Engaging children with artists who look like them, have similar experiences, and come from similar backgrounds is a great source of inspiration and empowerment. By reflecting their own identities, experiences and motivations (mirrors) and also providing insight into the identities, experiences and motivations of others (windows) can move students toward more nuanced perceptions of the world around them (sliding glass doors).*  Discover new BIPOC artists to add to your curriculum. 


*Source: By Rudine Sims Bishop, The Ohio State University. "Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors" 
This is a evolving and growing resource. If you have any suggestions or would like to recommend additional artists, please e-mail us at antiracistartteachers@gmail.com We thank you for your collaboration!

Black Artists

Artists listed in alphabetical order by first/preferred name.

Artists have many layered identities and art educators need to present them as such.  


Representing diverse artists in your curriculum is only part of an Anti-Bias, Anti-Racist curriculum.  It needs to be more than a symbolic effort and art educators need to take into account intersectionality when introducing these artists to students.  How do aspects of an artists’ social and political identities (ex. gender, sex, race, class, sexuality, religion, ability, physical appearance, etc.) intersect within their work?   
In addition, we recognize that race is socially constructed and it is impossible to put humans in clearly defined categories by race. Racial identity is deeply personal, and artists within any given subgroup define themselves differently. Race, ethnicity, and nationality are all factors artist's individually consider as their personal identity. However, as mentioned previously that is not all that there is to their identity. We know that artists have many layered identities and art educators need to do the research to present them as such. These groupings are not perfect, as humans are not meant to be divided into boxes. We hope this resource can help art educators identify who is missing from their curriculum in order to create a curriculum more representative of the incredible diversity among students and artists today.

A

Aaron Douglas
American

Abe Odedina
Nigerian

Adia Millett
American

Adde Adesokan
German / Nigerian 

Adrian Brandon
American

Afewerk Tekle
Ethiopian

Aïda Muluneh
Ethiopian

Alyssia Gibson
American

Alexandria Smith
British

Alice Beasley
American

Alma Woodsey Thomas
American

Alison Saar
American

Amir Abdul-Shakur
American 

Amir Khadar
Sierra Leonean-American 

Amy Sherald
American

Angela Pilgrim
American

Andrea Chung
American

Angelica Dass
Brazilian 

Anna Jane McIntyre
Canadian

Andrea Pippins
Swedish 

Ashanté Kindle
American

Asuka Anastacia Ogawa
Japanese-Brazilian

Augusta Savage
American

Aurélia Durand
American

Ashley Chew
American

B

Barbara Jone-Hogu
American

Barkley L Hendricks
American

Barry Johnson
American

Bayeté Ross Smith
American

Benny Andrews
American

Bee Harris
American

Betye Saar
American

Bisa Butler
American

Brandan “BMike” Odums
American

Brittany Williams

C

Camille Turner
Canadian

Carrie Mae Weems
American

Cauleen Smith
American

Cbabi Bayoc
American

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Charles Alston
American

Chakaia Booker
American

Charles White
American

Chip Thomas AKA jetsonorama
American

Christo Musinguzi
Ugandan

Christopher Myers
American

Ciara LeRoy
American

Clementine Hunter
American

Cy Gavin
American

Cedric Michael Cox 
American

Carolyn Mazloomi
American

D

Dáreece J. Walker American

David Alabo
Ghanaian-Moroccan

David Driskell
American

David Hammons
American

Dawoud Bey
American

Deana Lawson
American

Deborah Roberts
American

 Delfin Finley
American

Delita Martin
American

Derrick Adams
American

Délio Jasse
Angolan

Derek Fordjour
American (Ghanaian heritage)

Devin Allen
American

Didier William
Haitian

Dissirama
Ghanaian

Dewey Crumpler
American

E

Ebony G. Patterson
Jamaican

Ejatu Shaw
British

Ekow Nimako
Ghanaian-Canadian

Ekua Holmes
American

El Anatsui
Ghanaian  

Eliana Rodgers
American

Elias Sime
Ethiopian


Elizabeth Catlett
American & Mexican

Ellis Wilson
American

Emma Amos
American

Emory Douglas
American

Ernie Barnes
American

F

Faith Bebbington British (Jamaican heritage)

Faith Ringgold
American

Falko One
South African

 Francis Robateau
Belizean American

Frank Bowling
Guyanan/British 

Frank Morrison
American

Fred Wilson
American

G

Glenn Ligon
American

Gordon Parks
American

Gerald A. Brown
American

H

Hale Woodruff
American

Hamilton Glass
American

Hank Willis Thomas
American

Harold D. Smith Jr.
American

Hebru Brantley
American

Henry Ossawa Tanner
American

Henry Taylor
American

Horace Pippin
American

Howardena Pindell
American

Hippy Potter
American

I

Iona Rozeal Brown
American

Ibrahim el-Salahi
Sudanese

J

Jack Whitten
American

Jackie Ormes
American

Jacob Lawrence
American

Jacolby Satterwhite
American

Jade Purple Brown
American

Jae Jarrell
American

Jalondra Quvon
American

Jamaal Barber
American

Jamel Shabazz
African American

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Haitian/Puerto Rican 

Jeanette Ehlers
Danish-Trinidadian 


Jen Hewett
American

Jennifer Mack-Watkins
American

Jennifer Packer
American

Jessi Raulet
American

Jessica Spence
Jamaican-American 

Jibade-Khalil Huffman
American

Johnson Eziefula
Nigerian

Joiri Minaya
Dominican-United Statesian

Jonelle James
Guyanese & Jamaican 

Jordan Casteel
American

Joyce J. Scott
African American 

Julie Mehretu
Ethiopian 

Jessi Raulet
American

K

Kara Walker
American

Kayla Mahaffey
American

Kadir Nelson
American

Khari Turner
American

Kay Brown
American

Kay Douglas
American

Kerry James Marshall
American

Kenyatta AC Hinkle
American


Kehinde Wiley
American

Kesha Bruce
American

Kevin Kabue
Kenyan

Kevin Snipes
American

Kimmy Cantrell
American

Kori Newkirk
American

Kip Omolade
American

L

Laci Jordan
American

LaKela Brown
American

Lakwena Maciver
British

LaToya Hobbs
American

LaToya Ruby Frazier
American 

Lauren Halsey
American

Laylah Ali
American

La Vaughn Belle
Virgin Islands 


Lavaughan Jenkins
American

Lava Thomas
American

Leslie Diuguid
American

Leeya Rose Jackson
American

Lina Iris Viktor
British-Liberian

Lois Mailou Jones
American

Lonnie Holley
American

Lorna Simpson
American

LaShawnda Crowe Storm

M

Madelyn Sneed Grays
American 

Magdalene Odundo
Kenyan, British 

Malaya Lalog
American

Malcolm Mobutu Smith
American

Mark Bradford
American

Manuel Mendive
Afro-Cuban 

Marlon Riggs
American

Martin Puryear
American

Mary Edmonia Lewis
American

Mia Saine
American

Michael C. Thorpe
American

Mickalene Thomas
American

Michael Zeray
African American

Mildred Beltré
American

Mimi Moffie
Dutch

Moe Brooker
American

Musah Swallah
Ghanaian 

Mike Henderson
American

Mildred Howard
American

N

Nadine Robinson
Jamaican

Natasha Cunningham 
Jamaican

Nick Cave
American

Nicholle Kobi
French

Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Nigerian American

Norman Lewis
American

Nontsikelelo ‘Lolo’ Veleko
South African

Nathan Murray
American

Natasha Nayo
Ghanaian

Nina Chanel Abney
American

Noah Purifoy
American

O

Odili Donald Odita
Nigerian

Oge Mora
American

P

Palmer Hayden
American

Paul Andrew Wandless
American

Paul Briggs
American

Pierre Santos
British

Prince Gyasi Nyantakyi
Ghanaian

Q

Queenbe Moneyi
American

Quentin Veracity
Canadian

R

Rashid Diab
Sudanese

Rashid Johnson
American

Rashod Taylor
American

Reggie Laurent
American

Renee Cox
Jamaican-American 

Renée Stout
American

Robert S. Duncanson
American

Romare Bearden
American

Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze
Nigerian-British

S

Sam Gilliam
American

Sam Dunson
American

Sharee Miller
American

Sharif Bey
American

Sharon Norwood
Canadian, Jamaican, American

Shanée Benjamin
American

Simone Leigh
American

Simone Saunders
Jamaican European

Stanley Whitney
American

Stephen Carter American

Stephen Marc
American

Stephen Wiltshire
British

Stephanie Santana
American

T

Tanekeya Word
American

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
American

Tawny Chatmon
American

Taylor McManus
American

Temi Coker
Nigerian

Thomas J. Price
British

Thornton Dial
African-American

Titus Kaphar
American

Tiffany Thomas
American

Tre Crews
American

Torkwase Dyson
American

Toyin Ojih Odutola
American-Nigerian 

Tyree Guyton
American

U

Umar Rashid AKA Frohawk Two Feathers
American

V

vanessa german American

Vashti Harrison
American

Veronica Ryan
American

W

Wangechi Mutu
Kenyan

Wayde McIntosh
American

Willard Wigan
British 

William Johnson
American

Woody De Othello American

Willie Cole
American

X-Y

Xenobia Bailey
African-American

Yinka Shonibare
British-Nigerian

Yung Jake
American

Z

Zanele Muholi
South African

Zipporah Camille Thompson
American

Zora J Murff
American (Black)

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