Lyle Ashton Harris

Lyle Ashton Harris
Born (1965-02-06) February 6, 1965 (age 59)
NationalityAmerican
EducationWesleyan University 1988, BFA,
California Institute of the Arts 1990, MFA
National Graduate Photography Seminar, Tisch School of the Arts 1990
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program 1992,
Known forPhotography

Lyle Ashton Harris (born February 6, 1965) is an American artist who has cultivated a diverse artistic practice ranging from photographic media, collage, installation art and performance art. Harris uses his works to comment on societal constructs of sexuality and race, while exploring his own identity as a queer, black man.[1]

  1. ^ Smalls, James (June 2008). "African-American Self Portraiture". Third Text. vo. 15, no. 54: 47–62 – via JSTOR.