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Andy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
Diane Arbus
American photographer (1923–1971)
Shirin Neshat
Iranian artist, film director, and photographer (born 1957)
Carl Andre
American artist (1935-2024)
Robert Smithson
American sculptor and conceptual artist (1938-1973)
Audrey Niffenegger
American writer, artist and academic (born 1963)
Spencer Tunick
American photographer
Arthur Coleman Danto
American art critic and philosopher (1924–2013)
Guerrilla Girls
feminist art activism group based in the United States
James Turrell
American sculptor (born 1943)
Shepard Fairey
American contemporary street artist, graphic designer activist and illustrator (born 1970)
Alex Grey
American painter and performance artist (born 1953)
Mike Kelley
American artist (1954–2012)
The Yes Men
culture jamming activist duo and network of supporters
Lorna Simpson
American photographer (born 1960)
Carrie Mae Weems
African American photographer (born 1953)
Betye Saar
African American sculptor (born 1926)
Ray Johnson
American artist (1927-1995)
Joni Eareckson Tada
American artist
Marian Zazeela
American musician, painter and light-artist (1940–2024)
Tierra Whack
American rapper
Tony Smith
American sculptor and architect (1912–1980)
Simone Leigh
African American artist (born 1967)
Marjorie Cameron
American actress and occultist (1922-1995)
KAWS
Brian Donnelly (born November 4, 1974), known professionally as KAWS (stylized in all caps), is an American artist and designer. His work includes repeated use of a cast of figurative characters and motifs, some dating back to the beginning of his career in the 1990s, initially painted in 2D and later realized in 3D. Some of his characters are his own creations while others are reworked versions of existing icons.
Jonathan Borofsky
American sculptor and printmaker (born 1942)
Susan Hiller
American/British conceptual artist
LaToya Ruby Frazier
American photographer and professor (born 1982)
Anne Truitt
American artist (1921-2004)
Raymond Pettibon
American artist (born 1957)
Roni Horn
US photographer and artist; (born 1955)
Richard Hunt
African American Sculptor (1935–2023)
Lorraine O'Grady
African American conceptual artist (1934–2024)
James Ferraro
American musician (born 1986)
David Hammons
American painter and performance artist (born 1943)
Catherine Opie
American photographer (born 1961)
Renée Green
American artist, writer, filmmaker (born 1959)
Richard Tuttle
American sculptor and draftsperson (born 1941)
Simone Forti
American dancer and choreographer (born 1935)
Rashid Johnson
American artist and film director (1977- )
Renée Cox
American photographer (born 1960)
Kenturah Davis
American artist (born 1984)
Martha Wilson
American artist, born 1947 (born 1947)
Suzanne Jackson
American artist (born 1944)
Lauren Greenfield
American photographer and filmmaker (born 1966)
Glenn Ligon
African American conceptual artist (born 1960)
Alison Saar
African American artist (born 1956)
Jacob Bannon
American singer
Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze
Nigerian-born British-American artist (born 1982)
Chakaia Booker
American artist (born 1953)
Ambreen Butt
Pakistani artist (born 1969)
Alice Adams
American artist (born 1930)
Larry Bell
American painter and sculptor (born 1939)
Sharon Lockhart
American artist (born 1964)
Wen-Ying Tsai
American artist (1928–2013)
Deborah Willis
African-American artist, photographer, curator of photography (born 1948)
Nick Cave
African-American fabric sculptor, dancer, and performance artist (born 1959)
Juliana Huxtable
American performance artist and photographer (born 1987)
Humaira Abid
wood sculptor from Lahore, Pakistan
Mary Flanagan
American artist (born 1969)