Hank Willis Thomas
Hank Willis Thomas is a conceptual photo artist working primarily with themes related to identity, history and popular culture. Thomas' monograph, "Pitch Blackness," was published by Aperture. In 2015, Thomas co-founded For Freedoms, the first artist-run super PAC, and he is a member of the Public Design Commission for the city of New York.
Thomas has exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad including The International Center of Photography, Public Art Fund and Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain; Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France; and Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, among others. Thomas' artwork is in numerous public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art and Brooklyn Museum, New York; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; and National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Collaborative projects include "Question Bridge: Black Males" and "In Search of the Truth" by Cause Collective. He earned a B.F.A. degree in photography and Africana studies from New York University, as well as an M.F.A. degree and an M.A. degree in photography and visual criticism, respectively, from the California College of Arts.