b. Brooklyn, USA; lives and works in Queens, USA
Khalif T. Thompson is best recognized for his powerful work concentrated in portraiture and figuration. Incorporating painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, and paper-making into his practice, he explores notions of self through varied subjectivity concerning identity, race, iconography, as well as family and relationships. Thompson graduated from Purchase College with his Bachelors in Fine arts degree and has since completed a fellowship at the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in NYC, the Vermont Studio Center, the Jerome Emerging Artist residency at The Anderson Center and received a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Painting. Thompson will be attending The Yale School of Art in pursuit of his MFA in Painting/ Printmaking in the Fall of 2022
