Fahamu Pecou

Fahamu Pecou is an American artist and scholar whose painting, performance and writing examine representations of Black masculinity. Drawing on hip-hop, popular culture and art history, he has used his own image in invented magazine covers and staged portraits to question how public identities are constructed.

Pecou holds a doctorate from Emory University and founded the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta. His work is represented in collections including the High Museum of Art, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Seattle Art Museum.