Radcliffe Bailey

(Born 1968)

Radcliffe Bailey is an African American painter, sculptor, and mixed media artist who utilizes the layering of imagery, culturally resonant materials, and text to explore themes of ancestry, race, and memory from his personal history of growing up in the South. His work is often made from found materials and certain pieces from his past, including traditional African sculpture, tintypes of his family members, piano keys, and Georgia red clay.

Bailey received a B.F.A. in 1991 from the Atlanta College of Art.

His work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., among others.