List of American artists 1900 and after

This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized fine artists from the United States 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, digital art, and video art.

Walt Disney (1901–1966), co-founder of Walt Disney Studio, is widely considered a pioneer of American animation.

Born 1900–1909

1900

Samuel Cashwan (d. 1988), sculptor
Carl Holty (d. 1973), painter
Fred Kabotie (d. 1986), painter, silversmith
Rico Lebrun (d. 1964), painter
Fannie Nampeyo (d. 1987), potter, ceramist
Alice Neel (d. 1984), painter
Betty Parsons (d. 1982), painter, gallerist
Virginia True (d. 1989), painter
Jack Tworkov (d. 1982), painter
Adja Yunkers (d. 1983), Russian-born painter

1901

James Richmond Barthé (d. 1989), sculptor
Francis Criss (d. 1973), painter
Dorothy Dehner (d. 1994), sculptor, printmaker
Beauford Delaney (d. 1979), painter
Walt Disney (d. 1966), cartoonist, animator, filmmaker
Philip Evergood (d. 1973), painter, printmaker, sculptor
Greta Kempton (d. 1991), portrait artist
Richard Lindner (d. 1978), painter
Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (d. 1980), painter
Esther Rose (d. 1990), painter, calligrapher
Albert Swinden (d. 1961), painter
John Augustus Walker (d. 1967), painter
Elof Wedin (d. 1983), artist

1902

Ansel Easton Adams (d. 1984), photographer
Isabel Bishop (d. 1988), painter, printmaker
Dorr Bothwell (d. 2000), painter, printmaker
Alexander Cañedo (d. 1978), surrealism, magic realism
Roger Wilson Dennis (d. 1996), painter, art conservator
Lee Gatch (d. 1968), painter, muralist
Donal Hord (d. 1966), sculptor
Paul Kelpe (d. 1985), painter
Kenzo Okada (d. 1982), painter
I. Rice Pereira (d. 1971), painter
Pietro Pezzati (d. 1993), painter
Otis Polelonema (d. 1981), painter, illustrator
Charles Pollock (d. 1988), painter
Isaac Soyer (d. 1981), painter
Mary Yancey (d. 1992), ceramist

1903

Maxine Albro (d. 1966), painter, muralist, lithographer, mosaic artist, sculptor
Walter Inglis Anderson (d. 1965), painter
Tore Asplund (d. 1977), Swedish-born painter, watercolorist
Joseph Cornell (d. 1972), sculptor, filmmaker
Vestie Davis (d. 1978), self-taught artist
Elwood Decker (d. 1992), painter
Thomas Brownell Eldred (d. 1993), painter, printmaker
Stephen Etnier (d. 1984), painter
Walker Evans (d. 1975), photographer
Adolph Gottlieb (d. 1974), painter
Robert Gwathmey (d. 1988), painter
Al Hirschfeld (d. 2003), caricaturist
Leon Karp (d. 1951), painter, printmaker
Seymour Lipton (d. 1986), sculptor
Charles S. Martz (d. 1966), painter, photographer
Mark Rothko (d. 1970), painter
Louis Schanker (d. 1981), painter
Ethel Schwabacher (d. 1984), painter
Bernarda Bryson Shahn (d. 2004), painter, lithographer
Karl Zerbe (d. 1972), painter

1904

Margaret Bourke-White (d. 1971), photographer
Hans Burkhardt (d. 1994), painter
Paul Cadmus (d. 1999), painter, printmaker
Clarence Holbrook Carter (d. 2000), painter
Arshile Gorky (d. 1948), painter
Chaim Gross (d. 1991), sculptor
Murray Hantman (d. 1999), painter, muralist
Peter Hurd (d. 1984), painter
Willem de Kooning (d. 1997), painter
Fletcher Martin (d. 1979), painter
Isamu Noguchi (d. 1988), sculptor
Nan Phelps (d. 1990), painter
Jose de Rivera (d. 1985), sculptor
Clyfford Still (d. 1980), painter

1905

Leonard Bahr (d. 1990), painter, muralist, illustrator
Grace Clements (d. 1969), muralist, mosaicist, art critic
Perle Fine (d. 1988), painter
Jared French (d. 1988), painter
Forrest Hibbits (d. 1996), watercolorist, illustrator
Winnifred Hudson (d. 1996), abstract painter
Lois Mailou Jones (d. 1998), painter
Martin W. Kellogg (d. 1989), portrait painter
Doris Lee (d. 1983), painter
Joseph Meert (d. 1989), painter, muralist, printmaker
Paul Meltsner (d. 1966), painter
Barnett Newman (d. 1970), painter
Sanford Plummer (d. 1974), watercolorist
James Amos Porter (d. 1970), painter, art historian
Anton Refregier (d. 1979), Russian-born painter
Kurt Roesch (d. 1984), painter
Ray Strong (d. 2006), painter
Sabina Teichman (d. 1983), painter

1906

Harry Anderson (d. 1996), painter, illustrator
Peter Blume (d. 1992), painter
James Brooks (d. 1992), painter, muralist
Ralston Crawford (d. 1978), painter, lithographer, photographer
Burgoyne Diller (d. 1965), painter
Herbert Ferber (d. 1991), sculptor
Crockett Johnson (d. 1975), cartoonist, illustrator, mathematical painter
Philip Johnson (d. 2005), architect, art collector
Henry E McDaniel (d. 2008), painter
Anna Louisa Miller (d. 1997), painter
Dorothy Morang (d. 1994), painter, pastelist
Ludwig Sander (d. 1975), painter
David Smith (d. 1965), sculptor
Leon Polk Smith (d. 1996), painter

1907

Acee Blue Eagle (d. 1959), painter, muralist
Charles Alston (d. 1977), painter
Ilya Bolotowsky (d. 1981), painter, printmaker
Marie Z. Chino (d. 1982), potter, ceramist
Constance Edith Fowler (d. 1996), painter, printmaker
Jon Gnagy (d. 1981), painter, illustrator, television art instructor
Jacob Kainen (d. 2001), painter
Albert Kotin (d. 1980), painter
Thomas C. Lea III (d. 2001), muralist, illustrator, painter
Michael Loew (d. 1985), painter
Harry Mintz (d. 2002), painter
Walter Tandy Murch (d. 1967), painter
Fairfield Porter (d. 1975), painter
Gregorio Prestopino (d. 1984), painter
George Rickey (d. 2002), sculptor
Theodore Roszak (d. 1981), sculptor, painter
Millard Sheets (d. 1989), painter
Bernard Joseph Steffen (d. 1980), painter, printmaker
Henriette Wyeth (d. 1997), painter

1908

Claire Falkenstein (d. 1997), sculptor
Sybil Gibson (d. 1995), painter
Herblock (d. 2001), political cartoonist
Lee Krasner (d. 1984), painter
Helen Lundeberg (d. 1999), painter
Nicholas Marsicano (d. 1991), painter
George McNeil (d. 1995), painter
Roger Tory Peterson (d. 1996), graphic artist, illustrator, naturalist
Wilber Moore Stilwell (d. 1974), depression era artist
Minor White (d. 1976), photographer

1909

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Gertrude Abercrombie (d. 1977), surrealist painter
Jean Cory Beall, (d. 1978), painter, public artist
Al Capp (d. 1979), cartoonist
Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia (d. 1982), Impressionist painter, sculptor, lithographer
Enrico Donati (d. 2008), painter
Cornelia MacIntyre Foley (d. 2010), painter
Charles Gordon (d. 1978), watercolorist
Dorothy Stratton King (d. 2007), painter, printmaker
Jacob Lipkin (d. 1996), sculptor
Norman Lewis (d. 1979), painter
Alex Raymond (d. 1956), cartoonist
Herman Rose (d. 2007), painter
Manfred Schwartz (d. 1970), painter
Fay Morgan Taylor (d. 1990), modernist artist

Born 1910–1919

1910

Leonard Bocour (d. 1993), paint-maker, painter, art collector
Paul Feeley (d. 1966), painter
James FitzGerald (d. 1973), sculptor, painter
Morris Graves (d. 2001), painter, printmaker
Hiroshi Honda (d. 1970), painter
Franz Kline (d. 1962), painter
Fuller Potter (d. 1990), painter
Mitchell Siporin (d. 1976), painter
Hedda Sterne (d. 2011), Romanian-born painter
Dorothea Tanning (d. 2012), surrealist painter, sculptor, printmaker

1911

Arnold Arbeit (d. 1974), architect, sculptor, painter
Will Barnet (d. 2012), painter, printmaker
Romare Bearden (d. 1988), painter, printmaker
Louise Bourgeois (d. 2010), French-born sculptor, printmaker
Eleanor Layfield Davis (d. 1985), painter, sculptor
John McCrady (d. 1968), painter
Carl Morris (d. 1993), painter, muralist
Hilda Grossman Morris (d. 1991), sculptor
David Park (d. 1960), painter
Kara Shepherd (d. 1984), surrealist painter
Kurt Sluizer (d. 1988), painter

1912

Charles Addams (d. 1988), cartoonist
William Baziotes (d. 1963), painter
William Congdon (d. 1998), painter
William Franklin Draper (d. 2003), painter
Fay Kleinman (d. 2012), painter
Ida Kohlmeyer (d. 1997), painter, sculptor
Alexander Liberman (d. 1999), painter, sculptor
Morris Louis (d. 1962), painter
Agnes Martin (d. 2004), painter
Philip Pavia (d. 2005), sculptor
Jackson Pollock (d. 1956), painter
Raymond Francis Robbins (d. 1980), intricate realist paintings
Charlotte Rothstein Ross (d. 1991), lithograph artist
Walter Sanford (d. 1987), artist
Tony Smith (d. 1980), sculptor
George Sugarman (d. 1999), sculptor
Carl Thorp (d. 1989), impressionist California landscapes

1913

Peter Agostini (d. 1993)
Ralph Leon Bagley (d. 2008), artist, art instructor
Harold Black (d. 1993), painter, muralist
Hyman Bloom (d. 2009), painter
Lawrence Calcagno (d. 1993), painter
Robert Capa (d. 1954), photographer
Mario Dal Fabbro (d. 1990), Italian-born sculptor, furniture designer
Mary Gehr (d. 1997), painter, printmaker
Philip Guston (d. 1980), painter, printmaker
Reuben Kadish (d. 1992), sculptor
James Kelly (d. 2003), painter
Ibram Lassaw (d. 2003), Egyptian-born sculptor
Conrad Marca-Relli (d. 2000), collage artist, painter
Mercedes Matter (d. 2001), painter
Ruthe Katherine Pearlman (d. 2007), painter, art educator
Ad Reinhardt (d. 1967), painter, printmaker
Bettina Steinke (d. 1999), painter, muralist

1914

Glen Alps (d. 1996), printmaker, sculptor
Ward Brackett (d. 2006), illustrator
Nassos Daphnis (d. 2010), painter
Allan Houser (d. 1994), painter, sculptor
Gwendolyn Knight (d. 2005), painter
Tony Rosenthal (d. 2009), sculptor
Charles Shannon (d. 1996), painter
Alton Tobey (d. 2005), painter, muralist, illustrator
Emerson Woelffer (d. 2003), painter

1915

Elizabeth Catlett (d. 2012), sculptor, printmaker
Claude Clark (d. 2001), painter
John Rogers Cox (d. 1990), painter
Edward Dugmore (d. 1996), painter
Friedel Dzubas (d. 1994), painter
Ruth Gikow (d. 1982), muralist
Sam Golden (d. 1997), paint-maker, painter
Bob Kane (d. 1998), cartoonist
Jack Levine (d. 2010), painter
Clayton Lewis (d. 1995), painter, sculptor
Richard Lippold (d. 2002), sculptor
Nellie Meadows (d. 2006), artist
Robert Motherwell (d. 1991), painter, printmaker
Hans Namuth (d. 1990), photographer

1916

Adolf Aldrich (d. 2010), printmaker
Elmer Bischoff (d. 1991), painter
Warren Eugene Brandon (d. 1977), painter
Eyvind Earle (d. 2000), painter
Leonard Edmondson (d. 2002), painter, printmaker
Joseph Goto (d. 1994), sculptor
Karl Kasten (d. 2010), painter, printmaker, educator
Ethel Magafan (d. 1993), painter
Montyne (d. 1989), painter
Alfonso Ossorio (d. 1990), painter, collagist
Eunice Parsons (d. 2024), modernist collagist
Paul Penczner (d. 2010), painter
Richard Pousette-Dart (d. 1992), painter
Jon Schueler (d. 1992), painter
Sylvia Sleigh (d. 2010), painter
Reuben Tam (d. 1991), painter

1917

Kathleen Gemberling Adkison (d. 2010), abstract expressionist painter
Albert Alcalay (d. 2008), painter
Nicolas Carone (d. 2010), painter
Maya Deren (d. 1961), avant-garde filmmaker, theorist, photographer
Manny Farber (d. 2008), painter, film critic
Edith Frohock (d. 1997), painter, printmaker
Robert Goodnough (d. 2010), painter
Stephen Greene (d. 1999), painter
David Hare (d. 1992), sculptor, photographer
Jacob Lawrence (d. 2000), painter, printmaker
Louisa Matthíasdóttir (d. 2000), Icelandic-born painter
Malcolm H. Myers (d. 2002), painter, printmaker
Milton Resnick (d. 2004), painter
Robert Richenburg (d. 2006), painter
Syd Solomon (d. 2004), painter
Andrew Wyeth (d. 2009), painter

1918

Ronald Bladen (d. 1988), sculptor
Cornell Capa (d. 2008), photographer
Gladys Clark (d. 2011), spinner and weaver
Keith Crown (d. 2010), abstract painter
Elaine de Kooning (d. 1989), painter
Jane Frank (d. 1986), painter
Cleve Gray (d. 2004), painter
Stephen Pace (d. 2010), painter
David Foster Pratt (d. 2010), painter
Joseph Rajer (d. 1976), printmaker
Gerard Francis Tempest (d. 2009), painter, sculptor
Alberto Valdés (d. 1998), painter
Charles Banks Wilson (d. 2013), painter

1919

Theophilus Brown (d. 2012), painter
Fritz Bultman (d. 1985), painter, sculptor
Edward Corbett (d. 1971), painter
Frederick Hammersley (d. 2009), painter
Lester Johnson (d. 2010), painter
Irving Kriesberg (d. 2009), painter
Alden Mason (d. 2013), painter
Lee Mullican (d. 1998), painter
John Wilde (d. 2006), painter, draughtsman, printmaker

Born 1920–1929

1920

Charlot Byj (d. 1983), greeting card, advertising artist
John Coplans (d. 2003), British-born painter, photographer
Gene Davis (d. 1985), painter, printmaker
Jimmy Ernst (d. 1984), painter
Elaine Hamilton (d. 2010), painter
Ray Harryhausen (d. 2013), stop-motion animator, sculptor
Luchita Hurtado (d. 2020), painter
Herbert Katzman (d. 2004), painter
Eugene Mackaben (d. 1984), painter
Roger Medearis (d. 2001), painter
Albert Nemethy (d. 1998), painter
Honoré Desmond Sharrer (d. 2009), painter
Wayne Thiebaud (d. 2021), painter, printmaker
George Tooker (d. 2011), painter
Hannah Tompkins (d. 1995), painter, printmaker
Paul Wonner (d. 2008), painter
Jean Zaleski (d. 2010), painter

1921

Herbert Abrams (d. 2003), painter
Gertrude Bleiberg (d. 2001), painter
Norman Bluhm (d. 1999), painter
Edward Boccia (d. 2012), painter
William Brice (d. 2008), painter
Thomas Chimes (d. 2009), painter
Lillian Desow-Fishbein (d. 2004), painter
Norris Embry (d. 1981), painter
Salvatore Grippi (d. 2017), painter, printmaker
Charles Li Hidley (d. 2003), abstract expressionist
Al Jaffee (d. 2023), cartoonist
Frank Lobdell (d. 2013), painter
Joe Stefanelli (d. 2017), painter
Anne Truitt (d. 2004), sculptor
Ralph Burke Tyree (d. 1979), painter
Leona Wood (d. 2008), painter

1922

Leonard Baskin (d. 2000), sculptor, printmaker
Leland Bell (d. 1991), painter
Nell Blaine (d. 1996), painter
Robert De Niro, Sr. (d. 1993), painter
Virginia Dehn (d. 2005), painter, printmaker
Richard Diebenkorn (d. 1993), painter, printmaker
Kahlil Gibran (d. 2008), sculptor, inventor, painter
Helen Gilbert (d. 2002), painter, kinetic sculptor
Charlotte Gilbertson (d. 2014), painter, printmaker
Leon Golub (d. 2004), painter
Grace Hartigan (d. 2008), painter
Julius Hatofsky (d. 2006), painter
John Hultberg (d. 2005), painter
Matsumi Kanemitsu (d. 1992), painter, lithographer
Albert Kresch (d. 2022), painter
Harvey Littleton (d. 2013), glass artist
Stan Masters (d. 2005), painter
Jules Olitski (d. 2007), painter
Ray Parker (d. 1990), painter
Charles Cropper Parks (d. 2012), sculptor
Haywood Rivers (d. 2001), painter
Theodoros Stamos (d. 1997), painter
Richard Stankiewicz (d. 1983)
Jim Steg (d. 2001), printmaker, collage artist
H. C. Westermann (d. 1981), sculptor

1923

Diane Arbus (d. 1971), photographer
David Aronson (d. 2015), painter
Richard Artschwager (d. 2013), painter, sculptor
Robert Beauchamp (d. 1995), painter
Erlena Chisolm Bland (d. 2009), painter
John Boatright (d. 2006), painter
Ernest Briggs (d. 1984), painter
John Ery Coleman (d. 1993), painter
Jess Collins (d. 2004), painter, collage artist
Sam Francis (d. 1994), painter, printmaker
Charles Garabedian (d. 2016), painter
Paul Georges (d. 2002), painter
Stanley Hess (d. 2019), muralist, painter
Shirley Jaffe (d. 2016), painter
Paul Jenkins (d. 2012), painter
Ellsworth Kelly (d. 2015), painter, printmaker
Jonah Kinigstein (d. 2025), painter
Roy Lichtenstein (d. 1997), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Knox Martin (d. 2022), painter, sculptor, muralist
Fred Mitchell (d. 2013), painter
Ruth Mountaingrove (d. 2016), feminist photographer, poet
Larry Rivers (d. 2002), painter

1924

John Bageris (d. 2000), artist
Al Blaustein (d. 2004), painter, printmaker
George Brecht (d. 2008), Fluxus artist, composer
Gandy Brodie (d. 1975), painter
Robert Frank (d. 2019), filmmaker, photographer
Jane Freilicher (d. 2014), painter
Michael Goldberg (d. 2007), painter
Douglas Huebler (d. 1997), conceptual artist
James Jarvaise (d. 2015), painter
Chris Karras (d. 2014), painter
LaVerne Krause (d. 1987), printmaker, painter
John Levee (d. 2017), painter
Kenneth Noland (d. 2010), painter
Philip Pearlstein (d. 2022), painter, printmaker
Beverly Pepper (d. 2020), sculptor, painter
George Segal (d. 2000), sculptor
Kendall Shaw (d. 2019), painter
Peter Voulkos (d. 2002), ceramist
Charles Waterhouse (d. 2013), painter, illustrator, sculptor
Jane Wilson (d. 2015), painter

1925

John Altoon (d. 1969), painter
Karl Benjamin (d. 2012), painter
Robert Colescott (d. 2009), painter
Nita Engle (d. 2019), watercolorist
Len Gridley Everett (d. 1984), painter
Joseph Glasco (d. 1996), draftsman, painter, sculptor
Duane Hanson (d. 1996), sculptor
Lila Katzen (d. 1998), sculptor
Joan Mitchell (d. 1992), painter, printmaker
Robert Rauschenberg (d. 2008), painter, graphic artist
Sam Spanier (d. 2008), painter, actor
Emmett Williams (d. 2007), collage artist, concrete poet

1926

Satoru Abe (d. 2025), sculptor, painter
Stephen Antonakos (d. 2013), Greek-born sculptor, light artist
Hannelore Baron (d. 1987), collage artist
Wallace Berman (d. 1976), assemblage artist
Stanley Boxer (d. 2000), painter
Edward Clark (d. 2019), painter
Brian Connelly (d. 1963), painter
Rosalyn Drexler (d. 2025), painter
Sonia Gechtoff (d. 2018), painter
Everett Raymond Kinstler (d. 2019), painter
Ellen Lanyon (d. 2013), painter
Ed Moses (d. 2018), painter
Elva Nampeyo (d. 1985), potter, ceramist
George Earl Ortman (d. 2015), painter
Roland Petersen, Danish-born painter
Betye Saar, assemblage artist
Charles Seliger (d. 2009), painter
Nancy Spero (d. 2009), painter, printmaker, collage artist
Don Stivers (d. 2009), painter
Beth Van Hoesen (d. 2010), printmaker
Jack Youngerman (d. 2020), painter

1927

James Bishop (d. 2021), painter
Jack Boul (d. 2024), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Lilian Thomas Burwell, painter, sculptor
Richard Callner (d. 2007), painter
John Chamberlain (d. 2011), sculptor
Tony DeLap (d. 2019), sculptor
Peter Forakis (d. 2009), sculptor
Al Hansen (d. 1995), performance artist, collage artist, Fluxus artist
Ray Johnson (d. 1995), collage artist, mail artist
Wolf Kahn (d. 2020), painter
Allan Kaprow (d. 2006), painter, assemblagist, performance artist
Alex Katz, painter, printmaker
Edward Kienholz (d. 1994), installation artist, sculptor
Alfred Leslie (d. 2023), painter
John Mason (d. 2019), ceramist
Eleanore Mikus (d. 2017), painter
Jack Roth (d. 2004), painter
William Scharf (d. 2018), painter
Lillian Schwartz (d. 2024), digital artist
Kenneth Snelson (d. 2016), sculptor
Anne Tabachnick (d. 1995), painter
John Paul Thomas (d. 2001), painter
Reynolds Thomas (d. 1991), painter
Ernest Trova (d. 2009), sculptor

1928

Pat Adams, painter
Arman (d. 2005), French-born painter, sculptor, experimental artist
Alice Baber (d. 1982), painter
Yoong Bae (d. 1992), painter, sculptor
Allyn Bromley, printmaker
Rolando López Dirube (d. 1997), artist
Thomas Downing (d. 1985), painter
Ken Ferguson (d. 2005), ceramist
Helen Frankenthaler (d. 2011), painter, printmaker
Ralph Goings (d. 2016), painter
Wally Hedrick (d. 2003), painter, collage artist
Al Held (d. 2005), painter, printmaker
Robert Indiana (d. 2018), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Robert Irwin (d. 2023), installation artist
Donald Judd (d. 1994), sculptor
Sol LeWitt (d. 2007), conceptual artist, installation artist, sculptor, printmaker
Brian O'Doherty, a.k.a. Patrick Ireland (d. 2022), sculptor, painter, installation artist, conceptual artist
Nathan Oliveira (d. 2010), painter, printmaker
Pat Passlof (d. 2011), painter
Wendell Thompson Perkins (d. 1997), painter
Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva (d. 2019), potter, ceramist
Paul Resika, painter
Betty Sabo (d. 2016), landscape painter, sculptor
David Simpson, painter
Julian Stanczak (d. 2017), painter
Anthony Triano (d. 1997), painter, sculptor, illustrator
Wen-Ying Tsai (d. 2013), sculptor
Cy Twombly (d. 2011), painter, sculptor
Andy Warhol (d. 1987), painter, filmmaker, printmaker
John Wesley (d. 2022), painter

1929

Ida Applebroog (d. 2023), painter
Jo Baer (d. 2025), painter
John Button (d. 1982), painter
Robert d'Arista (d. 1987), painter
Jay DeFeo (d. 1989), painter, visual artist
Jules Feiffer (d. 2025), cartoonist
Jackie Ferrara, (d. 2025), sculptor
Vassilios Giavis (d. 2019), historical illustrator
Wadsworth Jarrell, painter
Howard Kanovitz (d. 2009), painter
Lyman Kipp (d. 2014), sculptor
Nicholas Krushenick (d. 1999), painter
Gabriel Laderman (d. 2011), painter
Clement Meadmore (d. 2005), sculptor
Claes Oldenburg (d. 2022), sculptor
Charles O. Perry (d. 2011), sculptor
Raquel Rabinovich (d. 2025), painter, sculptor
Dorothea Rockburne, painter
Mary Lou Romney (d. 2003), painter, illustrator, educator
Neil Welliver (d. 2005), painter

Born 1930–1939

1930

Richard Anuszkiewicz (d. 2020), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Robert Arneson (d. 1992), sculptor, ceramist
William H. Bailey (d. 2020), painter
James E. Brewton (d. 1967), painter, printmaker
Harold Bruder, realist painter
Annette Corcoran, graphic artist, ceramist
Allan D'Arcangelo (d. 1998), painter, graphic artist, printmaker
Marisol Escobar (d. 2016), sculptor, printmaker
Helen Frank, painter, printmaker
Judith Godwin (d. 2021), painter
Ron Gorchov (d. 2020), painter
Jasper Johns, painter, sculptor, printmaker
Ken Kerslake (d. 2006), printmaker, painter
Howard Kottler (d. 1989), ceramist, sculpture
Lee Lozano (d. 1999), painter
Robert Natkin (d. 2010), painter
Manuel Neri (d. 2021), sculptor, painter
Walter Pashko (d. 2006), surrealism
Deborah Remington (d. 2010), painter, printmaker
Faith Ringgold (d. 2024), painter, fabric artist
Robert Ryman (d. 2019), painter
Anita Steckel (d. 2012), graphic artist
Susan Weil, painter
Gahan Wilson (d. 2019), cartoonist

1931

Helene Aylon, (d. 2020), painter
John Baldessari (d. 2020), conceptual artist, printmaker
John Balossi (d. 2007), painter, sculptor
John Nelson Battenberg (d. 2012)
Jack Beal (d. 2013), painter
Lee Bontecou (d. 2022), sculptor, printmaker
Stan Dann (d. 2013), wood sculptor
Audrey Flack (d. 2024), painter
Rolland Golden (d. 2019), abstract realist painter
R.C. Gorman (d. 2005), painter
Raymond Han (d. 2017), painter
Fred Holle, artist, educator
Budd Hopkins (d. 2011), painter
Howard Mehring (d. 1978), painter
Malcolm Morley (d. 2019), painter, printmaker
Robert Morris (d. 2019), sculptor, conceptual artist
Christopher Ross (d. 2023), sculptor
Marjorie Strider (d. 2014), sculptor
Tom Wesselmann (d. 2004), painter, collage artist

1932

Alan Bean (d. 2018), former astronaut, painter
Robert Bechtle (d. 2020), painter
Emilie Benes Brzezinski (d. 2022), sculptor
James Lee Byars (d. 1997), installation artist, sculptor, performance artist
Richard Estes, painter, printmaker
Ron Ferri (d. 2019), digital artist
Charles Hinman, (d. 2026), painter
Morris Katz (d. 2010), painter
Craig Kauffman (d. 2010), painter, sculptor
Emily Mason (d. 2019), painter
Nora Chapa Mendoza, abstract painter
Nam June Paik (d. 2006), Fluxus, installation artist
Harry Tsuchidana, abstract painter

1933

William Anastasi (d. 2023), painter
George Bogart (d. 2005), painter
Kenneth Wayne Bushnell (d. 2020), visual artist
Albert Contreras (d. 2017), painter
Chryssa (d. 2013), sculptor
Guy Coheleach, painter
Bruce Conner (d. 2008), filmmaker, assemblage artist, sculptor, painter, collagist, graphic artist, photographer
Mary Beth Edelson (d. 2021), artist
Dale Eldred (d. 1993), sculptor
Dan Flavin (d. 1996), sculptor
Sam Gilliam (d. 2022), painter, printmaker
Carol Haerer (d. 2002), painter
Phillip Hefferton (d. 2008), pop artist
John Stuart Ingle (d. 2010), watercolorist
Alison Knowles, Fluxus performance artist, sound artist, papermaker, printmaker
Charlotte Moorman (d. 1991), Fluxus, performance artist
Ree Morton (d. 1977), painter, sculptor
Yoko Ono, installation artist, sculptor, filmmaker
Joseph Raffael (d. 2021), painter
James Rosenquist (d. 2017), painter, muralist, printmaker
Joe Shannon, painter
Stephen De Staebler (d. 2011), sculptor
Michelle Stuart, painter, sculptor, photographer
Mark di Suvero, sculptor
Paul Thek (d. 1988), installation, painting, sculpture

1934

Don Bachardy, portrait artist
Colette Bangert, new media artist
Walter Darby Bannard (d. 2016), painter
Bill Barrett, sculptor, painter
Billy Al Bengston (d. 2022), painter, sculptor
Helen Bershad, abstract expressionist painter
Llyn Foulkes, painter
James Gill, painter
Anita Huffington (d. 2025), sculptor
Yvonne Jacquette (d. 2023), painter, printmaker
Joni T. Johnson (d. 1988), painter
John McCracken (d. 2011), sculptor
Jay Milder, (d.2026), painter
Forrest Moses (d. 2021), abstract landscape painter
Irving Petlin (d. 2018), painter
Gloria Plevin, painter
Yvonne Rainer, performance artist, choreographer, dancer
Peter Saul, painter
Selina Trieff (d. 2015), abstract artist
Harold Joe Waldrum (d. 2003), painter, photographer
Neil Williams (d. 1988), painter

1935

Carl Andre (d. 2024), minimalist sculptor
Eleanor Antin, performance artist, filmmaker, installation artist
Christo (d. 2020), environmental installation artist
Walter De Maria (d. 2013), sculptor
Jim Dine, painter, sculptor, printmaker
Richard Hunt (d. 2023), sculptor
Simmie Knox, portrait artist
Paul Laffoley (d. 2015), artist
Alvin D. Loving (d. 2005), abstract expressionist painter
Ben Fortunado Marcune, figurative, representational sculptor, painter
Chuck Oberstein (d. 2002), clown paintings
Kenneth Price (d. 2012), ceramist
Joseph Rael, artist, writer
Mel Ramos (d. 2018), abstract and nude painter
Hib Sabin, sculptor
Stanley Tomshinsky (d. 2004), artist
Diane Tuckman (d. 2024), silk painter
Carol Wald (d. 2000), artist, illustrator

1936

Edward Avedisian (d. 2007), painter
Hollis Frampton (d. 1984), experimental filmmaker, photographer, theorist
Gregory Gillespie (d. 2000), painter
Hans Haacke, conceptual artist
Richard Haas, muralist
Eva Hesse (d. 1970), sculptor
Tom Holland, painter, mixed media
Dennis Hopper (d. 2010), actor, photographer, painter, other media
Bill Hutson (d. 2022), abstract fine artist
Joan Jonas, video, performance artist, other media
Evan Lindquist (d. 2023), printmaker
Doug Ohlson (d. 2010), painter
Richard Pionk (d. 2007), pastellist, painter
Lucas Samaras (d. 2024), photographer, sculptor, printmaker
Frank Stella (d. 2024), painter, printmaker
DeWain Valentine (d. 2022), sculptor
Leo Valledor (d. 1989), painter
Carlos Villa (d. 2013), painter
Thornton Willis (d. 2025), painter

1937

Peter Campus, video artist, photographer
Reginald Case (d. 2009), painter, collagist, sculptor
Ronald Davis, (d. 2025), painter
Melvin Edwards (d. 2026), sculptor
Eugene Gregan, painter
Red Grooms, multimedia artist, printmaker
Robert Grosvenor, (d. 2025), sculptor
Carolyn Heller (d. 2011), painter, decorative artist
LeRoy Johnson (d. 2022), painter, sculptor, collagist
Blaine Gledhill Larson (d. 2022), painter, educator
Robert Mangold, painter, printmaker
Peter Max, German-born printmaker, graphic designer
Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly (d. 2012), ceramist
Larry Poons, painter
Harvey Quaytman (d. 2002), painter
Charles Ross, sculptor
Edward Ruscha, painter, printmaker, photographer, conceptual artist
Fritz Scholder (d. 2005), painter, printmaker, graphic artist
Bob Thompson (d. 1966), painter
William T. Wiley (d. 2021), painter, printmaker
Marlene Tseng Yu, abstract expressionist
Richard Van Buren, sculptor
Larry Zox (d. 2006), painter

1938

Joan Brown (d. 1990), painter
Fran Bull, painter, printmaker, sculptor, installation artist
Vija Celmins, painter, graphic artist, printmaker
Janet Fish, (d. 2025) painter
Robert Graham (d. 2008), sculptor
Dick Higgins (d. 1998), Fluxus artist, composer, writer
Nancy Holt (d. 2014), sculptor, installation, earth artist
Robert H. Hudson (d. 2024), sculptor
Brice Marden (d. 2023), painter, printmaker
Eugene J. Martin (d. 2005), collagist, painter, graphic artist
Clark Murray (d. 2022), sculptor, painter
Stephen Howard Naegle, watercolorist
Jim Nutt, painter
Dennis Oppenheim (d. 2011), sculptor, installation, earth artist
Stephanie Oursler (d. 2018), visual artist, political activist
Esther Parada (d. 2005), photographer, activist
Robert Perless (d. 2023), kinetic artist
Ben Sakoguchi, painter
Richard Serra (d. 2024), sculptor, printmaker
Robert Smithson (d. 1973), sculptor, installation, earth artist
Dieterich Spahn (d. 2021), painter, stained glass designer
Pat Steir (d. 2026), painter
Connie Zehr, installation artist

1939

Peter Alexander (d. 2020), sculptor
Larry Bell, sculptor
Jake Berthot (d. 2014), painter
Scott Burton (d. 1989), sculptor
Rosemarie Castoro (d. 2015), painter, sculptor
Judy Chicago, installation artist, sculptor
William Eggleston, photographer
Louise Fishman (d. 2021), painter
Edward J. Fraughton (d. 2024), sculptor, inventor
Nancy Graves (d. 1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker
Margia Kramer, interdisciplinary mixed-media artist
Robert Lostutter, painter
Ed Paschke (d. 2004), painter, printmaker
Carolee Schneemann (d. 2019), performance artist
Paul Shapiro, Abstract Expressionist, landscape painter
Igor Tulipanov, Russian-born painter
Mierle Laderman Ukeles, feminist artist, installation artist
Jack Whitten (d. 2018), painter

Born 1940–1949

1940

Vito Acconci (d. 2017), conceptual artist, installation artist, performance artist, filmmaker
Mel Bochner (d. 2025), conceptual artist
James Bohary, painter
Gary Bower, painter
Beverly Buchanan, (d. 2015), painter, sculptor, land artist
Chuck Close (d. 2021), painter, printmaker
John Connell (d. 2009), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Mimi Gross, painter
Paul Havas (d. 2012), landscape painter
Harvey Konigsberg, artist
Jean Milant (d. 2024), printmaker
Elizabeth Murray (d. 2007), painter, printmaker
Gladys Nilsson, painter
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (d. 2025), painter, printmaker
Barbara Rossi (d. 2023), painter
Ernest Ruckle (d. 2018), visual artist
Steven L. Sles, artist
Joan Snyder, painter
Pat Steir, painter
Mym Tuma, painter, mixed media
Joyce Wellman, painter, printmaker
Hannah Wilke (d. 1993), all media
Peter Young, painter

1941

Jennifer Bartlett (d. 2022), painter
Lynda Benglis, sculptor
Tony Berlant, mixed-media artist
Karen Breschi, ceramist
Gary Hugh Brown, painter
Dale Chihuly, glass sculptor
John De Andrea, sculptor
Peter Erskine, light sculptor
André Harvey (d. 2018), sculptor
Renne Hughes (d. 1991), painter, photographer
Mary Kelly, conceptual artist
William Leavitt, conceptual artist, painter, installation artist
Pat Lipsky, painter
Judith Lodge, painter, photographer
Forrest Myers, sculptor
Bruce Nauman, installation artist, video artist, printmaker
Martin Puryear, sculptor, printmaker
Anita Rodriguez, artist incorporating ingenious ceremonialism, mysticism
John Seery, painter
Joel Shapiro (d. 2025), sculptor
Keith Sonnier (d. 2020), sculptor
Richard Tuttle, sculptor, painter, installation artist
Jackie Winsor (d. 2024), sculptor
Joe Zucker (d. 2024), mixed-media artist

1942

Judith Bernstein, feminist artist
Jonathan Borofsky, painter, sculptor, installation artist
Jerry Dolyn Brown (d. 2016), folk artist, potter
Rhea Carmi, abstract expressionist, mixed-media artist
Dan Christensen (d. 2007), painter
Susan Crile, painter
Porfirio DiDonna (d. 1986), painter
Lucien Dulfan, Soviet-born conceptual artist
Dan Graham (d. 2022), conceptual artist, performance artist
Jann Haworth, sculptor
Michael Kabotie (d. 2009), painter, silversmith
Harry McCormick (d. 2023), interior spaces painter
Bob Ross (d. 1995), painter, television artist
David True, painter
Lawrence Weiner (d. 2021), conceptual artist
William T. Williams, painter

1943

Michael Asher (d. 2012), conceptual and installation artist
Sandra Bowden, painter
Robert Butler (d. 2014), painter, visual artist
Pauline Campanelli (d. 2001), painter, writer
Cora Cohen (d. 2023), painter
Ron Cooper, artist
Robert Crumb, cartoonist
David Diao, painter
William Dutterer (d. 2007), painter
Simon Gaon, painter
David Hammons, installation artist, sculptor
Helen Hardin (d. 1984), painter
Steven Kemenyffy, ceramist
Stephen Kline, painter, photographer, pen, ink
Gordon Matta-Clark (d. 1978), situationist, site-specific artist, performance artist
Howardena Pindell, painter, mixed media artist
David R. Prentice (d. 2024), painter
Martha Rosler, video, photo-text, installation, performance art
Suze Rotolo (d. 2011), book artist
Susan Louise Shatter (d. 2011), landscape painter
Betty Spindler, ceramist
James Surls, sculptor, visual artist
James Turrell, installation artist
William Wegman, video artist, photographer, painter
Jerry Wilkerson (d. 2007), painter
Christopher Wilmarth (d. 1987), sculptor

1944

Lewis Bryden, naturalistic landscapes
Louis Delsarte (d. 2020), painter
Don Eddy, painter
Jan Harrison, painter, sculptor
Michael Heizer, sculptor, earth artist
Sanit Khewhok, painter, sculptor
Allan McCollum, conceptual artist, sculptor, all media
Richard Mock (d. 2006), painter
Thomas Nozkowski(d. 2019), painter
Susan Mohl Powers (d. 2023), sculptor, painter
Fred H. Roster (d. 2017), sculptor
Allen Ruppersberg, conceptual artist, installation artist
Alan Saret, (d. 2026), sculptor

1945

Louis Briel (d. 2021), portrait artist
Michele Oka Doner, sculptor, public artist, printmaker, video artist
Donray, painter
Sheila Elias, painter, art historian
Carole Feuerman, sculptor
Charles Fincher, cartoonist
Helen C. Frederick, printmaker
Fernando Garcia (d. 1989), conceptual artist
Jack Goldstein (d. 2003), conceptual artist, filmmaker, painter
Glenda Green, painter
Benjamin Harjo Jr. (d. 2023), painter, printmaker
Neil Jenney, painter
Charles Hollis Jones, furniture designer
Joseph Kosuth, conceptual artist
Barbara Kruger, photographer, graphic artist, sculptor
Suzanne Lacy, installations, video, performance artist
Robert Lawrance Lobe, sculptor
Paul McCarthy, sculptor, installation artist, video artist
Robert W. Olszewski, painter, miniatures artist
Louise Parks, painter
Astrid Preston, painter
Peter Reginato, sculptor
Judy Rifka, painter, video artist
Susan Rothenberg (d. 2020), painter, printmaker
Sean Scully, Irish-born painter, printmaker
Carol Sutton (d. 2025), painter
Audrey Ushenko, realist figurative painter
Daisy Youngblood, ceramist, sculptor

1946

Charles Arnoldi, painter
Dennis Ashbaugh, painter
Alice Aycock, sculptor
Frances Bagley, sculptor
Jean Bales (d. 2003), painter, printmaker
Betty Beaumont, site-specific artist, all media
EC Bell, painter
Chris Burden (d. 2015), performance artist, sculptor
T. C. Cannon (d. 1978), painter
David Dewey, watercolor landscapes
Dennis H. Farber (d. 2017), painter, photographer
Don Gummer, sculptor
David Eugene Henry, painter, sculptor
Nabil Kanso (d. 2019), painter
Lev Kublanov, Russian-born graphic artist
Fran Lew, painter
Robert Mapplethorpe (d. 1989), photographer
Anthony McCall, British-born installation artist, projected film
Ann McCoy, sculpture, drawing
Anne Neely, painter
Lonnie Ortega, aviation artist
David Reed, painter
Ann Leda Shapiro, painter.
Marsha Steinberg, drawing, etchings, paintings
Jamie Wyeth, painter
Bhakti Ziek, textiles

1947

Laurie Anderson, experimental performance artist, musician
Allen 'Big Al' Carter (d. 2008), painter, printmaker, photographer, sculptor
Sarah Charlesworth (d. 2013), conceptual artist, photographer
Daniel Kelly, painter, printmaker
Ronnie Landfield, painter
Louise Lawler, photographer, conceptual and installation artist
Sherrie Levine, conceptual artist
Anado McLauchlin (d. 2021), artist
Richard Minsky, bookbinder, cover artist
Stephen Mueller (d. 2011), painter
Eduardo Oropeza (d. 2003)
Linda Ridgway, sculptor
Christine Rosamond (d. 1994), painter
James Schoppert (d. 1992), Alaskan Native artist
Larry Stanton (d. 1984), painter

1948

Cornelia Breitenbach (d. 1984), textile artist
Ronnie Cutrone (d. 2013), painter
Eric Fischl, painter, printmaker
David Geiser (d. 2020), painter
Rhodessa Jones, artistic director, writer
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, installation, collage
Jonathan Lasker, painter
Ana Mendieta (d. 1985), performance artist
Meridel Rubenstein, photographer, installation artist
Joseph Sanchez, painter, museum curator
Judith Shea, sculptor
Hollis Sigler (d. 2001), painter, printmaker
Lizbeth Stewart (d. 2013), ceramist
Altoon Sultan, painter
J. Craig Thorpe, landscape artist
J. Chris Wilson (d. 2023), artist
Brian Wood, film maker, multiple media, painter, photographer

1949

Ross Bleckner, painter
Deborah Butterfield, sculptor
Stephen Hickman (d. 2021), illustrator, sculptor
Geoffrey Laurence, painter
Richard Prince, painter, photographer, sculptor
Archie Rand, painter, muralist
Barbara Schwartz (d. 2006), painter, sculptor
Laurie Simmons, photographer
Josh Simpson, glass artist
Mark Tansey, painter
Bruce Wands (d. 2022), digital artist
Andrea Way, painter, sculptor
Jean Wells, mosaic sculptor

Born 1950–1959

1950

Lesley Dill, sculptor, printmaker, photographer, painter, performance artist
Lin Evola, painter
Margery E. Goldberg, painter, sculptor
Jenny Holzer, conceptual artist
Marilyn Kirsch, painter
Jack Reilly, painter
James Rizzi (d. 2011), painter
Mary Michael Shelley, carver, painter
Ira Sherman, sculptor
Glennray Tutor, painter
Pheoris West (d. 2021), artist

1951

Ned Bittinger, painter
Douglas Bourgeois, sculptor, figurative painter
Lisa Bradley, painter
Louisa Chase (d. 2016), painter
Mary Heebner, painter
Gary Hill, video installation artist
Lee H. Letts, bronze sculptor, goldsmith, painter
Melissa Miller, painter
Matt Mullican, video, painting, electronic media, installation
Joseph Nechvatal, digital painter
Nic Nicosia, art photographer
James Dean Pruner (d. 1987/1988), painter, printmaker, sculptor
Julian Schnabel, painter, filmmaker
Peter Shelton, sculptor
Michael Smith, performance, video, installation artist
Lynne Woods Turner, abstract painter
Bill Viola (d. 2024), video artist
Russ Warren, figurative painter
William Wolk (d. 2022), realist painter

1952

Chris Campbell, painter
David Em, digital artist
Sonya Fe, painter
Ken Feingold, installation artist, all media
Sam Havadtoy, painter, interior designer
Nicholas Hondrogen (d. 2007), painter
Deborah Kass, painter
Cynthia Knott, seascapes
Deborah Nehmad, printmaker, mixed-media artist
John Newman, sculptor
Tom Otterness, sculptor
Lari Pittman, painter
John Pomara, abstract artist
Clifford Ross, painter, photographer, video
David Salle, painter
Linda St. Clair (d. 2018), wildlife painter

1953

Larry D. Alexander, painter
Debra Bermingham, interior scenes, still lifes
Rebecca Bluestone, tapestry weaver
Sean K. L. Browne, sculptor
James Casebere, photographer
Gordon Chandler, sculptor
Jeff Chapman-Crane, painter
Philip-Lorca diCorcia, photographer
Sean Earley (d. 1992), oil painter, commercial illustrator
April Gornik, painter
Alex Grey, artist
Michael Hafftka, painter
Peter Halley, painter
Malcolm T. Liepke, painter
Robert Longo, sculptor, graphic artist
Sergio Rossetti Morosini, painter, sculptor
Stephen Namara, figurative artist
Tom Nussbaum, painter, sculptor, graphic artist
Charles Ray, sculptor
Geoffrey Raymond, painter, executive portraits
Alexander Tsiaras, artist, photojournalist
Carol Wax, printmaker
Carrie Mae Weems, photographer
Stephen Westfall, painter, art critic

1954

Mary Endico, painter, watercolorist
Robert Gober, sculptor
Joseph Havel, sculptor
Mike Kelley (d. 2012), all media
Donna Meistrich, wax carver, model maker, painter, sculptor, jewelry designer, animator
Francis X. Pavy, painter, sculptor
Cindy Sherman, photographer
Michael Sherrill, ceramist, sculptor
Kiki Smith, German-born sculptor, printmaker, all media
Randy Souders, painter
Fred Wilson, conceptual artist, printmaker
David Wojnarowicz (d. 1992), painter, photographer

1955

Katherine Bowling, layered landscapes
Mark Staff Brandl, painter, installation artist, art historian
Charles Fazzino, silkscreen serigraph pop artist
F. Scott Hess, painter, conceptual artist
Roni Horn, sculptor, photographer
Terrell James, painter, sculptor
Karen Kilimnik, painter, installation artist
Jeff Koons, sculptor
Christian Marclay, visual artist, composer
Robert Lyn Nelson, marine painter
Renee Richetts, mixed media artist
Philip Taaffe, painter, printmaker
David Tineo, cultural, identity issues artist
Michael Toombs, painter, arts educator
Jeffrey Vallance, conceptual artist
Karen Wheeler, painter
Richard Wyatt Jr. (d. 2024), painter, muralist

1956

Mark Beard, painter, sculptor, set designer
Mark Bloch, interdisciplinary artist
F. Lennox Campello, visual, multimedia artist
Kaloust Guedel, painter, sculptor
Julian Hatton, painter
Soraida Martinez, painter
John Randall Nelson, painter, sculptor
Alison Saar, sculptor, installation artist
Fred Tomaselli, painter

1957

Julie Ault, collaborative artist, curator
Sarah Brayer, painter, paper artist, printmaker
Fred Cray, photographer
Felix Gonzalez-Torres (d. 1996), sculptor, installation artist, interdisciplinary
Jim Hodges, sculptor
Clay Huffman (d. 2001), painter
Tony Oursler, video, performance, installation artist
Adam Shaw, painter
James Siena, painter
LiQin Tan, digital artist, animator

1958

Ben Aronson, painter
Wayne Barlowe, science fiction, fantasy painter
John Dubrow, painter
Keith Haring (d. 1990), graphic artist, muralist, sculptor, printmaker
Tracy Harris, painter
Wendy W. Jacob, sculptor
Thomas Kinkade (d. 2012), painter
Christie Repasy, floral painter
James Romberger, pastels, comics
Moses Ros, architect, sculptor, painter, printmaker, muralist
Kenny Scharf, painter
Renee Stout, assemblagist
Ray Turner, painter, portraits, landscapes
Jeff Wassmann, assemblage
Francesca Woodman (d. 1981), photographer

1959

Ashley Bickerton (d. 2022), painter, sculptor
Laura Bruce, painter, sculptor, installation and performance artist
Anne Chu (d. 2016), sculptor
Donny Johnson, abstract painter, murderer
Maya Lin, installation artist
Raymond Persinger, sculptor, public artist
Jessica Stockholder, scupltor, installation artist
Jerry Weiss, painter

Born 1960–1969

1960

Elliott Arkin, sculptor
Jean-Michel Basquiat (d. 1988), painter
Bob Eggleton, science fiction, fantasy, horror artist.
Laura Ann Jacobs, sculptor, mixed media artist.
MaPo Kinnord, ceramist, sculptor, educator.
Glenn Ligon, conceptual artist, all media
Sono Osato, artist
Jack Pierson, sculptor, photographer, other media
Lorna Simpson, photographer
Tim Tate multimedia sculptor, video artist

1961

Pierce Boshelly, painter, sculptor
Steve Brudniak, sculptor, actor, musician
Sam Durant, multimedia artist
Nestor Hernández (d. 2006), photographer
Zoe Leonard, photographer, visual artist
Catherine Opie, photographer
Geoffrey C. Smith, sculptor
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Argentinian-born conceptual and installation artist
Israel Tsvaygenbaum, Russian-born painter

1962

Daniel Adel, painter, illustrator
Gregory Crewdson, photographer
John Currin, painter
Monica Aissa Martinez, painter
Renee McGinnis, painter
Rebecca Jo Morales, painter
Laura Myntti, painter
Lisa Yuskavage, painter

1963

Gretchen Baer, painter, performance artist
Rina Banerjee, Indian-born painter and sculptor
Kathy Butterly, sculptor
Jon Coffelt, painter, sculptor, book arts, curator
MK Guth, installation artist
Chris Lattanzio, artist
Daniel Maltzman, Pop-Surrealist painter
Paul Henry Ramirez, painter
Spar Street, painter, sculptor

1964

Janine Antoni, Bahamian-born sculptor, installation artist
Thomas Arvid, oil painter
Margarete Bagshaw (d. 2015), painter, clay artist
Meghan Boody, surrealist artist
Rachel Lachowicz, painter
Ray Navarro (d. 1990), artist, filmmaker, HIV/AIDS activist
Jason Teraoka, painter
Erwin Timmers, Dutch-born environmental sculptor

1965

Andrea Fraser, performance artist
Tom Friedman, sculptor
Ellen Gallagher, painter, mixed media artist
Hal Hirshorn (d. 2025), painter and photographer
Soraya Marcano, visual artist
Elizabeth Peyton, painter
Jason Rhoades (d. 2006), installation artist
Paul Rusconi, painter, mixed media artist
Brian Rutenberg, abstract painter
Andrea Zittel, sculptor, installation artist

1966

Margaret Boozer, ceramist
Bela Borsodi, Austrian-born photographer
Charlie Bynar, watercolorist
Susanne Crane, Minnesota artist
Rachel Harrison, sculptor, photographer
Annette P. Jimerson, painter
Josiah McElheny, sculptor, glass artist
Ivan Morley, painter
Ranu Mukherjee, multimedia artist
Roxy Paine, sculptor, kinetic art
Jonathan Podwil, painter

1967

Matthew Barney, multimedia artist, sculptor, filmmaker
Geoffrey Chadsey, painter, draftsman
Harrell Fletcher, socially engaged interdisciplinary projects
Simone Leigh, sculpture and social practice
Davyd Whaley (d. 2014), painter

1968

Doug Aitken, multimedia artist
Dave Halili, painter, illustrator, designer of album covers, posters, graphic merchandise
Amanda Matthews, sculptor, painter, public art designer
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, documentary photographer
Andrew Cornell Robinson, sculptor, ceramist, painter, printmaker