MICKALENE THOMAS [ARTIST]

Born: 1971, Camden, USA.
Lives: Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Website:
http://mickalenethomas.com

Education:
2002 MFA in Painting, Yale University School of Art,
New Haven, USA.
2000 BFA in Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA.
1998 Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia

Residencies:
2003 Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA.
2001 Vermont Studios Center, Johnson, USA.
1999 Yale Norfolk Summer of Music and Art, Norfolk, USA.

Solo Exhibitions:
2010 Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, USA.
La Conservera, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Murcia, Spain.
2008 Bloom Projects: Mickalene Thomas, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
Girlfriends, Lovers, Still Lifes, and Landscapes, Rhonna Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, USA.
What’s Love Got To Do With It?, Bloom Projects, Santa Barbara, USA.
Contemporary Arts Forum, USA.
2007 An Imitation of Love, Brawling Spitfire Two, Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles, USA (Project Room)
2006 Something About You . . . , Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, USA.
Brawling Spitfire, Special Project, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, USA.

Group Exhibitions:
2008 Andrehn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Other Mainstream II: Selections from the Collection of   
Mikki and Stanley W Weithorn, Arizona State University Museum of Art, Tempe, USA.
Becoming: Photographs from the Wedge Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, USA.
Black Is, Black Ain’t, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
City Stage, New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, USA.
2007 Sweet SweetBack’s Baadasssss Song, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, USA.
Commemorating 30 Years 1976–2007 Part Three 1991–2007, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, USA.
Distinctive Messenger, House of Campari, New York, USA.
Sex in the City, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Taking Aim, Rhodes College, Memphis, USA.
Some Kind of Portrait, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA.
Flava, Wedge Curatorial Projects, Toronto, Canada*
Prime Time, Caren Golden Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA.
My Love Is a 187, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
Inspired in New York, Echo Gallery, New York, USA.
2006 Not An Ocean Between Us: Voices of Women From African and the African
Diaspora, Winston Salem State University. Winston Salem,USA
Lag Time Line Up, Mumbo Jumbo Gallery, New York, USA.
Materiality, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, USA.
Wild Girls, Exit Art, New York, USA.
The Pulse of New Brooklyn, MoCADA Museum, Brooklyn, USA.
Do You Think I’m Disco, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, USA.
2005 NeoVernacular, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
Five Artists, Five Projects, Wertz Contemporary, Atlanta, USA.
Frequency, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA.
Tête-à-Tête, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, USA.
Maximum Flavor, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, USA.
Greater New York 2005, P.S.1/MoMA, Long Island City, USA.     
African Queen, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA.
2004 Me, Myself and I, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA. 
Glamour, Glory and Gold, The Proposition Gallery, New York, USA.
Seeds and Roots, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA.
It’s About Memory, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, USA.
2003 Beauty, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, USA.
Pantone, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, USA.
Because I’m Worth It, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA.
Hands on Hands Down, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York,USA.
* catalogue

Lectures/Symposia:
2007 MICA Senior Thesis Seminar, Brown Center Falvey Hall, Baltimore, USA.
2006 The Stoop Series, Bric’s Rotunda Gallery & NY Magazine, New York, USA.
2005 Conversations with the Artists, MoMA, New York, USA.
2004 Artist’s Voice, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA.
2003 Fine Arts Seminar, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA.
Artist’s Voice, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, USA.
Panel Discussion, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA.
Two Years, Pratt Panel, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA.
2002 Artist’s Talk, Exploration Senior Summer Program, New Haven, USA.

Awards:
2007 Rema Hort Mann Grant
2002 Barry Cohen Scholarship, Yale University
2001 Paul Harper Fellowship, Yale University
2000 Presidential Merit Scholarship, Yale University
1999 Elizabeth Stokel Battell Fellowship, Yale University

Public Collections:
Brooklyn Museum
The Rubell Family Collection
Studio Museum
Sender Collection
West Collection
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Art Institute of Chicago

Catalogues:
2008 The Other Mainstream II: Selections from the Mikki and Stanley Weithorn Collection, Arizona State University Art Museum.
2008 Art Now: Taschen Calender
2007 FLAVA: Wedge Curatorial Projects (1997-2007) by Wedge
2006 Frequency: Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Palm Beach Collects: The John Morrissey Collection
2005 Greater New York, P.S.1/MoMA
NeoVernacular: Pop Portraiture, Pulp and Pornm

Images (top to bottom):

Tamika sur un chaise longue, 2008, Mounted c-print
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Portrait of Qusuquzah, 2008, Mounted c-print

A Moments Pleasure in Black and White ,2006-2008, Mounted c-print

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