Laylah Ali

Not to be confused with Laila Ali.
Laylah Ali
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
EducationWilliams College (BA)
Washington University in St. Louis (MFA)
Known forPainting
Notable workThe Greenheads Series
StyleGouache
Awards2008 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant
2007 United States Artists Fellowship
2002 William H. Johnson Prize
2001 Premio Regione Piemonte (Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Per L’Arte, Turin, Italy)
2000 ICA Artist Prize (Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts)

Laylah Ali (born 1968)[1] is an American contemporary visual artist. She is known for paintings in which ambiguous race relations are depicted with a graphic clarity and cartoon strip format.[2] She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts,[1] and is a professor at Williams College.[3]

  1. ^ a b Baker, Alex (2007) Laylah Ali: Typology. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. p. 47. ISBN 9780943836300
  2. ^ Cotter, Holland (2000). "ART IN REVIEW; Laylah Ali". The New York Times. No. June 30. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Laylah Ali: The Greenheads Series". museum.cornell.edu. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University. Retrieved 17 March 2015.