Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025
Whitney Museum of American Art, 'Amy Sherald: American Sublime', New York NY
2024
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 'Amy Sherald: American Sublime', San Francisco CA
2023
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Amy Sherald,’ Monaco
2022
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Amy Sherald. The World We Make’, London, UK
2021
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Amy Sherald. The Great American Fact’, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Amy Sherald the heart of the matter…’, New York, NY
2018
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, ‘Amy Sherald’, Atlanta, GA (travelling exhibition)
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, ‘Amy Sherald’, Bentonville, AR (travelling exhibition)
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, ‘Amy Sherald’, St. Louis, MO (travelling exhibition)
2017
moniquemeloche LES, ‘Amy Sherald’, New York, NY
2016
Monique Meloche Gallery, ‘A Wonderful Dream’, Chicago, IL
2015
Second Street Gallery, ‘Off the Chain: American Art Unfettered’, Charlottesville, VA
2013
Reginald F. Lewis Museum, ‘Amy Sherald: Paintings’, Baltimore, MD
2011
Richard Demato Fine Arts, ‘Amy Sherald’, Sag Harbor, NY
The Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum, The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, ‘The Magical Real-ism of Amy Sherald’, Chapel Hill, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts, 'When We See Us', Brussels, Belgium (Traveling Exhibition)
Portland Art Museum, 'Global Icons, Local Spotlight: Contemporary Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer', Portland OR
North Carolina Museum of Art, 'The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure', Raleigh NC (Traveling Exhibition)
The Morgan Library & Museum, 'A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250', New York NY
National Academy of Design, 'Class of 2024 Induction Exhibition', New York NY
2024
MAB FAAP - Museu de Arte Brasileira, 'Ancestral: Afro-Americas', São Paulo, Brazil
High Museum of Art, 'Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys', Atlanta GA
The Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Ordinary People: Photorealism and the Work of Art since 1968', Los Angeles CA
Harvey B. Gantt Center, 'A Superlative Palette: Contemporary Black Women Artists', cur. Dexter Wimberly, Charlotte NC
The Box, 'The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure', Plymouth (Traveling Exhibition)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 'The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure', Philadelphia PA (Traveling Exhibition)
New York Academy of Art, 'Big Stories', New York NY (Traveling Exhibition)
National Portrait Gallery, 'The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure', London, UK
Brooklyn Museum, 'Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys', Brooklyn NY
2023
National Museum of Women in the Arts, 'The Sky's the Limit', Washington DC
National Portrait Gallery, 'Windrush: Portraits of a Pioneering Generation', London, UK
MOCA Grand Avenue, 'Long Story Short', Los Angeles CA
The Bo Bartlett Center, 'Big Stories', Columbus GA (Traveling Exhibition)
MACRO Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Roma, 'Vicolo della Penitenza 11/A', Rome, Italy
Milwaukee Art Museum, '50 Paintings', Milwaukee WI
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, 'Black American Portraits', Atlanta, GA
MCA Denver, 'Cowboy', Denver, CO
2022
Long Museum West Bund, 'Being In the World: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum', Shanghai, China
Art in Embassies, 'Celebrating Diversity. An Art in Embassies Exhibition by U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, Randi Charno Levine', Lisbon, Portugal
Victoria Miro, ‘The Story of Art as it’s Still Being Written’, London, UK
Seattle Art Museum, ‘American Art: The Stories We Carry’, Seattle, WA
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Hospital Rooms. Like there is hope and I can dream of another world’, London, UK
Academy Art Museum, ‘Fickle Mirror: Dialogues in Self-Portraiture’, Easton, MD
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, ‘Portraits of Leadership. Responses to the Obama Portraits’, Boston MA Museum of Fine Arts Boston, ‘The Obama Portraits Tour’, Boston, MA (Traveling Exhibition)
Zeitz MOCAA, ‘When We See Us’, Cape Town, South Africa (Traveling Exhibition)
Stephan Friedman Gallery, ‘From Near and Far’, cur. Katy Hessel, New York, NY
Christie’s, ‘Witness to this Game’, San Francisco, CA
UBS Art Collection, ‘Reimagining: New Perspectives’, New York, NY
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, ‘Women Painting Women’, cur. Andrea Karnes, Fort Worth, TX
The High Museum of Art, ‘The Obama Portraits Tour’, Atlanta GA [travelled to: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
BU Art Galleries, ‘Life Altering: Selections from a Kansas City Collection’, Boston, MA
De Young Museum, ‘The Obama Portraits Tour’, San Francisco CA (travelling exhibition)
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, ‘The Obama Portraits Tour’, Boston, MA (travelling exhibition)
Cleveland Museum of Art, ‘Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions’, Cleveland, OH
2021
Green Family Art Foundation, 'Black Bodies, White Spaces: Invisibility & Hypervisibility', Dallas, TX
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 'Black American Portraits', Los Angeles, CA
Crystal Bridges Museum, 'In American Waters', cur. Austen Bailly, Daniel Finamore, Bentonville, AR
National Museum of African American History and Culture, 'Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.', Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ‘The Obama Portraits Tour’, Los Angeles, CA (travelling exhibition)
The Brooklyn Museum, ‘The Obama Portraits Tour’, Brooklyn, NY (travelling exhibition)
The Art Institute of Chicago, 'The Obama Portraits Tour', Chicago, IL (travelling exhibition)
Peabody Essex Museum, 'In American Waters', cur. Austen Bailly, Daniel Finamore, Salem, MA
Speed Art Museum, 'Promise, Witness, Remembrance', Louisville, KY
MW Gallery, 'Recent Acquisitions and Rarely Seen Gems (from the Mott-Warsh Collection)', Flint, MI
2020
National Portrait Gallery, 'Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States', Washington, DC
Hauser & Wirth, 'Artists for New York' New York, NY
2018
Seattle Art Museum, ‘In This Imperfect Present Moment’, Seattle, Washington
Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, ‘The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today’, Chapel Hill, NC (Travelling Exhibition)
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, ’The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today’, Kansas City, MO (Travelling Exhibition)
Baltimore Museum of Art, ‘Baker Artist Awards’, Baltimore, MD
2017
Rental Gallery, ‘Color People’, cur. Rashid Johnson, East Hampton, NY
California African American Museum, ‘Face to Face: Los Angeles Collects Portraiture’, Los Angeles, CA
The David C. Driskell Center - University of Maryland, ‘Shifting: African American Women Artists and the Power of Their Gaze’, College Park, MD
Studio Museum, ‘Fictions, organized by Connie H. Choi and Hallie Ringle’, Harlem, NY
Speed Art Museum, ‘Southern Accent: Seeking the American South in Contemporary Art’, Louisville, KY (Travelling Exhibition)
Art Museum of South Texas, ‘The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today’, Corpus Christi, TX (Travelling Exhibition)
2016
Creative Alliance, 'About Face', Baltimore MD Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, 'Visual Art and the American Experience', Washington, D.C.
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 'Southern Accent: Seeking the American South in Contemporary Art', Durham, NC
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, 'Africa Forecast: Fashioning Contemporary Life', Atlanta, GA
Art Museum of South Texas, 'The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today', Corpus Christi, TX (Travelling Exhibition)
Tacoma Art Museum, 'The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today', Tacoma, WA (Travelling Exhibition)
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, 'The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today', Washington, D.C.
2015
moniquemeloche, 'Look At Me Now!' curated by Allison Glenn, Chicago, IL
2013
Embassy of the United States, Dakar, Senegal National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
2012
Galerie Myrtis, 'Revealing the Presence of Africans in the European Renaissance', Baltimore, MD
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, 'The Mosaic Project', Lancaster, PA
2010
Gallery 101, Miami FL Richard Demato Fine Art, Sag Harbor, NY
2008
Randall Scott Gallery, 'Quasi-Painting', Washington, D.C.
Ramscale Penthouse, 'Urban Renaissance', New York, NY
2005
Sub-basement Gallery, 'Femme Effect', Baltimore, MD
2004
Maryland Institute College of Art, 'MFA Thesis Exhibition', Baltimore, MD
2003
The Labyrinth, 'Earth Works' installation, Portobelo, Panama Baltimore City Hall, 'Artscape', Baltimore, MD
2002
Maryland Institute College of Art, 'MFA First Year Candidate Group Show', Baltimore, MD
City Hall of Atlanta Gallery, 'Lipstick', Atlanta, GA
1999
Museum of Panama, collaboration with Dr. Arturo Lindsay, Panama City, Panama
1997
Museum of Panama Education Gallery, Panama City, Panama
Artist Residencies
2017
Joan Mitchell Residency, New Orleans, LO
2014 – 16
Creative Alliance Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
2012
Open Atelier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011
Art Rules Aruba Teaching Residency, Aruba
2008
Tong Xion Art Center, Studio Assistant Resident, Beijing, China
2005
Odd Nerdrum Private Study
2003
Taller Portobello Artist Colony, Portobelo, Panama
1997
Spelman College Art Colony Portobelo, Panama
1996
Maine College of Art Portland, Portland, ME
Awards and Grants
2019
Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, Washington, D.C.
2018
Mary Sawyers Imboden Prize, Baker Artist Awards, Baltimore, MD
The David C. Driskell Prize, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2017
Anonymous Was A Woman Award, New York NY
2016
Bethesda Painting Award Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Grand Prize, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
2015
Semi-Finalist for Sondheim Artscape Prize
2014
Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant
2013
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Public Collections
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Columbus Museum, Columbus GA Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Embassy of the United States, Dakar, Senegal Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Long Museum, Shanghai, China
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Marieluise Hessel Foundation, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
UBS Art Collection, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Selected Monographs
2022
Sorkin, Jenni, Quashie, Kevin, Coates, Ta-Nehisi, 'Amy Sherald: The World We Make', Zurich/New York: Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2022, ill.
2019
Christovale, Erin, Melandri, Lisa, Silva, Eddie (eds.), 'Amy Sherald', St. Louis: Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 2019 (exh. cat.)
2016
Bey, Dawoud, 'A Wonderful Dream. Amy Sherald', New York: Monique Meloche Gallery, 2016 (exh. cat.)
2011
Lindsay, Arturo, Sherald, Amy, 'The Magical Real-ism of Amy Sherald', Chapel Hill: The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History and The Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum, 2011 (exh. cat.)
Selected Publications
2025
Gumpert, Lynn, Princenthal, Nancy, Sretenović, Vesela (et al.), 'Anonymous Was A Woman. The First 25 Years', New York: Grey Art Museum, New York University and Hirmer Publishers, 2025, p. 339, ill. (exh. cat.)
2024
Russell, Legacy, 'Black Meme. A History of the Images That Make Us', London/New York: Verso, 2024, ill.
Katz, Anna (ed.), 'Ordinary People—Photorealism and the Work of Art since 1968', Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, 2024, p. 137, ill. (exh. cat.)
Mancoff, Debra N., 'Looking at Fashion. A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques', Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2024, cover, p. 63, ill.
Rolls-Bentley, Gemma, 'Queer Art: From Canvas to Club and the Spaces Between', London: Francis Lincoln, 2024, p. 178, ill.
Beatz, Swizz, Keys, Alicia, Gant, Kimberli, 'Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys', New York/London: Phaidon, 2024, pp. 227-229, 244, ill. (exh. cat.)
Andera, Margaret, Grabner, Michelle (eds.), '50 Paintings', Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Museum, 2024, pp. 44, 132-133, 160, ill. (exh. cat.)
Eshun, Ekow (ed.), 'The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure', London: National Portrait Gallery Publications, 2024, pp. 15-16, 79-84, 184, ill. (exh. cat.)
Eshun, Ekow, 'Reframing the Black Figure. An Introduction to Contemporary Black Figuration', London: National Portrait Gallery, 2024, cover, pp. 92-95, ill. (exh. cat.)
2023
Charno Levine, Randi, 'Celebrating Diversity. Democracy and Representation in Contemporary Art. An Art in Embassies Exhibition in Lisbon, Portugal', Lisbon: Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, 2023, pp. 74-77, ill. (exh. cat.)
Nnuro, Derek (ed.), 'In a Time of Witness', Iowa City: Stanley Museum of Art, University of Iowa, 2023, pp. 218, 232, ill.
Burnett Abrams, Nora, Babers, Myeshia C., Kim, Jongwoo Jeremy (et al.), 'Cowboy', New York/Denver: Rizzoli Electa in association with MCA Denver, 2023, pp. 193, 220, ill. (exh. cat.)
National Museum of Women in the Arts (ed.), 'National Museum of Women in the Arts Collection Highlights', Munich: Hirmer, 2023, pp. 138-139, ill.
2022
Kouoh, Koyo (ed.), Bugul, Ken, Dhlakama, Tandazani, 'When We See Us. A Century of Black Figuration in Painting', New York: Thames & Hudson, Cape Town: Zeitz MOCAA, 2022, p. 297, ill. (exh. cat.)
Lapa, Pedro (ed.), 'Coleção Berardo 1909–2019', Lisbon: Museu Coleção Berardo, 2022, pp. 674-676, ill.
Rozell, Mary, Cohen, Sari, Choi, Elaine (et al.), 'Reimagining: New Perspectives', New York: UBS Art Collection/Monacelli, 2022, pp. 131, ill.
Mbuti, Ann, 'Black Artists Now', Munich: C.H.Beck, 2022, pp. 108-115, 140, ill.
Morrill, Rebecca, Hunegs, Simon, Murphy, Maia (eds.), 'Great Women Painters', London: Phaidon, 2022, p. 268, ill.
Le Thorel, Pascale, 'L'art contemporain par les femmes', Paris; Larousse, 2022, cover, pp. 192-195, ill.
Karnes, Andrea (ed.), 'Women Painting Women', Fort Worth: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2022, cover, p. 70, ill. (exh. cat.)
Alexander, Elizabeth, 'The Trayvon Generation', New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2022, p. 43, ill.
Andrews, Liz, Kim, Christine Y., 'Black American Portraits', Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022
2021
Finamore, Daniel, Bailly, Austen Barron (eds.), 'In American Waters. The Sea in American Paintings', Salem: Peabody Essex Museum, Arkansas: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art/University of Arkansas Press, 2021, p. 211, ill. (exh. cat.)
2020
Hollein, Max, 'Gifts of Art: The Met's 150th Anniversary', New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020, p. 171, ill.
Sajet, Kim, DuBois Shaw, Gwendolyn, 'First Ladies of the United States', Washington: National Portrait Gallery, 2020 (exh. cat.)
Gerhard, Jane, Tucker, Dan, 'Citizen Woman. An Illustrated History of the Women's Movement', Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2020
2019
Morrill, Rebecca (ed.), 'Great Women Artists', London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2019 Deitch, Jeffrey, Gingeras, Alison, Dean, Aria (et al.), 'Unrealism. New Figurative Painting', New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2019 (exh. cat.)
2016
Sajet, Kim, DuBois Shaw, Gwendolyn, Moss, Dorothy, 'The Outwin 2016 American Portraiture Today. Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition', Washington: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, 2016 (exh. cat.)
Selected Press
2025
Silverman, Erica, 'Top New York Exhibitions: Rashid Johnson, William Kentridge, and More', on: whitewall.art, 8 May 2025, ill.
Anderson, Tom, 'Amy Sherald: American Sublime at the Whitney Museum', on: dailyartmagazine.com, 5 May 2025, ill.
Zigbi-Johnson, Najha, ''Amy Sherald: American Sublime' Skillfully Highlights Black Style And The Politics of Visibility,' on: essence.com, 30 April 2025, ill.
Arora, Natasha H., 'The Whitney Reintroduces Amy Sherald: The New Miss Americana', on: artandobject.com, 24 April 2025, ill.
Carroll, Rebecca, 'The Wonder of Amy Sherald' [interview], on: wearethemeteor.com, 26 April 2025, ill.
Ukiomogbe, Juliana, 'Amy Sherald's Black Beauty', on: vogue.com, 16 April 2025, ill.
Souleo, 'Beauty and strength at The Whitney and The Bronx Museum', on: rollingout.com, 14 April 2025, ill.
Carter, Felicity, 'American Sublime', on: musemagazine.it, 11 April 2025, ill.
Hampton, Olivia, 'Painter Amy Sherald asks: What is American?', on: npr.org, 9 April 2025, ill.
La Torre, Vincenzo, 'Feasts for contemporary art fans: David Hockney's Paris retrospective is his largest ever, while Amy Sherald's portraits of Black Americans are on display in New York', on: scmp.com, 10 April 2025, ill.
Harper Simone, Daria, 'Amy Sherald's First Whitney Show Captures the American Sublime', on: wmagazine.com, 8 April 2025, ill.
Sandstrom, Emily, ''Let's Hold Onto the Sublime': 10 Artists, Critics, and Curators Reflect on the Legacy of Amy Sherald' [interview], on: interviewmagazine.com, 9 April 2025, ill.
Ikeuchi, Erin, 'Amy Sherald Paints a 'Sublime' Portrait of Black America in New Whitney Show', on: hypebeast.com, 8 April 2025, ill.
___, 'The Whitney opens the New York debut of Amy Sherald's first major museum survey', on: artdaily.com, 8 April 2025, ill.
Valaquenta, Greer, 'Amy Sherald: American Sublime | Whitney Museum of American Art', on: museemagazine.com, 8 April 2025, ill.
Chen, Min, 'Amy Sherald’s Sublime Museum Show Takes New York - See 6 Unmissable Standouts', on: news.artnet.com, 8 April 2025, ill.
Saltz, Jerry, 'The Wary Gaze of Amy Sherald', on: vulture.com, 7 April 2025, ill.
Gural, Natasha, ''Amy Sherald: American Sublime' At The Whitney Re-imagines American Realism With Singular Visual Narratives', on: forbes.com, 4 April 2025, ill.
Straniero, Monica, 'Amy Sherald: American Sublime, Black Lives in Portraits Beyond the Frame', on: lavocedinewyork.com, 4 April 2025, ill.
Skena Culgan, Rossilynne, 'See stunning portraits of Michelle Obama, Breonna Taylor and more in this new Whitney Museum exhibit', on: timeout.com, 4 April 2025, ill.
NBC News, 'Amy Sherald: American Sublime' opens in New York', 2 April 2025
___, 'Amy Sherald Brings ‘American Sublime' to the Whitney Museum of American Art This April', on: united-magazine.com, 2 April 2025, ill.
Jackson, Stacy, 'Whitney Museum Displays Amy Sherald’s ‘Four Ways of Being', on: blackenterprise.com, 28 March 2025, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Pivotal Portrait by Amy Sherald Graces Cover of New Yorker in Advance of Major Survey at Whitney Museum of Art', on: culturetype.com, 24 March 2025, ill.
Ebert, Grace, 'A Visit to Amy Herald’s Studio Revels in Her Commitment to Beauty', on: thisiscolossal.com, 19 March 2025, ill.
art21, 'Singular Moments: Amy Sherald', 19 March 2025
Westall, Mark, 'Amy Sherald’s Debut New York Solo Museum Exhibition To Open in April', on: fadmagazine.com, 14 March 2025, ill.
Mouly, Françoise, 'Amy Sherald’s 'Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance', on: newyorker.com, 17 March 2025, ill.
Bellos, Ashley Avalon, 'Amy Sherald: The queen of grace and power takes on the Whitney Museum', on: amny.com, 13 March 2025, ill.
Davis, Ben, 'Which Artists Are Getting the Most Play in U.S. Museums This Month?', on: news.artnet.com, 12 March 2025, ill.
Cascone, Sarah, 'What is the 'American Sublime'? Amy Sherald’s Biggest Museum Show Ever Has an Answer', on: news.artnet.com, 30 January 2025, ill.
Ironclad, Petala, 'The Quiet Power of Presence: Amy Sherald at SFMOMA', on: observer.com, 5 February 2025, ill.
Chang, Jeff (host), Leibovitz, Annie, 'Process' [audio podcast episode, interview], in: Edge of Reason, Atlantic Re:think and Hauser & Wirth, season 2, episode 6, 6 February 2025
Dogliani, Jenny, 'Amy Sherald al Withney con gli Obama e Breonna Taylor', on: ilgornaledellarte.com, 19 February 2025, ill.
___, 'The Whitney Ramps up for an Amy Sherald Survey, and Other News', on: surfacemag.com, 19 February 2025, ill.
Pontone, Maya, 'Amy Sherald’s Sublime Portraits of Black Americans Head to NYC', on: hyperallergic.com, 20 February 2025, ill.
Mailman, Erika, 'You don’t want to miss this Amy Sherald exhibit at SF MOMA', on: timeout.com, 21 February 2025, ill.
Spiliotopoulos, Penny, 'Must-See: The Whitney Museum of American Art Presents Amy Sherald’s American Sublime', on: vmagazine.com, 26 February 2025, ill.
___, 'Tickets Available for The Much Anticipated 'Amy Sherald: American Sublime' to Open at The Whitney in April', on: gothamtogo.com, 26 February 2025, ill.
Santos, Troi, 'Art that Transforms: 5 Takeaways from the Ursula Conversations', on: newswatchplus.ph, 15 January 2025, ill.
2024
PBS News Hour, 'Amy Sherald on the gaze and humanity of her portraits' [Jeffrey Brown in conversation with the artist], 13 December 2024
___, 'This is the 'Bazaar' 100', on: harpersbazaar.com, 4 December 2024, ill.
___, 'Power 100', on: artreview.com, 4 December 2024, ill.
Durrant, Nancy, 'The Time Is Always Now' at the Philadelphia Museum of Art', on: wmagazine.com, 25 November 2024, ill.
Esposito, Veronica, 'Amy Sherald: "Sublimity in Black life can be seen in our ability to persist"', on: theguardian.com, 26 November 2024, ill.
Blue, Max, '"American Sublime," new SFMOMA exhibit, is an American elegy', on: sfexaminer.com, 25 November 2024, ill.
Esposito, Veronica, 'Amy Sherald Gathers ‘Sublime’ American Portraits at SFMOMA', on: kqed.org, 22 November 2024, ill.
Batiste, Jon, 'Artist Amy Sherald and Musician Jon Batiste Are ‘Shaping Our Perception of History’ One Work at a Time', [interview], on: culturedmag.com, 18 November 2024, ill.
Phillips, Sabrina, 'Amy Sherald and the Quiet Revolution of Black Portraiture', on: dailyartmagazine.com, 4 November 2024, ill.
Hockley, Rujeko, 'I WAS BORN FREE. The Liberation of Amy Sherald', in: Ursula Magazine, Hauser & Wirth, Fall/Winter 2024, pp. 62-75, ill.
Twersky, Carolyn, 'Buy a Jeff Koons or an Amy Sherald, Support Democracy', on: wmagazine.com, 2 October 2024, ill.
Lesser, Casey, 'Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer, Amy Sherald, and others donate works to “Artists for Kamala” benefit sale staged by Artsy', on: artsy.net, 27 September 2024, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'History Marker: "Amy Sherald: American Sublime" Will Be First Solo Exhibition of a Black Female Artist at Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery', on: culturetype.com, 29 September 2024, ill.
Wilson, Kimberly, 'Amy Sherald Becomes The First Black Contemporary Artist To Hold Solo Exhibition At National Portrait Gallery', on: essence.com, 24 September 2024, ill.
Carefoot, Helen, 'National Portrait Gallery will highlight Amy Sherald, artist behind iconic Michelle Obama portrait', on: timeout.com, 18 September 2024, ill.
___, 'A Look at the Biggest Stars of Fall', on: nytimes.com, 20 September 2024, ill.
Corliss, Kate, 'National Portrait Gallery Will Spotlight Amy Sherald, Artist Behind Iconic Michelle Obama Portrait', on: washingtonian.com, 16 September 2024, ill.
Herrmann, Simone, 'Amy Sherald', in: Madame, Munich, May 2024, pp. 142-145, ill.
Princenthal, Nancy, 'Amy Sherald, Brazen Optimist', on: nytimes.com, 9 September 2024, ill.
Greenberger, Alex, '81 Museum Exhibitions and Biennials to See This Fall', on: artnews.com, 2 September 2024, ill.
Greenidge, Kaitlyn, 'How Amy Sherald Painted Herself Into History', on: harpersbazaar.com, 14 August 2024, ill.
Hessel, Katy, 'Hello sailors: what these two kissing seamen can tell us about Kamala Harris’s White House bid', on: theguardian.com, 29 July 2024, ill.
___, 'CULTURED's Favorite Conversations Between Actors, Artists, and Other Creatives in 2024', on: culturedmag.com, 24 December 2024, ill.
Ackermann, Tim, 'The Best Exhibitions 2025: Part 2', on: weltkunst.de, 30 December 2024
Silverman, Erica, 'The Most Anticipated 2025 Exhibitions at MoMA, The Met, The Serpentine, and More', on: whitewall.art, 31 December 2024, ill.
2023
Beete, Paulette, 'Amy Sherald On Bearing Witness, Social Anxiety, and Finding Respite in Her Work', on: thisiscolossal.com, 15 August 2023, ill.
Zhang, Lisa Yin, 'The Best Shows to See in Atlanta Right Now', on: frieze.com, 5 April 2023, ill.
___, 'Tribeca Ball at the New York Academy of Art will honor Amy Sherald', on: tribecacitizen.com, 31 March 2023
Rice, Mark, 'Columbus native Amy Sherald will be featured in new season of TV series about art', on: ledger-enquirer.com, 4 April 2023, ill.
Gaskin, Sam, '"Art in the Twenty-First Century" Visits Amy Sherald and Alex Da Corte', on: ocula.com, 30 March 2023, ill.
Iljoo, Jung, 'The Tension Between Conceptual Memory and Amy Sherald's Reimagination', in: Public Art Magazine, Seoul, February 2023, pp. 56-63, ill.
2022
Patrick, Bethanne, '10 books to add to your reading list in January', on: latimes.com, 29 December 2022, ill.
Adesina, Precious, '"The most important painting of the 21st Century"', on: bbc.com, 11 December 2022, ill.
Dassa, Nathalie, 'Les portraits engagés d'Amy Sherald', in: Acumen, November 2022, pp. 280-285, ill.
Rhinehardt, C., 'London – Amy Sherald: “the World We Make” At Hauser & Wirth Through December 23rd, 2022', on: artobserved.com, 14 November 2022, ill.
Benoit, Guillaume, 'Amy Sherald, Hauser & Wirth, Londres', on: slash-paris.com, 11 October 2022, ill.
Golden, Thelma, 'Forward Vision. Annie Leibovitz Turns Her Lens on Eight of the Most Influential Female Artists of Our Time', in: Vanity Fair, New York, November 2022, pp. 74-85, ill.
Palumbo, Jacqui, 'How artist Amy Sherald reimagined history's most famous kiss', on: edition.cnn.com/style, 14 October 2022, ill.
Durrant, Nancy, 'The best exhibitions to see in London in autumn 2022, from Lucian Freud to Lynette Yiadom-Boakye', on: standard.co.uk, 2 September 2022, ill.
Woo, Kin, 'Frame of Mind. All hair artist Amy Sherald's first London exhibition, says Kin Woo', in: Vogue, September 2022, p. 150, ill.
Jhala, Kabir, 'Black Napoleon and smooching sailors: Amy Sherald tells us about her first European solo show opening in London', on: theartnewspaper.com, 11 July 2022, ill.
___, 'Artist Amy Sherald Gifts $1M to University of Louisville For Grant Programs In Breonna Taylor’s Name', on: widewalls.ch, 10 June 2022, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., '"Black American Portraits" Showcases 140 Artworks, Two Centuries of Representation Across Geographies and Diverse Practices', on: culturetype.com, 13 April 2022, ill.
Solomon, Tessa, 'Amy Sherald Puts $1 M. Toward Student Grant Programs in Breonna Taylor’s Name', on: artnews.com, 12 April 2022, ill.
___, 'Amy Sherald Donates $1 Million to University Grant Programs in Breonna Taylor's Name', on: artforum.com, 12 April 2022, ill.
Sanders, Joshunda, 'Reclaiming Black life, and joy, in "The Trayvon Generation"', on: bostonglobe.com, 31 March 2022, ill.
___, '8 Essential Monographs on African American Painters Working Today', on: artnews.com, 23 March 2022, ill.
Roelstraete, Dieter, 'This Figuring: Some Remarks on Today's Painting Crazes', in: Mousse Magazine, Milan, March 2022
Sassoon, Mara, '"Life Altering: Selections from a Kansas City Collection" Celebrates Diverse Artists', on: bu.edu/articles, 7 February 2022, ill.
Litt, Steven, 'Cleveland Museum of Art exhibit spotlights ‘Women in Print’ with vibrant, newly acquired works', on: cleveland.com, 2 February 2022, ill.
McCann, Adron, 'Meet the Clark Atlanta grad who painted the official Michelle Obama portrait' [interview], on: wabe.org, 27 January 2022, ill.
Heddaya, Mostafa, 'Left, Right, Inside, Out: Art And Comparison. Mostafa Heddaya on the comparative complex', on: artforum.com, January 2022, ill.
Escalante-De Mattei, Shanti, 'Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth to Mount Epic Exhibition of 'Women Painting Women"', on: artnews.com, 13 January 2022, ill.
2021
Carey, Meredith, 'Painter Amy Sherald Saw Her Aura in a Cave in Panama', on: cntraveler.com, 25 December 2021
Ratliff, Darryl, '"Black Bodies, White Spaces" features some of the most important living Black artists', on: dallasnews.com, 29 December 2021, ill.
Cheng, Scarlet, 'Lacma acquires 60 works with a focus on Black representation', on: theartnewspaper.com, 16 December 2021, ill.
Finley, Cheryl, van Haaften-Schick, Lauren, Reeder, Christian (et al.), 'The Recent Sale of Amy Sherald’s "Welfare Queen" Symbolizes the Urgent Need for Resale Royalties and Economic Equity for Artists', on: news.artnet.com, 22 November 2021, ill.
Lockner, Logan, 'Staying South', on: artnews.com/art-in-america, 17 November 2021
Lloyd-Smith, Harriet, 'Major contemporary artists design plates to aid homeless in New York', on: wallpaper.com, 10 November 2021
___, 'Public Art: Art Auction', in: Public Art, Seoul, October 2021, cover, ill.
Catlin, Roger, 'These Stunning Artworks Capture the Resilience—and Defiance—of Black Lives Matter', on: smithsonianmag.com, 30 September 2021, ill.
Heinrich, Will, 'These Are the Art Shows and Events to See This Season', on: nytimes.com, 17 September 2021
Kennicott, Philip, 'Reckoning, rendered in art', in: The Washington Post [Style section], Washington, 9 September 2021, p. C, ill.
Kennicott, Philip, 'Breonna Taylor's image adorned T-shirts, signs and street murals. Now her portrait is in the Smithsonian', on: washingtonpost.com, 8 September 2021, ill.
Keenan, Annabel, 'The Obama portraits arrive at the Brooklyn Museum', on: theartnewspaper.com, 26 August 2021, ill.
Wells, Juliette, '“Pride and Prejudice, Here and Now”: Reflecting on a First-Year College Seminar', in: Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal On-Line, Vol. 41, No. 2, Summer 2021, ill.
Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth, '"The Arena of Suspension: Carrie Mae Weems, Bryan Stevenson, and the “Ground” in the Stand Your Ground Law Era."' In: Law & Literature, July 2021, pp. 1-32
Rawles, Calida, Coates, Ta-Nehisi, Greenidge, Kaitlyn, 'The Painter, the Portraitist, and the Author on What It Means to be Free' [interview], in: Harper's Bazaar, June-July 2021, pp. 58-60, 126, ill.
Borrelli, Christopher, 'Obama portrait painters Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley talk about their paintings — and how they've been misunderstood' [interview], on: chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2021, ill.
Whyte, Murray, 'At Peabody Essex, the sun sets on old ideas about maritime painting', on: bostonglobe.com, 10 June 2021, ill.
Cowan, Katy, 'Amy Sherald's latest paintings of Black Americans at play challenge the American narrative', on: creativeboom.com, 4 June 2021, ill.
Harlan, Brianna, 'Confronting Erasure: “Promise, Witness, Remembrance” at the Speed Art Museum', on: artnews.com/art-in-america, 1 June 2021, ill.
___, 'Sommerlicht. Lassen wir die Sonne in unsere Herzen – und Stuben', in: Annabelle, no. 7, 2021, ill.
Schmidt, Ingrid, 'The Drip Index. A curated list of the hottest drops and pop-ups in LA', in: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 28 May 2021, p. 10, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Commencement 2021: Fulton Leroy Washington is Addressing UCLA Art Students, Howardena Pindell, Lonnie Bunch, Amy Sherald, Sonya Clark, and Theaster Gates are Also Speaking at Graduations', on: culturetype.com, 21 May 2021, ill.
Tillet, Salamishah, 'It's My Job to Watch. With George Floyd's Death, I Had to Look Away', on: nytimes.com, 20 May 2021, ill.
Art In America Editors, 'The Epic Banal' [conversation between Amy Sherald and Tyler Mitchell], on: artnews.com/art-in-america, 7 May 2021, ill.
Collins, Bianca, 'Amy Sherald. Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles', on: artillerymag.com, 4 May 2021, ill.
CNN, 'Amanpour: Thabo Makgoba, Seth Berkley, Rebecca Traister, Jeh Johnson and Amy Sherald' [interview on Amanpour podcast], 28 April 2021
Turner, Nancy Kay, 'Amy Sherald at Hauser and Wirth', on: artandcakela.com, 16 April 2021, ill.
Ebert, Grace, 'Artist Amy Sherald Depicts a Vast Array of Black Leisure through Monumental and Nuanced Portraits', on: thisiscolossal.com, 20 April 2021, ill.
Lee, Edward, Zambreno, Kate, Oyelowo, David (et al.), 'Artist Amy Sherald, Chef Edward Lee and More on Community', in: WSJ Magazine, New York, 21 April 2021, ill.
Teicholz, Tom, 'Artist Amy Sherald Delivers "The Great American Fact"', on: forbes.com, 15 April 2021, ill.
Kenney, Nancy, Kishkovsky, Sophia, 'Acquisitions round-up: two US museums co-purchase portrait of Breonna Taylor—and artist Amy Sherald gives proceeds of sale to charity', on: theartnewspaper.com, 14 April 2021, ill.
Liao, Marina, '10 Women Artists Whose Activism Shines Through In Their Creative Work', on: thezoereport.com, 12 April 2021, ill.
Dambrot, Shana Nys, 'Amy Sherald Paints Everyday People', in: LA Weekly, Los Angeles, 8 April 2021, pp. 10-13, ill.
Villa, Angelica, 'Amy Sherald Painting on Long-Term Loan at D.C. Museum to Be Sold at Phillips', on: artnews.com, 7 April 2021, ill.
Sweetwood, Cole, 'Pick of the Week: Amy Sherald', on: artillerymag.com, 7 April 2021, ill. Zirnheld, Bernard, 'Amy Sherald's Everyday Vision of "The Great American Fact"', on: gazette-drouot.com, 30 March 2021, ill.
___, 'Black Repower', in: Marie Claire Maison Italia, Milan, April 2021, p. 28, ill.
Sayej, Nadja, '"It keeps her alive": remembering Breonna Taylor through art', on: theguardian.com, 1 April 2021, ill.
___, 'Amy Sherald: The Great American Fact', on: juxtapoz.com, 2 April 2021, ill.
Easter, Makeda, 'Life-prized paintings' [interview], in: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 31 March 2021, pp. E1-E2, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Key Works by African American Artists Amy Sherald, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Wadsworth Jarrell, and D'Angelo Lovell Williams', on: culturetype.com, 30 March 2021, ill.
___, 'Amy Sherald: The Great American Fact', on: surfacemag.com, March 2021, ill.
Nikolopoulou, Pepi, '"The Great American Fact": Amy Sherald with her five new portraits in Los Angeles', on: elculture.gr, 31 March 2021, ill.
KCRW, 'Amy Sherald: "The Great American Fact"' [interviewed by Elvis Mitchell on The Treatment podcast], 30 March 2021 Januszczak, Waldemar, 'Time for Art to Get Real', in: The Sunday Times, Culture, London, 28 March 2021, p. 22, ill.
___, 'Painter Amy Sherald's Bravura New Show in Los Angeles Demands Patient Looking and Quiet Contemplation—See Images Here', on: news.artnet.com, 26 March 2021, ill.
Bozoni, Argyro, 'Amy Sherald: America's favorite painter and her new works', on: lifo.gr, 26 March 2021, ill.
Okora, Enuma, 'When the ordinary becomes political' [interview], in: Financial Times, London, 29 March 2021, p. 22, ill.
Gural, Natasha, 'Amy Sherald's New Works Depict Everyday Black Americans In 'An Opportunity To Reclaim Time', on: blackartinamerica.com, March 2021, ill.
ABC7, 'Amy Sherald Interview on ABC7. Exclusive preview of her exhibition 'The Great American Fact' at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles', March 2021
Na Ri, Park, 'Black Art on the Rise', in: L'Officiel Hommes Korea, pp. 1-4, ill.
___, 'Amy Sherald: The Great American Fact', in: Whitewall, March 2021, ill.
Waite, Thom, 'Amy Sherald, Nick Cave, and more to show work in tribute to Breonna Taylor', on: dazeddigital.com, 12 March 2021, ill.
Berg, Allison, 'Amy + Arthur' [interview with Amy Sherald and Arthur Lewis], in: LALA Magazine, Los Angeles, March 2021, pp. 87-91, ill.
Mitter, Siddhartha, 'How a Museum Show Honoring Breonna Taylor Is Trying to 'Get It Right'', in: The New York Times, 11 March 2021, ill.
Perper, Rosei, 'Two Major Museums Acquire Amy Sherald's Powerful Breonna Taylor Portrait', on: hypebeast.com, 9 March 2021, ill.
Solomon, Tessa, 'Amy Sherald's Breonna Taylor Portrait Acquired by Smithsonian and Speed Art Museum', on: artnews.com, 8 March 2021, ill.
Cascone, Sarah, 'Amy Sherald's Portrait of Breonna Taylor Is Being Jointly Acquired by the Smithsonian and the Speed Art Museum in Louisville', on: news.artnet.com, 8 March 2021, ill.
Pogrebin, Robi, 'Amy Sherald Directs Her Breonna Taylor Painting Toward Justice', in: The New York Times, 7 March 2021, ill.
Westwall, Mark, 'Amy Sherald, One of America's Defining Contemporary Portraitists, Will Unveil New Paintings in Her First West Coast Solo Exhibition', in: FADmagazine.com, London/UK, 5 March 2021, ill.
Browne, Thom, 'Amy Sherald and Thom Browne Discuss Devoting Your Life to Art' [interview], in: Interview Magazine, New York, 3 March 2021, ill.
Woodward, Daisy, 'Spring Is Here: Brilliant Things To Do This March', on: anothermag.com, 1 March 2021, ill.
___, 'Portrait of a Nation', in: C Magazine, Los Angeles, Spring 2021, p. 63, ill.
Salon, '"We deserve these moments": Amy Sherald on painting Black people in leisure, not resistance' [interviewed by D. Watkins for Salon Talks], February 2021
Angeletim Gabriella, 'Speed Art Museum will reflect onthe death of Breonna Taylor in an exhibition', in: The Art Newspaper, London/UK, 25 February 2021
Halman, Quinn, 'Amy Sherald To Unveil New Collection of Portraits in First West Coast Solo Show', on: interiordesign.net, 24 February 2021, ill.
Perez, Rodrigo, 'Filmmaker and SVA Faculty Member Sam Pollard Talks HBO 'Black Art' Doc, 'MLK/FBI' and More', on: sva.edu, 24 February 2021, ill.
Martin, Rachel, Doubek, James, ''Black Art' Chronicles A Pivotal Exhibition And Its Lasting Impact On Black Artists', on: npr.org, 24 February, 2021, ill.
Dafoe, Taylor, 'A Louisville Museum Is Staging a Show About Breonna Taylor With Help From Amy Sherald and Theaster Gates', on: news.artnet.com, 23 February 2021, ill.
Schultz, Abby, 'Amy Sherald Portraits on View at Hauser & Wirth', on: barrons.com/penta, 10 February 2021, ill.
Ritz, Jessica, 'Portrait of a Nation', in: California Style & Culture, Santa Barbara, Spring 2021, p. 65, ill. Bruney, Gabrielle, 'New HBO Documentary Connects Black Art's Rich History and Vibrant Present', on: artsy.net, 5 February 2021, ill.
Harper, Claire, 'Power to the People', in: Angeleno, Culver City, February 2021, p. 29, ill. Marantos, Jeannette, '18 ways to honor Black History Month around L.A.', on: latimes.com, 4 February 2021
___, 'The 25 Defining Works of the Black Renaissance', in: time.com, 3 February 2021, ill.
Clavarino, Elena, 'Amy Sherald: The Great American Fact', on: airmail.news, 15 January 2021, ill.
Chappet, Marie-Claire, '10 of the best online exhibitions to visit from your sofa', on: harpersbazaar.com/uk, 13 January 2021, ill.
2020
Villa, Angelica, 'The Defining Auction Records of 2020: Young Talents Rise, Old Masters Seen Anew, and More', on: artnews.com, 23 December 2021, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Amy Sherald Painting Skyrockets to Record-Setting $4.2 Million at Phillips, Works by 4 More Black Artists Set New Benchmarks', on: culturetype.com, 9 December 2020, ill.
Gleadell, Colin, 'Anchored by Records for Amy Sherald, Kehinde Wiley, Phillips $134.6 M. Evening Sale Brings House's Highest Total', on: artnews.com, 8 December 2020, ill.
Mills, Aaron, 'Breonna Taylor portrait artist Amy Sherald iconises everyday Black narratives', on: sohohouse.com, 16 November 2020, ill.
___, 'Here Are 25 Inspiring Women in the Art World Who Overcame Obstacles to Accomplish Incredible Things in This Surreal Year', on: news.artnet.com, 24 November 2020, ill.
Hatibaruah, Mayur B., 'Womanist is to Feminist as Purple is to Lavender', on: artsillustrated.in, 7 November 2020, ill.
Bochicchio, Sarah, 'Amy Sherald in Miniature', on: whitewall.art, 3 November 2020, ill.
Bishara, Hakim, 'Artists, Including David Hammons and Barbara Kruger, Reimagine "I Voted" Stickers', on: hyperallergic.com, 26 October 2020, ill.
Takac, Balasz, 'Amy Sherald's Black Women in Gouache at Hauser & Wirth', on: widewalls.ch, 23 October 2020, ill.
The Editors, '"I Voted" Stickers for Everyone Who Needs One. A New York Magazine collaboration with 48 artists', on: nymag.com, 22 October 2020, ill.
___, 'On the Cover: 48 Artists Reimagine the 'I Voted' Sticker for New York Magazine', on: nymag.com, 22 October 2020, ill.
___, 'Porträts von Amy Sherald. Der selten gemalte Zustand der Muße' [Portraits of Amy Sherald. The seldom painted state of leisure], on: monopol-magazin.de, 20 October 2020, ill.
___, 'Womanist/Feminist, Purple/Lavender', on: themakermagazine.com, 15 October 2020, ill.
Cowan, Katy, 'Amy Sherald's gouache portraits of black women pay tribute to womanism', on: creativeboom.com, 15 October 2020, ill.
Little, Colony, '"It Came Down to What I Could Make at My Kitchen Table": Amy Sherald on Experimenting With a New Medium for the First Time in Decades', on: news.artnet.com, 13 October 2020, ill.
Martinique, Elena, 'Amy Sherald', on: widewalls.ch, 12 October 2020, ill.
Pope, Miles, 'Living memory', in: Vanity Fair, New York, no. 720, September 2020, p. 48, cover, ill.
Dafoe, Taylor, 'Amy Sherald Painted Breonna Taylor for the Cover of Vanity Fair's September Issue, Guest Edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates', on: news.artnet.com, 24 August 2020, ill.
Jhala, Kabir, 'Breonna Taylor—fatally shot by Kentucky police—immortalised by Amy Sherald for Vanity Fair front cover', on: theartnewspaper.com, 24 August 2020, ill.
Harper, Daria, 'Amy Sherald painted Breonna Taylor's portrait for the cover of Vanity Fair', on: artsy.net/news, 24 August 2020, ill.
___, 'Amy Sherald paints Breonna Taylor. A monument made of color', on: monopol-magazin.de, 25 August 2020, ill.
Betancourt, Bianca, 'Artist Amy Sherald, Who Made Michelle Obama's Official Portrait, Commemorates Breonna Taylor', on: harpersbazaar.com, 24 August 2020, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Amy Sherald Painted a Portrait of Breonna Taylor for Vanity Fair: 'I Wanted it to Feel Ethereal But Grounded at the Same Time', on: culturetype.com, 25 August 2020, ill.
Knight, Christopher, 'Review: Breonna Taylor and the grim power of Vanity Fair's unflinching cover portrait', on: latimes.com, 1 September 2020, ill.
Donoghue, Katy, 'Amy Sherald. Capturing Americanness at its Best', in: Whitewall, New York, Summer 2020, pp. 102-107, ill.
Brara, Noor, '"We Are a Political Statement, in and of Ourselves"' [interview], in: The New York Times, New York, 28 June 2020, p. 3, ill.
Brara, Noor, 'Nine Black Artists and Cultural Leaders on Seeing and Being Seen' [interview], on: nytimes.com, 24 June 2020, ill.
Ebert, Grace, 'Remarkable Portraits by Artist Amy Sherald Render Subjects in Grayscale Against Vibrant Backdrops', on: thisiscolossal.com, 5 June 2020, ill.
Nguyen, Andrew, '9 Women on Their Biggest Inspirations', on: thecut.com, 3 April 2020, ill.
2019
Schjeldahl, Peter, ‘The Amy Sherald Effect’, on: www.newyorker.com , 16 September 2019, ill.
Sheets, Hilarie M., ‘The American Realism of Painter Amy Sherald’, on: www.culturedmag.com, 9 September 2019, ill.
Martinović, Jelena, ‘Not To Be Missed — Amy Sherald’s Debut at Hauser & Wirth’ on: www.widewalls.com, 30 August 2019, ill.
Westall, Mark, ‘Amy Sherald documents contemporary black experience through arresting, otherworldly paintings.’, on: www.fadmagazine.com, 27 August 2019, ill.
Kazanjian, Dodie, ‘Amy Sherald, Michelle Obama’s Portraitist, Readies her New York Debut’, in: Vogue, 15 July 2019, ill.
Wellington, Elizabeth, ‘Amy Sherald, who painted Michelle Obama’s portrait, designs a mural that turns a Philly teen into her own inspiration’, on: www.inquirer.com, Philadelphia, 5 June 2019, ill.
Akik, Chorouk, ‘Who are the “She’s Gotta Have It” artists amplifying Black creativity?’, on: www.kulturehub.com, New York, 31 May 2019, ill.
Goldstein, Caroline, ‘Carrie Mae Weems, Amy Sherald, and These Other Artists Have Cameos in Spike Lee’s New Netflix Series, “She’s Gotta Have It”’, on: www.artnet.com, New York, 30 May 2019
Bugbee, Stella, ‘How I Get It Done. Amy Sherald on Life After Painting Michelle Obama’, on: www.thecut.com, New York, 2 May 2019, ill.
Wetherall, Shantel, ‘A powerful moment for the Archibald prize. Could a portrait of a black woman win?’, on: www.theguardian.com, London, 1 May 2019, ill.
Smith, Kelundra, ‘Of Figurative Paintings and a First Lady’, [interview], on: www.bittersoutherner.com, 22 March 2019, ill.
Danzy, Shelley, ‘Obama Portraitist Amy Sherald’s Vibrant Paintings Detail Perceptions Of Blackness’, on: www.artsatl.org, Atlanta, 19 February 2019, ill.
Saget, Kim, ‘The Obama Portraits have had a Pilgrimage Effect’, on: www.theatlantic.com, Boston, 12 February 2019, ill.
Shaw, Gabbi, ‘20 Amazing Women who are Changing the World’, on: www.businessinsider.com, New York, 12 February 2019, ill.
Carras, Jon, ‘’Sunday Morning’ at 40. The artist’s vision’, on: www.cbsnews.com, New York, 27 January 2019, ill.
Valentine, Victoria L., ‘The Year Ahead in African American Art. What to Look Forward to in 2019’, on: www.culturetype.com, Silver Spring, 24 January 2019, ill.
Peacock, Leslie Newell, ‘Indomitable. African American artists in 'On Their Own Terms' at UA Little Rock’, on: www.arktimes.net, Little Rock, 14 January 2019, ill.
Crow, Kelly, ‘In New Show, Michelle Obama’s Portrait Artist Shifts to the Monumental’, in: The Wall Street Journal, Washington, 8 September 2019, ill.
Wortham, Jenna, ‘I Want to Explore the Wonder of What It Is to Be a Black American’, on: www.nytimes.com, New York, 8 October 2019, ill.
___, ‘Amerikansk kunstner portrætterer sorte mennesker ved at male dem grå’, in: Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark, 9 October 2019, ill.
2018
Bancroft, Colette, ‘Michelle Obama’s memoir explores the meanings of ‘Becoming’’, on: www.tampabay.com, Tampa, 12 December 2018
Feller, Madeline, ‘18 Important Moments for Women in 2018’, on: www.elle.com, New York, 12 December 2018, ill.
Kennicott, Philip, ‘The must-sees on the National Mall. Amy Sherald’s ‘Grand Dame Queenie’’, on: www.washingtonpost.com, Washington, D.C., 11 December 2018, ill.
Guiducci, Mark, ‘When the Obamas Had the Whole Country Talking About Contemporary Painting’, on: www.garage.vice.com, New York, 26 December 2018, ill.
Freeman, Nate, ‘These 10 Artists Broke into the Art Market Big Leagues in 2018’, on: www.artsy.net, New York, 21 December 2018, ill.
Davis, Joyce, Phillips, Wyatt, ‘Amy Sherald’s Newest Portraits on View at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art’, on: www.spelman.edu, Atlanta, 18 December 2018, ill.
Laster, Paul, ‘Still the Main Attraction, Art Basel Returns to Miami Beach’, on: www.galeriemagazine.com, Miami, 30 November 2018, ill.
Adler, Kayla Webley, ‘The 51 Most Powerful Moments for Women in 2018’, on: www.marieclaire.com, Los Angeles, 28 November 2018, ill.
Akomfrah, John, ‘Apollo Awards 2018 Artist of the Year. The Shortlists’, on: www.forbes.com, New York, 19 November 2018
Ferrise, Jennifer, WIlson, Eric, ‘InStyle's 2018 Style 100. The Year's Buzziest Dresses, Trends, and Badass Women. No. 8/100’, on: www.instyle.com, New York, 20 November 2018, ill.
'Firsts. Women Who are Changing the World', in Time Magazine, New York, 7 September 2018
MaCauley, Mary Carole, 'An oversized mural of acclaimed Baltimore artist Amy Sherald's work will be installed at the Parkway Theatre', in The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, 10 August 2018
Dowell, Stuart, 'Record-breaker: Painting goes for staggering 1mln in first ever auction devoted to female artists', on: www.thefirstnews.com, Warsaw, 28 September 2018, ill.
'Firsts. Women Who are Changing the World', in Time Magazine, New York, 17 September 2018
Teicholz, Tom, ‘Of Presidents and Portraits’, on: www.forbes.com, Los Angeles, 21 August 2018, ill.
Neuendorf, Henri, ‘Dealer Monique Meloche Is Thriving—Even After a Mega-Gallery Wooed Away Her Biggest Stars. Here’s Why’, on: www.artnet.com, New York, 21 August 2018, ill.
cont'd
Clancy, Sean, ‘UALR basketball coach scores an impressive assortment of art when he’s not on the court’, on: www.nwaonline.com, Fayetteville, 19 August 2018.
Dafoe, Taylor, ‘The Actor Who Played Robocop Is Now an Art Historian, and He’s Returning to Detroit to Face a New Threat: ‘The Crisis of Beauty’, on: www.artnet.com, New York, 14 August 2018.
Gunts, Ed, ‘Amy Sherald’s next big unveiling will be a mural in Station North’, on: www.baltimorefishbowl.com, Baltimore, 13 August 2018, ill.
MaCauley, Mary Carole, 'An oversized mural of acclaimed Baltimore artist Amy Sherald's work will be installed at the Parkway Theatre', in The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, 10 August 2018
V., Andrey, ‘Inside Amy Sherald’s First Major Solo Museum Show’, on: www.widewalls.ch, London, 30 July 2018
Goldstein, Caroline, ‘The Rise of Millennial Art Collectors to the Epic Conservation Calamity in Spain: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week’, on: www.artnet.com, New York, 29 July 2018
Morgan, Tiernan, ‘Art Movements’, on: www.hyperallergic.com, New York, 29 July 2018
Pagel, David, ‘Sexy, shameless pops of color’, in: Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 27 July 2018, p. E2, ill.
Cascone, Sarah, ‘’The Reaction Has Been Overwhelming’ : Susan Uterberg Comes Forward as a Major Anonymous Patron of Female Artists’, on: www.news.artnet.com, New York, 25 July 2018
Logan, Elizabeth, ‘This Photographer Has Anonymously Donated Millions to Female Artists for Decades’, on: www.wmagazine.com, New York
Pogrebin, Robin, ‘She Gave Millions to Artists Without Credit. Until Now.’, onL The New York Times, New York, 20 July 2018
Harrington, RJ, ‘The Most Notable Paintings of the 21st Century (So Far)’, on: www.glasstire.com, Houston, 16 July 2018
Lees, Jaime, ‘Forget Fireworks. Here’s What to Do on July 4th When You’re So Over America’, on: www.riverfronttimes.com, St. Louis, 3 July 2018
Roche, Eddie, ‘Milly’s Michelle Smith Shares the Ultimate Honor of her Life’, on: www.fashionweekdaily.com, New York, 2 July 2018
Cascone, Sarah, ‘’There Is So Much You Go Through Just Trying to Make It’: Amy Sherald on How She Went From Obscurity to a Museum Survey (and the White House)’, on: www.artnet.com, New York, 20 June 2018
McNeill, Niki, ‘Michelle Obama Painter Amy Sherald Visits Chapel Hill for a Portrait Exhibit that Looks Refreshingly Like America Today’, on: www.indyweek.com, Durham, 6 June 2018
Root, ‘Michelle Obama’s Portrait Artist Amy Sherald Wins Nationwide Portrait Gallery’s Outwin Award’, on: www.epeak.info, Princetown, 2 June 2018
Menconi, David, ‘’I’m the same person I was before.’ Michelle Obama’s portrait artist is a star.’, on: www.newsobserver.com, Raleigh, 1 June 2018
Byrd, Rikki, ‘Amy Sherald on Her “Gentle Presentation of Black Identity” and More’, on: www.hyperallergic.com, New York, 24 May 2018
Beckwith, Naomi, ‘Amy Sherald’, in: Artforum, New York, May 2018, p. ???
Kahn, Mattie, ‘Amy Sherald’s Painting of Michelle Obama Went Viral. But She’s No Overnight Success’, on: www.elle.com, New York, 22 May 2018
McCauley, Mary Carole, ‘Baltimore artist Amy Sherald, who painted Michelle Obama’s portrait, wins $40,000’, on: www.baltimoresun.com, Baltimore, 18 May 2018
Studach, Elissa, ‘These 50 Artists Are Shaping The Future Of Contemporary Art’, on: Business of Home, Chicago, 17 May 2018
Wilson, Calvin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ‘Obama portrait artist Amy Sherald is worthy of acclaim beyond her celebrity moment’, on: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, 17 May 2018
Rao, Sameer, ‘Amy Sherald Revisits Creative Journey for New Solo Exhibit’, on:ColorLines, New York, 15 May 2018
Kennicott, Philip, ‘Painting Michelle Obama brought Amy Sherald fame. Now, the artist wants to make works ‘to rest your eyes.’’, on: The Washington Post, Washington D.C., 14 May 2018
King, Chris, ‘Amy Sherald opens at CAM with impressive local artists in 2018 Great Rivers Biennial’, on: St. Louis American, St. Louis, 11 May 2018
Gordon, Amanda L., Katya Kazakina, ‘Black Art Stars Go to Auction to Benefit Harlem’s Studio Museum’, on: Bloomberg, New York, 11 May 2018
Friswold, Paul, ‘The Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend, May 10 to 13’, on: Riverfront Times, St. Louis, 11 May 2018
Wilson, Calvin, ‘Amy Sherald’, on: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, 10 May 2018
Hollerbach, Bryan A., ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Sensation’, on: Ladeu News, St. Louis, 10 May 2018
Carrigan, Margaret, Juliet Helmke, Guelda Voien, ‘The 51 Artists, Curators, Directors and Dealers Changing the Art World in 2018’, on: Observer, New York, 9 May 2018
Levere, Jane, ‘What Happens When Art History Gets Refigured’, on: Smothsonian, Washington D.C., 9 May 2018
Goldstein, Caroline, ‘From Debate Over an Art-Fair Tax to the Famed Hollywood Producer Suing Jeff Koons: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week’, on: Artnet News, New York, 5 May 2018
Beckwith, Naomi, ‘Amy Sherald’, on: Artforum, New York, 3 May 2018
Morning Show Producer, ‘Baltimore Art Journal’, on: Fox 5 News, Baltimore, 30 April 2018
Artsy Editors, ‘Newly Established’, on: Artsy, New York, 30 April 2018
Halperin, Julia, ‘’It Is an Unusual and Radical Act’: Why the Baltimore Museum Is Selling Blue-Chip Art to Buy Work by Underrepresented Artists’, on: Artnet News, New York, 30 April 2018
Johns, Myke, ‘Michelle Obama Portrait Artist Amy Sherald Honored By High Museum’, on: WABE, Atlanta, 27 April 2018
Lo, Jerrie, ‘H Queen’s: The Heart of Central’, on: #Legend, Hong Kong, 23 April 2018
Cakkahan, Maura, ‘Recharting America’s Origin Story Through Quilts’, on: Hyperallergic, New York, 27 April 2018
___, ‘Open Season’, in: Whitewall, New York, April 2018, p.
Valentine, Victoria L., ‘Newly Focused on Acquiring African American Art, Columbus Museum Adds Works by Robert Neal and Augusta Savage to Collection’, on: Culture Type, Silver Spring, 27 April 2018
O’Neill, Gail, ‘Amy Sherald talks Michelle Obama and the portrait that launched a million tweets’, on: ARTSATL, Atlanta, 23 April 2018
Rodriguez-Plate, S. Brent, ‘How images change our race bias’, on: The Conversation, Boston, 23 April 2018
Kazakina, Katya, ‘Black art spurs gold rush as collector stampede drives up prices’, on:Chicago Tribune, Chicago, 18 April 2018
Swenson, Kyle, ‘The Life – and near-death – of Michelle Obama portrait artist Amy Sherald’, on: The Washington Post, Washington D.C., 13 February 2018
Lewis, Miles Marshall, ‘Into the Light: Amy Sherald on The Gravity Of Creating An Official White House Portrait’, on: Essence, New York, 10 April 2018
The Cut, ‘Painter Amy Sherald on How She Portrays Herself Online’, on: The Cut, New York, 28 March 2018
Vanity Fair, ‘Amy Sherald Has a Workspace That Nurtures Her Inner Child’, on: Vanity Fair, New York, 27 March 2018
Halperin, Julia, ‘Amy Sherald, Michelle Obama’s Portraitist, Will Now Be Represented by Hauser & Wirth Worldwide’, on: Artnet News, New York, 20 March 2018
Gittlen, Ariela, ‘Obama Portraitist Amy Sherald Gives Advice to Young Artists’, on: Artsy, New York, 27 February 2018
Britto, Brittany, ‘Michelle Obama portrait by Amy Sherald: The Critics response’, on: The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, 13 February 2018
McCauley, Mary Carole, ‘Get to know Amy Sherald, the Baltimore artist painting Michelle Obama’s official portrait’, on: The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, 9 February 2018
Greenberger, Alex, ‘Amy Sherald Names Winner of High Museum’s David C. Driskell Prize’, on: Artnews, New York, 8 February 2018
2017
Cotter, Holland, 'From the Personal to the Political, 19 Artists to Watch Next Year', The New York Times, December 27, 2017
Donoghue, Katy, 'Highlights from Untitled, Miami Beach 2017', Whitewall, December 8, 2017
Goldstein, Andrew, 'Amy Sherald, Michelle Obama’s Chosen Portraitist, Is Now a Bona Fide Art-Market Success Story', Artnet News, December 6, 2017
Gerlis, Melanie, 'Political art prominent in Miami', Financial Times, December 1.
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Portrait Artist Amy Sherald Discussed Her Practice at the National Gallery of Art: ‘I Paint American People. Black People Doing Stuff’', Culture Type, November 7, 2017
Sargent, Antwaun, 'The Obamas and the Inauguration of Black Painting’s New Golden Age In America', W Magazine, October 30, 2017
Green, Naima, 'The Perfect Woman to Paint Michelle Obama', The New York Times, October 28, 2017
McCauley, Mary Carole, 'Baltimore artist Amy Sherald, chosen to paint Michelle Obama portrait, adjusts to national spotlight', The Baltimore Sun, October 27, 2017
Pogrebin, Robin, 'After a Late Start, an Artist’s Big Break: Michelle Obama’s Official Portrait', The New York Times, October 23, 2017
Smith, Roberta, 'Why the Obamas’ Portrait Choices Matter', The New York Times, October 1, 2017
Kelley, Sonaiya. 'Kehinde Wiley will paint Obama’s official presidential portrait', Los Angeles Times, October 15, 2017
Elizabeth, De., 'Barack and Michelle Obama Select Artists to Paint Their Official Portrait', Teen Vogue, October 15, 2017
Greenwood, Max, 'Obamas pick artists to paint their Smithsonian portraits', The Hill, October 14, 2017
'Obamas Choose Artists to Paint Official Portraits', Voice of America, October 14, 2017
Poole, Sheila, 'Georgia-born artist to paint Michelle Obama’s portrait for Smithsonian Gallery', The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 14, 2017
James-Johnson, Alva, 'Michelle Obama taps Georgia native to paint her national portrait', The Telegraph, October 14, 2017
Smith, Tim, 'Baltimore artist Amy Sherald to paint Michelle Obama’s official portrait', The Baltimore Sun, October 13, 2017
Crow, Kelly, 'Obamas Choose Rising Stars to Paint Their Official Portraits', The Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2017
Darby, Luke, 'The Obamas Chose the Coolest Painters for Their Official Portraits', GQ, October 14, 2017
Greenberger, Alex, 'Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald to Paint Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama', ARTnews, October 13, 2017
Kennicott, Phillip, 'Will the Obamas’ Portraits be Safe or Edgy? A Bit of Both', The Washington Post, October 13, 2017
Frank, Priscilla, 'Get To Know The Artists Painting The Obamas’ Official Portraits', Huffington Post, October 13, 2017
Vartanian, Hrag, 'Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald Chosen to Paint Official Obama Portraits for the Smithsonian', Hyperallergic, October 13, 2017
Cascone, Sarah, 'The Obamas Choose Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald to Paint Their Official Portraits for the Smithsonian', Artnet News, October 13, 2017
Bryant, Kenzie, 'Meet the Artists Who Will Paint Barack and Michelle Obama’s Official Portraits', Vanity Fair, October 13, 2017
Thackara, Tess, 'The Latest in the Studio Museum’s Landmark “F” Series Is a Timely Exploration of Truth and Fiction', Artsy, September 19, 2017
Higginson, Imani, 'In Conversation with Amy Sherald: An Observer and a Maker', Gallery Gurls, July 12, 2017
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Black Radical Women: This Spring, Several Group Shows Bring Together Works by African American Female Artists', Culture Type, March 26, 2017
Chung, Francis, 'Explore D.C.: National Museum of Women in the Arts', Pentagram, March 23, 2017
Clemans, Gayle, 'At Tacoma Art Museum, portraits that reach out and touch you', The Seattle Times, February 8, 2017
'TAM to host Smithsonian’s American Portraiture Today', The Suburban Times, January 10, 2017
Carroll, Angela N., '‘About Face’ at the Creative Alliance carves out room for a new kind of canonical portraiture', Baltimore City Paper, January 4, 2017
2016
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Culture Type: The Year in Black Art 2016', Culture Type, December 31, 2016
McCauley, Mary Carole, 'Equipped with new heart, Baltimore’s Amy Sherald gains fame with surreal portraiture', The Washington Post, December 21, 2016
Cotter, Holland, 'Forget the Coasts. Look to the Hinterlands', The New York Times, November 9, 2016
Sexton, Elaine, 'Making Mirrors: A Micro-Interview with Amy Sherald', Tupelo Quarterly, October 30, 2016
Souza, Gabriella, 'After Two Decades of Work, Baltimore Artist Amy Sherald Finds Success and A New Chance at Life', Baltimore Magazine, October 17, 2016
Valentine, Victoria L., 'Where My Girls At?: 28+ Opportunities to See and Support the Work of Black Female Artists and Curators This Fall', Culture Type, September 29, 2016
Catlin, Roger, 'History Grabs the Headlines, But the Quiet Authority of the Art Gallery in the New Smithsonian Museum Speaks Volumes', Smithsonian Magazine, September 28, 2016
Howe, Brian, '’Southern Accent’ Is a Revolutionary Exploded Diagram of Southern Identity in Contemporary Art', Hyperallergic, September 24, 2016
Smith, Kelundra, 'New works by 20 female artists mark Spelman Museum’s anniversary', The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 23, 2016
Crow, Kelly, 'Inside America’s New African-American Museum', The Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2016 Khawaja, Samra, 'Art Talk with Painter Amy Sherald', National Endowment for the Arts, July 26, 2016
__, 'Amy Sherald on Black Art', Fresh Art International Interview, July 14, 2016
Frank, Priscilla, '’Fairytale’ Paintings Show A Side Of Black Lives History Overlooks', Huffington Post, July 7, 2016
'Amy Sherald: A Wonderful Dream', digital exhibition catalogue, with essay by Dawoud Bey, Chicago: moniquemeloche, 2016
Lesser, Casey, 'These 20 Female Artists Are Pushing Figurative Painting Forward', Artsy, June 10, 2016
Lam, Jenny, '10 art gallery exhibitions to see in June', Time Out Chicago, June 3, 2016
Stafford Davis, Jessica, '10 Female Artists of Color on the Rise', The Root, March 22, 2016
O’Brien, Jane, 'New faces in the US National Portrait Gallery', BBC News, March 15, 2016
'Amy Sherald the first woman to win 2016 National Portrait Gallery Competition', Black Art In America, March 12, 2016
Carole McCaluey, Mary. 'Baltimorean Amy Sherald wins first prize in Smithsonian portrait contest', Baltimore Sun, March 11, 2016
2015
Reichert, Elliot, 'Review: Look at Me Now!/Monique Meloche Gallery', Newcity, August 1, 2015
'LOOK AT ME NOW’ AT MONIQUE MELOCHE GALLERY', ARTnews, July 27, 2015
2013
__, 'Presence of Mind- Revealing Africans in the European Art', Transitions: International Review, Issue 111, 2013
__, 'Resisting Homogeneity in the 21st Century', The International Review of African American Art, Vol. 24, No.2., 2013
'Portfolio – Life Stories', Baltimore Style Magazine, 2013 Hycide Magazine, December (cover), 2013
2011
__, 'An Artist Perspective on Social Ascent', Sag Harbor Express, May 26, 2011
__, 'Studio Visits”, Urbanite Magazine, January Issue No. 79, 2011
2010
American Art Collector, December Issue, 2010 New American Paintings Ed. 88, 2010
2008
Studio, The Studio Museum of Harlem Magazine, Fall Issue, 2008
2006
__, 'In This Exhibition, The Subject Is Women', Baltimore Sun, February 22, 2006
2004
__, 'Under Busy Baltimore Streets Art Flourishes', Baltimore Sun, October 24, 2004
2003
'El Recuerdo de Una Feria', La Prensa, June 1, 2003 'A Tale of Two Cities', The New York Times, June 30, 2003
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