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David Antonio Cruz

David Antonio Cruz is an interdisciplinary artist known for his vibrant, multimedia works exploring identity, queerness, and cultural heritage. Cruz holds a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MFA from Yale University. He has completed residencies at LMCC, BRIC, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation, among others. His work has been exhibited internationally, and he is currently a professor at Columbia University School of the Arts.

Omar Ba

Born in Senegal, Omar Ba lives and works between Dakar and Geneva. His paintings, utilizing diverse techniques and materials, address political and social themes. Trained at the Beaux-Arts in Dakar and Geneva, his work features in prominent public collections including the CNAP in France and the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Ba’s iconography blends personal metaphors with ancestral and hybrid figures.

Ernie Barnes

Ernie Barnes was an American artist and former professional football player, celebrated for his dynamic, elongated figures and vibrant depictions of African American life. His paintings, such as “The Sugar Shack,” capture movement and emotion, often reflecting themes of music, sports, and community. Barnes’ work remains influential and beloved.

Moufouli Bello

Moufouli Bello, born in the Republic of Benin, is a multimedia and visual artist with a master’s degree in International Labor Law. Her artistic practice began in 2012, and she explores themes of identity, culture, and technology through painting, photography, and digital art. Bello’s notable projects include “Papyrus” and “We Should Disobey,” addressing issues of ethnicity and systemic sexism, respectively.

McArthur Binion
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McArthur Binion creates labor-intensive works blending minimalism, identity politics, and abstraction. Using materials like oil paint stick, ink, and graphite, he forms dense grids over personal photos and documents, revealing intimate details of his life. Influenced by poetry and bebop jazz, Binion’s art critiques and embraces minimalism, grounding itself in a dedication to the painting process.

Maia Cruz Palileo

Maia Cruz Palileo is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Brooklyn. Their work explores themes of migration and home through paintings, installations, sculptures, and drawings, influenced by familial oral histories and the colonial history between the Philippines and the US. Palileo has received numerous grants, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, and holds an MFA in sculpture from Brooklyn College, CUNY.

Julie Curtiss

Julie Curtiss is a Brooklyn-based artist whose surreal paintings and sculptures explore themes of nature, culture, and female archetypes. Her work features playful elements like hair, nails, and seafood, combining influences from comics, Manga, and French figurative painting. Curtiss’ art presents both familiar and surreal imagery, challenging traditional notions of femininity. She has exhibited internationally, with solo shows at White Cube, London, and Anton Kern Gallery, New York.

Leonardo Drew

Born in Tallahassee, FL, Leonardo Drew’s journey in the art world is marked by pushing boundaries and creating thought-provoking pieces. Educated at Parsons School of Design and The Cooper Union, they have received numerous awards, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. Their work is featured in notable collections like The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The St. Louis Art Museum, earning widespread acclaim for its innovation and cultural significance.

Nicole Eisenman

Nicole Eisenman is an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor known for her figurative, often humorous work. Influenced by Social Realism and German Expressionism, her art satirizes bourgeois life and includes autobiographical elements. Born in Verdun, France, and raised in Scarsdale, NY, she graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1987. Eisenman has exhibited internationally, with solo shows in New York, Santa Monica, Berlin, and London.

Amir Fallah

Amir H. Fallah is an acclaimed contemporary artist known for his vibrant, layered works that explore identity and cultural history. He received his BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art and his MFA from UCLA. Fallah has received numerous awards, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant and the Northern Trust Purchase Prize. His works are in prominent collections like LACMA, Albright Knox Museum, and Deste Foundation.

Derek Fordjour

Derek Fordjour creates paintings, sculptures, and installations that explore cultural rituals and communal rites of passage. His works, filled with athletes and performers, utilize a collage-based process, resulting in complex, textured surfaces. Fordjour has exhibited at the Pond Society, Shanghai, and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. His public commissions include projects for the Whitney Museum and MOCA Los Angeles. Fordjour’s work is held in prominent collections, including the Whitney Museum and LACMA. He serves on the faculty at Yale University School of Art.

Tomoo Gokita

Tokyo-based painter Tomoo Gokita is a leading contemporary Japanese artist known for his psychological grayscale paintings. Initially a graphic designer, Gokita returned to painting in the mid-1990s. His works, inspired by 1960s and 70s subcultures, often feature warped and concealed figures against ambiguous backdrops. Gokita has exhibited globally, with his art found in notable collections such as the High Museum of Art and Marciano Art Foundation.

Jameson Green

Jameson Green’s paintings are psychological parables influenced by art history, comics, and illustration. His narrative-heavy scenes address social and political injustice, human struggle, and the connection of life and death. Born in Connecticut in 1992, he earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts and an MFA from Hunter College. His work is included in the collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, and ICA Miami.

Mark Grotjahn

Mark Grotjahn, born in Pasadena, California, blends gesture and geometry with abstraction and figuration in his dynamic works. He holds a BFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MFA from UC Berkeley. Known for series like the Butterfly and Face paintings, Grotjahn’s art reflects a range of influences and meticulous permutations. His work includes both paintings and bronze sculptures, with exhibitions at institutions like the Hammer Museum and Nasher Sculpture Center.

Oska (Stefanie) Gutheil

Oska Gutheil is a German contemporary artist known for his dynamic and colorful works that often blend figurative and abstract elements. Born in 1980 in Ravensburg, Germany, he earned an MFA from the Universität der Künste in Berlin. Gutheil’s art has been exhibited internationally, with solo shows at venues such as Kunstsammlung Jena and 1969 Gallery in New York. His works are part of several prominent collections, including the Hort Family Collection in New York and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City.

Wade Guyton

Wade Guyton is a New York-based artist known for his abstract paintings created using commercial inkjet printers. His innovative process highlights the limitations of digital technology. Guyton’s work spans drawings, sculptures, and installations, exploring the intersection of art, design, and technology. His solo exhibitions include the Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Serpentine Gallery, London; Le Consortium, Dijon; Kunsthalle Zürich; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Jammie Holmes

Jammie Holmes is a self-taught painter from Thibodaux, Louisiana, whose work depicts contemporary life for Black families in the Deep South. His paintings blend realistic depiction and raw abstraction, capturing moments of family, ritual, and tradition. Holmes’ art addresses the social and economic consequences of America’s past, countering romanticized views of Louisiana. His work has garnered attention for its profound sense of place and emotional resonance.

Zanele Muholi

Zanele Muholi, born in Umlazi, South Africa, is a renowned photographer and filmmaker. A self-identified visual activist, Muholi’s work focuses on the LGBTQ community’s struggles and triumphs in post-apartheid South Africa. They co-founded the Forum for the Empowerment of Women in 2002 and earned an MFA from Ryerson University in 2009. Muholi’s impactful series, including Faces and Phases, captures the diversity and resilience of LGBTQ individuals, challenging societal prejudices through powerful, intimate portraits.

Wangechi Mutu

Wangechi Mutu, born in Nairobi, Kenya, is known for her collages, drawings, sculptures, and films that center the female body. Her work creates powerful, hybrid figures using materials from fashion magazines to traditional African arts. Mutu explores cultural identity, femininity, colonial history, and global consumption. She holds a BFA from Cooper Union and an MFA from Yale, and lives and works in New York and Nairobi.

Toyin Ojih Odutola

Toyin Ojih Odutola (b. 1985, Ile-Ife, Nigeria) is known for her multimedia drawings that explore identity and visual storytelling. Using basic materials like ballpoint pens, pencils, and charcoal, her distinctive mark-making builds detailed layers that reinterpret portraiture traditions. Influenced by art history, popular culture, and her Nigerian-American background, her work often unfolds narratives like chapters in a book. Ojih Odutola lives and works in New York, NY.

Oluwole Omofemi

Oluwole Omofemi is a Nigerian artist known for his expressive portraits and vibrant use of oil and acrylic. Raised in Ibadan and influenced by his grandfather, Omofemi’s early life and struggles deeply shaped his artistic vision. His works explore African identity, culture, and personal history. Omofemi’s art has been exhibited in Nigeria, Italy, Belgium, and Ghana, and is widely collected internationally.

Angel Otero

Angel Otero is known for his innovative techniques that explore the intrinsic qualities of paint. After moving to Chicago in 2004, he received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2009. His works, rooted in abstract image-making, engage with memory and art history. Otero is renowned for his Oil Skin series, which began in 2010, and his recent sculptural oil paintings. He splits his time between New York and Puerto Rico.

Fahamu Pecou

Dr. Fahamu Pecou is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar exploring hip-hop, fine art, and popular culture to address contemporary representations of Black men. His works challenge and expand the understanding of Black masculinity and identity. Pecou founded the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta and was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France in 2024.

Celeste Rapone

Celeste Rapone is renowned for her narrative paintings that blend figuration and abstraction. She emphasizes surface, pattern, and color, creating dynamic depictions of mostly female figures in various states of repose and activity. Rapone holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she teaches. Her work has been exhibited at Josh Lilley, London, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles.

Cinga Samson

Cinga Samson creates paintings that explore desire, power, mortality, and beauty. Using a somber palette and symbolic elements, his works blend classical and contemporary influences. Samson’s figures, often with pupil-less eyes, evoke a secret, almost holy world. His exhibitions include FLAG Art Foundation, New York (2021), and Perrotin Gallery, New York (2020). He lives and works in Cape Town.

Vaughn Spann

Vaughn Spann is an American contemporary painter whose work explores memory, time, and space through abstract and surreal figuration. Spann completed a BFA at Rutgers University and an MFA at Yale University. His art features expressive abstraction with symbols like circles and X-marks, and surreal figurative scenes. Spann’s work has been showcased at major art fairs and is held in collections such as the High Museum of Art and Pérez Art Museum Miami.

Henry Taylor

Henry Taylor is a renowned artist whose work disrupts traditional portraiture. His paintings reveal the societal and individual forces impacting his subjects, portraying them as three-dimensional beings with complex narratives. Taylor sources his subjects from personal history and everyday encounters, capturing their nuances through rapid, expressive brushwork. His works span various themes, reflecting the breadth of the human condition.

Kara Walker

Kara Walker is a New York-based artist renowned for her candid exploration of race, gender, sexuality, and violence through silhouetted figures. Raised in Atlanta, GA, she earned a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Walker’s work is held in major collections worldwide, including MoMA and the Tate Gallery, and she has received numerous accolades, including the MacArthur Fellowship.

John Wesley

John Wesley is a unique voice in contemporary art, known for his precise, lyrical, and often deadpan investigations of the American subconscious. Self-taught, Wesley’s early jobs as an illustrator and postal clerk influenced his art. His work features clean lines, solid shapes, and repetitive iconographies, blending humor and wry wit. Exhibited alongside Pop artists, his singular style defies categorization. Wesley’s work is held in prominent collections including MoMA and the Whitney Museum.

Didier William

Born in Port-au-Prince and raised in Miami, Didier William explores the legacies of colonialism and identity through his powerful mixed media compositions. His work, blending figuration and abstraction, features epic bodies composed of tiny carved eyes. William earned a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA from Yale University. He has exhibited widely, including upcoming shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami. William is currently an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University.