Top 70 New York Art Influencers in 2026

1. Amy Sherald

Bio Georgia grown. @georgeandweezie_official 🐾🐾 🐾 Instagram Handle @asherald Instagram Followers 276.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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2. Mickalene Thomas

Bio MULTI-HYPHENATE *****@mickalenethomas.com Instagram Handle @mickalenethomas Instagram Followers 272.2K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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3. Timothy Goodman

Bio NYC artist, designer, author, muralist *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @timothygoodman Instagram Followers 253.6K Type Macro Gender Male Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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4. Roberta Smith

Bio Former NYT Co-Chief Art Critic;CAA Award for Criticism; Lifetime Achievement Award, Rabkin FndnNEW EMAIL: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @robertasmithnyc Instagram Followers 127.3K Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

5. Jordan Casteel

Bio 🌛🌛🌛@upstatecolor Instagram Handle @jordanmcasteel Instagram Followers 101.8K Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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6. Carrie Mae Weems

Bio For requests, please reach out to @gladstone.gallery-Also rep’d by @galerie_barbara_thumm (Berlin) and @fraenkelgallery (SF) Instagram Handle @carriemaeweems Instagram Followers 100.7K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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7. Derrick Adams

Bio Multidisciplinary artist represented by @gagosian Also founder of @charmcity_cc and Professor @bklyncollege411 @artgalleryatbc Instagram Handle @derrickadamsny Instagram Followers 92.3K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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8. Lorna Simpson

Bio *****@lsimpsonstudio.com Instagram Handle @lornasimpson Instagram Followers 88.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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9. Tschabalala Self

Bio HARLEM-BORN *****@tschabalalaself.com Instagram Handle @tschabalalaself Instagram Followers 86.8K Follower Growth (2mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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10. Robert Polimeni

Bio mixed media artist abstract *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @dain_nyc Instagram Followers 61.1K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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11. Sanford Biggers

Bio Artist Instagram Handle @sanfordbiggers Instagram Followers 54.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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12. Paul Richard

Bio Contact, Sales- *****@PaulRichard.Net or DM Instagram Handle @paulrichardnyc Instagram Followers 51.9K Follower Growth (2mo) +9% Type Micro Gender Male Location New York, United States
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13. Kennedy Yanko

Bio *****@kennedyyanko.comFounder: The Library Instagram Handle @kennedyyanko Instagram Followers 51K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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14. Maud Madsen

Bio Brooklyn, NY Instagram Handle @maud_madsen Instagram Followers 39.3K Follower Growth (2mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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15. Shahzia Sikander

Bio Pioneer of Neo-Miniature Instagram Handle @shahzia.sikander Instagram Followers 36.7K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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16. Legacy Russell

Bio BORN LEGACY. | ED & Chief Curator @thekitchen_nyc | #GlitchFeminism 📘✨ | OUT NOW📕BLACK MEME (2024) and GAY POMPEII (2025) | Becoming my avatar. *****@legacyrussell.com Instagram Handle @ellerustle Instagram Followers 35.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York City, New York, United States
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17. Marina Chisty

Bio Artist living and working in NYCNow: @beijingdangdaiartfair 05/21-05/24 @spacs_art @collective.z.gallery @ubridgeport @culturelablic *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @marinachisty Instagram Followers 32.9K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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18. Dario Calmese

Bio A Generally Curious Fellowfounder @blackimagination loeb fellow @harvardgsd @harvardartlab advisor: @esteelaudercompaniesshow director @pyermoss *****@dariocalmese.com Instagram Handle @dario.studio Instagram Followers 31.2K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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19. Elena Soboleva

Bio global head of audience growth & intelligence @artbasel forging the frontiers of art searching for the sublimeprev @davidzwirner & @artsy *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @elenasoboleva Instagram Followers 30.5K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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20. Genesis TRAMAINE

Bio Servant of God in Jesus Name *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @genesistramaine Instagram Followers 26.7K Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

21. Trudy Benson

Instagram Handle @trudybenson Instagram Followers 23.9K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

22. Devin B. Johnson

Bio Pratt MFA 2019. Artist living in New York. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @devinbjohnson Instagram Followers 19.5K Follower Growth (2mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Male Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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23. Benny Or

Bio Creator 👨🏻‍🎨🗽 | Shapeshifter ✨Storyteller 📖 | Art experiences 👁️In search of the extraordinary 🧭 *****@bennyor.com Instagram Handle @bennyor Instagram Followers 19.2K Type Micro Gender Male Enagagement Rate Location United States
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24. Adama Delphine Fawundu

Bio alchemist - Guggenheim FellowProf. @ Columbia U Co-Founder @mfonfoto Gallery: @hesse_flatowBoard Member : @indigoartsalliance @penumbrafoundation Instagram Handle @adamadelphine Instagram Followers 15.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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25. Dani Klebes

Bio 🌈@*****@feia.studio @upstateartweekend@kiddie_pool_art Instagram Handle @danielleklebes Instagram Followers 13.8K Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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26. Helina Metaferia

Bio Artist 👸🏾 Professor @brownvisualart 👩🏾‍🏫 NYC ❤️📌 On View: @independent_hq 5/14-5/17📌 Public Art: @projectforemptyspace *****@helinametaferia.com Instagram Handle @helina.metaferia Instagram Followers 13.7K Follower Growth (2mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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27. Jean Shin

Bio Current shows @historicgreenwood @pamm @vanartgallery Gallery @praise.shadows.artGrant @creative_capital @pollockkrasnerfoundation *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jean.shin Instagram Followers 12.7K Follower Growth (2mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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28. Allison Janae Hamilton

Bio Artist. Filmmaker. Southerner in NYC. #FL #TN #KY *****@allisonjanaehamilton.com Instagram Handle @allisonjanaehamilton Instagram Followers 12.5K Follower Growth (2mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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29. Madjeen Isaac

Bio NYC🌱🌺✨ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @madjeenisaac Instagram Followers 11.5K Follower Growth (2mo) +10% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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30. Mie Yim

Bio NYC McMillan/Stewart Endowed Painting Chair at @marylandinstitutecollegeofart *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mieyim Instagram Followers 11.3K Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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31. Maria Vogel

Bio @rococoartadvisory+ @almacommunications *****@mariavogel.co Instagram Handle @mariarosevogel Instagram Followers 10.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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32. Will Heinrich

Bio Novelist and freelance art critic at NYT etc. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @willvheinrich Instagram Followers 10K Follower Growth (2mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Male Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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33. Megan Fox Kelly

Bio Art advisor to private collectors, foundations, museums, and estates. *****@meganfoxkelly.com Instagram Handle @meganfoxkelly Instagram Followers 9.8K Follower Growth (2mo) +13% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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34. Claire Sherman

Bio DC Moore Gallery, NY @dcmooregallery PATRON Gallery, Chicago @patrongallery2026 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @claire.g.sherman Instagram Followers 8.2K Follower Growth (2mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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35. Joyce Kozloff

Bio *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @joycekozloff Instagram Followers 8.1K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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36. Jarrett Key

Bio @risd1877 MFACement Frescos, Hair Paintings, Music, Fashion *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jar.key Instagram Followers 7.8K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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37. Annabel Keenan

Bio Art writing etc *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @annabelfkeenan Instagram Followers 7.8K Follower Growth (2mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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38. Christopher Myers

Bio #christophermyers *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kalyban Instagram Followers 6.9K Type Nano Gender Male Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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39. Xia Gordon

Bio Illustration + design *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @carefulblackgrl Instagram Followers 6.6K Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

40. Katerina Lanfranco

Bio ✨ ✨ New painting on view in “All the All” @woodstock_byrdcliffe_guild at the #kleinertjamesartcenter gallery opening February 28th! On view thru 4/12 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @katerinalanfranco Instagram Followers 6.1K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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41. Jaynie Gillman Crimmins

Bio Sustainable art objects created from shredded & up-cycled solicitations, security envelopes, catalogs and magazines. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jayniegillmancrimmins Instagram Followers 5.2K Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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42. Yeachin Tsai

Bio New York artist. Meditative brush marks, energy & poetry. Abstraction from nature, rooted in the nowness of calligraphy. DM for inquiry. ©Yeachin Tsai *****@yeachintsaifineart.com Instagram Handle @yeachin.tsai Instagram Followers 5.1K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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43. Ivana Carman

Bio NYC📍 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ivanacarman Instagram Followers 5.1K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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44. Marina Chernova

Bio MY BRIDES SAY: “MY WEDDING IS WORTH PAINTING!”🎨 Capturing precious moments on canvas NY, NJ, CT, CA and Worldwide 🗺️Use link to inquire 💌No DMs ❌ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @livepaintingbymarina Instagram Followers 4.6K Follower Growth (2mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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45. Destiny Belgrave

Bio a brooklyn native, yapping and daydreaming *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @destinybelgrave Instagram Followers 4.6K Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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46. Melissa Staiger

Bio *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @melissastaiger Instagram Followers 4.6K Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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47. Nathalie Jolivert

Bio Art and Design 🐚 : *****@jolivert.com Instagram Handle @jolivert Instagram Followers 4.3K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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48. Olive Ayhens

Bio *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @olive_photo_ayhens Instagram Followers 3.8K Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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49. Nina Boesch Art

Bio Brooklyn based artist, designer, mom, water tower fanatic and creator of mosaic-like collages from used and expired NYC subway tickets *****@ninaboesch.com Instagram Handle @ninaboesch Instagram Followers 2.5K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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50. Stephanie L Franks

Bio *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @steffifranks Instagram Followers 2.5K Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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51. Cadence Giersbach

Bio Paintings and sculptures inspired by life in the garden and beyond • NYC & Catskills • DM for info *****@me.com Instagram Handle @cadence.giersbach Instagram Followers 2.2K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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52. Tania Laure

Bio 🇭🇹 mixed media artist📚 community dir. @forgottenlands.art 📍lenapehoking x shikaakwa x ayitikeya📧 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tanialaure Instagram Followers 2.1K Follower Growth (2mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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53. Linda Ganjian

Bio NYC artist interested in architecture and memory, daughter of Հայ immigrants. 🧿 Founder @jharttalks. DM for inquiries *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @lindaganjian Instagram Followers 2K Follower Growth (2mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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54. Elen Ka

Bio 👩‍🎨Artist traveler🎨I'm painting my life☆Selling pictures Face/body paint @facepainting_byelenNeurographica @neuroartkakurina Instagram Handle @elenkakurina Instagram Followers 1.9K Follower Growth (2mo) -3% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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55. Jackie Lipton

Bio I’m an abstract painter of large and small paintings, prints and digital video in NYC and Provincetown. I live Westbeth. My studio is in Chelsea. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jackie.lipton Instagram Followers 1.8K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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56. Donna Lee Moran

Bio Artist Professor Pratt Institute Brooklyn NY *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @donnamoranstudio Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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57. Elizabeth Meggs

Bio ◾️NYC Artist 👩‍🎨 Brooklyn◾️Paintings 🎨◾️Writer ✏️ art/design◾️Speaker 🗣 art/design◾️Personal: @elizabethmeggs◾️ Instagram Handle @meggspaintings Instagram Followers 926 Follower Growth (2mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
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58. Paddy Johnson

Bio 👉Daily tips to help you get more shows, residencies & grants⚡️Featured in Artnet, Hyperallergic⭐️ Join NETVVRK here 👇🏻 *****@vvrkshop.art Instagram Handle @vvrkshop.art Instagram Followers 40.7K Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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59. Jasmin Hernandez

Bio Black Latina Cultural Baddie 👄 🇩🇴🗽📚#WeAreHereBook(@abramsbooks )✍🏽: @artsy @papermagazine @elleusa @seen_journal @artnet, etc.👩🏽‍💻 gallerygurls.net *****@gallerygurls.net Instagram Handle @gallerygurls Instagram Followers 14.9K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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60. Domenica Brockman

Bio www.domenicabrockman.comFind me on Flashes:https://www.flashes.blue/profile/domenicab.bsky.social Instagram Handle @minimalistabstraction Instagram Followers 12.2K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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61. Afrodet Zuri

Bio 𓁙Artemis Council @newmuseum 𓋇Board member @foundation_peaceofmind ⠀⠀⁣𓅋Making magic @lov.foundation Founding ⬤ Co-chair @stormkingartcenter *****@aol.com Instagram Handle @afrodet Instagram Followers 11.1K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York City, New York, United States
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62. M. Florine Démosthène

Bio Visual Artist / Haïti + NYC + OK / *****@florinedemosthene.com Instagram Handle @florinedemosthene Instagram Followers 7.8K Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Get Email Contact

63. Ari Melenciano

Bio 🌿 Tenderness to you, here to document practice. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @ariciano Instagram Followers 6.2K Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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64. Deborah Ugoretz

Bio Papercut artist & painter.Color is life.Negative is positive!@ketubah_for_life www.deborahugoretz.com Instagram Handle @debugoretz Instagram Followers 1.3K Follower Growth (2mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Enagagement Rate Location New York, United States
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