Introducing Amy Sherald, by Gabriella Gildea

Amy Sherald 

Born: August 30, 1973 in Columbus, GA

Now based in Baltimore, MD 

 Amy Sherald is a contemporary artist who uses her paintings to portray the African American experience in the United States and cultural history. She is known for painting skin tones in grayscale to challenge the color as race concept. 

"Imagination allows you to bend the rules of the temporal world" - Amy Sherald

Try on dreams until I find the one that fits me. They all fit me., 2017, oil on canvas. 

A clear unspoken granted magic, 2017, oil on canvas. 

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama by Amy Sherald, oil on linen, 2018.

https://nmwa.org/art/artists/amy-sherald/ 

https://medium.com/high-museum-of-art/whats-behind-the-gray-skin-tones-and-arresting-eyes-in-amy-sherald-s-portraits-8d21477d6b40