List of American artists 1900 and after

This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists 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.

Born 1900–1909[]

1900

Samuel Cashwan (1900–1988), sculptor
Carl Holty (1900–1973), painter
Fred Kabotie (c. 1900–1986), painter, silversmith
Rico Lebrun (1900–1964), painter
Fannie Nampeyo (1900–1987), potter, ceramic artist
Alice Neel (1900–1984), painter
Betty Parsons (1900–1982), painter, gallerist
Virginia True (1900–1989), painter
Jack Tworkov (1900–1982), painter
Adja Yunkers (1900–1983), painter

1901

James Richmond Barthé (1901–1989), sculptor
Francis Criss (1901–1973), painter
Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994), sculptor, printmaker
Beauford Delaney (1901–1979), painter
Walt Disney (1901–1966), cartoonist, animator, filmmaker
Thomas Brownell Eldred (1903–1993), painter, printmaker
Philip Evergood (1901–1973), painter, printmaker, sculptor
Greta Kempton (1901–1991), portrait artist
Richard Lindner (1901–1978), painter
Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901–1980), painter
Esther Rose (1901–1990), painter, calligrapher
Albert Swinden (1901–1961), painter
John Augustus Walker (1901–1967), painter
Elof Wedin (1901–1983), artist

1902

Ansel Easton Adams (1902–1984), photographer
Isabel Bishop (1902–1988), painter, printmaker
Dorr Bothwell (1902–2000), painter, printmaker
Alexander Cañedo (1902–1978), surrealism and magic realism
Roger Wilson Dennis (1902–1996), painter, art conservator
Lee Gatch (1902–1968), painter, muralist
Donal Hord (1902–1966), sculptor
Paul Kelpe (1902–1985), painter
Kenzo Okada (1902–1982), painter
I. Rice Pereira (1902–1971), painter
Pietro Pezzati (1902–1993), painter
Charles Pollock (1902–1988), painter
Isaac Soyer (1902–1981), painter

1903

Maxine Albro (1903–1966), painter, muralist, lithographer, mosaic artist, sculptor
Walter Inglis Anderson (1903–1965), painter
Joseph Cornell (1903–1972), sculptor, filmmaker
Vestie Davis (1903–1978), self-taught artist
Elwood Decker (1903–1992), painter
Stephen Etnier (1903–1984), painter
Walker Evans (1903–1975), photographer
Adolph Gottlieb (1903–1974), painter
Robert Gwathmey (1903–1988), painter
Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003), caricaturist
Leon Karp (1903–1951), painter and printmaker
Seymour Lipton (1903–1986), sculptor
Charles S. Martz (1903–1966), painter and photographer
Isamu Noguchi (1903–1988), sculptor
Mark Rothko (1903–1970), painter
Louis Schanker (1903–1981), painter
Ethel Schwabacher (1903–1984), painter
Bernarda Bryson Shahn (1903–2004), painter, lithographer
Karl Zerbe (1903–1972), painter

1904

Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), photographer
Hans Burkhardt (1904–1994), painter
Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), painter, printmaker
Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904–2000), painter
Arshile Gorky (1904–1948), painter
Chaim Gross (1904–1991), sculptor
Murray Hantman (1904–1999), painter and muralist
Peter Hurd (1904–1984), painter
Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), painter
Fletcher Martin (1904–1979), painter
Nan Phelps (1904–1990), painter
Jose de Rivera (1904–1985), sculptor
Clyfford Still (1904–1980), painter

1905

Leonard Bahr (1905–1990), painter, muralist, illustrator
Grace Clements (1905–1969), muralist, mosaicist, art critic
Perle Fine (1905–1988), painter
Jared French (1905–1988), painter
Forrest Hibbits (1905–1996), watercolor painter, illustrator
Winnifred Hudson (1905–1996), abstract painter
Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), painter
Martin W. Kellogg (1905–1989), portrait painter
Doris Lee (1905–1983), painter
Paul Meltsner (1905–1966), painter
Barnett Newman (1905–1970), painter
Sanford Plummer (1905–1974), watercolor painter
James Amos Porter (1905–1970), painter, art historian
Anton Refregier (1905–1979), painter
Kurt Roesch (1905–1984), painter
Ray Strong (1905–2006), painter

1906

Harry Anderson (1906–1996), painter and illustrator
Peter Blume (1906–1992), painter
James Brooks (1906–1992), painter and muralist
Ralston Crawford (1906–1978), painter, lithographer, and photographer
Burgoyne Diller (1906–1965), painter
Herbert Ferber (1906–1991), sculptor
Philip Johnson (1906–2005), architect, art collector
Dorothy Morang (1906–1994), painter and pastelist
David Smith (1906–1965), sculptor
Leon Polk Smith (1906–1996), painter

1907

Charles Alston (1907–1977), painter
Acee Blue Eagle (1907–1959), painter, muralist
Ilya Bolotowsky (1907–1981), painter, printmaker
Marie Z. Chino (1907–1982), potter, ceramic artist
Constance Edith Fowler (1907–1996), painter, printmaker
Jon Gnagy (1907–1981), painter, illustrator, television art instructor
Jacob Kainen (1909–2001), painter
Albert Kotin (1907–1980), painter
Tom Lea (1907–2001), muralist, illustrator, painter
Michael Loew (1907–1985), painter
Harry Mintz (1907–2002), painter
Walter Tandy Murch (1907–1967), painter
Fairfield Porter (1907–1975), painter
Gregorio Prestopino (1907–1984), painter
George Rickey (1907–2002), sculptor
Theodore Roszak (1907–1981), sculptor, painter
Millard Sheets (1907–1989), painter
Henriette Wyeth (1907–1997), painter

1908

Claire Falkenstein (1908–1997), sculptor
Sybil Gibson (1908–1995), painter
Herblock (1908–2001), political cartoonist
Lee Krasner (1908–1984), painter
Helen Lundeberg (1908–1999), painter
Nicholas Marsicano (1908–1991), painter
George McNeil (1908–1995), painter
Wilber Moore Stilwell (1908–1974), depression era artist
Roger Tory Peterson (1908–1996), graphic artist, illustrator, naturalist
Minor White (1908–1976), photographer

1909

Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), Surrealist painter
Jean Cory Beall, (1909–1978), painter and public artist
Al Capp (1909–1979), cartoonist
Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia (1909–1982), impressionist painter, sculptor, and lithographer
Enrico Donati (1909–2008), painter
Jacob Lipkin (1909–1996), sculptor
Cornelia MacIntyre Foley (1909–2010), painter
Charles Gordon (1909–1978), watercolor artist
Dorothy Stratton King (1909–2007), painter and printmaker
Norman Lewis (1909–1979), painter
Alex Raymond (1909–1956), cartoonist
Herman Rose (1909–2007), painter
Manfred Schwartz (1909–1970), painter
Fay Morgan Taylor (1909–1990), modernist artist

Born 1910–1919[]

1910

Leonard Bocour (1910–1993), paint-maker, painter
Paul Feeley (1910–1966), painter
James FitzGerald (1910–1973), sculptor, painter
Morris Graves (1910–2001), painter, printmaker
Hiroshi Honda (1910–1970), painter
Franz Kline (1910–1962), painter
Fuller Potter (1910–1990), painter
Mitchell Siporin (1910–1976), painter
Hedda Sterne (1910–2011), painter
Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), painter, surrealist

1911

Arnold Arbeit (1911–1974), architect, sculptor, painter
Will Barnet (1911–2012), painter, printmaker
Romare Bearden (1911–1988), painter, printmaker
Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), sculptor, printmaker
Eleanor Layfield Davis (1911–1985), painter, sculptor
John McCrady (1911–1968), painter
Carl Morris (1911–1993), painter, muralist
Hilda Grossman Morris (1911–1991), sculptor
David Park (1911–1960), painter
Kara Shepherd (born 1911), surrealist painter

1912

Charles Addams (1912–1988), cartoonist
William Baziotes (1912–1963), painter
William Congdon (1912–1998), painter
William Franklin Draper (1912–2003), painter
Fay Kleinman (1912–2012), painter
Ida Kohlmeyer (1912–1997), painter, sculptor
Alexander Liberman (1912–1999), painter, sculptor
Morris Louis (1912–1962), painter
Agnes Martin (1912–2004), painter
Phillip Pavia (1912–2005), sculptor
Jackson Pollock (1912–1956), painter
Raymond Francis Robbins (1912–1980), intricate realist paintings
Walter Sanford (1912–1987), artist
Tony Smith (1912–1980), sculptor
George Sugarman (1912–1999), sculptor
Carl Thorp (1912–1989), impressionist landscapes

1913

Peter Agostini (1913–1993)
Ralph Leon Bagley (1913–2008), artist and art instructor
Hyman Bloom (1913–2009), painter
Lawrence Calcagno (1913–1993), painter
Robert Capa (1913–1954), photographer
Mary Gehr (1913–1997), painter and printmaker
Philip Guston (1913–1980), painter, printmaker
Reuben Kadish (1913–1992), sculptor
James Kelly (1913–2003), painter
Ibram Lassaw (1913–2003), sculptor
Conrad Marca-Relli (1913–2000), collage artist, painter
Mercedes Matter (1913–2001), painter
Ruthe Katherine Pearlman (1913–2007), painter and art educator
Ad Reinhardt (1913–1967), painter
Bettina Steinke (1913–1999), painter and muralist

1914

Glen Alps (1914–1996), printmaker, sculptor
Ward Brackett (1914–2006), illustrator
Nassos Daphnis (1914–2010), painter
Allan Houser (1914–1994), painter, sculptor
Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), painter
Tony Rosenthal (1914–2009), sculptor
Charles Shannon (1914–1996), painter
Alton Tobey (1914–2005), painter, muralist, illustrator
Emerson Woelffer (1914–2003), painter

1915

Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), sculptor, printmaker
Claude Clark (1915–2001), painter
John Rogers Cox (1915–1990), painter
Edward Dugmore (1915–1996), painter
Friedel Dzubas (1915–1994), painter
Ruth Gikow (1915–1982), muralist
Sam Golden (1915–1997), paint-maker, painter
Bob Kane (1915–1998), cartoonist
Jack Levine (1915–2010), painter
Clayton Lewis (1915–1995), painter and sculptor
Richard Lippold (1915–2002), sculptor
Nellie Meadows (1915–2006), artist
Robert Motherwell (1915–1991), painter, printmaker
Hans Namuth (1915–1990), photographer

1916

Elmer Bischoff (1916–1991), painter
Warren Eugene Brandon (1916–1977), painter
Eyvind Earle (1916–2000), painter
Leonard Edmondson (1916–2002) painter, printmaker
Joseph Goto (1916–1994), sculptor
Karl Kasten (1916–2010), painter, printmaker
Ethel Magafan (1916–1993), painter
Montyne (1916–1989)
Alfonso Ossorio (1916–1990), painter, collagist
Eunice Parsons (born 1916), modernist collagist
Paul Penczner (1916–2010), painter
Richard Pousette-Dart (1916–1992), painter
Jon Schueler (1916–1992), painter
Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), painter
Reuben Tam (1916–1991), painter

1917

Kathleen Gemberling Adkison (1917–2010), abstract expressionist painter
Albert Alcalay (1917–2008), painter
Nicolas Carone (1917–2010), painter
Maya Deren (1917–1961), avant-garde filmmaker and theorist, photographer
Manny Farber (1917–2008), painter, film critic
Edith Frohock (1917–1997), painter and printmaker
Robert Goodnough (1917–2010), painter
Stephen Greene (1917–1999), painter
David Hare (1917–1992), sculptor and photographer
Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), painter, printmaker
Louisa Matthíasdóttir (1917–2000), painter
Malcolm H. Myers (1917–2002), painter and printmaker
Milton Resnick (1917–2004), painter
Robert Richenburg (1917–2006), painter
Syd Solomon (1917–2004), painter
Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), painter

1918

Ronald Bladen (1918–1988), sculptor
Cornell Capa (1918–2008), photographer
Keith Crown (1918–2010), abstract painter
Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), painter
Jane Frank (1918–1986), painter
Cleve Gray (1918–2004), painter
Stephen Pace (1918–2010), painter
David Foster Pratt (1918–2010), painter
Gerard Francis Tempest (1918–2009), painter and sculptor
Charles Banks Wilson (1918–2013), painter

1919

Theophilus Brown (1919–2012), painter
Fritz Bultman (1919–1985), painter, sculptor
Edward Corbett (1919–1971), painter
Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), painter
Lester Johnson (1919–2010), painter
Irving Kriesberg (1919–2009), painter
Alden Mason (1919–2013), painter
Lee Mullican (1919–1998), painter
John Wilde (1919–2006), painter, draughtsman, printmaker

Born 1920–1929[]

1920

John Coplans (1920–2003), painter, photographer
Gene Davis (1920–1985), painter, printmaker
Jimmy Ernst (1920–1984), painter
Elaine Hamilton (1920–2010), painter
Ray Harryhausen (1920–2013), stop-motion animator, sculptor
Luchita Hurtado (1920–2020), painter
Eugene Mackaben (1920–1984), painter
Roger Medearis (1920–2001), painter
Albert Nemethy (1920–1998), painter
Honoré Desmond Sharrer (1920–2009), painter
Wayne Thiebaud (born 1920), painter, printmaker
George Tooker (1920–2011), painter
Hannah Tompkins (1920–1995), painter, printmaker
Paul Wonner (1920–2008), painter

1921

Herbert Abrams (1921–2003), painter
Gertrude Bleiberg (1921–2001), painter
Norman Bluhm (1921–1999), painter
Edward Boccia (1921–2012), painter
William Brice (1921–2008), painter
Thomas Chimes (1921–2009), painter
Lillian Desow-Fishbein (1921–2004), painter
Norris Embry (1921–1981), painter
Salvatore Grippi (1921–2017), painter, printmaker
Charles Li Hidley (1921–2003), abstract expressionist
Al Jaffee (born 1921), cartoonist
Frank Lobdell (1921–2013), painter
Joe Stefanelli (1921–2017), painter
Anne Truitt (1921–2004), sculptor
Ralph Burke Tyree (1921–1979), painter
Leona Wood (1921–2008), painter

1922

Leonard Baskin (1922–2000), sculptor, printmaker
Leland Bell (1922–1991), painter
Nell Blaine (1922–1996), painter
Robert De Niro, Sr. (1922–1993), painter
Virginia Dehn (née Engleman) (1922–2005), painter and printmaker
Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993), painter, printmaker
Kahlil Gibran (1922–2008), sculptor, inventor, painter
Helen Gilbert (1922–2002), painter and kinetic sculptor
Charlotte Gilbertson (1922–2014), painter, printmaker
Leon Golub (1922–2004), painter
Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), painter
Julius Hatofsky (1922–2006), painter
John Hultberg (1922–2005), painter
Matsumi Kanemitsu (1922–1992), painter and lithographer
Albert Kresch (born 1922), painter
Harvey Littleton (1922–2013), glass artist
Stan Masters (1922–2005), painter
Jules Olitski (1922–2007), painter
Ray Parker (1922–1990), painter
Charles Cropper Parks (1922–2012), sculptor
Haywood Rivers (1922–2001), painter
Theodoros Stamos (1922–1997), painter
Richard Stankiewicz (1922–1983)
Jim Steg (1922–2001), printmaker, collage artist
H. C. Westermann (1922–1981), sculptor

1923

Diane Arbus (1923–1971), photographer
David Aronson (1923–2015), painter
Richard Artschwager (1923–2013), painter, sculptor
Robert Beauchamp (1923–1995), painter
Erlena Chisolm Bland (1923–2009), painter
John Boatright (1923–2006), painter
Ernest Briggs (1923–1984), painter
John Ery Coleman (1923–1993), painter
Jess Collins (1923–2004), painter, collage artist
Sam Francis (1923–1994), painter, printmaker
Charles Garabedian (1923–2016), painter
Paul Georges (1923–2002), painter
Shirley Jaffe (1923–2016), painter
Paul Jenkins (1923–2012), painter
Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), painter, printmaker
Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Knox Martin (born 1923), painter, sculptor, muralist
Fred Mitchell (1923–2013), painter
Ruth Mountaingrove (1923–2016), feminist photographer and poet
Larry Rivers (1923–2002), painter

1924

John Bageris (1924–2000), artist
Al Blaustein (1924–2004), painter and printmaker
George Brecht (1924–2008), Fluxus artist, composer
Gandy Brodie (1924–1975), painter
Robert Frank (1924–2019), filmmaker, photographer
Jane Freilicher (1924–2014), painter
Michael Goldberg (1924–2007), painter
Douglas Huebler (1924–1997), conceptual artist
James Jarvaise (1924–2015), painter
Chris Karras (1924–2014), painter
LaVerne Krause (1924–1987), printmaker, painter
John Levee (1924–2017), painter
Kenneth Noland (1924–2010), painter
Philip Pearlstein (born 1924), painter, printmaker
Beverly Pepper (1924–2020), sculptor, painter
George Segal (1924–2000), sculptor
Kendall Shaw (1924–2019), painter
Peter Voulkos (1924–2002), ceramic artist
Charles Waterhouse (1924–2013), painter, illustrator and sculptor
Jane Wilson (1924–2015)

1925

John Altoon (1925–1969), painter
Karl Benjamin (1925–2012), painter
Robert Colescott (1925–2009), painter
Nita Engle (1925–2019), watercolor painter
Len Gridley Everett (1925–1984), painter
Joseph Glasco (1925–1996), painter
Duane Hanson (1925–1996), sculptor
Lila Katzen (1925–1998) sculptor
Joan Mitchell (1925–1992), painter, printmaker
Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), all media
Emmett Williams (1925–2007), collage artist, concrete poet

1926

Stephen Antonakos (1926–2013), sculptor, light artist
Hannelore Baron (1926–1987), collage artist
Wallace Berman (1926–1976), assemblage artist
Stanley Boxer (1926–2000), painter
Edward Clark (1926–2019), painter
Rosalyn Drexler (born 1926), painter
Sonia Gechtoff (1926–2018), painter
Everett Raymond Kinstler (1926–2019), painter
Ellen Lanyon (1926–2013), painter
Ed Moses (1926–2018), painter
Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985), potter, ceramic artist
George Earl Ortman (1926–2015), painter
Roland Petersen (born 1926), painter
Betye Saar (born 1926), assemblage artist
Charles Seliger (1926–2009), painter
Nancy Spero (1926–2009), painter, printmaker, collage artist
Don Stivers (1926–2009), painter
Beth Van Hoesen (1926–2010), printmaker
Jack Youngerman (1926–2020), painter

1927

James Bishop (1927–2021), painter
Jack Boul (born 1927), painter, sculptor and printmaker
Lilian Thomas Burwell (born 1927), painter and sculptor
Richard Callner (1927–2007), painter
John Chamberlain (1927–2011), sculptor
Tony DeLap (1927–2019), sculptor
Peter Forakis (1927–2009), sculptor
Al Hansen (1927–1995), performance artist, collage artist, Fluxus artist
Ray Johnson (1927–1995), collage artist, mail artist
Wolf Kahn (1927–2020), painter
Allan Kaprow (1927–2006), painter, assemblagist, performance artist
Alex Katz (born 1927), painter, printmaker
Edward Kienholz (1927–1994), installation artist, sculptor
Alfred Leslie (born 1927), painter
John Mason (1927–2019), ceramic artist
Eleanore Mikus (1927–2017), painter
Jack Roth (1927–2004), painter
William Scharf (1927–2018), painter
Lillian Schwartz (born 1927), Digital artist
Kenneth Snelson (1927–2016), sculptor
Anne Tabachnick (1927–1995), painter
John Paul Thomas (1927–2001), painter
Ernest Trova (1927–2009), sculptor

1928

Pat Adams (born 1928), painter
Arman (1928–2005), painter, sculptor, experimental artist
Alice Baber (1928–1982), painter
Yoong Bae (1928–1992), painter and sculptor
Allyn Bromley (born 1928), printmaker
Rolando López Dirube (1928–1997), artist
Thomas Downing (1928–1985), painter
Ken Ferguson (1928–2005), ceramist
Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), painter, printmaker
Ralph Goings (1928–2016), painter
Wally Hedrick (1928–2003), painter, collage artist
Al Held (1928–2005), painter, printmaker
Robert Indiana (1928–2018), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Robert Irwin (born 1928), installation artist
Donald Judd (1928–1994), sculptor
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007), conceptual artist, installation artist, sculptor, printmaker
Brian O'Doherty, aka Patrick Ireland (born 1928), sculptor, painter, installation artist, conceptual artist
Nathan Oliveira (1928–2010), painter, printmaker
Pat Passlof (1928–2011), painter
Wendell Thompson Perkins (1928–1997), painter
Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva (born 1928), potter, ceramic artist
Paul Resika (born 1928), painter
Betty Sabo (1928–2016), landscape painter and sculptor
David Simpson (born 1928), painter
Julian Stanczak (1928–2017), painter
Anthony Triano (1928–1997), painter, sculptor, and illustrator
Cy Twombly (1928–2011), painter, sculptor
Andy Warhol (1928–1987), painter, filmmaker, printmaker
John Wesley (born 1928), painter

1929

Ida Applebroog (born 1929), painter
Jo Baer (born 1929), painter
John Button (1929–1982), painter
Robert d’Arista (1929–1987), painter
Jay DeFeo (1929–1989), painter, visual artist
Jules Feiffer (born 1929), cartoonist
Jackie Ferrara (born 1929), sculptor
Vassilios Giavis (born 1929), historical illustrator
Howard Kanovitz (1929–2009), painter
Lyman Kipp (1929–2014), sculptor
Nicholas Krushenick (1929–1999), painter
Gabriel Laderman (1929–2011), painter
Clement Meadmore (1929–2005), sculptor
Claes Oldenburg (born 1929), sculptor
Charles O. Perry (1929–2011), sculptor
Raquel Rabinovich (born 1929), painter, sculptor
Neil Welliver (1929–2005), painter

Born 1930–1939[]

1930

Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930–2020), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Robert Arneson (1930–1992), sculptor, ceramist
William H. Bailey (1930–2020), painter
James E. Brewton (1930–1967), painter, printmaker
Harold Bruder (born 1930), realist painter
Annette Corcoran (born 1930), graphic artist and ceramist
Allan D'Arcangelo (1930–1998), painter, graphic artist, printmaker
Marisol Escobar (1930–2016), sculptor, printmaker
Helen Frank (born 1930), painter, printmaker
Judith Godwin (1930–2021), painter
Ron Gorchov (1930–2020), painter
Jasper Johns (born 1930), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Ken Kerslake (1930–2006), printmaker, painter
Howard Kottler (1930–1989), ceramist, sculpture
Lee Lozano (1930–1999), painter
Robert Natkin (1930–2010), painter
Manuel Neri (born 1930), sculptor, painter
Walter Pashko (1930–2006), surrealism
Deborah Remington (1930–2010), painter, printmaker
Faith Ringgold (born 1930), painter and fabric artist
Robert Ryman (1930–2019), painter
Anita Steckel (1930–2012), graphic artist
Susan Weil (born 1930), painter
Gahan Wilson (1930–2019), cartoonist

1931

Helene Aylon, (1931–2020), painter
John Baldessari (1931–2020), conceptual artist, printmaker
John Balossi (1931–2007), painter and sculptor
John Nelson Battenberg (1931–2012)
Jack Beal (1931–2013), painter
Lee Bontecou (born 1931), sculptor, printmaker
Stan Dann (1931–2013), wood sculptor
Audrey Flack (born 1931), painter
Rolland Golden (1931–2019), abstract realist painter
R.C. Gorman (1931–2005), painter
Raymond Han (1931–2017), painter
Fred Holle (born 1931), artist and educator
Budd Hopkins (1931–2011), painter
Howard Mehring (1931–1978), painter
Malcolm Morley (1931–2019), painter, printmaker
Robert Morris (1931–2019), sculptor, conceptual artist
Marjorie Strider (1931–2014), sculptor
Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004), painter, collage artist

1932

Alan Bean (1932–2018), former American astronaut, painter
Robert Bechtle (1932–2020), painter
Emilie Benes Brzezinski (born 1932), sculptor
James Lee Byars (1932–1997), installation artist, sculptor, performance artist
Richard Estes (born 1932), painter, printmaker
Ron Ferri (1932–2019), digital artist
Charles Hinman (born 1932), painter
Morris Katz (1932–2010), painter
Craig Kauffman (1932–2010), painter, sculptor
Emily Mason (1932–2019), painter
Nora Chapa Mendoza (born 1932), abstract painter
Nam June Paik (1932–2006), Fluxus, installation artist
Dorothea Rockburne (born 1932), painter
Harry Tsuchidana (born 1932), abstract painter

1933

William Anastasi (born 1933), painter
George Bogart (1933–2005), painter
Kenneth Wayne Bushnell (born 1933), visual artist
Albert Contreras (1933–2017), painter
Chryssa (1933–2013), sculptor
Guy Coheleach (born 1933), painter
Bruce Conner (1933–2008), filmmaker, assemblage artist, sculptor, painter, collagist, graphic artist and photographer
Mary Beth Edelson (1933-2021), artist
Dale Eldred (1933–1993), sculptor
Dan Flavin (1933–1996), sculptor
Sam Gilliam (born 1933), painter, printmaker
Carol Haerer (1933–2002), painter
Phillip Hefferton (1933–2008)
John Stuart Ingle (1933–2010), watercolorist
Alison Knowles (born 1933), Fluxus performance artist, sound artist, papermaker, printmaker
Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991), Fluxus, performance artist
Ree Morton (1933–1977), painter, sculptor
Yoko Ono (born 1933), installation artist, sculptor, filmmaker
Joseph Raffael (1933–2021), painter
James Rosenquist (1933–2017), painter and muralist, printmaker
Joe Shannon (born 1933), painter
Stephen De Staebler (1933–2011), sculptor
Michelle Stuart (born 1933), painter, sculptor, photographer
Mark di Suvero (born 1933), sculptor
Paul Thek (1933–1988), installation, painting, sculpture

1934

Don Bachardy (born 1934), portrait artist
Colette Bangert (born 1934), new media artist
Walter Darby Bannard (1934–2016), painter
Bill Barrett (born 1934), sculptor, painter
Billy Al Bengston (born 1934), painter, sculptor
Helen Bershad (born 1934), abstract expressionist painter
Llyn Foulkes (born 1934), painter
James Gill (born 1934), painter
Anita Huffington (born 1934), sculptor
Yvonne Jacquette (born 1934), painter, printmaker
Joni T. Johnson (1934–1988), painter
John McCracken (1934–2011), sculptor
Jay Milder (born 1934), painter
Forrest Moses (born 1934), abstract landscape painter
Irving Petlin (1934–2018), painter
Gloria Plevin (born 1934), painter
Yvonne Rainer (born 1934), performance artist, choreographer, dancer
Peter Saul (born 1934), painter
Selina Trieff (1934–2015), abstract artist
Harold Joe Waldrum (1934–2003), painter, photographer
Neil Williams (1934–1988), painter

1935

Carl Andre (born 1935), minimalist sculptor
Eleanor Antin (born 1935), performance artist, filmmaker, installation artist
Christo (1935–2020), environmental installation artist
Walter De Maria (1935–2013), sculptor
Jim Dine (born 1935), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Simmie Knox (born 1935), portrait artist
Al Loving (1935–2005), painter
Ben Fortunado Marcune (born 1935), figurative and representational sculptor and painter
Chuck Oberstein (1935–2002), clown paintings
Kenneth Price (1935–2012), ceramist
Joseph Rael (born 1935), artist and writer
Mel Ramos (1935–2018), painter
Hib Sabin (born 1935), sculptor
Stanley Tomshinsky (1935–2004), artist
Carol Wald (1935–2000), artist and illustrator

1936

Edward Avedisian (1936–2007), painter
Hollis Frampton (1936–1984), experimental filmmaker, photographer, theorist
Gregory Gillespie (1936–2000), painter
Hans Haacke (born 1936), conceptual artist
Richard Haas (born 1936), muralist
Eva Hesse (1936–1970), sculptor
Tom Holland (born 1936), painter, mixed media
Dennis Hopper (1936–2010), actor, photographer, painter, other media
Joan Jonas (born 1936), video, performance artist, other media
Evan Lindquist (born 1936), printmaker
Doug Ohlson (1936–2010), painter
Richard Pionk (1936–2007), pastellist, painter
Lucas Samaras (born 1936), photographer, sculptor, printmaker
Frank Stella (born 1936), painter, printmaker
DeWain Valentine (born 1936), sculptor
Leo Valledor (1936–1989), painter
Carlos Villa (1936–2013), painter
Thornton Willis (born 1936), painter

1937

Peter Campus (born 1937), video artist, photographer
Reginald Case (1937–2009), painter, collagist, sculptor
Ronald Davis (born 1937), painter
Eugene Gregan (born 1937), painter
Red Grooms (born 1937), multimedia artist, printmaker
Carolyn Heller (1937–2011), painter and decorative artist
LeRoy Johnson (born 1937) painter, sculptor, collagist
Robert Mangold (born 1937), painter, printmaker
Peter Max (born 1937), printmaker, graphic designer
Larry Poons (born 1937), painter
Harvey Quaytman (1937–2002), painter
Charles Ross (born 1937), sculptor
Edward Ruscha (born 1937), painter, printmaker, photographer, conceptual artist
Fritz Scholder (1937–2005), painter, printmaker, graphic artist
Bob Thompson (1937–1966), painter
William T. Wiley (1937–2021), painter, printmaker
Marlene Tseng Yu (born 1937), abstract expressionist
Richard Van Buren, (born 1937), sculptor
Larry Zox (1937–2006), painter

1938

Fran Bull (born 1938), painter, printmaker, sculptor, installation artist
Joan Brown (1938–1990), painter
Vija Celmins (born 1938), painter, graphic artist, printmaker
Janet Fish (born 1938), painter
Robert Graham (1938–2008), sculptor
Dick Higgins (1938–1998), Fluxus artist, composer, writer
(born 1938), realist
Nancy Holt (1938–2014), sculptor, installation and earth artist
Robert H. Hudson (born 1938), sculptor
Stephanie Oursler (born 1938), visual artist and political activist
Brice Marden (born 1938), painter, printmaker
Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005), collagist, painter, graphic artist
Clark Murray (born 1938), sculptor, painter
Stephen Howard Naegle (born 1938), watercolor artist
Jim Nutt (born 1938), painter
Dennis Oppenheim (1938–2011), sculptor, installation and earth artist
Robert Perless (born 1938), kinetic artist
Ben Sakoguchi (born 1938)
Richard Serra (born 1938), sculptor, printmaker
Robert Smithson (1938–1973), sculptor, installation and earth artist
Dieterich Spahn (born 1938), painter, stained glass designer

1939

Peter Alexander (1939–2020), sculptor
Larry Bell (born 1939), sculptor
Jake Berthot (1939–2014), painter
Scott Burton (1939–1989), sculptor
Rosemarie Castoro (1939–2015), painter, sculptor
Judy Chicago (born 1939), installation artist, sculptor
William Eggleston (born 1939), photographer
Louise Fishman (1939–2021), painter
Edward J. Fraughton (born 1939), sculptor, inventor
Nancy Graves (1939–1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker
Margia Kramer (born 1939), interdisciplinary mixed-media artist
Robert Lostutter (born 1939), painter
Ed Paschke (1939–2004), painter, printmaker
Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), performance artist
Paul Shapiro (born 1939), Abstract Expressionist and landscape painter
Diane Tuckman (born 1939), silk painter
Igor Tulipanov (born 1939), painter
Mierle Laderman Ukeles (born 1939), feminist artist, installation artist
Jack Whitten (1939–2018), painter

Born 1940–1949[]

1940

Vito Acconci (1940–2017), conceptual artist, installation artist, performance artist, filmmaker
Mel Bochner (born 1940), conceptual artist
James Bohary (born 1940)
Gary Bower (born 1940), painter
Chuck Close (born 1940), painter, printmaker
John Connell (1940–2009), painter, sculptor, printmaker
Mimi Gross (born 1940), painter
Paul Havas (1940–2012), landscape painter
Harvey Konigsberg (born 1940), artist
Paul Laffoley (1940–2015), artist
Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007), painter, printmaker
Gladys Nilsson (born 1940), painter
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (born 1940), painter, printmaker
Barbara Rossi (born 1940), painter
Ernest Ruckle (born 1940, died 2018), visual artist
Steven L. Sles (born 1940), artist
Joan Snyder (born 1940), painter
Pat Steir (born 1940), painter
Mym Tuma (born 1940), painter, mixed media
Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), all media
Peter Young (born 1940), painter

1941

Jennifer Bartlett (born 1941), painter
Lynda Benglis (born 1941), sculptor
Tony Berlant (born 1941), mixed-media artist
Karen Breschi (born 1941), ceramic artist
Dale Chihuly (born 1941), glass sculptor
John De Andrea (born 1941), sculptor
Peter Erskine (born 1941), light sculptor
André Harvey (1941–2018), sculptor
Renne Hughes (1941–1991), painter and photographer
Mary Kelly (born 1941), conceptual artist
William Leavitt (born 1941), conceptual artist, painter, installation artist
Pat Lipsky (born 1941), painter
Judith Lodge (born 1941), painter and photographer
Forrest Myers (born 1941), sculptor
Bruce Nauman (born 1941), installation artist, video artist, printmaker
Martin Puryear (born 1941), sculptor, printmaker
Anita Rodriguez (born 1941), artist incorporating ingenious ceremonialism and mysticism
John Seery (born 1941), painter
Keith Sonnier (1941–2020), sculptor
Richard Tuttle (born 1941), sculptor, painter, installation artist
Jackie Winsor (born 1941), sculptor
Joe Zucker (born 1941), mixed-media artist

1942

Judith Bernstein (born 1942), feminist artist
Jonathan Borofsky (born 1942), painter, sculptor, installation artist
Jerry Dolyn Brown (1942–2016), folk artist, potter
Rhea Carmi (born 1942), abstract expressionist and mixed-media artist
Dan Christensen (1942–2007), painter
Susan Crile (born 1942), painter
Porfirio DiDonna (1942–1986), painter
Lucien Dulfan (born 1942), conceptual artist
Dan Graham (born 1942), conceptual artist, performance artist
Jann Haworth (born 1942), sculptor
Michael Kabotie (1942–2009), painter, silversmith
Harry McCormick (born 1942) interior spaces painter
Bob Ross (1942–1995), painter, television artist
David True (born 1942), painter
Lawrence Weiner (born 1942), conceptual artist
William T. Williams (born 1942), painter

1943

Michael Asher (1943–2012), conceptual artist, installation artist
Sandra Bowden (born 1943), painter
Robert Butler (1943–2014), painter
Pauline Campanelli (1943–2001), painter, writer
Cora Cohen (born 1943), painter
Ron Cooper (born 1943), artist
Robert Crumb (born 1943), cartoonist
David Diao (born 1943), painter
William S. Dutterer (1943–2007), painter
Simon Gaon (born 1943), painter
David Hammons (born 1943), installation artist, sculptor
Helen Hardin (1943–1984), painter
Steven Kemenyffy (born 1943), ceramic artist
Stephen Kline (born 1943), painter, photographer, pen and ink
Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), situationist, site-specific artist, performance artist
David R. Prentice (born 1943), painter
Martha Rosler (born 1943), video, photo-text, installation, performance art
Suze Rotolo (1943–2011), book artist
Susan Louise Shatter (1943–2011), landscape painter
Betty Spindler (born 1943), ceramist
James Surls (born 1943), sculptor and visual artist
James Turrell (born 1943), installation artist
William Wegman (born 1943), video artist, photographer, painter
Jerry Wilkerson (1943–2007), painter
Christopher Wilmarth (1943–1987), sculptor

1944

Lewis Bryden (born 1944), naturalistic landscapes
Louis Delsarte (1944–2020), painter
Don Eddy (born 1944), painter
Jan Harrison (born 1944), painter and sculptor
Michael Heizer (born 1944), sculptor, earth artist
Sanit Khewhok (born 1944), painter and sculptor
Allan McCollum (born 1944), conceptual artist, sculptor, all media
Richard Mock (1944–2006), painter
Thomas Nozkowski(1944–2019), painter
Susan Mohl Powers (born 1944), sculptor, painter
Fred H. Roster (1944–2017), sculptor
Allen Ruppersberg (born 1944), conceptual artist, installation artist
Alan Saret (born 1944), sculptor

1945

Michele Oka Doner (born 1945), sculptor, public artist, printmaker, video artist
Donray (born 1945), painter
Sheila Elias (born 1945)
Carole Feuerman (born 1945), sculptor
Charles Fincher (born 1945), cartoonist
Helen C. Frederick (born 1945), printmaker
Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), conceptual artist, filmmaker, painter
Glenda Green (born 1945), painter
Benjamin Harjo, Jr. (born 1945), painter, printmaker
Neil Jenney (born 1945), painter
Charles Hollis Jones (born 1945), furniture designer
Joseph Kosuth (born 1945), conceptual artist
Barbara Kruger (born 1945), photographer, graphic artist, sculptor
Suzanne Lacy (born 1945), installations, video, performance artist
Robert Lawrance Lobe (born 1945), sculptor
Paul McCarthy (born 1945), sculptor, installation artist, video artist
Robert W. Olszewski (born 1945), painter and miniatures artist
Louise Parks (born 1945), painter
Peter Reginato (born 1945), sculptor
Judy Rifka (born 1945), painter, video artist
Susan Rothenberg (1945–2020), painter, printmaker
Sean Scully (born 1945), painter, printmaker
Carol Sutton (born 1945), painter
Audrey Ushenko (born 1945), realist figurative painter
Daisy Youngblood (born 1945), ceramic artist, sculptor

1946

Charles Arnoldi (born 1946), painter
Dennis Ashbaugh (born 1946), painter
Alice Aycock (born 1946), sculptor
Frances Bagley (born 1946), American sculptor
Jean Bales (1946–2004), painter and printmaker
Betty Beaumont (born 1946), site-specific artist, all media
EC Bell (born 1946), painter
Chris Burden (1946–2015), performance artist, sculptor
T.C. Cannon (1946–1978), painter
Dennis H. Farber (1946–2017), painter and photographer
Don Gummer (born 1946), sculptor
David Eugene Henry (born 1946), painter, sculptor
Nabil Kanso (born 1946), painter
Lev Kublanov (born 1946), graphic artist
Fran Lew (born 1946), painter
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), photographer
Anthony McCall (born 1946), installation artist, projected film
Ann McCoy (born 1946), sculpture, drawing
Anne Neely (born 1946), painter
Lonnie Ortega (born 1946), aviation artist
David Reed (born 1946), painter
Ann Leda Shapiro (born 1946), painter.
Marsha Steinberg (born 1946), drawing, etchings, and paintings
Jamie Wyeth (born 1946), painter
Bhakti Ziek (born 1946), textiles

1947

Laurie Anderson (born 1947), experimental performance artist, musician
Allen 'Big Al' Carter (1947–2008), painter, printmaker, photographer, sculptor
Sarah Charlesworth (1947–2013), conceptual artist, photographer
Daniel Kelly (born 1947), painter, printmaker
Ronnie Landfield (born 1947), painter
Louise Lawler (born 1947), photographer
Sherrie Levine (born 1947), conceptual artist
Richard Minsky (born 1947), bookbinder and cover artist
Stephen Mueller (1947–2011), painter
Eduardo Oropeza (1947–2003)
Linda Ridgway (born 1947), sculptor
Christine Rosamond (1947–1994), painter
James Schoppert (1947–1992), Alaskan Native artist
Larry Stanton (1947–1984) painter
Bill Stoneham (born 1947), feature film (creature shop), surrealist, illustrator

1948

Cornelia Breitenbach (1948–1984), textile artist
Ronnie Cutrone (1948–2013), painter
Eric Fischl (born 1948), painter, printmaker
David Geiser (born 1948), painter
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt (born 1948), installation, collage
Jonathan Lasker (born 1948), painter
Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), performance artist
Meridel Rubenstein (born 1948), photographer and installation artist
Joseph Sanchez (born 1948), painter and museum curator
Judith Shea (born 1948), sculptor
Hollis Sigler (1948–2001), painter, printmaker
Lizbeth Stewart (1948–2013), ceramist
Altoon Sultan (born 1948), painter
J. Craig Thorpe (born 1948), landscape artist
J. Chris Wilson (born 1948), artist
Brian Wood (born 1948), film maker, multiple media, painter, photographer

1949

Ross Bleckner (born 1949), painter
Deborah Butterfield (born 1949), sculptor
Stephen Hickman (1949–2021), illustrator, sculptor
Geoffrey Laurence (born 1949), painter
Dellamarie Parrilli (born 1949), abstract expressionist, action painter, jewelry designer
Richard Prince (born 1949), painter, photographer, sculptor
Archie Rand (born 1949), painter, muralist
Barbara Schwartz (1949–2006), painter, sculptor
Laurie Simmons (born 1949), photographer
Josh Simpson (born 1949), glass artist
Mark Tansey (born 1949), painter
Andrea Way (born 1949), painter, sculptor
Jean Wells (born 1949), mosaic sculptor

Born 1950–1959[]

1950

Lesley Dill (born 1950), all media
Lin Evola (born 1950)
Margery E. Goldberg (born 1950), painter, sculptor
Jenny Holzer (born 1950), conceptual artist
Marilyn Kirsch (born 1950), painter
Jack Reilly (born 1950), painter
James Rizzi (1950–2011), painter
Mary Michael Shelley (born 1950), carver, painter
Ira Sherman (born 1950), sculptor
Glennray Tutor (born 1950), painter

1951

Douglas Bourgeois (born 1951), sculptor and figurative painter
Louisa Chase (1951–2016), painter
Philip-Lorca diCorcia (born 1951), photographer
Mary Heebner (born 1951), painter
Gary Hill (born 1951), video installation artist
Lee H. Letts (born 1951), bronze sculptor, goldsmith, and painter
Melissa Miller (born 1951), painter
Matt Mullican (born 1951), video, painting, electronic media, and installation
Joseph Nechvatal (born 1951), digital painter
Nic Nicosia (born 1951), American art photographer
James Dean Pruner (1951–1987/1988), painter, printmaker, sculptor
Julian Schnabel (born 1951), painter, filmmaker
Peter Shelton (born 1951), American sculptor
Michael Smith (born 1951), performance, video, and installation artist
Lynne Woods Turner (born 1951), abstract painter
Bill Viola (born 1951), video artist
Russ Warren (born 1951), figurative painter
William Wolk (born 1951), realist painter

1952

Chris Campbell (born 1952), painter
David Em (born 1952), digital art
Sonya Fe (born 1952), painter
Ken Feingold (born 1952), installation artist, all media
Sam Havadtoy (born 1952), painter, interior designer
Nicholas Hondrogen (1952–2007), painter
Cynthia Knott (born 1952), seascapes
Deborah Nehmad (born 1952), printmaker and mixed-media artist
John Newman (born 1952), sculptor
Tom Otterness (born 1952), sculptor
Lari Pittman (born 1952), painter
John Pomara (born 1952), abstract artist
Clifford Ross (born 1952), painter, photographer, video
David Salle (born 1952), painter
Linda St. Clair (born 1952), wildlife painter

1953

Larry Dell Alexander (born 1953), painter
Debra Bermingham (born 1953), interior scenes and still lifes
Rebecca Bluestone (born 1953), tapestry weaver
Sean K. L. Browne (born 1953), sculptor
James Casebere (born 1953), photographer
Gordon Chandler (born 1953), sculptor
Jeff Chapman-Crane (born 1953), painter
Sean Earley (born 1953), oil painter, commercial illustrator
April Gornik (born 1953), painter
Alex Grey (born 1953), artist
Michael Hafftka (born 1953), painter
Peter Halley (born 1953), painter
Malcolm T. Liepke (born 1953), painter
Robert Longo (born 1953), sculptor, graphic artist
Csaba Markus (born 1953), painter, sculptor, graphic artist
Sergio Rossetti Morosini (born 1953), painter, sculptor
Stephen Namara (born 1953), figurative artist
Tom Nussbaum (born 1953), painter, sculptor, graphic artist
Charles Ray (born 1953), sculptor
Geoffrey Raymond (born 1953), painter, executive portraits
Alexander Tsiaras (born 1953), artist and photojournalist
Carol Wax (born 1953), printmaker
Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), photographer
Stephen Westfall (born 1953), painter, art critic

1954

Mary Endico (born 1954), painter, watercolorist
Robert Gober (born 1954), sculptor
Joseph Havel (born 1954), sculptor
Mike Kelley (1954–2012), all media
Stephen Little (born 1954), painter and scholar
Donna Meistrich (born 1954), wax carver, model maker, painter, sculptor, jewelry designer, animator
Francis X. Pavy (born 1954), painter and sculptor
Cindy Sherman (born 1954), photographer
Michael Sherrill (born 1954), ceramist, sculptor
Kiki Smith (born 1954), sculptor, printmaker, all media
Randy Souders (born 1954), painter
Fred Wilson (born 1954), conceptual artist, printmaker
David Wojnarowicz (1954–1992), painter, photographer

1955

Katherine Bowling (born 1955), layered landscapes
Charles Fazzino (born 1955), silkscreen serigraph pop artist
F. Scott Hess (born 1955), painter and conceptual artist
Roni Horn (born 1955), sculptor, photographer
Terrell James (born 1955), painter, sculptor
Karen Kilimnik (born 1955), painter, installation artist
Jeff Koons (born 1955), sculptor
Christian Marclay (born 1955), visual artist, composer
Robert Lyn Nelson (born 1955), marine painter
Philip Taaffe (born 1955), painter, printmaker
David Tineo (born 1955), cultural and identity issues artist
Michael Toombs (born 1955), painter and arts educator
Jeffrey Vallance (born 1955), conceptual artist
Karen Wheeler (born 1955), painter
Richard Wyatt, Jr. (born 1955), painter, muralist

1956

Mark Beard (born 1956), painter, sculptor, set designer
Mark Bloch (born 1956), interdisciplinary artist
F. Lennox Campello (born 1956), visual and multimedia artist
Kaloust Guedel (born 1956), painter, sculptor
Julian Hatton (born 1956), painter
Soraida Martinez (born 1956), painter
Alison Saar (born 1956), sculptor, installation artist
Fred Tomaselli (born 1956), painter

1957

Julie Ault (born 1957), collaborative artist, curator
Sarah Brayer (born 1957), painter, paper artist, printmaker
Fred Cray (born 1957), photographer
Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957–1996), sculptor, installation artist, interdisciplinary
Jim Hodges (1957), sculptor
Clay Huffman (1957–2001), painter
Tony Oursler (born 1957), video, performance and installation artist
Adam Shaw (born 1957), painter
James Siena (born 1957), painter

1958

Ben Aronson (born 1958), painter
Wayne Barlowe (born 1958), science fiction and fantasy painter
(born 1958), collage artist
John Dubrow (born 1958), painter
Lori K. Gordon (born 1958), multi-media artists
Keith Haring (1958–1990), graphic artist, muralist, sculptor, printmaker
Tracy Harris (born 1958), painter
Wendy W. Jacob (born 1958), sculptor
Thomas Kinkade (1958–2012), painter
Christie Repasy (born 1958), floral painter
James Romberger (born 1958), pastels, comics
Moses Ros (born 1958), architect, sculptor, painter, printmaker and muralist
Kenny Scharf (born 1958), painter
Renee Stout (born 1958), assemblagist
Ray Turner (born 1958), painter, portraits, landscapes
Jeff Wassmann (born 1958), assemblage
Francesca Woodman (1958–1981), photographer

1959

Ashley Bickerton (born 1959), painter, sculptor
Laura Bruce (born 1959), artist
Anne Chu (1959–2016), sculptor
Donny Johnson (born c. 1959), painter, unconventional technique
Maya Lin (born 1959), installation artist
Raymond Persinger (born 1959), sculptor, public artist
Jerry Weiss (born 1959), painter

Born 1960–1969[]

1960

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), painter
Bob Eggleton (born 1960), science fiction, fantasy, and horror artist.
Laura Ann Jacobs (born 1960), sculptor and mixed media artist.
MaPo Kinnord (born 1960), ceramic artist, sculptor, and educator.
Glenn Ligon (born 1960), conceptual artist, all media
Sono Osato (born 1960), artist
Jack Pierson (born 1960), sculptor, photographer, other media
Lorna Simpson (born 1960), photographer
Tim Tate (born 1960) multimedia sculptor, video artist

1961

Sam Durant (born 1961), variety of media
Nestor Hernández (1961–2006), photographer
Zoe Leonard (born 1961), photographer and visual artist
Catherine Opie (born 1961), photographer
Geoffrey C. Smith (born 1961), sculptor
Rirkrit Tiravanija (born 1961), conceptual artist, installation artist
Israel Tsvaygenbaum (born 1961), painter

1962

Daniel Adel (born 1962), painter and illustrator
Gregory Crewdson (born 1962), photographer
John Currin (born 1962), painter
Misha Lenn (born 1962), watercolor painter
Monica Aissa Martinez (born 1962), painter
Renee McGinnis (born 1962), painter
Rebecca Jo Morales (born 1962), painter
Laura Myntti (born 1962), painter
Lisa Yuskavage (born 1962), painter

1963

Gretchen Baer (born 1963), painter and performance artist
Rina Banerjee (born 1963), painter
Kathy Butterly (born 1963), sculptor
Jon Coffelt (born 1963), painter, sculptor, book arts, curator
Chris Lattanzio (born 1963), artist
Paul Henry Ramirez (born 1963), painter
Spar Street (born 1963), painter and sculptor

1964

Janine Antoni (born 1964), sculptor, installation artist
Thomas Arvid (born 1964), oil painter
Margarete Bagshaw (1964–2015), painter, clay artist
Meghan Boody (born 1964), surrealist artist
Rachel Lachowicz (born 1964), painter
Ray Navarro (1964–1990), artist, filmmaker, and HIV/AIDS activist
Jason Teraoka (born 1964), painter
Erwin Timmers (born 1964), environmental sculptor

1965

Andrea Fraser (born 1965), performance artist
Tom Friedman (born 1965), sculptor
Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), painter, mixed media artist
Elizabeth Peyton (born 1965), painter
Jason Rhoades (1965–2006), installation artist
Paul Rusconi (born 1965), painter, mixed media artist
Brian Rutenberg (born 1965), abstract painter
Andrea Zittel (born 1965), sculptor, installation artist

1966

Margaret Boozer (born 1966), ceramist
Bela Borsodi, (born 1966), photographer
Charlie Bynar, (born 1966), watercolorist
Susanne Crane (born 1966), Minnesota artist
Rachel Harrison (born 1966), sculptor, photographer
Annette P. Jimerson (born 1966), painter
Josiah McElheny (born 1966), sculptor, glass artist
(born 1966), sculptor, photographer, painter, musician
Ivan Morley (born 1966), painter
Ranu Mukherjee (born 1966), multimedia artist
Roxy Paine (born 1966), sculptor, kinetic art
Jonathan Podwil (born 1966), painter

1967

Matthew Barney (born 1967), multimedia artist, sculptor, filmmaker
Geoffrey Chadsey (born 1967), painter and draftsman
Harrell Fletcher (born 1967), socially engaged interdisciplinary projects
Davyd Whaley (1967–2014), painter

1968

Doug Aitken (born 1968), multimedia artist
Dave Halili (born 1968), painter, illustrator, and designer of album covers, posters, and graphic merchandise
Amanda Matthews (born 1968), sculptor, painter, public art designer
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (born 1968), documentary photographer
Andrew Cornell Robinson (born 1968), sculptor, ceramist, painter, printmaker

1969

Inka Essenhigh (born 1969), painter
Matt Kish (born 1969), artist, illustrator, book cover illustrator
Kara Walker (born 1969), collage artist, painter, printmaker, installation artist

Born 1970–1979[]

1970

Bob Coronato (born 1970), painter and printmaker
Clandestine Culture (born 1970), painter, multidisciplinary artist
Shepard Fairey (born 1970), painter, printmaker, illustrator and muralist
Susie Frazier (born 1970), mixed media
Ron Laboray (born 1970), conceptual art and painting
John Newsom (born 1970), painter

1971

Michael Birawer (born 1971), surrealist urban settings painter
Luke Butler (born 1971), artist
Paul Kremer (born 1971), artist
Andrew Prokos (born 1971), photographer
John Waguespack (born 1971), artist
Logan Hicks (born 1971), artist

1972

Jules de Balincourt, (born 1972), French-American nationality, painter
J Stoner Blackwell, (born 1972), American mixed media artist
Letitia Huckaby (born 1972), photographer, mixed media
Monika Steiner (born 1972), artist and sculptor
Kelly Sueda (born 1972), painter
Erick Swenson (born 1972), sculptor
Charlie White (born 1972), photographer

1973

Hayley Barker (born 1973), painter and drawer, spiritual experience, landscape, ritual
Violet Hopkins (born 1973), painter
Pearl C. Hsiung (born 1973), mixed media
Rosy Lamb (born 1973), painter and sculptor based in Paris

1974

Carrie Ann Baade (born 1974), painter
Jason D'Aquino (born 1974)
Lee Kohse (born 1974), painter
Marni Kotak (born 1974), performance artist
Aaron Padilla (born 1974), ceramist and woodworker
John Ross Palmer (born 1974), painter
Willy Bo Richardson (born 1974), painter

1975

Lauren Fensterstock (born 1975), installation artist, sculptor, goldsmith
Jessica Todd Harper (born 1975), portrait photographer
Adreon Henry (born 1975), artist
Sedrick Huckaby (born 1975), painter
Elliott Johnson (born 1975), painter and designer
Patrick McGrath Muñíz (born 1975), painter
Greg Simkins (born 1975), painter

1976

Seamus Conley (born 1976), artist
Marlon Forrester (born 1976), painter and educator
Mathew Hintz (born 1976), impressionist painter and drawer
Casey McKee (born 1976), artist
William Powhida (born 1976), drawing

1977

Becca Bernstein (born 1977), painter
Eric Daigh (born 1977), mixed media
David Herbert (born 1977), sculpture, installation and video
Tim Lokiec (born 1977), 2-D mixed media
Vadis Turner (born 1977), mixed media
Lesley Vance, painter

1978

Hernan Bas (born 1978), painter
John Kleckner (born 1978), painter
Chad Person (born 1978), sculptor and collage artist

1979

Rachel Bess (born c. 1979), painter
Evan Gruzis (born 1979), painter
Jimmy Kuehnle (born 1979), sculpture, performance and installation
Tameka Norris (born 1979), performance artist

Born 1980–1989[]

1980

Kadar Brock (born 1980), abstract artist
Sarah Beth Goncarova (born 1980), painter, sculptor and installation artist
Richard T. Scott (born 1980), painter
Michael Tarbi (born 1980), artist
Lindsey White (born 1980), visual artist, photography, video, sculpture, and book making

1981

Rafa Esparza (born 1981), performance artist
Dash Snow (1981–2009), artist
Francesca DiMattio (born 1981), artist
Sean Raspet (born 1981), artist
Wendy Red Star (born 1981), multimedia artist

1982

Heather Dewey-Hagborg, information artist and bio-hacker
Wu Tsang (born 1982), filmmaker, performance artist

1983

Liza Sylvestre, visual artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota

1986

Aleah Chapin (born 1986), portrait painter
Alexa Meade (born 1986), body artist
Brenna Murphy (born 1986), psychedelic visual forms combined with three-dimensional object

1987

Lauren Silva (born 1987), painter

1988

Everitte Barbee (born 1988), artist, Arabic calligrapher
Alex Donahue (born 1988), artist, designer, architect

1989

American Artist (born 1989), new media and installation artist
Ari Glass (born 1989), painter, designer and musician

Born 1990–1999[]

1990

Matt Wisniewski (born 1990), collage artist and photographer

1992

George Pocheptsov, painter and draughtsman

1995

Patricia Renee' Thomas, painter, draftswoman, and art educator

Born 2000-present[]

2016

Date of birth unknown[]

Michele Banks, painter
Aisha Tandiwe Bell, mixed media
Dorothy Braudy, artist
Charlot Byj, greeting card and advertising artist
Nancy Calef, figurative painter
Sheila Cameron, artist and graphic designer
Adam Cooley, painter and sculptor
Rosetta DeBerardinis, painter
David Dewey, watercolor landscapes
Michael D. Fay, war and combat artist
Chawky Frenn, painter and art professor
MK Guth, installation artist
Scott Jacobs, photorealism
Hedy Klineman, celebrity portraits
Llanakila, painter and digital artist
Don H. Marr, painter, romantic realism and sociocomic surrealism
Scape Martinez, abstract artist and muralist
Anado McLauchlin, artist
Betty Merken, painter and printmaker, abstract geometric monotypes
John Randall Nelson, painter and sculptor
Pamela Nelson, contemporary painter and installation artist
Hal Olsen, artist
David Wells Roth, figurative painter
Diane Tuckman, silk painter
Pheoris West, artist