Emma Amos

Emma Amos (16 March 1937 – 20 May 2020) was a postmodern African-American painter and printmaker. Amos became associated with other important African American artists early in her career through the artists' collective Spiral, whose members had been part of the Harlem Renaissance and Works Progress Administration. During the 1970s, Amos thrived as a weaver in the Feminist Art Movement after weaving and the use of fabric art spread throughout the movement. Amos designed the memorial for civil rights leader and activist, Ralph Abernathy, located in Atlanta, Georgia.

Amos' works are in collections of many notable institutions, such as the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the British Museum, London, among others.