EDUCATION

2000-2002 MFA in Painting, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1995-2000 BFA in Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1998 Southern Cross University, Lismore Australia

RESIDENCES

2002-03 Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
2001 Vermont Studios Center, Johnson, VT
1999 Yale Norfolk Summer of Music and Art, Norfolk, CT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 “The Unseen”, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles, CA (Project Room)
2006 “Something About You….”, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Brawling Spitfire”, Special Project, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas,

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007 “Taking Aim”, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
“Some Kind of Portrait,” Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles. CA
“Flava”, CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada
“Prime Time”, Caren Golden Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY
“My Love is a 187”, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Inspired in New York”, Echo Gallery, New York, NY

2006 “Not An Ocean Between Us: Voices of Women From African and the African “Diaspora”, Winston Salem State University. Winston Salem, NC
“Lag Time Line Up”, Mumbo Jumbo Gallery. New York, NY
“Materiality”, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY,
“Wild Girls”, Exit Art, New York, NY
“The Pulse of New Brooklyn”, MoCADA Museum, Brooklyn, NY
"Do You Think I'm Disco", Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY

2005 "NeoVernacular", Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Five Artists, Five Projects”, Wertz / Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
“Tete-a-Tete”, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
“Maximum Flavor”, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Greater New York 2005”, P.S.1/MoMA, Long Island City, NY
“African Queen”, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

2004 “Me, Myself and I”, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
“Glamour, Glory and Gold”, The Proposition Gallery, New York, NY
“Seeds and Roots”, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
“It’s About Memory”, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 “Beauty”, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
“Pantone”, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, NY
“Because I’m Worth It”, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
“Hands on Hands Down”, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

2002 “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road”, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
1999 Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Elizabeth Stockel Battel Gallery, Norfolk, CT
1997 Brush, 4min. Video, The Yellow Door Gallery, NY
The Knitting Factory, New York, NY
Downtown Community Television Center, New York, NY

LECTURES/SYMPOSIA

2006 The Stoop Series, Bric’s Rotunda Gallery & NY Magazine, New York, NY
2005 Conversations with the Artists, MoMA, New York, NY
2004 Artist’s Voice, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2003 Fine Arts Seminar, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Artist’s Voice, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Panel Discussion, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Two Years, Pratt Panel, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Artist’s Talk, Exploration Senior Summer Program, New Haven, NY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007 Art Market Insight, American Art Collector, “You’ll have to stand in line for the work of these hot young Yale artist” January
Cotter, Holland, “Prime Time: Mickalene Thomas and Shinique Smith,” New York Times, May 4
“Goings On About Town,” The New Yorker, May 7
Hunt, Kenya, “Rhinestones and Oprah.” Metro, March 30
“Prime Time,” Artkrush, May
Miller, Rebecca, Shotgun Review, “My Love is a 187”, March 18
Rosenberg, Karen, “An Afternoon in Chelsea,” New York Magazine, May 7
Swartz, Anne, “Sex Privilege and Power: The Paintings of Mickalene Thomas”, NY ARTS, May-June
Trends, “Mickalene Thomas”, Muse Magazine, Jan. 10

2006 Camper, Fred, “Desire in the Abstract”, Chicago Reader, November
Cotter, Holland, “Do You Think I’m Disco”, The New York Times, February
Genocchio, Benjamin, “Exploring the Effects of Disco’s Beat”, The New York Times, February
Gronlund, Melissa, “Frequency”, Frieze, March
Haber, John, “Frequency”, Haber’s Art Reviews, February
Kastner, Jeffrey, “Frequency”, Art Forum, January
Lynn, Sue, “One Gal’s Opinion of Art Basel”, Entertainment and News, December
Oppenheim, Phil, Art Papers, “5X5 Five Artist/Five Perspectives”, Jan-Feb
Peterson, Kristen, “The Look is a Blast from the Past”, Las Vegas Sun, November
Ribas, Jose, “Emerging Collectors: A Profile of John Morrissey”, ArtInfo, January
Ross, Susan, “More, More, More”, NYARTS, May/June
Spence, Rebecca, “How Street It Is”, ArtNews, February
Stillman, Nick, “Frequency”, Brooklyn Rail, February
Thorncroft, Anthony, “Basel Comes to the Beach”, Financial Times, Dec. 2
Valdez, Sarah, “Frequency Bling and Beyond” Art in America, April,

2005 Feaster, Felicia, “Five works by five artists 5X5 takes a mostly critical look at our media-drenched culture”, Creative Loafing, October
Feaster, Felicia, “Buy and Large exhibit explores our devouring desire for more stuff”, Creative Loafing, June
Frank, Peter, “NeoVernacular, Good Clean Fun”, LA Weekly, December
Gardner, James, “They’re Unknown, Under 30 and From New York”, New York Post, March 23rd
Rimanelli, David, “Greater New York 2005”, ArtForum, May
Sirmans, Franklin, “This Woman’s Work”, Essence Magazine, November
Smith, Roberta, “Where Issues of Black Identity Meet the Concerns of Every Artist", The New York Times, Nov.18
Wiley, Kehinde, “Top Ten”, Artforum, April

2004 Laster, Paul, “Back to Back at SMH”, Vol. 4 No. 2, WBurg, August
Mills, Michael, “Through A Fractured Lens,” Newtimes bpb.com, Nov. 18
Nichols, Matthew Guy, “Hands on Hands Down”, Art in America, February
Smith, Roberta, “Art in Review”, The New York Times, January 23
Weinberg, Michelle, “It’s All About Me”, Miami Newtimes.com, Nov. 25

2003 “Goings On About Town,” The New Yorker, August 27th
Kim, Christine, “Hands on, Hands Down,” Studio Museum in Harlem Brochure

AWARDS

2002 Barry Cohen Scholarship, Yale University
2001 Paul Harper Fellowship, Yale University
2000 Presidential Merit Scholarship, Yale University
1999 Elizabeth Stokel Battell Fellowship, Yale University
Student Activities Graduate Assistant Award, Yale University
1998 Pratt Institute Student Leadership Award
1995-97 Pratt Institute Black Alumni Scholarship

COLLECTIONS

The Rubell Family Collection
The Studio Museum in Harlem
The Sender Collection