Q2 Project Artist Pages

 Tafy LaPlance is an Afro-Latina portrait artist. She was born in New York, but has recently moved to Georgia. She believes that portraits can be a way to tell a story about the people she paints. Ou Pi Bon Ne (You Better Knot) Mi Gente Dulce (My Sweet People) Shoop Shoop Shoop, 2022 More about LaPlanche here: Tafy LaPlanche

 Khari Turner (born in 1991) is an American artist that is living and working in New York. “Metaphorically, I see Black people as personifications of the magic that is the ocean. My paintings and drawings combine abstraction with realistic renderings of Black noses and lips to rejuvenate the relationship of my history to my ancestor’s history with water." Cover art created for Black Thought album “Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane and Able”  Mother of the Wind , 2020 More about Turner here: Khari Turner

Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American pop artist. Many of his paintings were based on images from comic strips and advertisements and painted in a style that mimicked the colored dots that were a side effect of the early printing process. He was born in 1923 and died in 1997. Drowning Girl, 1963 Still Life with Green Vase, 1972 More about Lichtenstein here: Who is Roy Lichtenstein?

 Vik Muniz is a Brazilian artist and photographer. He is known for his use of unusual materials including chocolate syrup, tomato sauce, toys, junk, and dust. He uses his popularity as an artist to bring attention to social issues that are important to him, and has even used his own money to open a preschool in his home town. He was born in 1961 and splits his time living in working between Brazil and New York. Orphan Girl At The Cemetery (After Eugene Delacroix), 2007 Day Dreamer, 2010 After Warhol: Double Mona Lisa (Peanut Butter and Jelly ), 1999 More about Muniz here: Vik Muniz "Waste Land" Trash Art

 Liu Xiaodong is a contemporary Chinese artist. He paints images from snapshots of friends, family, and everyday life. He was born in 1963 and still lives in China. Li Wu Works the Night Shift and Still Can’t Sleep by Day , 2010 Relaxing in Spring , 1993 Liu Wa and Yu Hong under Flowering Trees , 2020 More about Xiaodong here: Liu Xiaodong Biography

 Luc Tuymans is a Belgian visual artist best known for his paintings which explore people's relationship with history and confront their ability to ignore it. World War II is a recurring theme in his work. He was born in 1958 and still lives in Belgium. The Rabbit, 1994 Silent Music,  1992 Fingers , 1995 More about Tuymans here: Luc Tuymans Bio and Art