Benny Andrews is a nationally recognized collage artist, painter, printmaker, sculptor, and illustrator whose work depicts images of his feelings regarding human life. Andrews attended Fort Valley State College, GA, then went on to earn his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School of the Chicago Art Institute. Andrews' artworks are included in many major permanent collections, such as the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, all in New York City. He donated his archives of material about black artists in the 1960s and '70s to Harlem's Studio Museum. A large body of his work resides in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. Benny Andrews passed away on November 24, 2006.
