Artists

  • ACT UP NY/Gran Fury
    Active New York, New York, 1987–1995
  • Shimon Attie
    Born Los Angeles, California, 1957
  • Eric Avery
    Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1948
  • Luis Cruz Azaceta
    Born Havana, Cuba, 1942
  • David Binder
    Born Flint, Michigan, 1961
  • Nayland Blake
    Born New York, New York, 1960
  • Robert Blanchon
    Born Boston, Massachusetts, 1965
    Died Chicago, Illinois, 1999
  • Ross Bleckner
    Born New York, New York, 1949
  • Lawrence Brose
    Born Buffalo, New York, 1951
  • Roger Brown
    Born Hamilton, Alabama, 1941
    Died Atlanta, Georgia, 1997
  • Brian Buczak
    Born Detroit, Michigan, 1954
    Died New York, New York, 1987
  • Scott Burton
    Born Greensboro, Alabama, 1939
    Died New York, New York, 1989
  • Jerome Caja
    Born, Cleveland, Ohio, 1958
    Died San Francisco, California, 1995
  • Mark I. Chester
    Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1950
  • Judy Chicago
    Born Chicago, Illinois, 1939
  • Sue Coe
    Born Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, 1951
  • Willie Cole
    Born Newark, New Jersey, 1955
  • Arch Connelly
    Born Chicago, Illinois, 1950
    Died New York, New York, 1993
  • Ryan Conrad
    Born Newport, RI, 1983
  • David Cannon Dashiell
    Born Tokyo, Japan, 1952
    Died San Francisco, California, 1993
  • Niki de Saint Phalle
    Born Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 1930
    Died California, 2002
  • Jimmy DeSana
    Born Detroit, Michigan, 1949
    Died New York, New York, 1990
  • William Downs
    Born Atlanta, Georgia, 1974
  • John Dugdale
    Born Stamford, Connecticut, 1960
  • Chloe Dzubilo
    Born Connecticut, 1960
    Died New York, New York, 2011
  • Michael Ehle
    Born Salinas, California, 1953
    Died Seattle, Washington, 1999
  • Joy Episalla
    Born Bronxville, New York, 1957
  • Robert Farber
    Born Hartsdale, New York, 1948
    Died New York, New York, 1995
  • Tony Feher
    Born Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1956
    Died New York, New York, 2016
  • Fierce Pussy
    Formed New York, New York, 1991
  • Karen Finley
    Born Chicago, Illinois, 1956
  • Louise Fishman
    Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1939
  • Gerard Gaskin
    Born Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 1966
  • General Idea
    Active 1969–1994
  • Robert Gober
    Born Wallingford, Connecticut, 1954
  • Camilo Godoy
    Born 1989, Colombian; raised in the United States
  • Nan Goldin
    Born Washington, DC, 1953
  • Daniel Goldstein
    Born Mount Vernon, New York, 1950
  • Felix Gonzalez-Torres
    Born Guáimaro, Cuba, 1957
    Died Miami, Florida, 1996
  • Keith Haring
    Born Reading, Pennsylvania, 1958
    Died New York, New York, 1990
  • Thomas Haukaas
    Born San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1950
    Tribal affiliation: Sicangu Lakota
  • Jim Hodges
    Born Spokane, Washington, 1957
  • Jenny Holzer
    Born Gallipolis, Ohio, 1950
  • Jonathan Horowitz
    Born New York, New York, 1966
  • Peter Hujar
    Born Trenton, New Jersey, 1934
    Died New York, New York, 1987
  • Doug Ischar
    Born Honolulu, Hawaii, 1948
  • Derek Jackson
    Born Boston, Massachusetts, 1972
  • Bill Jacobson
    Born Norwich, Connecticut, 1955
  • Ray Johnson
    Born Detroit, Michigan, 1927
    Died Sag Harbor, New York, 1995
  • Deborah Kass
    Born San Antonio, Texas, 1952
  • Barbara Kruger
    Born Newark, New Jersey, 1945
  • Kia Labeija
    Born New York, New York, 1990
  • LADZ (John Arsenault and Adrian Gilliland)
    John Arsenault, Born Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1971
    Adrian Gilliland, Born Douglas, Arizona, 1980
  • David Lebe
    Born New York, New York, 1948
  • Charles LeDray
    Born Seattle, Washington, 1960
  • Annie Leibovitz
    Born Waterbury, Connecticut, 1949
  • Rudy Lemcke
    Born St. Louis, Missouri, 1951
  • Keith Lewis
    Born Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, 1959
  • Edward Lightner
    Born Bakersfield, California, 1960
  • Glenn Ligon
    Born Bronx, New York, 1960
  • Kalup Linzy
    Born Stuckey, Florida, 1977
  • Ronald Lockett
    Born Bessemer, Alabama, 1965
    Died Bessemer, Alabama, 1998
  • Patte Loper
    Born Denver, Colorado, 1968
  • Whitfield Lovell
    Born New York, New York, 1959
  • Robert Mapplethorpe
    Born Floral Park, New York, 1946
    Died Boston, Massachusetts, 1989
  • Marlene McCarty
    Born Lexington, Kentucky, 1957
  • Patric McCoy
    Born Chicago, Illinois 1946
  • Thomas McGovern
    Born Kansas City, Missouri, 1957
  • Ann P. Meredith
    Born Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1948
  • Duane Michals
    Born McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1932
  • Steven Miller
    Born Tucson, Arizona, 1968
  • Donald Moffett
    Born San Antonio, Texas, 1955
  • Frank Moore
    Born New York, New York, 1953
    Died New York, New York, 2002
  • Mark Morrisroe
    Born Malden, Massachusetts, 1959
    Died New York, New York, 1989
  • Ray Navarro
    Born Hawthorne, California, 1964
    Died New York, New York, 1990
  • Alice O’Malley
    Born Buffalo, New York, 1962
  • Catherine Opie
    Born Sandusky, Ohio, 1961
  • Izhar Patkin
    Born Haifa, Israel, 1955
  • Jack Pierson
    Born Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1960
  • Howardena Doreen Pindell
    Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1943
  • Lari Pittman
    Born Los Angeles, California, 1952
  • William Powhida
    Born New York, New York, 1976
  • Michael Qualls
    Born Chicago, Illinois, 1961
    Died 2005
  • Jesse Finley Reed
    Born Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1974
  • Brett Reichman
    Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1959
  • Alon Reininger
    Born Tel Aviv, Israel, 1947
  • Hunter Reynolds
    Born Rochester, Minnesota, 1959
  • Eric Rhein
    Born Connecticut, 1961
  • Marlon Riggs
    Born Fort Worth, Texas, 1957
    Died Oakland, California, 1994
  • Oli Rodriguez
    Born Chicago, Illinois, 1980
  • Tino Rodriguez
    Born Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, 1965
  • Adam Rolston
    Born Los Angeles, California, 1962
  • Dean Sameshima
    Born Torrance, California, 1971
  • Andres Serrano
    Born New York, New York, 1950
  • Robert Sherer
    Born Jasper, Alabama, 1957
  • Kiki Smith
    Born Nuremberg, Germany, 1954
  • Rosalind Solomon
    Born Highland Park, Illinois, 1930
  • Daniel Sotomayor
    Born Chicago, Illinois, 1958
    Died Chicago, Illinois, 1992
  • Larry Stanton
    Born Rockville Centre, New York, 1947
    Died New York, New York, 1984
  • Hugh Steers
    Born Washington, DC, 1962
    Died New York, New York, 1995
  • Ferenc Suto
    Born Easton, Connecticut, 1960
  • Carl Tadatnick
    Born New York, New York, 1956
  • Masami Teraoka
    Born Onomichi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan, 1936
    Works in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Joey Terrill
    Born Los Angeles, California, 1955
  • The NAMES Project Foundation
    Established 1987
  • Paul Thek
    Born Brooklyn, New York, 1933
    Died New York, New York, 1988
  • Julie Tolentino
    Born San Francisco, California, 1964
  • Boris Torres
    Born Piñas, Ecuador, 1976
  • Anthony Viti
    Born Rochester, New York, 1961
  • Darren Waterston
    Born Fresno, California, 1965
  • Patrick Webb
    Born New York, New York, 1955
  • Frederick Weston
    Born Memphis, Tennessee, 1946
  • Albert J. Winn
    Born Chester, Pennsylvania, 1947
    Died Los Angeles, California 2014
  • David Wojnarowicz
    Born Red Bank, New Jersey, 1954
    Died New York, New York, 1992
  • Martin Wong
    Born Portland, Oregon, 1946
    Died San Francisco, California, 1999
  • Thomas Woodruff
    Born New Rochelle, New York, 1954
  • Israel Wright
    Born Chicago, Illinois, 1954
  • Carrie Yamaoka
    Born Glen Cove, New York, 1957