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12 Apr 2023 | 2 min read
Artist
Mickalene Thomas
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About
Celebrating the beauty, sexuality and power of Black women through collage, photography and film, Thomas’ bold works reshape ideas of the artist’s muse. A graduate of the Pratt Institute and Yale School of Art, her impactful collages harnessing rhinestones and enamel have made her one of America’s most in-demand contemporary artists. In 2021, her work 'Raquel Reclining Wearing Purple Jumpsuit' sold for over $1.8 million at Christie’s (more than three times its high estimate).
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Did you know?
Thomas’s first muse was her mother, Sandra Bush, a model set for super-stardom in the 1970s, who fell on hard times.
Country of Birth
USA
Auction Record
£1,419,666
Christie's New York, 'Racquel Reclining Wearing Purple Jumpsuit', 2021
Notable Collections
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
MoMA, New York, USA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, USA
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., USA
Notable Exhibitions
Mickalene Thomas: Avec Monet, Musée National de l'Orangerie, Paris, FR, 2022-23
Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, USA, 2019
Mickalene Thomas: découverte, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, USA, 2019
Mickalene Thomas: Do I Look Like a Lady?, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA, 2016
Muse: Mickalene Thomas Photography and tête-à-tête, Aperture Foundation, New York, USA, 2015
Mama Bush: One of a Kind Two, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, JP, 2011
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