Amy Sherald

Quick Facts

Full Name	Amy Sherald
Occupation	Painter
Date Of Birth	Aug 30, 1973(1973-08-30)
Age	51
Birthplace	Columbus
Horoscope	Capricorn

Amy Sherald Biography

Amy Sherald is one of the most popular and richest Painter who was born on August 30, 1973 in Columbus, ****. My mother did not want me to become an artist. She was a black woman born in 1930s Alabama where everything was really about surviving. I always say that she was the perfect mother for me, because what I needed was somebody to prove wrong. I’m a strong woman because I was raised by one, and I’m a better person for that.

Sherald received a B.A. degree in painting in 1997 Clark Atlanta University. After an apprenticeship with Arturo Lindsay, an art history professor at Spelman College, she attended the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), receiving an M.F.A. degree in painting in 2004. While attending MICA, Sherald studied with abstract expressionist painter Grace Hartigan, from whom she learned the “dripping method” of painting. She later followed up her studies with painter Odd Nerdrum in Larvik, Norway.

She first came to prominence in 2016 when her painting, Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance), won the National Portrait Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. The competition noted that “Sherald creates innovative, dynamic portraits that, through color and form, confront the psychological effects of stereotypical imagery on African-American subjects”. She was the first woman and first African-American to win the competition.

The year after Sherald won the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, she was chosen by First Lady Michelle Obama to paint her official portrait. On February 12, 2018 the National Portrait Gallery unveiled the portrait, making Sherald the first African-American woman to paint an official First Lady portrait. The double portrait unveiling ceremony was attended by Barack and Michelle Obama. It was noted that Sherald and Kehinde Wiley, the painter of Barack Obama’s portrait, were the first African-American artists to make official presidential portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, and also as artists who each early on prioritized African-American portraiture. Holland Cotter noted in a review that they both blend fact and fiction in their portraiture.

In 1997, Sherald participated in Spelman College International Artist-in- Residence program in Portobelo, Panama. She prepared and curated shows in the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo and the 1999 South American Biennale in Lima, Peru. She has taught art in the Baltimore City Detention Center, and in 2008 she did a residency the Tongxian Art Center in Beijing, China.

Amy Sherald Net Worth

Amy Sherald is one of the richest Painter from . According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amy Sherald 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sherald was born on August 30, 1973 in Columbus, Georgia to dentist Amos P. Sherald III and Geraldine W. Sherald. As a child, her parents wanted her career to be in medicine, and discouraged her from pursuing art. Speaking about how her mother’s discouragement actually increased her determination, Sherald told The Cut:

Amy Sherald (born August 30, 1973) is an American painter based in Baltimore, Maryland. She is best known for her portrait paintings. Her choices of subjects look to enlarge the genre of American art historical realism by telling African-American stories within their own tradition. She is well known for using grisaille to portray skin tones in her work as a way of “challenging the concept of color-as-race.” Her style is simplified realism, involving staged photographs of her subjects.

Sherald was diagnosed at the age of 30 with congestive heart failure. She was the recipient of a heart transplant in December 18, 2012 at the age of 39.

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Top Facts about Amy Sherald

1. Amy Sherald is an American portrait painter.
2. She was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1973.
3. Sherald earned a BA from Clark Atlanta University in 1997.
4. She received her MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2004.
5. In 2016, she won the National Portrait Gallery’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
6. Sherald painted Michelle Obama’s official portrait for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in 2018.
7. Her work explores themes of identity and representation.
8. Sherald uses a grayscale palette to challenge traditional notions of skin color.
9. Her paintings often feature subjects with direct eye contact and bold poses.
10. Sherald has exhibited her work internationally, including at the Hauser & Wirth gallery in London and New York City’s Studio Museum in Harlem.

How much is an Amy Sherald painting?

Amy Sherald’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 209 USD to 4,265,000 USD , depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2019 the record price for this artist at auction is 4,265,000 USD for The Bathers, sold at Phillips New York in 2020.

Why does Amy Sherald paint in gray?

Sherald also modifies her subjects’ skin color; instead of using shades of brown, she mixes black and yellow paint to create gray skin tones. In doing so, she encourages viewers to consider the ambiguity of race, and to recognize the roles that performance and perception play in daily life.

What is Amy Sherald art about?

Amy Sherald is a contemporary African-American painter known for her portraits which address issues of injustice in black culture. By painting skin tones in gray scale, Sherald breaks against identifying individuals based on their skin tone.

What medium is Amy Sherald most known for?

Afterward, she shifted her attention to content that offered a critical view of African American cultural history and the representation of the African American body. In particular, she is known for using a grayscale to paint skin tones as a way of challenging the concept of color-as-race.

What Colour is grisaille?

Grisaille is a painting technique in which an artist uses a monochromatic palette in greys, or similar neutral grey colors. For the etymologist in you, grisaille comes from the French word for grey: “gris.” Historically, some artists used the technique to make a model from which to base an engraving.