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Hank Willis Thomas Biography
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1976
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Born in Plainfield, New Jersey
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1998
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B.F.A. Photography & Africana Studies New York University
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2004
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M.A. Visual Criticism California College of the Arts
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2004
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M.F.A. Photography California College of the Arts
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Strange Fruit, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Hope, Duke University John Hope Franklin Center, Durham, NC
Scouring the Earth for My Affinity, Samsøn Projects, Boston, MA
Untitled (12th Istanbul Biennial), Istanbul, Turkey
More American Photographs, Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
In Search of the Truth, Galway Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland
Involuntary, Neville Wakefiled, FordProjects, New York, NY
Elizabeth Catlett: Stargazers, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY |
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2010 |
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Hank Willis Thomas, Galerie Anne De Villepoix, Paris France
All Things Being Equal…, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Huckleberry Finn, Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
Greater New York 2010, PS1, Queens, NY
Unfixed, Center for Contemporary Art, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Global Africa, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
3rd World Festival of Black Arts & Cultures, Dakar, Senegal
In Context, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
After 1968, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
Houston FotoFest Biennial, Houston, TX
Hard Targets, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Wildly Different Things, Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Beg, Borrow, Steal, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Posing Beauty, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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2009 |
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Digging Deeper, in collaboration with Willie Cole, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
Hank Willis Thomas, Annarumma 404, Milan, Italy
Light Text, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, KS
Hank Willis Thomas, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Black is Beautiful, Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Visionary Delusions, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, Canada
Pitch Blackness, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
The Black Atlantic, ar/ge kunst, Bolzano, Italy
1969, PS1, New York, NY
Unnatural Rubber, The Warhol Museum, Pittsburg, PA
ICP Triennial: Dress Codes, ICP, New York, NY
New York Photo Festival, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, New York
Connections, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA |
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2008 |
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Winter In America, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA (solo)
Untitled, in collaboration with Willie Cole, the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Unbranded, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Unchained Legacy, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
After 1968, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Global Africa, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
From Taboo to Icon: Africanist Turnabout, Ice Box Projects Space, Philadelphia, PA
We’re All in this together, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA |
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2007 |
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Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, Von Lintel Gallery, New York
Ad | Agency, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Branded and on Display, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
MASH, The Helena, New York, NY
For the Love of the Game, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Keep the Change, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Visual Alchemy, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Negotiating Identities in Africa and the African Diaspora, Gettysburg College, PA
Reasons to Riot, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Crossing the Line, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL
Taking Possession, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
Cross Sections, 18th Street Art Center, Los Angeles, CA |
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2006 |
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Signifying Blackness, Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA (solo)
B®ANDED, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Unbranded, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The California Biennial, The Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Kapital, Kent Gallery, New York, NY
The Black Alphabet, Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, POLAND
Luxury Goods, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
Metro Pictures, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami and The Moore Space, FL
Black Panther Rank and File, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Emerging Artists Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, NY
The Whole World is Rotten, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH |
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2005 |
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Bearing Witness, African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Family Matters, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
Frequency, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Day Labor, P.S.1, New York, NY
Bay Area Now 4, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Remnants, Relics, Jamaica Center for Art & Learning, New York, NY
Propeller, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Recovered Views, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, African-American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Maximum Flavor, ACA Gallery, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
5x5, Wertz Contemporary Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The GlamMore Show Revisited, PlaySpace Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2004 |
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Hank Willis Thomas, Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
The Trade Dress: Value Judgments, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL
Salad Days, Artists Space, New York, NY
Jamaica Flux, Jamaica Center for Art and Learning, New York, NY
Coasticated, Punch Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2003 |
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After Happily Ever, Long & Pollack Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Mother to Son, Texas Women’s University, Danville, TX
Missing Person’s, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
GenArt’s Emerge 2003, The Big House, San Francisco, CA
POPULAR tm, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
25 Under 25: American Photographers, Gulf & Western Gallery, New York, NY
Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, The Leica Gallery, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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Murphy & Cadagon Awards Exhibition, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2001 |
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Moments in Love, Intimacy and Kinship, Grand Central Station, New York, NY
The Legacy of Gordon Parks, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA |
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2000 |
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Reflections In Black, Smithsonian Institution, Arts & Industries Building, Washington, DC
Fuzzy Logic, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition, Long & Pollack Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Oneness, The New York Ba’hai Center, New York, NY
Alumni Exhibition, Duke Ellington School for the Arts, Washington, DC |
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1999 |
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Speak to my Heart, Smithsonian Institution, The Anacostia Museum, Washington, DC |
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1998 |
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4i’s, Gulf & Western Gallery, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY
The Family, Bronfman Center for Jewish Life, New York, NY |
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1994 |
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Images & Inspirations, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC |
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1993 |
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Student Exhibition, Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC |
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Selected Public Collections: |
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Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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