Artists
Ay-O
Ayón, Belkis
Cuban
Cuban, 1967 - 1999
Belkis Ayón (23 January 1967 – 11 September 1999) was a Cuban printmaker who specialized in the technique of collography. Ayón created large, highly detailed allegorical collagraphs based on Abakuá, a secret, all-male Afro-Cuban society. Her work is often in black and white, consisting of ghost-white figures with oblong heads and empty, almond-shaped eyes, set against dark, patterned backgrounds.
Ayres, Rolland
American
American, 1910 - 1982
Ayrson Heraclito
Azaceta, Luis Cruz
American
American, born Cuba, 1942
Luis Cruz Azaceta (born April 5, 1942) is a Cuban-American painter. Azateca has been painting and drawing since the late 1970s. In usually large-format works executed with expressive colors, Cruz Azaceta has dealt with themes of urban violence, personal isolation in a large and overcrowded city, the conditions created by mismanaged government, the abuses and oppression of dictatorships, and in a number of works done in the late 1980s, the ravages of AIDS.
Azechi Umetaro
Azienda Speciale Palaexpo
Azikiwe Mohammed
Azolina MaMncube Ngema
Aztec (Mexica)
Azuma, Kengiro
Japanese
Japanese, 1926 - 2016
Kenjirō Azuma (吾妻 兼治郎, Azuma Kenjirō; March 12, 1926 – October 15, 2016) was a Japanese-born sculptor, painter and teacher.
Azuma, Norio
American
American, 1928 - 2004
Norio Azuma (Japanese: 東 典男, November 28, 1928 – February 4, 2004) was a Japanese American painter and serigraph artist who worked in a modernist style. Norio Azuma (born 1928, Japan) was a Japanese-American printmaker and visual artist known for his work in drawing and etching. His career spanned several decades and he exhibited widely across the United States and internationally. Azuma’s work is characterized by his refined technical skill and frequent exploration of the human figure, particularly in etching and print media. For more information, please visit: norioazuma.org