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Born 1971 New Jersey. Known for: Large-scale female figurative mixed-media paintings, collage, installation.
New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel. Thomas introduces a complex vision of what it means to be a woman and... Read full biography
New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel. Thomas introduces a complex vision of what it means to be a woman and expands common definitions of beauty. Her work stems from her long study of art history and the... Read full biography
New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel. Thomas introduces a complex vision of what it means to be a woman and expands common definitions of beauty. Her work stems from her long study of art history and the classical genres of portraiture, landscape and still life. Inspired by various sources that range from the 19th century Hudson River School to Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse and Romare Bearden, she continues... Read full biography
New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel. Thomas introduces a complex vision of what it means to be a woman and expands common definitions of beauty. Her work stems from her long study of art history and the classical genres of portraiture, landscape and still life. Inspired by various sources that range from the 19th century Hudson River School to Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse and Romare Bearden, she continues to explore notions of beauty from a contemporary perspective infused with the more recent influences of popular culture and Pop Art. RESUME:. MICKALENE THOMAS. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. EDUCATION. 2002 MFA in Painting, Yale University School of... Read full biography
New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate paintings composed of rhinestones, acrylic and enamel. Thomas introduces a complex vision of what it means to be a woman and expands common definitions of beauty. Her work stems from her long study of art history and the classical genres of portraiture, landscape and still life. Inspired by various sources that range from the 19th century Hudson River School to Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse and Romare Bearden, she continues to explore notions of beauty from a contemporary perspective infused with the more recent influences of popular culture and Pop Art. RESUME:. MICKALENE THOMAS. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. EDUCATION. 2002 MFA in Painting, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT . 2000 BFA in Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. 1998 Southern Cross University, Lismore A... Read full biography
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Feminist Themes, Women's Equality, Feminism
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •France After 1900
Art School
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Chronology
- •20/21st Centuries
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean