
- Ronald Davis, painter
- Eugene Gregan, painter
- Red Grooms, multimedia artist, printmaker
- Carolyn Heller, painter and decorative artist
- Robert Mangold, painter, printmaker
- Peter Max, printmaker, graphic designer
- Larry Poons, painter
- Harvey Quaytman, painter
- Charles Ross, sculptor
- Edward Ruscha, painter, printmaker, photographer, conceptual artist
- Fritz Scholder, painter, printmaker, graphic artist
- Bob Thompson, painter
- William T. Wiley, painter, printmaker
- Marlene Tseng Yu, abstract expressionist
- Richard Van Buren,, sculptor
- Larry Zox, painter
- Fran Bull, painter, printmaker, sculptor, installation artist
- Joan Brown, painter
- Vija Celmins, painter, graphic artist, printmaker
- Janet Fish, painter
- Robert Graham, sculptor
- Dick Higgins, Fluxus artist, composer, writer
- Snowden Hodges, realist
- Nancy Holt, sculptor, installation and earth artist
- Robert H. Hudson, sculptor
- Brice Marden, painter, printmaker
- Eugene J. Martin, collagist, painter, graphic artist
- Clark Murray, sculptor, painter
- Stephen Howard Naegle, watercolor artist
- Jim Nutt, painter
- Dennis Oppenheim, sculptor, installation and earth artist
- Robert Perless, kinetic artist
- Ben Sakoguchi
- Richard Serra, sculptor, printmaker
- Robert Smithson, sculptor, installation and earth artist
- Dieterich Spahn, painter, stained glass designer
- Peter Alexander, sculptor
- Larry Bell, sculptor
- Jake Berthot, painter
- Scott Burton, sculptor
- Rosemarie Castoro, painter, sculptor
- Judy Chicago, installation artist, sculptor
- William Eggleston, photographer
- Edward J. Fraughton, sculptor, inventor
- Nancy Graves, sculptor, painter, printmaker
- Margia Kramer, interdisciplinary mixed-media artist
- Robert Lostutter, painter
- Ed Paschke, painter, printmaker
- Carolee Schneemann, performance artist
- Paul Shapiro, Abstract Expressionist and landscape painter
- Diane Tuckman, silk painter
- Igor Tulipanov, painter
- Mierle Laderman Ukeles, feminist artist, installation artist
- Jack Whitten, painter
Born 1940–1949
- Vito Acconci, conceptual artist, installation artist, performance artist, filmmaker
- Mel Bochner, conceptual artist
- James Bohary
- Gary Bower, painter
- Chuck Close, painter, printmaker
- John Connell, painter, sculptor, printmaker
- Mimi Gross, painter
- Paul Havas, landscape painter
- Harvey Konigsberg, artist
- Paul Laffoley, artist
- Elizabeth Murray, painter, printmaker
- Gladys Nilsson, painter
- Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, painter, printmaker
- Barbara Rossi, painter
- Ernest Ruckle, visual artist
- Steven L. Sles, artist
- Joan Snyder, painter
- Pat Steir, painter
- Mym Tuma, painter, mixed media
- Hannah Wilke, all media
- Peter Young, painter
- Jennifer Bartlett, painter
- Lynda Benglis, sculptor
- Tony Berlant, mixed-media artist
- Dale Chihuly, glass sculptor
- John De Andrea, sculptor
- Peter Erskine, light sculptor
- André Harvey, sculptor
- Renne Hughes, painter and photographer
- Mary Kelly, conceptual artist
- William Leavitt, conceptual artist, painter, installation artist
- Pat Lipsky, painter
- Judith Lodge, painter and photographer
- Forrest Myers, sculptor
- Bruce Nauman, installation artist, video artist, printmaker
- Martin Puryear, sculptor, printmaker
- Anita Rodriguez, artist incorporating ingenious ceremonialism and mysticism
- John Seery, painter
- Keith Sonnier, sculptor
- Richard Tuttle, sculptor, painter, installation artist
- Jackie Winsor, sculptor
- Joe Zucker, mixed-media artist
- Judith Bernstein, feminist artist
- Jonathan Borofsky, painter, sculptor, installation artist
- Jerry Dolyn Brown, folk artist, potter
- Rhea Carmi, abstract expressionist and mixed-media artist
- Dan Christensen, painter
- Susan Crile, painter
- Porfirio DiDonna, painter
- Lucien Dulfan, conceptual artist
- Dan Graham, conceptual artist, performance artist
- Jann Haworth, sculptor
- Michael Kabotie, painter, silversmith
- Harry McCormick interior spaces painter
- Bob Ross, painter, television artist
- David True, painter
- Lawrence Weiner, conceptual artist
- William T. Williams, painter
- Michael Asher, conceptual artist, installation artist
- Sandra Bowden, painter
- Robert Butler, painter
- Pauline Campanelli, painter, writer
- Cora Cohen, painter
- Ron Cooper, artist
- Robert Crumb, cartoonist
- David Diao, painter
- William S. Dutterer, painter
- Simon Gaon, painter
- David Hammons, installation artist, sculptor
- Helen Hardin, painter
- Steven Kemenyffy, ceramic artist
- Stephen Kline, painter, photographer, pen and ink
- Gordon Matta-Clark, situationist, site-specific artist, performance artist
- David R. Prentice, painter
- Martha Rosler, video, photo-text, installation, performance art
- Suze Rotolo, book artist
- Susan Louise Shatter, landscape painter
- Betty Spindler, ceramist
- James Surls, sculptor and visual artist
- James Turrell, installation artist
- William Wegman, video artist, photographer, painter
- Jerry Wilkerson, painter
- Christopher Wilmarth, sculptor
- Lewis Bryden, naturalistic landscapes
- Louis Delsarte, painter
- Don Eddy, painter
- Jan Harrison, painter and sculptor
- Michael Heizer, sculptor, earth artist
- Sanit Khewhok, painter and sculptor
- Allan McCollum, conceptual artist, sculptor, all media
- Richard Mock, painter
- Thomas Nozkowski, painter
- Susan Mohl Powers, sculptor, painter
- Fred H. Roster, sculptor
- Allen Ruppersberg, conceptual artist, installation artist
- Alan Saret, sculptor
- Michele Oka Doner, sculptor, public artist, printmaker, video artist
- Donray, painter
- Sheila Elias
- Carole Feuerman, sculptor
- Charles Fincher, cartoonist
- Helen C. Frederick, printmaker
- Jack Goldstein, conceptual artist, filmmaker, painter
- Glenda Green, painter
- Benjamin Harjo, Jr., painter, printmaker
- Neil Jenney, painter
- Charles Hollis Jones, furniture designer
- Joseph Kosuth, conceptual artist
- Barbara Kruger, photographer, graphic artist, sculptor
- Suzanne Lacy, installations, video, performance artist
- Robert Lawrance Lobe, sculptor
- Paul McCarthy, sculptor, installation artist, video artist
- Robert W. Olszewski, painter and miniatures artist
- Louise Parks, painter
- Peter Reginato, sculptor
- Judy Rifka, painter, video artist
- Susan Rothenberg, painter, printmaker
- Sean Scully, painter, printmaker
- Carol Sutton, painter
- Audrey Ushenko, realist figurative painter
- Daisy Youngblood, ceramic artist, sculptor
- Charles Arnoldi, painter
- Dennis Ashbaugh, painter
- Alice Aycock, sculptor
- Frances Bagley, American sculptor
- Jean Bales, painter and printmaker
- Betty Beaumont, site-specific artist, all media
- EC Bell, painter
- Chris Burden, performance artist, sculptor
- T.C. Cannon, painter
- Dennis H. Farber, painter and photographer
- Don Gummer, sculptor
- David Eugene Henry, painter, sculptor
- Nabil Kanso, painter
- Lev Kublanov, graphic artist
- Fran Lew, painter
- Robert Mapplethorpe, photographer
- Anthony McCall, installation artist, projected film
- Anne Neely, painter
- Lonnie Ortega, aviation artist
- David Reed, painter
- Ann Leda Shapiro, painter.
- Marsha Steinberg, drawing, etchings, and paintings
- Jamie Wyeth, painter
- Bhakti Ziek, textiles
- Laurie Anderson, experimental performance artist, musician
- Allen 'Big Al' Carter, painter, printmaker, photographer, sculptor
- Sarah Charlesworth, conceptual artist, photographer
- Daniel Kelly, painter, printmaker
- Ronnie Landfield, painter
- Louise Lawler, photographer
- Sherrie Levine, conceptual artist
- Richard Minsky, bookbinder and cover artist
- Stephen Mueller, painter
- Eduardo Oropeza
- Linda Ridgway, sculptor
- Christine Rosamond, painter
- James Schoppert, Alaskan Native artist
- Bill Stoneham, feature film, surrealist, illustrator
- Ronnie Cutrone, painter
- Eric Fischl, painter, printmaker
- David Geiser, painter
- Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, installation, collage
- Jonathan Lasker, painter
- Ana Mendieta, performance artist
- Meridel Rubenstein, photographer and installation artist
- Joseph Sanchez, painter and museum curator
- Judith Shea, sculptor
- Hollis Sigler, painter, printmaker
- Lizbeth Stewart, ceramist
- Altoon Sultan, painter
- J. Craig Thorpe, landscape artist
- J. Chris Wilson, artist
- Brian Wood, film maker, multiple media, painter, photographer
- Ross Bleckner, painter
- Deborah Butterfield, sculptor
- Stephen Hickman, illustrator, sculptor
- Geoffrey Laurence, painter
- Dellamarie Parrilli, abstract expressionist, action painter, jewelry designer
- Richard Prince, painter, photographer, sculptor
- Archie Rand, painter, muralist
- Barbara Schwartz, painter, sculptor
- Laurie Simmons, photographer
- Josh Simpson, glass artist
- Mark Tansey, painter
- Andrea Way, painter, sculptor
- Jean Wells, mosaic sculptor
Born 1950–1959
- Lesley Dill, all media
- Lin Evola
- Margery E. Goldberg, painter, sculptor
- Jenny Holzer, conceptual artist
- Marilyn Kirsch, painter
- Jack Reilly, painter
- James Rizzi, painter
- Mary Michael Shelley, carver, painter
- Ira Sherman, sculptor
- Glennray Tutor, painter
- Douglas Bourgeois, sculptor and figurative painter
- Louisa Chase, painter
- Philip-Lorca diCorcia, photographer
- Mary Heebner, painter
- Gary Hill, video installation artist
- Lee H. Letts, bronze sculptor, goldsmith, and painter
- Melissa Miller, painter
- Matt Mullican, video, painting, electronic media, and installation
- Joseph Nechvatal, digital painter
- Nic Nicosia, American art photographer
- James Dean Pruner, painter, printmaker, sculptor
- Julian Schnabel, painter, filmmaker
- Peter Shelton, American sculptor
- Michael Smith, performance, video, and installation artist
- Lynne Woods Turner, abstract painter
- Bill Viola, video artist
- Russ Warren, figurative painter
- William Wolk, realist painter
- Chris Campbell, painter
- David Em, digital art
- Sonya Fe, painter
- Ken Feingold, installation artist, all media
- Sam Havadtoy, painter, interior designer
- Nicholas Hondrogen, painter
- Cynthia Knott, seascapes
- Deborah Nehmad, printmaker and mixed-media artist
- Tom Otterness, sculptor
- Lari Pittman, painter
- John Pomara, abstract artist
- Clifford Ross, painter, photographer, video
- David Salle, painter
- Linda St. Clair, wildlife painter
- Larry Dell Alexander, painter
- Debra Bermingham, interior scenes and still lifes
- Rebecca Bluestone, tapestry weaver
- Sean K. L. Browne, sculptor
- James Casebere, photographer
- Gordon Chandler, sculptor
- Jeff Chapman-Crane, painter
- April Gornik, painter
- Alex Grey, artist
- Michael Hafftka, painter
- Peter Halley, painter
- Malcolm T. Liepke, painter
- Robert Longo, sculptor, graphic artist
- Csaba Markus, painter, sculptor, graphic artist
- Stephen Namara, figurative artist
- Tom Nussbaum, painter, sculptor, graphic artist
- Charles Ray, sculptor
- Geoffrey Raymond, painter, executive portraits
- Alexander Tsiaras, artist and photojournalist
- Carol Wax, printmaker
- Carrie Mae Weems, photographer
- Stephen Westfall, painter, art critic
- Mary Endico, painter, watercolorist
- Robert Gober, sculptor
- Joseph Havel, sculptor
- Mike Kelley, all media
- Stephen Little, painter and scholar
- Francis X. Pavy, painter and sculptor
- Cindy Sherman, photographer
- Kiki Smith, sculptor, printmaker, all media
- Randy Souders, painter
- Fred Wilson, conceptual artist, printmaker
- David Wojnarowicz, painter, photographer
- Katherine Bowling, layered landscapes
- Charles Fazzino, silkscreen serigraph pop artist
- F. Scott Hess, painter and conceptual artist
- Roni Horn, sculptor, photographer
- Terrell James, painter, sculptor
- Karen Kilimnik, painter, installation artist
- Jeff Koons, sculptor
- Christian Marclay, visual artist, composer
- Robert Lyn Nelson, marine painter
- Philip Taaffe, painter, printmaker
- David Tineo, cultural and identity issues artist
- Michael Toombs, painter and arts educator
- Jeffrey Vallance, conceptual artist
- Karen Wheeler, painter
- Richard Wyatt, Jr., painter, muralist
- Mark Beard, painter, sculptor, set designer
- Mark Bloch, interdisciplinary artist
- F. Lennox Campello, visual and multimedia artist
- Kaloust Guedel, painter, sculptor
- Julian Hatton, painter
- Soraida Martinez, painter
- Alison Saar, sculptor, installation artist
- Fred Tomaselli, painter
- Julie Ault, collaborative artist, curator
- Sarah Brayer, painter, paper artist, printmaker
- Fred Cray, photographer
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres, sculptor, installation artist, interdisciplinary
- Jim Hodges, sculptor
- Clay Huffman, painter
- Tony Oursler, video, performance and installation artist
- Adam Shaw, painter
- James Siena, painter
- Ben Aronson, painter
- Wayne Barlowe, science fiction and fantasy painter
- John Dubrow, painter
- Lori K. Gordon, multi-media artists
- Keith Haring, graphic artist, muralist, sculptor, printmaker
- Tracy Harris, painter
- Wendy W. Jacob, sculptor
- Thomas Kinkade, painter
- Christie Repasy, floral painter
- James Romberger, pastels, comics
- Kenny Scharf, painter
- Renee Stout, assemblagist
- Ray Turner, painter, portraits, landscapes
- Jeff Wassmann, assemblage
- Francesca Woodman, photographer
- Ashley Bickerton, painter, sculptor
- Laura Bruce, artist
- Anne Chu, sculptor
- Donny Johnson, painter, unconventional technique
- Maya Lin, installation artist
- Raymond Persinger, sculptor, public artist
- Jerry Weiss, painter
Born 1960–1969
- Jean-Michel Basquiat, painter
- Bob Eggleton, science fiction, fantasy, and horror artist.
- Laura Ann Jacobs, sculptor and mixed media artist.
- MaPo Kinnord, ceramic artist, sculptor, and educator.
- Glenn Ligon, conceptual artist, all media
- Sono Osato, artist
- Jack Pierson, sculptor, photographer, other media
- Lorna Simpson, photographer
- Tim Tate multimedia sculptor, video artist
- Sam Durant, variety of media
- Nestor Hernández, photographer
- Zoe Leonard, photographer and visual artist
- Catherine Opie, photographer
- Geoffrey C. Smith, sculptor
- Rirkrit Tiravanija, conceptual artist, installation artist
- Israel Tsvaygenbaum, painter
- Daniel Adel, painter and illustrator
- Gregory Crewdson, photographer
- John Currin, painter
- Misha Lenn, watercolor painter
- Renee McGinnis, painter
- Rebecca Jo Morales, painter
- Laura Myntti, painter
- Lisa Yuskavage, painter
- Gretchen Baer, painter and performance artist
- Rina Banerjee, painter
- Kathy Butterly, sculptor
- Jon Coffelt, painter, sculptor, book arts, curator
- Chris Lattanzio, artist
- Paul Henry Ramirez, painter
- Spar Street, painter and sculptor
- Janine Antoni, sculptor, installation artist
- Thomas Arvid, oil painter
- Margarete Bagshaw, painter, clay artist
- Meghan Boody, surrealist artist
- Rachel Lachowicz, painter
- Ray Navarro, artist, filmmaker, and HIV/AIDS activist
- Jason Teraoka, painter
- Erwin Timmers, environmental sculptor
- Andrea Fraser, performance artist
- Tom Friedman, sculptor
- Ellen Gallagher, painter, mixed media artist
- Elizabeth Peyton, painter
- Jason Rhoades, installation artist
- Paul Rusconi, painter, mixed media artist
- Brian Rutenberg, abstract painter
- Andrea Zittel, sculptor, installation artist
- Margaret Boozer, ceramist
- Bela Borsodi,, photographer
- Charlie Bynar,, watercolorist
- Susanne Crane, Minnesota artist
- Rachel Harrison, sculptor, photographer
- Annette P. Jimerson, painter
- Josiah McElheny, sculptor, glass artist
- Ithaka, sculptor, photographer, painter, musician
- Ivan Morley, painter
- Roxy Paine, sculptor, kinetic art
- Jonathan Podwil, painter
- Matthew Barney, multimedia artist, sculptor, filmmaker
- Geoffrey Chadsey, painter and draftsman
- Harrell Fletcher, socially engaged interdisciplinary projects
- Davyd Whaley, painter
- Doug Aitken, multimedia artist
- Dave Halili, painter, illustrator, and designer of album covers, posters, and graphic merchandise
- Matt Kish, artist, illustrator, book cover illustrator
- Amanda Matthews, sculptor, painter, public art designer
- Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, documentary photographer
- Andrew Cornell Robinson, sculptor, ceramist, painter, printmaker
- Inka Essenhigh, painter
- Kara Walker, collage artist, painter, printmaker, installation artist
Born 1970–1979
- Bob Coronato, painter and printmaker
- Clandestine Culture, painter, multidisciplinary artist
- Shepard Fairey, painter, printmaker, illustrator and muralist
- Susie Frazier, mixed media
- Ron Laboray, conceptual art and painting
- John Newsom, painter
- Scott A. Spencer, abstract painter
- Michael Birawer, surrealist urban settings painter
- Luke Butler, artist
- Paul Kremer, artist
- Andrew Prokos, photographer
- John Waguespack, artist
- Logan Hicks,Artist
- Jules de Balincourt,, French-American nationality, painter
- Letitia Huckaby, photographer, mixed media
- Monika Steiner, artist and sculptor
- Kelly Sueda, painter
- Erick Swenson, sculptor
- Charlie White, photographer
- Hayley Barker, painter and drawer, spiritual experience, landscape, ritual
- Violet Hopkins, painter
- Rosy Lamb, painter and sculptor based in Paris
- Carrie Ann Baade, painter
- Jason D'Aquino
- Lee Kohse, painter
- Marni Kotak, performance artist
- Aaron Padilla, ceramist and woodworker
- John Ross Palmer, painter
- Willy Bo Richardson, painter
- Lauren Fensterstock, installation artist, sculptor, goldsmith
- Adreon Henry, artist
- Sedrick Huckaby, painter
- Elliott Johnson, painter and designer
- Patrick McGrath Muñíz, painter
- Greg Simkins, painter
- Seamus Conley, artist
- Marlon Forrester, painter and educator
- Mathew Hintz, impressionist painter and drawer
- Casey McKee, artist
- William Powhida, drawing
- Becca Bernstein, painter
- Eric Daigh, mixed media
- David Herbert, sculpture, installation and video
- Tim Lokiec, 2-D mixed media
- Vadis Turner, mixed media
- Lesley Vance, painter
- Hernan Bas, painter
- John Kleckner, painter
- Chad Person, sculptor and collage artist
- Rachel Bess, painter
- Evan Gruzis, painter
- Jimmy Kuehnle, sculpture, performance and installation
- Tameka Norris, performance artist
Born 1980–1989
- Kadar Brock, abstract artist
- Sarah Beth Goncarova, painter, sculptor and installation artist
- Richard T. Scott, painter
- Michael Tarbi, artist
- Lindsey White, visual artist, photography, video, sculpture, and book making
- Rafa Esparza, performance artist
- Dash Snow, artist
- Francesca DiMattio, artist
- Sean Raspet, artist
- Wendy Red Star, multimedia artist
- Heather Dewey-Hagborg, information artist and bio-hacker
- Wu Tsang, filmmaker, performance artist
- Aleah Chapin, portrait painter
- Alexa Meade, body artist
- Brenna Murphy, psychedelic visual forms combined with three-dimensional object
- Lauren Silva, painter
- Ari Glass, painter, designer and musician
Born 1990-1999
Date of birth unknown
- Michele Banks, painter
- Aisha Tandiwe Bell, mixed media
- Pauline Blandina, watercolorist
- Dorothy Braudy, artist
- Charlot Byj, greeting card and advertising artist
- Nancy Calef, figurative painter
- Sheila Cameron, artist and graphic designer
- Adam Cooley, painter and sculptor
- Rosetta DeBerardinis, painter
- David Dewey, watercolor landscapes
- Michael D. Fay, war and combat artist
- Chawky Frenn, painter and art professor
- MK Guth, installation artist
- Scott Jacobs, photorealism
- Hedy Klineman, celebrity portraits
- Llanakila, painter and digital artist
- Don H. Marr, painter, romantic realism and sociocomic surrealism
- Scape Martinez, abstract artist and muralist
- Anado McLauchlin, artist
- Haley Mellin, artist
- Betty Merken, painter and printmaker, abstract geometric monotypes
- John Randall Nelson, painter and sculptor
- Pamela Nelson, contemporary painter and installation artist
- Maria Ogedengbe, artist
- Hal Olsen, artist
- David Wells Roth, figurative painter
- Diane Tuckman, silk painter
- Pheoris West, artist