Born and raised in Memphis, Emily C. Thomas is an interdisciplinary, project-based artist who has also lived and worked in New York, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Amsterdam. She received a BFA from NYU in 2009 and a MFA from UC Santa Barbara in 2015. Thomas’ practice is a holistic response to the fragmentation of consciousness resulting from the institutionalized segregation of knowledge and the classification of individuals into cultural, social, gender, and human vs. nonhuman roles. Acting as a medium, she conjures visions of trans-rational and transpersonal realms that dissolve divisions within consciousness.
Multi-color Periphery
2018 Acrylic on panel
