Education
MA, University of the Arts London, 2025 (in-progress)
BA, Frostburg State University, 2016
Curated Group Exhibitions
2024
Culture Haus, Art Basel Pop-Up Exhibition
Joshua D. Buron, Lia Latty, OOAKS, Dimithry Victor, Lance Minto-Strouse
PS Social (Miami, FL)
Scorched Petals to Pages: Investigating Narratives at the Intersection of Image Making and Literature
Kyujin Lee, Madyha J. Leghari, Thiang Uk
The Nicholson Project (Washington, DC)
REVISIT/REIMAGINE: The Civil Rights Era in Maryland and Parallels of Today
Quinci Baker, Sanah Brown Bowers, Schroeder Cherry, Shaunte Gates, Kyle Hackett, Jeffrey Kent, Lex Marie, Murjoni Merriweather, Jason Patterson, Ernest Shaw, Victoria Walton, Lionel Fraizer White III, Redeat Wondemu
Banneker-Douglass Museum (Annapolis, MD)
2023
Get In Fit Where You Fit In: Exploration of Form by Black Women Artists
Jordan Rhema Labbe, Rebecca Marimutu, Linnea Poole, Ciarra K. Walters
Brentwood Arts Exchange (Brentwood, MD)
Reframing Futures II: Supporting Artists Through Alternative Means (Artists from The Last Resort Artist Retreat)
Derrick Adams, Jabari Jefferson, Murjoni Merriweather, Jamaal Peterman, McKinley Wallace III, Kyle Yearwood
Silber Art Gallery at Goucher College (Towson, MD)
2023 Mount Royal School of Art (Multidisciplinary MFA) Spring Thesis Show
Alexander Bard, Alex El Dahdah, Daniel Flores Estrella, Isa Gold, Ashling Han, Kristofer Heng-lehtinen, Sāgar Kāmath, Yoonjung Lee, Songhyun Moon, Nova Pan, Katie Peck
Meyerhoff Gallery and Decker Gallery at Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)
2022
If You're Here, You Belong
Ainsley Burrows, Alexis Gomez, Blake Pierre, Dereje Demissie, Erick Antonio Benitez, Jo Nanaijan, Khadija Jahmila, Liliana Guzman, Meron Engida, Ram Brisueno, Thiang Uk, Will Martinez
11:Eleven Gallery (Washington, DC)
A Journey Not Soon Forgotten
Jessica Elena Aquino, Antonius-Tin Bui & Theresa-Xuan Bui, Ainsley Burrows, Lehna Huie, Sam Husseini, Thiang Uk, Fahimeh Vahdat, You Wu, Helen Zughaib
Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (Arlington, VA)
Unveiling Resistance
Gabriel C. Amadi-Emina, Rowan Bathurst, Autumn Breon, Theresa-Xuan Bui, Ainsley Burrows, Allen Golder Carpenter, Ailish Hopper, Charles Phillipe Jean-Pierre, Christopher "KOLPEACE" Johnson, Sagar Kamath, Jeffrey Kent, Denese King-Ashley, George Lorio, Paula Mans, Tonisha Hope McCorkle, Elizabeth Ann Miller, Lydia Moore, Amuri Morris, Kim Rice, Laura Sligh, Fahimeh Vahdat, McKinley Wallace III, Esteban Whiteside, Helen Zughaib
The Gallery at Community College of Baltimore County Essex (Essex, MD)
Rooted in Voyage: Connectivity Through Objects
Akea Brionne, Asha Elana Casey, Wesley Clark, Walter Cruz, Brandon Donahue, Jabari Jefferson, Lex Marie, Murjoni Merriweather, Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre, McKinley Wallace III
Band of Vices Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2021
Repercussions: Redefining the Black Aesthetic
Suldano C Abdiruhman, Adewale Alli, Alexandre Amegah, Desmond Beach, Asha Elena Casey, Wesley Clark, Lehna Huie, Rebecca Marimutu, Antonio McAfee, Charles Philippe Jean Pierre, Qrcky, Sarah Stefan Smith, Bria Sterling, Ky Vassor, Victoria Walton, Lionel Fraizer White III
Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD)
Organic Destruction
Kyle J Bauer, Christian Benefiel, Yam Chew Oh, Brandon Donahue, Nicole Fall, Stephanie Garmey, Stephanie Garon, David Gleeson, Grayson Gross, Artemis Herber, Andrew Hladky, Jason Hughes, Sam Husseini, Jeanne Keck, Shelley Picot, Michael Thron, Omolara Williams McCallister, Marcia Wolfson Ray
Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
BRIGHT
Ambrose, Marie Charlotte Amegah, Destiny Belgrave, Michael A. Booker, Schroeder Cherry, Andrew Gray, David Ibata, Jabari C. Jefferson, Megan Lewis, Arin Mitchell
Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
2020
Grey Matter: A Response to Blackness
Charles Mason III, McKinley Wallace III, Ernest Shaw, Omalara McCallister-Williams
John A. Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery at Anne Arundel Community College (Arnold, MD)
On the Verge
Jack Coyle, Walter Cruz, Sara Dittrich, Italo Duarte, Nicole Dyer, Alexandre Edoh Yao Amegah, Erin Fitzpatrick, Andrew Flanders, Kayla Fryer, Carrie Fucile, Jerrell Gibbs, Alexis Gomez, Taha Heydari, Jani Hileman, Kei Ito, Megan Koeppel, Amani Lewis, Charles Mason III, James "Alpha" Massaquoi, Murjoni Merriweather, Jason Patterson, J. Alex Schechter, Sul-Jee Scully, You Wu, Kyle Yearwood
Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
2019
We Are One
Ernest Shaw, Jerry Prettyman, Monica Ikegwu, Latoya Hobbs, Mark Fleuridor
Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
Our World
Akea Brionne Brown, Kayla Fryer, Jerrell Gibbs, Nikia Kigler, Amnai Lewis, Charles Mason III, Alpha James Massaquoi, Murjoni Merriweather, Will Watson, McKinley Wallace III
Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD)
Co-curated with Derrick Adams
Ruminative Marks
Norman Galinsky, Gil Ugiansky, David Brown
Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
2018
Belonging: Stories from the Seafarers Yacht Club of Washington, DC
Jesse F. Berry, Lawrence Green, Dylan Alvarez
The Phillips Collection, Phillips@THEARC Campus (Washington, DC)
The Phillips Collection, Main Campus (Washington, DC)
2017
Darkest Before the Dawn
Alfonso Fernandez, Kelly Walker, McKinley Wallace III, Luther Wright, Zac Franzoni, Maria Miller, Andrei Trach, Susan G. DeVan, Maroulla Morcos
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts (Annapolis, MD)
George Washington University ArtReach Community Gallery (Washington, DC)
2016
Legion of Imagination: Versatility in Photography
Taylor Crawford, Thomas James, Derek Russell
Mountain City Center for the Arts (Frostburg, MD)
Curated Solo Exhibitions
2023
Devotion
Jabari Jefferson
The Bishop Gallery (Brooklyn, NY)
2022
Bountiful
Bria Sterling-Wilson
Band of Vices Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2021
Ball in Transition
Brandon Donahue
Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD)
Language of the Soul
Megan Lewis
Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD)
S H I N I N '
Murjoni Merriweather
Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD)
Intimate Realness
David Ibata
Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD)
2020
Abstract Constraints
Chukwuemeka Chukwu
Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD)
Unfinished Journeys
Helen Zughaib
Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
Oneiric Thresholds
Olivia Sanders
The Commons Annapolis (Annapolis, MD)
Embodied: Coming to America
Gabriel C. Amadi-Emina
Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD)
Co-curated with Derrick Adams
Seduction of Self-Destruction
Jewel Ham
Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD)
Co-curated with Derrick Adams
2019
Tropical Diaspora
Zeh Palito
Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD)
Co-curated with Derrick Adams
No Play Fighting
Christopher Batten
Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
2018
The Way Things Were: The Painted World of Hashim Al-Samarraie
Hashim Al-Samarraie
Gallery Al-Quds (Washington, DC)
Syra Arts (Washington, DC)
Solo Show
Marilyn Ugiansky
Paul’s Homewood Cafe (Annapolis, MD)
Moderated Talks and Panels
2024
Emcee & Moderator, PRIZM Art Fair Panel Series
(Miami, FL)
Guest Lecturer, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
(Milwaukee, WI)
Artist Talk w/ Bria Sterling-Wilson at Take Creative Control (Washington, DC)
Lecturer, Harlem & Beyond: Harlem Renaissance, Black Modernism, and the Impact of Artist Practice & Social Movements at Notre Dame of Maryland University (Baltimore, MD)
Moderator, Black Power and Palestine Book Lecture
w/ author Dr. Michael Fischbach and author Susan Muaddi Darraj at Banneker-Douglass Museum (Annapolis, MD)
Emcee, Revisit/Reimagine Film Festival
at Banneker-Douglass Museum (Annapolis, MD)
Artist Talk w/ Brian Bailey at Arena Social (Washington, DC)
Emcee, Creative Conversations: Panel Series at Rhythm and Hues Block Party at Banneker-Douglass Museum (Annapolis, MD)
Artist Talk w/ Monica Ikegwu and Kid Ballon at Sagamore Pendry (Baltimore, MD)
Moderator, Death of the Heart: Stories of White Supremacy, Black Resistance, and Contextualizing our History Lecture
w/ artist Jason Patterson at Banneker-Douglass Museum (Annapolis, MD)
2023
Guest Lecturer, Three Principles to Guide Art Facilitation
at Charlotte Street Kemper Library (Kansas City, MO)
Guest Panelist, Creative Conversations with Tiffany & Co.'s Tiffany Atrium
w/ Dr. Devona L Dixon and Erikka James (New York, NY)
2022
Guest Panelist, Stronger Together
w/ Derrick Adams and Tiffany Auttriana Ward at Soho House Miami (Miami, FL)
Artist Talk w/ Charles Mason III, Marian Simms, and Jessica Bell Brown at Waller Gallery (Baltimore, MD)
Artist Talk w/ Dave Eassa at Cody Gallery at Marymount University (Arlington, VA)
Guest Panelist, Maryland State Art Council's Coffee with the Council: Baltimore Artist Residencies
(Virtual)
Artist Talk, Rooted in Voyage Exhibition
w/ Asha Elana Casey, Wesley Clark, Walter Cruz, Lex Marie, Murjoni Merriweather, McKinley Wallace III, Bria Sterling-Wilson (Los Angeles, CA)
2021
Artist Talk w/ Monica Ikegwu and Tommy Mitchell at Band of Vices Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
Artist Talk w/ Lex Marie at Arena Social (Washington, DC)
Artist Talk w/ Charles Mason III at Joshua Johnson Council/Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, MD)
Artist Talk, Repercussions: Redefining the Black Aesthetic Exhibition
w/ Adewale Alli, Lehna Huie, Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre, Bria Sterling, Ky Vassor, and Lionel Fraizer White III (Baltimore, MD)
Guest Panelist, Young Audience's Bloomberg Arts Internship Panel
(Virtual)
Artist Talk w/ Murjoni Merriweather at Joshua Johnson Council/Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, MD)
Guest Panelist, Community Leaders of Baltimore Roundtable at University of Maryland Baltimore County
(Baltimore, MD)
2020
Guest Lecturer, Reginald F. Lewis Museum Kwanzaa Program
(Baltimore, MD)
Artist Talk w/ Akea Brionne Brown and Chukwuemeka Chukwu at Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD)
Guest Panelist, The Counter-Narrative Show: Black Artists Matter Part 2, Season 2, Episode 3
(Baltimore, MD)
Artist Talk, Baltimore’s Emergence w/ world-renown artist Derrick Adams
at Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
Artist Talk, We Are One Exhibition w/ Ernest Shaw, Jerry Prettyman, Monica Ikegwu, Mark Fleuridor, and Latoya Hobbs
at Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
2019
Gallery Talk, Black Artists & Baltimore w/ Gallerist Myrtis Bedolla
at Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
Gallery Talk, Art as a Job: Advancing Your Career as an Artist, a conversation w/ Cara Ober Founding Editor and Publisher at BmoreArt Magazine
at Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
Artist Talk, Ruminative Marks Exhibition w/ Norman Galinsky and Gil Ugiansky
at Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
Artist Talk, No Play Fighting Exhibition w/ Christopher Batten
at Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
Artist Talk, Ideas and Inspirations w/ Rob Wood
at West Annapolis Fine Art and Framing (Annapolis, MD)
Panel Member, More Art Upstairs
(Film Screening) w/ Director Jody Hassett Sanchez
at Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
Artist Panel, In Pursuit of Creativity w/ Maureen Farrell, Maggie O'Leary, Gayle Kassal, Monica Cortright, Brenda Larson and Dale Hall
at West Annapolis Fine Art and Framing (Annapolis, MD)
2018
Guest Panelist, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Shriver Peaceworker Cross Cultural Discussion
at Creative Alliance (Baltimore, MD)
Artist Panel, Meet the Artists w/ Carol Cowie, Georgette Toews, and David Diaz
at West Annapolis Fine Art and Framing (Annapolis, MD)
Artist Talk, Exhibition Talk w/ Ronaldo Dorado
at The Commons Annapolis (Annapolis, MD)
2017
Professional Development Panel, Don’t Sell Yourself Short w/ Cynthia McBride, Matt Klos, Jean Opilla, and Bill Schmidt
at The Commons Annapolis (Annapolis, MD)
Professional Development Panel, What is a Tweet Anyways w/ Patrice Drago, Kristen McCurdy, and Rachel Lipton
at The Commons Annapolis (Annapolis, MD)
Professional Experience
2024
Artist Member, Maryland State Artists Council Arts Incubator Workgroup (Maryland)
Faculty Guest Curator, Notre Dame of Maryland University (Baltimore, MD)
Art Acquisition Consultant, Miller Spencer Art Brokerage (Washington, DC)
Curator-in-Residence, Banneker-Douglass Museum (Annapolis, MD)
Juror, Passive House Artist Space, The Compound (Baltimore, MD)
2023
Fellow, Material Practice Program, Ruth Arts Foundation (Milwaukee, WI)
Fellow, A Thousand Forests Program, Emerson Collective (New York, NY)
Guest Juror, Rocket Grants,
Charlotte Street Foundation (Kansas City, MO)
Guest Juror, Ruth Arts Mary L. Nohl Alumni Award
(Milwaukee, WI)
Fellow, On the Front Lines: Artists at Risk, Artists Who Risk Program, Salzburg Global Seminar
(Salzburg, Austria)
Guest Juror, York Community Art Scholars Exhibition, York College (York, PA)
Guest Critic, Towson University Fall 2023 Thesis Show, Towson University
(Towson, MD)
2022
Guest Juror, Washington Project for the Arts Wherewithal Grants
(Washington, DC)
Guest Juror, The Last Resort Artist Retreat Residency Prize
at Untitled Art Fair (Miami, FL)
Guest Juror, Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Mary L. Nohl Fellowship Selection
(Milwaukee, WI)
Guest Juror and Panelist, Hamiltonian Artists Fellowship Selection
(Washington, DC)
Guest Juror, Bethesda Urban Partnership's The Trawick Prize (Bethesda, MD)
Guest Lecture and Critic, MFA Portfolio Class
at Maryland Institute College of Art
(Baltimore, MD)
Guest Curator, Art Garden Pop Up at 147 Preakness Stakes
(Baltimore, MD)
Guest Lecture, Curatorial Practice Class
at Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)
Guest Critic, MFA Portfolio Class
at University of Maryland
(College Park, MD)
Guest Juror, Target Gallery Solo Exhibition Program
at Torpedo Factory
(Alexandria, VA)
Guest Speaker, Senior Portfolio Class
at Duke Ellington School of the Arts
(Washington, DC)
Consultant, Deep Roots Ornamentation & Identity Exhibition
at Susquehanna Art Museum
(Harrisburg, PA)
2021
Art Acquisition Consultant, Art Collection of Munger, Tolles & Olsen LLP (Washington, DC)
Guest Critic, Residency Unlimited Summer Studio Critiques
(Brooklyn, NY)
Guest Critic, Freedom School for Artists' Black Crit Week
(Virtual)
Shoe Designer, Vans "Foot the Bill" Initiative
(Costa Mesa, CA)
Guest Juror and Consultant, B&O Railroad Museum Street Art Competition
(Baltimore, MD)
2020
Art Consultant, Kaiser Permanente North Baltimore Project
(Baltimore, MD)
Guest Critic, Graduate Student Critique
at Towson University (Towson, MD)
Guest Juror, Black Art Matters Exhibition
at Maryland Federation of Art (Annapolis, MD)
Guest Critic, NextGen 7.0 Exhibition at VisArts (Rockville, MD)
Guest Juror, Goucher College Annual Student Showcase
(Towson, MD)
Guest Critic, Maryland Institute College of Art Semester Critique
(Baltimore, MD)
2019
Guest Critic, Maryland Institute College of Art Intro to Curatorial Studies Exhibition Proposals (Baltimore, MD)
Creative Home Buying
hosted by Make Space (Baltimore, MD)
2020
Making a Career in Art
at Baltimore Youth Arts (Baltimore, MD)
2019
Get This Money: Resume Building Workshop
at The Commons Annapolis (Annapolis, MD)
2018
Don’t Sell Yourself Short: How to Market Yourself as an Artist
at The Commons Annapolis (Annapolis, MD)
What is a Tweet Anyways?: How to Use Social Media and Brand Yourself as an Artist
at The Commons Annapolis (Annapolis, MD)
The Image is Everything: How to Frame and Photograph Your Work
at West Annapolis Fine Art and Framing (Annapolis, MD)
2017
How to Totally Nail the Interview
at AmeriCorps VISTA Summit (Washington, DC)
Board and Committee Memberships
Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Advisory Board Committee Member
Maryland Art Place,
Programming Advisory Committee Member
Community College of Baltimore County, Exhibitions Committee Member
Visit Baltimore, Cultural Tourism Advisory Committee Member
Maryland State Archives, Annapolis City Dock Legacy Committee
REVISIT REIMAGINE’: Commemorating Maryland’s ‘Year of Civil Rights’ at the Banneker-Douglass Museum, AFRO Newspaper
Banneker-Douglass celebrates 60 years of Civil Rights, WYPR On the Record
The Viability of Hotels as Alternative Art Spaces,
Washington City Paper
Rising Stars: Meet Thomas James,
VoyageBaltimore
Three Artists to Watch - According to Thomas James,
INERTIA
Abstract Dialogues: ‘Repercussions’ at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center, BmoreArt
We Went to: Creative Alliance’s “Organic Destruction” and “What We Heard”, Ways of Seeing Art Blog (University of Baltimore County)
“Organic Destruction” ft Thomas James,
No Pix After Dark Podcast
Thomas James | BRIGHT, Getting to the Truth in this Art
2020
AACC Hosts Art Exhibit In Honor Of Black History Month, Campus Current (Anne Arundel Community College)
This is Thomas James, We Are In The Flesh
On The Verge - Opening Reception, Baltimore Snap
Ask An Arts Professional - Thomas James, INERTIA Studio Visits
2019
Episode 64 - Thomas James, Local Color Podcast w/ Jason V
Art AND: Thomas James, BmoreArt Magazine
Living the Dream With Thomas, Nice To Meet You Podcast w/ Simone Miles
Sailing Old Seas: The Seafarers Yacht Club Has a Legacy as Old as the Ocean, Bitch Media
2018
Jerusalem Fund Hosts One of Iraq’s Premier Artists, Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs
2017
Darkest Before the Dawn Exhibition, Prince George’s Community Television
2016
Mountain City Center for the Arts to present images by Frostburg State Students, Cumberland Times-News
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