Bryan Keith Thomas

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Bryan Keith Thomas
Black Roots
2018
Honeycomb, ebony christ, Tennessee cotton, Victorian mourning pin, glass bottle, tassel, velvet, and oil on wood
33h x 21w x 4d in
Bryan Keith Thomas
Black Tea by the Light of The Moon
2021
Mixed media
Diptych, 30" x 10" x 1 1/2" each (On outside wall)
Bryan Keith Thomas
We are One
2022
Brass, tassel, leather, antique beads, mirror, vintage pictorial button, acrylic and oil on leather
24h x 11w x 3d in
Bryan Keith Thomas
Forever Free
2022
Victorian mourning pins, Tennessee cotton, heirloom bags, antique silk tassel, paper flower, rolling pin, antique hand fan, mother of pearl, acrylic and oil on wood
33 x 21 x 4 in.
Bryan Keith Thomas
Ashante Harriet
2022
23 karat gold leaf, antique silk tassels, pins, acrylic and oil on wood
Diptych, 29 x 8 x 3 in. (each)
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Education

Master of Fine Arts, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Select Exhibitions

2023

Invincible Black Soul: The Art Of Bearing Witness, SFAC Galleries, San Francisco, California, USA

“As you summon other worlds”, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

The Libra Foundation-San Francisco, CA

“The Indigo Project”, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA

2020

“The de Young Open Exhibition” De Young Museum, San Francisco, California

2019

“Alone”, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2003

American Embassy Dakar; Senegal West Africa

2000

American Embassies Program- United States Department of State


Collections

Hunter Museum of Art; Chattanooga, Tennessee

Savannah College of Art and Design; Savannah, GA

Mississippi Museum of Art; Jackson, Mississippi

Starr King School for the Ministry; Berkeley, CA

Carol H. Williams Advertising; Oakland, CA, Chicago, IL

East Bay Church of Religious Science; Oakland, CA

Hope and Unity MCC; Joubert Park- Johannesburg, South Africa

WW Brown Memorial Baptist Church; Johannesburg, South Africa

Select Honors

2023

San Francisco Arts Commission Grant

2012 

Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation Grant

2011 

Miami Art Basel- Scope Art Fair/ Grant

2006 

-White House Honor - Guest of First Lady Laura Bush for the

Embassies Program - Washington, DC

Teaching

1996-Current

 Professor of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts

San Francisco; Oakland, CA. School of Fine Arts

Faculty- Painting and Drawing Department, Critical Ethnic Studies Department

1993-1996

Graduate Teaching Associate, University of

Tennessee-Knoxville. Responsible for Two sections each

Semester (Drawing, Watercolor, Intro-Painting)