Collection

The Museum was originally founded as a non-collecting institution, but the mandate to preserve and document the work of artists of African descent quickly became important to its mission. The Museum’s collection, now including over 9,000 objects, has a particular focus on the institution’s exhibition history and Artist-in-Residence program. The collection continues to grow through the stewardship of the Museum’s Acquisition Committee and generous private donors. 

The below list includes the over 700 artists currently represented in the collection. It will be updated periodically to reflect the Museum’s ongoing work to increase access to its collection.

Our Artists

Nina Chanel Abney
David Levinthal
Raul Acero
Joe Lewis
BK Adams
Joseph ("Joe") S. Lewis III
Derrick Adams
Nate Lewis
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
Norman Lewis
Terry Adkins
Tony Lewis
John Ahearn
Georges Liautaud
Mequitta Ahuja
Joe Light
Adebisi Akanji
Glenn Ligon
Akintunde Akinleye
Kalup Linzy
Njideka Akunyili Crosby
James Little
Laylah Ali
Birth Livingstone
Devin Allen
Tom Lloyd
Jules Allen
Donald Locke
Charles Alston
Hew Locke
Francisco Alvaroado-Juarez
Ronald Lockett
Ghada Amer
Michelangelo Lovelace
Emma Amos
Whitfield Lovell
Hurvin Anderson
Alvin Loving
Noel Anderson
Charlie Lucas
Benny Andrews
Andrew Lyght
Joël Andrianomearisoa
David R. MacDonald
Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones
Manuel Macarrulla
Philip Kwame Apagya
Lakwena Maciver
Diane Arbus
Eric N. Mack
Edgar Arceneaux
Dwight Mackintosh
Kenseth Armstead
Turiya Magadlela
Jabu Arnell
Stevenson Magloire
Alexandre Arrechea
Ibrahim Mahama
Albert Artwell
Carolyn Maitland
Alice Attie
William Majors
B.K.
Mustafa Maluka
Kobina Badowah
Kerry James Marshall
Firelei Báez
Delita Martin
Radcliffe Bailey
Richard Mayhew
Rushern Baker
Valerie Maynard
John Bankston
Howard McCalebb
Henry Wilmer Bannarn
Dindga McCannon
Edward Mitchell Bannister
Fred W. McDarrah
Anthony Barboza
Allie McGhee
Sadie Barnette
Dave McKenzie
Mambu Bayoh
Rodney McMillian
Endia Beal
Lloyd McNeill
Derrick Beard
Danielle Mckinney
Romare Bearden
Julie Mehretu
Kevin Beasley
Harold Mendez
Gino Beghe
Nii Ahene Mettle-Nunoo
Aisha Bell
Troy Michie
Alexandra Bell
Cristina de Middel
Cleveland John Bellow
Sam Middleton
Essie Bendolph Pettway
Wardell Milan
Mary Lee Bendolph
Nicole Miller
Kajahl Benes
Tom Miller
Rigaud Benoit
Adia Millett
Leonardo Benzant
Lev Timothy Mills
Dawoud Bey
George Mingo
Wilson Bigaud
Joe Minter
Sanford Biggers
Tyrone Mitchell
Camille Billops
Nandipha Mntambo
McArthur Binion
Tracey Moffat
Robert Blackburn
Meleko Mokgosi
Nayland Blake
Anna Moon
Betty Blayton Taylor
Jay Moon
Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom
Fred Moore
Alexander "Skunder" Boghossian
John L. Moore
Chakaia Booker
Mario Moore
Phoebe Boswell
Philip Moore
Seymour Etienne Bottex
Sister Gertrude Morgan
Frank Bowling
Rafael Morla
Sonia Boyce
Quentin Morris
Diedrick Brackens
Petrona Morrison
Mark Bradford
Aolar Mosely
Andre Bradley
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
Peter Bradley
Aimé Mpane
John Braithwaite
Zwelethu Mthethwa
Michael Bramwell
Zanele Muholi
Marc Brandenburg
Marlon Mullen
Kwame Brathwaite
Lavar Munroe
Greg Breda
Zora J Murff
Candice Breitz
Oscar Murillo
Murat Brierre
Ambrose Rhapsody Murray
Enick Brig
J. B. Murray
Michael Paul Britto
Sana Musasama
Moe A. Brooker
Wangechi Mutu
Elliott Jerome Brown Jr.
Christopher Myers
Aya Brown
Cassi Namoda
Frederick Brown
Marilyn Nance
Iona Rozeal Brown
Narcissister
James Andrew Brown
Ruben Natal-San Miguel
Beverly Buchanan
Rudzani Nemasetoni
Selma Burke
Senga Nengudi
Charles R. Burwell
Louise Nevelson
Bourmand Byron
Kori Newkirk
Shaun El C. Leonardo
Rashaad Newsome
Widline Cadet
Floyd Newsum
Bill Caldwell
Jackie Nickerson
Jonathan Calm
Arcmanoro Niles
Louis Cameron
Nisibandoki
Benjamin E. Campbell
Serge Alain Nitegeka
Nanette Carter
Otobong Nkanga
Juan Cash
Charles Nkosi
Laurent Casimir
Fred Noel
Jordan Casteel
Motshile Wa Nthodi
Elizabeth Catlett
Leonel Nussa
Catti
Lorraine O'Grady
Nick Cave
Antoine Obin
Momadou Ceesay
Philomé Obin
Paul Chan
Sénèque Obin
Dana C. Chandler Jr.
Saturnino Portuondo Odio
Vladimir Cybil Charlier
Odili Donald Odita
Zoe Charlton
Kemi Odulana
Colin Chase
Toyin Ojih Odutola
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
Chris Ofili
Barbara Chase-Riboud
J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Caitlin Cherry
Kayode Ojo
Carl Clark
Tim Okamura
Ed Clark
Nnamdi Okonkwo
Henry Ray Clark
Senam Okudzeto
Linda Day Clark
Asiru Olatunde
Wesley Clark
Demetrius Oliver
LeRoy Clarke
Xiomara de Oliver
Peter Clarke
Karyn Andrea Olivier
Cameron Clayborn
Raymond Olivier
Taha Clayton
Ademola Olugebefola
Chuck Close
Kambui Olujimi
Mike Cloud
Bruce Onobrakpeya
Derrick Alexis Coard
Frida Orupabo
Gregory Coates
Chinedu Felix Osuchukwu
Tony Cokes
Hayward Oubre
Willie Cole
Sanou Oumar
Robert Colescott
John Outterbridge
Bethany Collins
Clifford Owens
Elizabeth Colomba
Muraina Oyelami
Dan Concholar
Jennifer Packer
Houston E. Conwill
Pannell
Brett Cook - Dizney
Gordon Parks
William Cordova
Benjamin Patterson
Hervé Cortinat
Ebony G. Patterson
Eldzier Cortor
Kamau Amu Patton
Kyrae Cowan
Lee Pate
Adger W. Cowans
Damien Paul
Brandon Coley Cox
Gerard Paul
Renee Cox
James Payne
Ernest Crichlow
Fahamu Pecou
Allan Rohan Crite
Adam Pendleton
Emilio Cruz
Elle Perez
Michael Cummings
Alexis Peskine
Jamal Cyrus
Lamar Peterson
Ananias Léki Dago
Dawit L Petros
Leonard Daley
Max Petrus
Andrews Ofori Danso
Loretta Pettway Bennett
Bruce Davidson
Loretta Pettway
Kenturah Davis
Martha Pettway
Noah Davis
Martha Jane Pettway
Pat Davis
Elizabeth Peyton
Walter Davis
Paul Pfeiffer
C. Daniel Dawson
Philadelphia Wireman
Nzuji De Magalhaes
Julia Phillips
Murray De Pillars
Naudline Pierre
Bernard De Seignara
Andre Pierre
Roy DeCarava
Howardena Pindell
Avel C. DeKnight
Adrian Piper
Nadine DeLawrence-Maine
Valerie Piraino
Abigail DeVille
Michael Platt
Aria Dean
Stephanie Pogue
TJ Dedeaux-Norris
P.H. Polk
Dorothy Dehner
Ted Pontiflet
Beauford Delaney
Pope.L
Joseph Delaney
Charles Ethan Porter
Louis Delsarte
Larry Potter
Karoly Demeter
Robert A. Pruitt
James Denmark
Martin Puryear
Delphine Desane
Mavis Pusey
Thornton Dial
Christina Quarles
Modou Dieng
Clarence M. Queen
Vincent S. Dillard
Michael Queenland
Jeff Donaldson
Ronny Quevedo
Godfried Donkor
Nathaniel Mary Quinn
Emory Douglas
Erika Ranee
Stan Douglas
Kameelah Janan Rasheed
John Dowell
Robert Rauschenberg
Leonardo Drew
Jeanne Raynal
David Driskell
Elliot Reed
Préfète Duffaut
Robert Reid
DeShawn Dumas
Mallica "Kapo" Reynolds
Marlene Dumas
Robin Rhode
Delano Dunn
Eugene Richards
James Dupree
Michael Richards
D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem
Tanea Richardson
Andile Dyalvane
Jamea Richmond-Edwards
Torkwase Dyson
Gregory Ridley
Allan L. Edmunds
Enrico Riley
Melvin E. Edwards
Faith Ringgold
Victor Ehikhamenor
Bob Rivera
Alfred Eisenstadt
Kenny Rivero
Embah
Larry Rivers
Touhami Ennadre
Andy Robert
Awol Erizku
Deborah Roberts
Roberto Estopinan
Prophet Royal Robertson
Mel Ettrick
Ellington Robinson
Mary Evans
Kenya (Robinson)
Minnie Evans
Marc Andre Robinson
Wendy Ewald
Nadine Robinson
Zachary Fabri
Jorge Luis Rodriguez
Adebisi Fabunmi
Sherrill Roland
Jadé Fadojutimi
Tim Rollins & K.O.S
Lamidi Olonade Fakeye
Mosie Romney
Charles Farrar
Tracey Rose
Nona Faustine
Nellie Mae Rowe
Frohawk Two Feathers
John Rozelle
Tom Feelings
Duhirwe Rushemeza
Amos Ferguson
Tajh Rust
Jose A. Figueroa
Alison Saar
David Fludd
Betye Saar
Derek Fordjour
Lezley Saar
Samuel Fosso
Synthia Saint James
Aaron Fowler
Ed Salter
LaToya Ruby Frazier
Eve Sandler
Roland Freeman
Curtis "Talwst" Santiago
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Jacolby Satterwhite
Meschac Gaba
Raymond Saunders
Genevieve Gaignard
Augusta Savage
Charles Gaines
Sidney Schenck
Nikita Gale
Dread Scott
Ellen Gallagher
William Scott
Paul Gardere
Thabiso Sekgala
Alex Gardner
Tschabalala Self
Doreen Garner
Robert A. Sengstacke
Ja'Tovia Gary
Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Shaunté Gates
Jamel Shabazz
Theaster Gates
Rudy Shepherd
Rico Gatson
Sienna Shields
Cy Gavin
Yinka Shonibare
Buraimoh Gbadamosi
David Shrobe
Herbert Alexander Gentry
Malick Sidibé
Rennie George
Durant Sihlali
Justin Georges
Thomas Sills
vanessa german
Gary Simmons
Ficre Ghebreyesus
Xaviera Simmons
Ralph Gibson
Coreen Simpson
Mark Thomas Gibson
Lorna Simpson
Aaron Gilbert
Merton D. Simpson
Sam Gilliam
Aaron Siskind
Paul Giovanopoulos
Michel Sivnil
Rex Goreleigh
Yarrow Slaps
Simon Gouverneur
Alexandria Smith
Deborah Grant
Alfred J. Smith
Todd Gray
Paul Anthony Smith
Renee Green
Aswuzi Smith
Myra Greene
Cauleen Smith
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
George Smith
Kojo Griffin
Ira Smith
Rashawn Griffin
Mary T. Smith
Dr. Eugene Grigsby
Ming Smith
Adler Guerrier
Bayeté Ross Smith
Alteronce Gumby
Sable Elyse Smith
Roy Gumpel
Shinique Smith
Tyree Guyton
Vincent Smith
Carol Guzy
Ephrem Solomon
Hassan Hajjaj
Jeff Sonhouse
Chase Hall
Vaughn Spann
Lauren Halsey
Georgia Speller
Allison Janae Hamilton
Henry Speller
Walter Lobyn Hamilton
Stan Squirewell
David Hammons
Robert St. Brice
Trenton Doyle Hancock
James Everett Stanley
Inge Hardison
Micius Stephane
Kira Lynn Harris
Lloyd Stevens
Lyle Ashton Harris
Frank Stewart
David Hartt
Maya Stovall
Bessie Harvey
Tavares Strachan
Kay Hassan
Allen Stringfellow
Maren Hassinger
Devin Troy Strother
Cynthia Hawkins
Dick Stroud
Hugh Hayden
Jimmy Lee Sudduth
Frederick Hayes
Eldridge Suggs III
Mike Henderson
Martine Syms
Barkley L. Hendricks
Bruce Talamon
Gregory Henry
Michelle Talibah
Leslie Hewitt
Ann Tanksley
Chester Higgins
Henry Ossawa Tanner
EJ Hill
Ron Tarver
Candace Hill-Montgomery
Henry Taylor
Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle
Janet E. Taylor
Arnold C. Hinton
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs
Nicholas Hlobo
Pascale Marthine Tayou
Wayne Hodge
Thomas Teamoh
Reggie Burrows Hodges
Felandus Thames
Geoffrey Holder
Alma Thomas
Fred Holland
Hank Willis Thomas
Lonnie Bradley Holley
James "Son Ford" Thomas
Alvin C. Hollingsworth
Lava Thomas
Charles Hoppe
Mickalene Thomas
Patricia Howard
Philip Thomas
Earlie Hudnall Jr.
Bob Thompson
David Huffman
Justin Randolph Thompson
Jibade-Khalil Huffman
Barthélémy Toguo
Manuel Hughes
Mose Ernest Tolliver
Richard Hunt
Rigoberto Torres
Clementine Hunter
Tourmaline
Bill Hutson
Renee Townsend
Juliana Huxtable
Bill Traylor
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami
Brad Trent
Hector Hyppolite
Fatimah Tuggar
Jerald Ieans
Cornelius Tulloch
Birney Imes
Luce Turnier
Texas Isaiah
Twins Seven Seven
Alex Jackson
Doris Ulmann
Ayana V. Jackson
Pierre-Joseph Valcin
Duron Jackson
Jina Valentine
Gerald Jackson
James Van Der Zee
Oliver Lee Jackson
Carl Van Vechten
Reginald Jackson
Jessica Vaughn
Tomashi Jackson
Nontsikelelo Veleko
Walter C. Jackson
Sam Vernon
Arthur Jafa
William Villalongo
February James
Stacy Lynn Waddell
E. Jane
Andre D. Wagner
Wadsworth Jarrell
Adolfo Nadal Walcot
Njena Surae Jarvis
Derek Walcott
Eliegene Jean
Christian Walker
Paul Jean
Henderson Day (Bo) Walker
Steffani Jemison
Kara Walker
AK Jenkins
Larry Walker
Olalekan Jeyifous
Autumn Wallace
Daniel LaRue Johnson
Leon Waller
David L. Johnson
Nari Ward
Joshua Johnson
Burnham Ware
Malvin Gray Johnson
Andy Warhol
Oliver Johnson
Cullen Washington Jr.
Rashid Johnson
Albert Watson
Rindon Johnson
Ouattara Watts
Serge Jolimeau
Ian Weaver
Ben F. Jones
Stephanie Weaver
Jennie C. Jones
Lisa Diane Wedgeworth
Lois Mailou Jones
Carrie Mae Weems
Samuel Levi Jones
James L. Wells
Barbara Jones-Hogu
Eric Wesley
Jasmin Joseph
Pheoris West
William Joseph
Linda Whitaker
Isaac Julien
Charles White
Cyrus Kabiru
Stanley Whitney
Glenn Kaino
Jack Whitten
Joyce Kalema
Kehinde Wiley
Lunga Kama
Bernard Williams
Martin W. Kane
D'Angelo Lovell Williams
Titus Kaphar
Dan Williams
James H. Karales
Edna Williams
Cyrus Karibu
Fabian Williams
Jayson Keeling
Gerald Williams
Paul Farwell Keene
Lorna Williams
William Keith
Michael Kelly Williams
Lauren Kelley
Rachel Eulena Williams
Khalif Kelly
Randy Williams
Arnold J. Kemp
Walter Williams
Michael S. Kendall
William T. Williams
John Kendrick
Deborah Willis
Seydou Keïta
Ellis Wilson
Clifford Prince King
Fred Wilson
William Kitt
LeRone Wilson
Yashua Klos
Paula Wilson
Autumn Knight
Wendy Wilson
Gwendolyn C. Knight
Frank Wimberley
Jas Knight
Hale Woodruff
Jeremy Kost
Leroy Woodson
Marcia Kure
Shirley Woodson
Robert LaVigne
Saya Woolfalk
Jerome Lagarrigue
Sasha Wortzel
D. Lammie-Hanson
Richard Yarde
Moshekwa Langa
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Claude Lawrence
Jan Yoors
Jacob Lawrence
Annie Mae Young
Deana Lawson
Purvis Young
Hughie Lee-Smith
Brenna Youngblood
Simone Leigh
Yéanzi
Ralph Lemon
Allan Zion