Black Male Artist Professor Series

The Black Male Artist Professor Series aims to showcase and celebrate the accomplishments of Black male visual artists/ visual art or art education professors (must be both) who have made significant contributions to the art world or art education and have taught or are currently teaching in visual art and/or art education programs at art colleges and other historically White colleges and universities in the United States. The series will showcase paintings inspired by Fauvism's stylistic traditions, created using a combination of acrylic or oil paints and incorporating symbolic references associated with each subject. To maintain consistency, every painting will be of a standard size of 36" x 48", while unique techniques will be employed to represent each subject. The series will comprise of 25 paintings.

Artist Statement

In creating The Black Male Artist Professor Series, I am determined to showcase and celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of Black male visual artists & art education professors who have significantly contributed to the art world or art education. These individuals have taught or are currently teaching in visual art or art education programs at art colleges and other historically White colleges and universities in the United States. This portrait painting series captures the symbolic significance of these figures in the visual art and art education environments, positioned in higher education institutions as symbols of success, visibility, mentorship, and leadership. This collection of paintings offers an educational opportunity to the global art and art education community.

The series will feature the following 25 artist professors:

Ligel Lambert, Sanford Biggers, Dr. James Rolling, Jr., Kerry James Marshall, Didier William, Jacob Lawrence, William T. Williams, Robert Reed, Derrick Adams, Meleko Mokgosi, Odili Donald Odita, Dr. Sharif Bey, Richard Mayhew, Mark Thomas Gibson, Dr. Stephen Carpenter II, Charles White, Stanley Whitney, Imo Nse Imeh, Larry Walker, Nick Cave, Glenn Ligon, David Driskell, Dr. Bernard Young, Joseph Norman, and Benjamin Leroy "Ben" Wigfall.

Ligel Lambert Creating a Symbolic Painting of Derrick Adams