Cosmo Whyte (born 1982) is a Jamaican-born American visual artist and educator.
His is known for work in sculpture, drawing, painting, and installation art, which often address his Caribbean heritage and topics such as racism, colonialism, migration, and police brutality.
[7] Whyte received a BFA degree in 2001 from Bennington College in Vermont; followed by study at a postbaccalaureate program at Maryland Institute College of Art; and a MFA degree in 2015 from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design at University of Michigan.
[1] Whyte teaches in the School of the Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles, since September 2022.
[2] His solo exhibitions have included The Sea Urchin Can't Swim: Tales from the Edge of a World (2024) at Johnson Lowe Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia;[9][10] Hush Now, Don't Explain (2023) at Anat Ebgi Gallery in Los Angeles, California;[3][5] and Beneath Its Tongue, The Fish Rolls The Hook To Sharpen Its Cadence (2019–2020) at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia in Atlanta, Georgia.