Chiffon Thomas
CHIFFON THOMAS
b. 1991, Chicago, IL
Lives and works in New Haven, CT
EDUCATION
2020 M.F.A. Painting, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2018 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2014 B.F.A. Art Education, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Antithesis, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Fractured Reality, Goldfinch, Chicago, IL
2018 Soft Show, Roman Susan, Chicago, IL
2015 Roots & Culture, “Yr It,” Gallery Frayed Solo, Chicago, IL
Stitched Perception, Intelligentsia Coffee, IL
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Bitter Nest, Galerie Perrotin, Tokyo, Japan
In Practice: You may go, but this will bring you back, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY
2020 A Chance Encounter, curated by Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Parts & Labor, Beacon, NY
myselves, curated by Joshua Friedman, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
I Want to Feel Alive Again, Lyles & King, New York, NY
2019 Shag: Provocative Textiles, curated by Laura Hutson Hunter, Nashville Scene, Nashville, TN
MFA Thesis Show, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Young, Gifted, and Black: Limpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
Hand & I, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
The Poetics of Relation, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Chicago, IL
2016 Big Painting: Organized by Jonathan Travis, Patrick Parrish Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Paraíso Perdido, Thierry Goldberg, New York, NY
2014 Visual Culture Exhibition “Art Wanted,” Throop Studios, Chicago, IL
Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Fresh JuJu, Gene Siske, Chicago, IL
MLK Mural Competition International Hostel, Chicago, IL
2013 BFA Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL
South Side Community Art Center New Visions Art Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL
MLK Mural Competition International Hostel, Chicago, IL
2012 SAIC Accreditation Show, Chicago, IL
ExFest Film Screening Stop Motion Animation “Don,” Chicago, IL
2011 SUGS Projects Exhibition, Chicago, IL
MLK Mural Competition International Hostel, Chicago, IL
Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
2020 Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL
2019 Yale Critical Practice Fellowship Travel Grant, Palazzo Monti, Italy
2018 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2017 ACRE, Steuben, WI
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS
2020 Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
2018 Hull House Creative Space, Chicago, IL
2017 Fiber Materials, Visiting Artist Talk, King College Prep
Civil Rights Legacy Workshop, University of Chicago Lab School, Chicago, IL
2015 Art Incubator Intersectionality Critique Exchanges, Chicago, IL
Chicago Student Art Education, Intramurals, Chicago, IL
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, Miami, FL
Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Palm Beach, FL
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
Daniel Berger Founder of Iceberg Projects Collection, Chicago, IL
Diaspora Rhythms Collective, Marvin Wells and Patricia Wells, Chicago, IL
Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL
AWARDS
2015 Best in Mixed Media, Best of Ceramic, Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2013 Best Animated Short Film, ExFest Film Screening Stop Motion Animation “Don,” Chicago, IL
2011 1st Place in Youth Category, Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 Baker, M. “Three Art Exhibitions to See this November in Nashville,” Tennessean, Oct. 29.
Vakil, I. “Kohn Gallery’s Group Exhibition ‘myselves’ Explores the Construction of Identity,” Harper’s Bazaar Art, Oct. 10.
Morpugo, D. “Chiffon Thomas in Conversation with Daniela Morpugo,” ODDA, Oct. 8.
Walters, S. “myselves at Kohn Gallery, LA,” Art of Choice, Sep. 26.
Bang, M. “27 Emerging Artists Reflect on the Impacts of Isolation on Selfhood and Community,” L’Officiel Art, Sep. 14.
Lee, Y. “Inside ‘Young, Gifted, and Black’: A Project Celebrating the Great Black Artists of Our Time,” Vogue UK, Aug. 28.
2019 Sargent, A. “Young, Gifted, and Black: A New Generation of Artists,” D.A.P., September.
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Gipson, A. “Chanel Chiffon Thomas: Fractured Reality // Goldfinch Projects,” The Seen Journal, Feb. 23.