Bryan Keith Thomas was born in Dyersburg, Tennessee, and he received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1996. Thomas currently resides in Oakland, California, where he works as a Professor of Fine Art within the Painting & Drawing and Critical Ethnic Studies departments at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, CA.
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Thomas received the "White House Honor" as First Lady Laura Bush's guest for his work within the Art in Embassies Program (Washington, DC.) In addition, his work has been exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally at Art Basel (Miami, Fl), de Young Museum (San Francisco, CA); the Oakland Museum of California (Oakland, CA); Gallery Guichard (Chicago, IL); ArtJaz Gallery (Philadelphia, PA); E&S Gallery (Louisville, KY) the American Embassy (Dakar, Senegal); Du Sable Museum (Chicago, IL) among others. Furthermore, his paintings are in several private and public collections worldwide.