Kehinde Wiley

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contemporary artist human painter portrait artist

Kehinde Wiley is a contemporary American artist renowned for his vibrant, large-scale portraits of Black subjects that reimagine and subvert traditional European portraiture.

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Label	Occurrences
Kehinde Wiley canonical	9
Kehinde Wiley oeuvre	1

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Target entity: Kehinde Wiley
Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Kehinde Wiley]

A. Yinka Shonibare
Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian contemporary artist known for exploring colonialism, race, and identity through installations and sculptures that often incorporate brightly colored Dutch wax fabrics.
B. Glenn Ligon
Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist known for his text-based paintings and installations that explore race, language, identity, and the politics of representation.
C. Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
D. Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford is an American contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale abstract mixed-media collages and installations that explore race, class, and urban experience.
E. Chris Ofili
Chris Ofili is a British painter known for his vibrant, multilayered works that often incorporate unconventional materials like elephant dung and explore themes of Black identity, religion, and popular culture.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kehinde Wiley
Target entity description: Kehinde Wiley is a contemporary American artist renowned for his vibrant, large-scale portraits of Black subjects that reimagine and subvert traditional European portraiture.

A. Yinka Shonibare
Yinka Shonibare is a British-Nigerian contemporary artist known for exploring colonialism, race, and identity through installations and sculptures that often incorporate brightly colored Dutch wax fabrics.
B. Glenn Ligon
Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist known for his text-based paintings and installations that explore race, language, identity, and the politics of representation.
C. Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
D. Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford is an American contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale abstract mixed-media collages and installations that explore race, class, and urban experience.
E. Chris Ofili
Chris Ofili is a British painter known for his vibrant, multilayered works that often incorporate unconventional materials like elephant dung and explore themes of Black identity, religion, and popular culture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	contemporary artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ portrait artist ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Fine Arts ⓘ Master of Fine Arts ⓘ
artisticStyle	Baroque-inspired composition ⓘ large-scale portraiture ⓘ ornate decorative backgrounds ⓘ realism with stylization ⓘ
awardReceived	U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1977-02-28 ⓘ
educatedAt	San Francisco Art Institute ⓘ linked to: California School of Fine Arts Yale School of Art ⓘ
employer	Black Rock Senegal artist residency (founder/director) ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African-American ⓘ
familyName	Wiley ⓘ
fieldOfWork	contemporary art ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ
founded	Black Rock Senegal ⓘ
genre	figurative art ⓘ portrait ⓘ
givenName	Kehinde ⓘ
hasExhibitedAt	Brooklyn Museum ⓘ High Museum of Art ⓘ Los Angeles County Museum of Art ⓘ National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. ⓘ linked to: National Portrait Gallery Tate Modern ⓘ
influencedBy	Baroque painting ⓘ European Old Master portraiture ⓘ Rococo painting ⓘ hip hop culture ⓘ street culture ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locationOfResidence	New York City ⓘ
movement	contemporary art ⓘ
name	Kehinde Wiley ⓘ
notableFor	depicting contemporary Black men and women in heroic poses ⓘ reimagining traditional European portraiture with Black subjects ⓘ subverting historical power dynamics in portraiture ⓘ vibrant, patterned backgrounds ⓘ
notableWork	Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps ⓘ linked to: Napoleon Crossing the Alps Official portrait of Barack Obama for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery ⓘ Rumors of War ⓘ The World Stage series ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles, California, United States of America
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Dakar, Senegal ⓘ linked to: Dakar New York City ⓘ