Collection: Adrian Armstrong Collection

Adrian Armstrong's (b.1990 Omaha, Nebraska) multidisciplinary practice, which encompasses drawing, painting, printmaking, installation, sound, and other mixed media elements; documents the contemporary Black experiences in the United States. He is deeply interested in questions of how Black experiences intersect with the history of photography, portraiture, and collage. 

Using friends, family members, and acquaintances as subjects, Armstrong’s single and multi-figural works probe the influence of place and popular culture on the formation of self-image, community, connection, tenderness, and love. More specifically, he is interested in the complex ways race informs how we assign value to and interact in the spaces we occupy.

Armstrong has shown work both nationally and internationally including New York, California, Texas, London, Paris, and Madrid. His works have been acquired by the permanent collections of: Texas Tech, The University of Texas Black Studies Department, and the Library of Congress.