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!

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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. 
For the purpose of accessibility, we have attempted to organize artists into 8 subgroups: Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Middle Eastern/North African, Multiracial/Multiethnic, Pacific Islander/SE Asian, and South Asian. Our goal is to use present artists based on how each artist defines themselves in relation to their work. 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.

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Alan Syliboy
Mi'kmaq

Andrea Pippins
Swedish (Black)

Archan Nair
Indian


Aurélia Durand
American (Black)

Ayqa Khan
Pakistani-American (Middle Eastern)

Bee Harris
American (Black)

C

Carol Rossetti
Brazilian (Latinx)

Cbabi Bayoc
American (Black)

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Chitra Ganesh
Indian American (South Asian)

Christo Musinguzi
Ugandan (Black)

D

Dissirama
Ghanaian (Black)

E

Ekua Holmes
American (Black)

Eliana Rodgers
American (Black)

Eric J. Garcia
Chicano (Latinx)

Ernesto Yerena Montejano
Chicano (Latinx/ Indigenous)

F

Frank Morrison
American (Black)

G

Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay
Indonesian (Southeast Asia)

H

Hippy Potter
American (Black)

Humberto Ramos
Mexican (Latinx)

I

J

Jackie Ormes
American

Jade Purple Brown
American (Black)

James Jean
Taiwanese-American (South East Asian)

Jeffrey Veregge
Port Gamble S’Klallam

Jeremy Enecio
Filipino (Southeast Asia)

Jonelle James
Guyanese & Jamaican  (Black)

K

Kadir Nelson
American (Black)

Kenojuak Ashevak, CC ONu Inuit (Indigenous)

Kulsum Tasnif
Pakistani-American (South East Asian)

Read Interview Here

L

Laci Jordan
American (Black)

M

Maria Qamar
Bangladesh, Indian, Canadian (South Asian)

Mia Saine
American (Black)

Miho Hirano
Japanese (Asian)

Mimi Moffie
Dutch (Black)

Miné Okubo
Japanese American
(Asian American)

N

Natasha Nayo
Ghanaian (Black)

Nicholle Kobi
French (Black)

I Nyoman Masriadi
Indonesian (Southeast Asia)

O

Oge Mora
American (Black)

P

Q

Queenbe Moneyi
American (Black)

R

Rafiqun Nabi
Bangladeshi (South Asian)

S

Shamsia Hassani
Afghani (Middle Eastern)

Sharee Miller
American (Black)

Shanée Benjamin
American (Black)

Shelly Wan
Chinese (Asian)

T

Taylor McManus
American (Black)

Titus Kaphar
American (Black)

Tan Zi Xi
Singaporean (South East Asian)

Tran Nguyen
Vietnamese (South East Asian)

U

V

Vashti Harrison
American (Black)

W

Wilson Borja
Colombian (Latinx)

Wooden Wave (Team)
Hawaiian (Pacific Islander)

X

Y

Z

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Asian: a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.

BIPOC: Black, Indigenous and People of Color. 

Black: of or relating to any of various population groups having dark pigmentation of the skin or ancestry originating in Africa.

Ethnicity: a group of people who identify with one another with similarities such as history, culture, language, ancestry, etc.

Indigenous: ethnic groups who are the original or earliest known inhabitants of an area, in contrast to groups that have settled, occupied or colonized the area more recently.

LatinX: a person of Latin origin or descent. 

Middle Eastern: a person of Middle Eastern origin or descent.

Multiethnic: of two or more ethnicities.

Multiracial: of two or more races.

Nationality: the status of belonging to a particular nation.

North African: Peoples with origins based in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara belonging to a particular nation.

Pacific Islander, or Pasifika, are the peoples of the Pacific Islands. It is a geographic and ethnic/racial term to describe the inhabitants and diaspora of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania. It is not used to describe non-indigenous inhabitants of the Pacific islands.  

Person of color: a person who is not white or of European parentage.

Race: a group of people who share cultural elements such as language, history, etc.

South Asian: a person of origin or descent from Southern Asia.

South East Asian: a person of origin or descent from the South Eastern part of Asia