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Amy Sherald www.amysherald.com

My portraits are psychological studies of cultural performance where race itself becomes the theater in which self-actualization and the evolution of identity are played out.

Amy Sherald: Madame Noire | Oil on canvas | 54x43 in

Amy Sherald: It Made Sense.. Mostly In Her Mind | oil on canvas | 54x43 in

Amy Sherald: Hi-Yella Masterpiece | Oil on canvas | 69x59 in

Amy Sherald in her studio, 2011

Published in PoetsArtists, Fall 2011