Amy Sillman

Known for: gestural abstract painting and animated comics

Amy Sillman has developed a painting practice rooted in Abstract Expressionism that consistently introduces comic imagery, digitally printed elements, and explicit political content — particularly around feminism and queer experience — into her gestural canvases. She also makes animations and publishes the small-format comics magazine Sucker. She teaches at Bard College and is among the most intellectually engaged painters working in New York, combining rigorous formal concerns with accessible wit.