About BA
BA Thomas (b. 1994) is a visual artist based in North Carolina, USA whose paintings of interiors and landscapes are simultaneously real and imagined: a compendium of images and moments culled from real-life sources and collaged into the canvas and paper in painterly scenes. Humans are almost never depicted in the work, but their traces are; invoking a slightly surreal and palpable energy, their psychological presence always extremely felt. In her recent solo show, she furthers this impulse and questions ideas of legacy and absence - stories long forgotten, histories lost to time.
She received Bachelor of Arts degrees in both studio art and psychology from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. In 2025, she had a solo show in Paris at Brigitte Mulholland. Recently her work has also been exhibited at Felix Art Fair, The Salon by NADA, DIMIN, Blue Spiral 1, and Galeria Contrast. Thomas was a fellow at the Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency in 2021, and she has also attended ChaShaMa’s ChaNorth Artist Residency, No Boundaries International Art Residency, and NY Crit Club's Residency Program. In 2023 she published her first book, Tableau Vivant, and her paintings have been featured in Sight Unseen.
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BA THOMAS
Born 1994, USA
Lives and works in North Carolina, USA
EDUCATION
2013-2017 - B.A. in Studio Art and B.A. in Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), Wilmington, NC, USA
2016 - American University of Rome, Rome, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 - The Suit That Goes Everywhere, Brigitte Mulholland, Paris, France
2021 - Last Trace, Galeria Contrast, Barcelona, Spain
2021 - Joints and Rinds, Eyes on Main Street Gallery, Wilson, NC, USA
2020 - Enclosed Accretions, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, USA
2017 - Visual History of a Space, Ann Flack Boseman Gallery, Wilmington, NC, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2024
L’Atelier, Brigitte Mulholland, New York, NY, USA
The Salon by NADA, Paris, France
Le vernissage, partie deux, Brigitte Mulholland, Paris, France
The Nod, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC, USA
Works on Paper, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC, USA
2023
Cycles, DIMIN, New York, NY, USA
Inside and Out, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC, USA
Insignia, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC, USA
2022
Summer Show, Galeria Contrast, Barcelona, Spain
AG Artist Collective, Asher Grey Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA, USA
Still Life 2.0, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC, USA
2021
She’s at the Hudson, Hudson, Raleigh, NC, USA
Creative Resilience, Newark Arts Festival, Newark, NJ, USA
Summer Show, Galeria Contrast, Barcelona, Spain
2020
ReAwakening, Golden Belt Grand Gallery, Durham, NC, USA
2019
No Boundaries International Art Residency Exhibition, Wilma Daniels Gallery, Wilmington, NC, USA
2018
Walls We Build, United Arts Council, Raleigh, NC, USA
2017
No Boundaries International Art Residency: 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Wilma Daniels Gallery, Wilmington, NC, USA
2015
Variety of Forms, ACES Gallery, Wilmington, NC, USA
RESIDENCIES
2023
ChaShaMa, ChaNorth Residency, Pine Plains, NY, USA
2022
Virtual Residency with Mira Schor, NYC Crit Club, USA
Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, CA, USA
2019
No Boundaries International Art Residency, Bald Head Island, NC, USA
2017
No Boundaries International Art Residency, Bald Head Island, NC, USA
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
2024
Artist Support Grant, Pitt County Arts Council, Greenville, NC, USA
2022
Artist Fellowship, Joshua Tree Highlands Residency, Joshua Tree, CA, USA
2017
Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Aging and Cognitive Psychology Lab, UNCW, Wilmington, NC, USA
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2023
Thomas, BA. Tableaux Vivant. Durham: Laser Image, 2023.
2022
Shapiro, Deborah, “Saturday Selects,” Sight Unseen, Dec 12, 2022.