Amy Sherald, is an American painter based in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work started out autobiographical in nature, but has taken on a social context since she moved to Baltimore.
She is best known for her portrait paintings that address social justice, as well as her choice of subjects, which are drawn from outside of the art historical narrative. The National Museum of Women in the Arts states that her work examines personal identity as a response to political, social, and cultural expectation.
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