Amy Sherald is an American painter.
She works mostly as a portraitist depicting African Americans in everyday settings.
Her style is simplified realism, involving staged photographs of her subjects.
This profile of celebrated artists Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley provides insight into why they make art and their unique perspectives on painting portraits.
An introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today, inspired by the late David Driskell's landmark 1976 exhibition, "Two Centuries of Black American Art."