Amy Sherald ... 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, …

Sep 3, 2025 · Exhibition enhances existing museum plans to honor Sherald with one of two “Artist Who Inspires” Awards at its 2025 BMA Ball in November BALTIMORE, MD (September 3, …

Jun 1, 2003 · 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 …

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.

Sherald, who was born in Columbus, Georgia, remembers being one of only a handful of Black students in the private school she attended. She identifies those early years negotiating issues …

Amy Sherald is a contemporary African-American painter known for her portraits which address issues of injustice in black culture. By painting skin tones in gray scale, Sherald breaks against …

Apr 9, 2025 · Amy Sherald is a storyteller. She creates precisely crafted narratives of American life, selecting, styling, and photographing her sitters as the foundation for her nuanced paintings.

Amy Sherald (American b. Columbus, GA 1973, lives Baltimore) received her MFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art (2004), BA in Painting from Clark-Atlanta University …

Apr 9, 2025 · Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New …

Jun 16, 2025 · Less than a year after her win at the National Portrait Gallery, Sherald found herself on a very short list with a long, storied history—as one of the nominees to paint either …