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- ↑ "Common Jive". EFA Project Space. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ↑ Smith, Roberta (4 September 2008). "Art Review, Kehinde Wiley: A Hot Conceptualist Finds the Secret of Skin". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Ryman Arts Alumni 25th Anniversary Exhibition Preview" (PDF). RymanArts.org.
- ↑ "MFA Painting I". Yale School of Art. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ↑ "25 Ryman Arts Alumni Stories". Ryman Arts via Issuu. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-21.