Painter
Kehinde Wiley
American painter who places Black subjects in the poses of European old master portraits, and who painted Barack Obama's presidential portrait. Born in Los Angeles.
Kehinde Wiley is an American portrait painter based in New York City. He is known for his naturalistic paintings of Black subjects that reference the work of Old Master paintings. In 2017, Wiley was commissioned to paint former U.S. President Barack Obama's portrait for the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. The Columbus Museum of Art hosted an exhibition of his work in 2007 and describes his paintings as "heroic portraits which address the image and status of young African-American men in contemporary culture."
- Born
- 1977-02-28, Los Angeles, California, USAA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1977-02-28, Los Angeles, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
America/Los_AngelesThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 10°07′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 10°14′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 27°26′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 20°20′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 14°58′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 24°19′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Leo | 11°25′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 11°41′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 16°03′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Libra | 13°40′ | Retrograde |
Kehinde Wiley is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Kehinde Wiley was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.