Hank Willis Thomas

**Hank Willis Thomas** (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la yuuni 1976) nyɛla Americanima nucheeni baŋda. O nyɛla ŋun be Brooklyn, New York, o nyɛla ŋun tuma ni ajanda shɛŋa din nyɛ  paɣa bee doo, taarihi n-ti pahi kaya ni taada din niŋ bayana.

## Piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim
Hank Willis Thomas nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yuuni 1976 tiŋ yuli booni Plainfield, New Jersey, o lammba nyɛ Hank Thomas ŋun nyɛ yili yinda mini Deborah Willis ŋun nyɛ nucheeni baŋda, anfoonima yaara n-ti pahi shikuru baŋda. Thomas nyɛla ŋun chaŋ Duke Ellington School of the Arts ka daa nyɛ Museum Studies shikuru bila.

Thomas nyɛla ŋun mali "B.F.A. in Photography and Africana studies" ka di daa yina shikuru yuli booni New York University (1998) ni "M.A./M.F.A. in Photography and Visual Criticism" ka di mi yina California College of the Arts (2004). Yuuni 2017, o daa deei "honorary doctorates" shikuru yuli booni Maryland Institute College of Art mini Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts. Yuuni 2024, CCA alum Thomas daa deei "honorary doctorate" shikuru yuli booni California College of the Arts ni Deb Willis.


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## Pina
2023

* Medal of Arts, Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State
* Meridian Cultural Diplomacy Awards, Meridian International Center

2022

* American Academy of Arts and Science

2018
* *Guggenheim Fellowship*, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
* *Art For Justice Fund Grant*, Ford Foundation
2017
* *Soros Equality Fellowship*, Open Society Foundations
2007

* Artadia Award
*Renew Media Arts Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation

## Permanent installation
*Listed in reverse chronological order.*
**All Power to All People*, Gateway Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri. Unveiled 25th May, 2024
**Strike*, Equal Justice Initiative, Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, Montgomery, Alabama. Unveiled 27th March, 2024
*''Duality'' , The Underline, Miami, Florida. Unveiled May 17, 2023.
**[[The Embrace]]*, Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts. Dedicated January 13, 2023.
**[[Unity (Thomas)|Unity]]*, Tillary Street, Brooklyn, New York. 2019.
**Raise Up*, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, Alabama. Unveiled April 26, 2018.
**Love Over Rules*, Sites Unseen, San Francisco, California. Unveiled November 9, 2017.
**All Power to All People*, Opa-locka Art, Opa-locka, Florida. Unveiled October 17, 2017.

## Daŋ
Thomas's ma Deborah Willis nyɛ nucheeni baŋda mini NYU baŋda. O ba Hank Thomas, nyɛla jazz yili yinda, sinii yaara ka nyɛ ŋun be Black Panther Party. Thomas nyɛla ŋun niŋ Rujeko Hockley amiliya, ŋun nyɛ "curator" zuɣulan paa zaŋ n-ti Whitney Museum of American Art.

## Bibliography
* Willis, Deborah, Hank Willis Thomas, and Kalia Brooks. *Progeny: Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas*. New York: Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, 2009. 
* Thomas, Hank Willis, René De Guzman, and Robin D G Kelley. *Pitch Blackness*. New York: Aperture, 2008. 
* Harney, Elizabeth, editor. *Flava: Wedge Curatorial Projects 1997-2007*. Toronto: Wedge Curatorial Projects, 2008. Page 131. 
* Rhoden, William C. *Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete*. New York: Crown Publishers, 2006. Page 182. 
* Thomas, Hank Willis, Kambui Olujimi, and Carla Williams. *Winter in America*. San Francisco: 81 Press, 2006. 
* Armstrong, Elizabeth, Rita Gonzalez, and Karen Moss. *California Biennial 2006*. Newport Beach, California: Orange County Museum of Art, 2006. Pages 152–5. 
* Murray, D. C. "Hank Willis Thomas at Lisa Dent." Art in America. December 2006: p.&nbsp;165. 
* Dawsey, Jill.  "Hank Willis Thomas." Artforum.com, March 2006.
* Golden, Thelma, and Christine Y. Kim. *Frequency*. New York: Studio Museum in Harlem, 2005. Pages 7, 88–89. 
* Bing, Alison. "Image Consciousness." SFGate.com, 28 October 2004: p.&nbsp;78.
* Willis, Deborah. *Black: a Celebration of a Culture*. Irvington, New York: Hylas Publishing, 2004. Pages 221, 230, 290. 
* Addo, Ping-Ann. *Pieces of Cloth, Pieces of Culture: Tapa from Tonga & the Pacific Islands*. Oakland, California: Center for Art and Public Life, California College of the Arts, 2004.
* Hill, Iris Tillman. *25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers*. Brooklyn, New York: powerHouse Books in association with the Center for Documentary Studies, 2003. 
* Gore, Al, and Tipper Gore. *The Spirit of Family*. New York: Henry Holt, 2002. Pages 14–5. 
* M.I.L.K. Project. *Friendship: a Celebration of Humanity*. New York, New York: Morrow, 2001. 
* Willis, Deborah. *Reflections in Black: a History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present*. New York: W.W. Norton, 2000. Pages 257–8, 277. 
* Carroll, Rebecca. *Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America*. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1997. Cover. 
* Cottman, Michael H, Deborah Willis, and Linda Tarrant-Reid. *The Family of Black America*. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1996. Pages 122–6. 
* Cottman, Michael H, and Deborah Willis. *Million Man March*. New York: Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1995. Pages 13, 39, 81. 

## Kundivihira

## External links
*Rosario Dawson, Van Jones, and Others Star in a 21st-Century Remake of Norman Rockwell's Famous ‘Four Freedoms’ Series—See Them Here
*Hank Willis Thomas video interview on Unbranded series
*Hank Willis Thomas in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art
*Official Website of Hank Willis Thomas
*Pitch Blackness, Thomas' first book
*Cause Collective, a group of artists of which Thomas is a member
*Flypmedia: Visual Slang 
*An Evening with Hank Willis-Thomas, with quotes related to his themes, *SRQdaily*, 2018.03.23 
*Photo Eye: Interview 
*Wynwood: 30 Americans
*Video of Hank Thomas at a joint lecture with his mother, Deborah Willis 
* Bishop, Philip E. "Exhibit Explores History, Hipness." *Orlando Sentinel*, April 19, 2007.
* Cook, Greg. "Bought and Sold." *The Boston Phoenix*, January 22, 2008.
* Cotter, Holland. "On the Piers, Testing the Waters in a Down Art Market." *New York Times*, March 5, 2009.
* Dawson, Jessica. "'Black Panther Rank and File' Rallying Its Own Art Movement." *Washington Post*, November 23, 2007.
* Rice, Robin. "Life in Turnabout." Philadelphia City Paper, January 23, 2008.
* *[http://collection.artbma.org/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/search@/0?t:state:flow=84dfcd0d-5360-4656-9025-2bab0caac20e Of Time, Space and Revolution] *, 2010, Baltimore Museum of Art.