Willie Birch

New Orleans-born painter and sculptor Willie Birch earned a BA from Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA, and an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore.

Birch’s work has been exhibited at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams; McKinney Avenue Contemporary Museum, Dallas; and The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, among other institutions. His work is in major public collections including the Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN; The Delaware Contemporary; Harlem Hospital Center and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records

Artist Info


Born

1942

New Orleans, LA

Gender

Male

Nationality

American

Heritage

African American

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