Former First Lady Michelle Obama in 2018 tapped Sherald to do her portrait for the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Award-winning portraitist Amy Sherald has new backing as part of the Creative Artists Agency.

National Portrait Gallery unveils official Obama portraits in a ceremony (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) WASHINGTON, DC — The official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama joined the ...

Amy Sherald’s portrait, “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama,” remains a fan favorite. The artist was tapped in 2017 by the former first lady to create the work of art for the Smithsonian’s National ...

The official portraits by Kehinde Wiley (left) and Amy Sherald (right) (photo by Blair Murphy for Hyperallergic) As the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery celebrates its 50th year, it has ...

Artist and former longtime Baltimorean Amy Sherald has been applauded by one U.S. president and excoriated by another. If that isn’t a sign that Sherald, a graduate of the Maryland Institute College ...

The portraits were done by acclaimed African-American artists, Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald. "Pretty sharp!" Barack Obama quipped of his portrait, painted by Kehinde Wiley, an artist best known for ...

Sherald rose to national fame in 2018 after being commissioned by former First Lady Michelle Obama to paint her official ...