Hank Willis Thomas: We The People

This solo exhibition presents a selection of work in diverse media and offers a deeper looking into the artist’s explorations around identity, history, and collective memory. Presented in conjunction with the permanent installation on campus of “With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited” the exhibition invites reflection into the ways Thomas’s broader practice connects to the themes embodied in the memorial.

Thomas was the 2022 U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts honoree from the Office of Art in Embassies, Washington, DC. Additionally, he is the recipient of the Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship (2019), The Guggenheim Fellowship (2018), AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize (2017), Soros Equality Fellowship (2017), Aperture West Book Prize (2008), Renew Media Arts Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation (2007), and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award (2006). He is a former member of the Public Design Commission for the City of New York.