This list of African-American visual artists is a list that includes dates of birth and death of historically recognized African-American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, video art, and digital art. The entries are in alphabetical order by surname. Artists A–B Panteha Abareshi (born 1999), multidisciplinary artist Nina Chanel Abney (born 1982), painter Blanch Ackers (1914–2003), painter Terry Adkins (1953–2014), artist Mequitta Ahuja (born 1976), painter, installation artist Larry D. Alexander (born 1953), painter Laylah Ali (born 1968), painter Jules T. Allen (born 1947), photographer Tina Allen (1949–2008), sculptor Steve R. Allen (born 1954), painter Charles Alston (1907–1977), painter Amalia Amaki (born 1959), artist Emma Amos (1938–2020), painter Benny Andrews (1930–2006), painter Edgar Arceneaux (born 1972), drawing artist Nellie Ashford (born c. 1943), folk artist James Atkins (b. 1941), painter Roland Ayers (1932–2014), printmaker Radcliffe Bailey (born 1968) collage, sculpture Kyle Baker (born 1965), cartoonist Matt Baker (1921–1959), comic book artist James Presley Ball (1825–1904), photographer Alvin Baltrop (1948–2004), photographer Henry Bannarn (1910–1965), painter Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828–1901), painter Ernie Barnes (1938–2009), neo-Mannerist artist Richmond Barthé (1901–1989), sculptor Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), painter C. M. Battey (1873–1927), photographer Romare Bearden (1911–1988), painter Arthello Beck (1941–2004), painter Arthur P. Bedou (1882–1966), photographer Darrin Bell (born 1975), cartoonist Mary A. Bell (1873–1941) Dawoud Bey (born 1953), photographer Sharif Bey (born 1974), ceramist John T. Biggers (1924–2001), muralist Sanford Biggers (born 1970), interdisciplinary Gene Bilbrew (1923–1974), cartoonist and fetish artist Camille Billops (1933–2019), filmmaker, sculptor, painter, printmaker McArthur Binion (born 1946), painter Robert Blackburn (1920–2003) master printmaker, lithographer, and educator. Thomas Blackshear (born 1955) Betty Blayton (1937–2016), painter, printmaker Chakaia Booker (born 1953), sculptor Edythe Boone (born 1938), muralist Charles Boyce (born 1949), cartoonist Tina Williams Brewer, fiber artist Michael Bramwell (born 1953), conceptual artist James Brantley (b. 1945), painter Mark Bradford (born 1961) Elenora "Rukiya" Brown, doll creator Elmer Brown (1909–1971) Frank J. Brown (1956–2020), sculptor Frederick J. Brown (1945–2012), painter Larry Poncho Brown (born 1962) Manuelita Brown, sculptor Robert Brown (c. 1936 – 2007), cartoonist Beverly Buchanan (1940–2015), painter, sculptor Selma Burke (1900–1995), sculptor Calvin Burnett (1921–2007), book illustrator Pauline Powell Burns (1872–1912), painter John Bush (?–1754), powder horn carver Bisa Butler (born 1973), quilter Robert Butler (1943–2014), painter