Amy Sherald (born August 30, 1973) [1] is an American painter. She works mostly as a portraitist depicting African Americans in everyday settings. Her style is simplified realism, involving …

Rising to fame after being hand-picked by former First Lady Michelle Obama to paint her official portrait, Amy Sherald is today one of the best-known Black American artists.

Like most contemporary theorists, painter Amy Sherald perceives racial identity as a performance in response to external forces rather than an essential attribute. As one of just a few Black …

Born in Columbus, Georgia, and now based in the New York City area, Amy Sherald documents contemporary African American experience in the United States through arresting, intimate …

Apr 9, 2025 · In this exhibition, paintings of such ordinary Americans join her iconic portraits of First Lady Michelle Obama and, heartbreakingly, Breonna Taylor, to produce a resonant ode …

May 5, 2025 · Amy Sherald (b. 1973) has identified herself as “an American realist painter painting American people.” The current retrospective of her work entitled American Sublime at …

Feb 7, 2025 · Amy Sherald’s art offers a fascinating lens into contemporary American portraiture, particularly through her exploration of Black identity, symbolism, and the surreal. Her unique …

Apr 9, 2025 · WEDNESDAY 9:15 PM APRIL 2, 2025 WEST SIDE HIGHWAY. Many people know Amy Sherald as the artist whose commissioned 2018 portrait of Michelle Obama launched her …

Apr 30, 2025 · Amy Sherald, “They Call Me Redbone, but I’d Rather Be Strawberry Shortcake” (2009), oil on canvas; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (© Amy …

Amy Sherald: American Sublime Exhibition Catalogue. Amy Sherald: American Sublime unfolds her method of selecting individuals she meets on the street and using facial expression, body …