汉克·威利斯·托马斯(Hank Willis Thomas)1976年出生于美国新泽西州普兰菲尔德,现生活并工作于纽约布鲁克林。他是一位观念艺术家,其创作主要围绕视角、身份、商品、媒体与大众文化等主题展开。
他的作品曾在美国及世界各地的重要机构展出,包括国际摄影中心(International Center of Photography)、毕尔巴鄂古根海姆博物馆(Guggenheim Museum Bilbao)、巴黎布朗利码头博物馆(Musée du quai Branly)、香港艺术中心(Hong Kong Arts Centre)以及Witte de With当代艺术中心等。
他的合作项目包括 《Question Bridge: Black Males》、《In Search Of The Truth (The Truth Booth)》、《The Writing on the Wall》、《The Gun Violence Memorial Project》,以及艺术家主导的组织 For Freedoms。该组织旨在推动和扩大以创意为基础的公民参与、公共讨论与直接行动。
2022年,托马斯获美国国务院艺术使馆办公室(Office of Art in Embassies)艺术奖章(Medal of Arts)。此外,他还曾获得戈登·帕克斯基金会奖学金(Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship,2019)、古根海姆奖学金(Guggenheim Fellowship,2018)、AIMIA | AGO摄影奖(2017)、索罗斯平等奖学金(Soros Equality Fellowship,2017)、Aperture West摄影书奖(Aperture West Book Prize,2008)、洛克菲勒基金会 Renew Media Arts Fellowship(2007)以及纽约艺术基金会奖学金(New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award,2006)。
他曾担任**纽约市公共设计委员会(Public Design Commission for the City of New York)委员。
托马斯长期从事公共艺术创作,在美国各地创作了多件永久性公共艺术作品。其中包括:2023年落成、位于马萨诸塞州波士顿 Boston Common 的《拥抱》(The Embrace);与 Coby Kennedy 合作、于2023年完成并位于芝加哥 O'Hare国际机场 的《抵达(REACH)》;2023年位于迈阿密 The Underline 的《二元性(Duality)》;以及位于德克萨斯州奥斯汀 Austin Public Library 的《真相是,我爱你(The Truth is I Love You)》。
其他永久性公共艺术作品还包括位于纽约布鲁克林市中心的《团结(Unity)》、旧金山的《爱胜于规则(Love Over Rules)》以及佛罗里达州奥帕洛卡(Opa Locka)的《将一切权力赋予所有人(All Power to All People)》。
托马斯1998年获得纽约大学(New York University)美术学士学位(B.F.A.),2004年获得加州艺术学院(California College of the Arts)艺术硕士/美术硕士学位(M.A./M.F.A.)。2024年,他获加州艺术学院授予荣誉博士学位;2017年,他还曾获马里兰艺术学院(Maryland Institute of Art)以及缅因州波特兰视觉艺术博士研究院(Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts)授予的荣誉博士学位。
2026
Forever Now, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2025
We the People, Davidson College Art Galleries, Davidson, NC
I AM MANY, Jack Shainman, New York, NY
Hank Willis Thomas: LOVERULES, University of Arizona, Tucson, NZ
2024
Kinship of the Soul, Pace Gallery, London
Hank Willis Thomas: LOVERULES, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023
I’ve Known Rivers, Pace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Everything We See Hides Another Thing, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
The New Black Aesthetic, Cleveland, OH
2021
Another Justice: Divided We Stand, Kayne Griffin, Los Angeles, CA
2020
All Things Being Equal..., Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AK
An All Colored Cast, Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, CA
2019
All Things Being Equal..., Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Exodusters, Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, NY
Donnez Votre Main, Maruani Mercier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Hank Willis Thomas: unbranded, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
Hank Willis Thomas: Unbranded, ICA Miami, Miami, FL
2018
What We Ask Is Simple, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Black Survival Guide, or How to Live Through a Police Riot, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Unbranded, The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL
Unbranded/Branded, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
My Life Is Ours, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China
2017
The Beautiful Game, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
Freedom Isn’t always Beautiful and Blind Memory, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
2016
To Whom It May Concern, Jablonka Maruani Mercier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Evidence of Things Not Seen, Kadist, San Francisco, CA
Hank Willis Thomas: I Am A Man, New City Arts Initiative, Charlottesville, VA
Unbranded: A Century of White Women, 1915 – 2015, Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC
Hank Willis Thomas: Black Righteous Space, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Primary Sources, David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, Providence, RI
The Truth is I See You, Metrotech, Brooklyn, NY
In The Box: Hank Willis Thomas, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Unbranded: A Century of White Women 1915-2015, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
All Things Being Equal..., Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AK
An All Colored Cast, Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Sports and Beyond, Almine Rech, Paris, France
Get in the Game: Sports and Contemporary Culture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collections, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Push and Pull, Andrew Reed Gallery, Miami, FL
Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, Brooklyn Museum, NY
In Praise of Black Erranty, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2023
Don’t Forget to Call Your Mother, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Inheritance, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
JUSTICE, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2022
Start Talking: Fischer/Shull Collection of Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of Advertising, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Another Justice: US is Them–Hank Willis Thomas & For Freedoms, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York
Stressed World, The School│Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, New York
2021
Break the Mold: New Takes on Traditional Art Making, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
7th Athens Biennale 2021 ECLIPSE, Athens Biennale, Athens, Greece
American Epidemic: Guns in the United States, Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2020
Jacob Lawrence: Struggle...From the History of the American People, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Object Lessons, Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center, New York, NY
2019
Direct Message: Art, Language, and Power, MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Eldorama, Tri Postal, Lille, Métropole Européenne de Lille & Région Hauts-De-France, France
2018
Michael Jackson: On the Wall, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art, Pérez Art Museum Miami, FL
2017
The Past is Present, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New York
Double Take, SKARSTEDT, London, UK
Public Art in New York, Museum of the City of New York, New York
Jacob Lawrence: Lines of Influence, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Black Box: Kara Walker and Hank Willis Thomas, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
奥尔布赖特-诺克斯美术馆,纽约州布法罗
巴尔的摩艺术博物馆,马里兰州
布朗克斯艺术博物馆,纽约州纽约市
布鲁克林博物馆,纽约州
底特律艺术博物馆,密歇根州底特律
阿基坦地区当代艺术中心,法国波尔多
古根海姆博物馆,纽约州纽约市
香港艺术中心,香港
国际摄影中心,纽约州纽约市
卡迪斯特艺术基金会,法国巴黎
大都会艺术博物馆,纽约州纽约市
现代艺术博物馆,纽约州纽约市
维多利亚国家美术馆,澳大利亚墨尔本
鲁贝尔家族收藏,佛罗里达州迈阿密
哈莱姆工作室博物馆,纽约州纽约市
《拥抱》The Embrace,2023,青铜,高20米,直径40米,永久安装于波士顿公共公园
《拥抱》The Embrace,2023,青铜,高20米,直径40米,永久安装于波士顿公共公园
《自由骑手(彩色版本)》Freedom Riders (Color Variation),2022,铝塑板上采用UV打印的逆反射乙烯基材料及覆膜,178 x 153 厘米(70 x 60 英寸)
《自由骑手(彩色版本)》Freedom Riders (Color Variation),2022,铝塑板上采用UV打印的逆反射乙烯基材料及覆膜,178 x 153 厘米(70 x 60 英寸)
《旗帜之后 I(绿色)》After Flags I (green) ,2022,综合材料(包括美国国旗和退役监狱制服),153 × 183 厘米(60 × 72 英寸)
《爱胜于规则》LOVE OVER RULES,2017,霓虹灯作品,6×6 英尺。永久安装于耶尔巴布埃纳:旧金山杰西街165号
《篮球与锁链》Basketball and Chain,2003,Lambda相纸,76.2 × 50.8 厘米(30 × 20 英寸)
《烙印之头》Branded Head,2003,Lambda相纸照片,76.2 × 50.8 厘米(30 × 20 英寸)