Mickalene Thomas

**Mickalene Thomas** (bɛ dɔɣi o la Anashaara goli January 28, 1971) ka o nyɛ "African-American" nuuni tuunbaŋda ŋun tuma nyɛ peentibu. Thomas tumanima pam doli la taarihi.  O tuma yimina Western nuuni tuunbaŋsim taarihi ni mini din pahi pahi

## Pina ni kpaŋmaŋa

Thomas nyɛla ŋun di pina pam ka di shɛŋa nyɛ, *[[BOMB Magazine]]* Honor (2015), MoCADA Artistic Advocacy Award (2015), AICA-USA Best Show in a Commercial Space Nationally, First Place (2014), Anonymous Was A Woman Grant (2013), Audience Award: Favorite Short, Second Annual Black Star Film Festival (2013), Brooklyn Museum Asher B. Durand Award (2012), Timehri Award for Leadership in the Arts (2010), Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (2009), Pratt Institute Alumni Achievement Award (2009) n-ti pahi Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (2007).

Thomas mali biɛhisi shee Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, Maine (2013) (resident faculty); Versailles Foundation Munn Artists Program, Giverny, France (2011); Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado (2010); Studio Museum in Harlem (2003); Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont (2001); ni Yale Norfolk Summer of Music and Art, Norfolk, Connecticut (1999).

## Tumanima din yi polo

**Panthera* (2002), Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
**Instant Gratification (from Brawling Spitfire Wrestling series)* (2005), Rubell Museum, Miami/Washington, D.C.
**Rumble (from Brawling Spitfire Wrestling series)* (2005), Art Institute of Chicago
**Mama Bush II, Keep the Home Fires Burnin' *(2006), Rubell Museum, Miami/Washington, D.C.
**Remember Me* (2006), Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
**Can't We Just Sit Down and Talk It Over?* (2006-2007), Art Institute of Chicago; and Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
**A Little Taste Outside of Love* (2007), Brooklyn Museum, New York
**Lovely Six Foota* (2007), International Center of Photography, New York
**Madame Mama Bush in Black and White* (2007), Brooklyn Museum, New York
**Sista Sista Lady Blue* (2007), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
**Oprah Winfrey* (2007-2008), National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
**Din Avec la Main Dans le Miroir* (2008), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
**Michelle O* (2008), Baltimore Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
**A Moment's Pleasure in Black and White* (2008), Whitney Museum, New York
**Portrait of Qusuquzah* (2008), Minneapolis Institute of Art
**A-E-I-O-U and Sometimes Y* (2009), National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
**Ain't I A Woman (Keri)* (2009), Museum of Modern Art, New York
**I Learned the Hard Way* (2010), Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
* (2010), Baltimore Museum of Art
**Portrait of Mnonja* (2010), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
**You're Gonna Give Me the Love I Need* (2010), Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
**Melody: Back* (2011), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
**Qusuquzah, une très belle négresse 1* (2011), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
**Portrait of Marie Sitting in Black and White* (2012), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
**Sleep: Deux Femmes Noires* (2013), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
**Hair Portrait #20* (2014), Seattle Art Museum
**Racquel: Come to Me* (2016), Whitney Museum, New York
**Resist #2* (2021), Baltimore Museum of Art
**Guernica (Resist #3)* (2021), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

## Maŋamaŋa biɛhigu
Thomas nyɛla ŋun yi paɣa mini paɣa taba bɔbu ni. O mini ŋun daa beni n-nyɛ Racquel Chevremont. Chevremont sɔŋsim ni, Thomas daa kpa The Josie Club Thomas mini Chevremont daa wɔli taba yuuni 2020 bɛ ni daa niŋ yuuni pia nyaaŋa.

## Kundivihira

## Further reading
* Tinson, Teddy. "Making Up with Mickalene Thomas", *Interview Magazine*. June 25, 2014.
* Frank, Priscilla. "Mickalene Thomas Delivers the Most Stylish Philosophy Lesson of All Time", *Huffington Post*. June 26, 2014.
* Murray, Derek Conrad. "Mickalene Thomas: Afro-Kitsch and the Queering of Blackness." *American Art:  Smithsonian American Art Museum*. Spring 2014.
* Frank, Priscilla. "Mickalene Thomas Directs Stunning Documentary For Her Mother And Muse", *Huffington Post*. February 21, 2014.
* Bissmeyer, Tyler. "An Art House and Hotel", *The Wall Street Journal*. January 10, 2013.
* Bratburd, Rebecca. "Brooklyn Artists Build Momentum", *The Wall Street Journal*. December 17, 2013.
* Sykrett, Asad. "Inside the Artist's Studio" , *Architectural Digest*. December 16, 2013.
* "Série Mode: Mickalene Thomas." *L'Officiel Art, Paris*. October–November 2013. 
* Traff, Thea. "Away with Clichè", *The New Yorker*. July 29, 2013.
* Vogel, Carol. "At Art Basel, an Unslaked Appetite For Buying", *The New York Times*. June 14, 2013.
* Cole, Lori. "Critic's Picks", *Artforum*. February 2013.
* "A whole lotta woman", *The Economist*. November 30, 2012.
* Hudson, Suzanne. "Mickalene Thomas", *Artforum*. November 2012.
* Smith, Roberta. "Loud, Proud and Painted", *The New York Times*. September 28, 2012.
* "Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe", *The New Yorker*. September 21, 2012.
* Cotter, Holland. "Tête-à-Tête", *The New York Times*. August 19, 2012.
* Wender, Jessie. "A Tête-à-Tête with Mickalene Thomas", *The New Yorker*. July 16, 2012.
* Finkel, Jori. "Mickalene Thomas, up close and very personal", *Los Angeles Times*. April 22, 2012.
* Frankel, David. "Previews: Mickalene Thomas: The Origin of the Universe." *Artforum*. January 2012.
* Zimmer, Lori. "Reconstructing the Glittering Female Gaze: A Conversation with Revolutionary Artist Mickalene Thomas", *PMC Magazine*. December 2011.
* Rosenberg, Karen. "Mickalene Thomas: 'More Than Everything'", *The New York Times*. October 21, 2011.
* Landers, Sean. "Mickalene Thomas". *[[Bomb (magazine)|BOMB Magazine]]*. Summer 2011.