Vincent Desiderio has played a major role in reclaiming painting as a valid and significant medium in late 20th-century art. He started out as an abstract painter before he focused on representational work.
Jon Laidacker was the lead muralist on the 85,000-square-foot "How Philly Moves" image that graces the Philadelphia International Airport parking garage walls near Interstate 95.
Njideka Akunyili Crosby was born in Enugu, Nigeria. Her paintings, characterized by rigorous figuration, explore the artist’s complex relationship to both Nigerian and Western culture. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe and is in the collections of PAFA…
“As a recent Fulbright Senior Scholar, my latest work in Nepal has inspired a renewed appreciation of my debt owed to PAFA. ... The school was crucial to my development as a global artist."
Award-winning illustrator Kate Samworth studied traditional painting and drawing at an atelier, then transferred to PAFA for her BFA. She credits PAFA's printmaking and sculpture facilities as playing an important role in developing her creative voice: “[They] gave me the chance to experiment in new…
As a contemporary painter, Barkley L. Hendricks has made pioneering contributions to African American portraiture and conceptualism. He is best known for his striking and provocative life-sized portraits.
