art by African American visual artists

1. African American Artists

2. Radcliffe Bailey
• Atlanta-based artist
• Artwork examines American history to
attempt to generate healing for slavery and
other racially charged American institutions.

7. Jean-Michel Basquiat
• 1970s/80s era artist
• Brooklyn-based
• Rough life growing up
• Known as one of the first neo-impressionist
artists

11. Diane Edison
• Athens and Brooklyn-based artist
• Examines race through self-portraits

15. Scipio Moorhead
• Enslaved person during the 1700s
• Drew some of the only known images of
enslaved African Americans

17. 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

21. Kara Walker
• Contemporary African American artist
• Examines racial inequity and violence in her
artwork