Gallery: ARTIST
Country: U.S.A.
City: SAN FRANCISCO CA
Website:
https://www.lavathomas.com/
Abstract:
Lava Thomas shapes public memory through large-scale drawings, portraiture, monuments, and site-specific installations. Engaging civic, family, and historical archives, her work gives renewed presence to lives and narratives that inform the American story. Her work has been exhibited at leading institutions across the country, including the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Harvard University, the Museum of the African Diaspora, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, and the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, SFMOMA, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and the Cantor Art Center at Stanford University, among others.