Bryan Collier: Pineapple Crowns
Opening Reception May 9th, 2025 | 6-8pm
Bryan Collier uses watercolor and collage to create his masterful illustrations. A graduate of Pratt Institute, Collier pursued a career in children’s illustration after feeling like the current children’s book market had no connection to him or his children. He decided to change that. While at Pratt, he was a volunteer at the Harlem Horizon Art Studio located within the Harlem Hospital Center. The center is open to the children of the hospital as well as the children of the community. He later became the Program Director, a position he held for twelve years. He continues to volunteer for the organization to this day. Collier has since received numerous awards for his writing and illustrations, including four Caldecott Honors, and nine Coretta Scott King Awards (three honors and six winners). His book, Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope, published before Obama won the Democratic nomination for President, was the first picture book about the future President. He was the 2014 U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Early in his career, Collier also received the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award.
See more of Bryan’s work here.
Fine Art
24×18 in.
24×18 in.
30.5×47.75 in.
18×25 in.
16×15 in.
15.5×16 in.
21×20 in.
17×18 in
Illustration Work
16.75×22.75 in
from City Shapes
15×24.5 in.
from Maya’s Song
19×25 in
from We Are Here
14×21 in
from We Shall Overcome
15×22 in
from We Shall Overcome
17×15.5 in
from I, Too, am American
15.25×22.5 in
from Hey Black Child
15×23 in
from All Because You Matter
17.5×15.25 in
from Fifty Cents and a Dream
Black Boy Rise
written by Brynne Barnes, illustrated by Bryan Collier
16×40 in.
16×40 in.
16×40 in.
16×40 in.
Music is a Rainbow
written and illustrated by Bryan Collier
24×30 in.
9×12 in.
9×12 in.
9×12 in.
12×9 in.
12×9 in.
Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me
written by Daniel Beaty, illustrated by Bryan Collier
15.5×9.75 in.
15×12.25 in
14.5×24.5 in.