Khalif Tahir Thompson

Khalif Tahir Thompson (born 1995) completed his BFA at Purchase College, New York and MFA in Painting / Printmaking at Yale University School of Art. Recent solo exhibitions include Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, North Carolina; and Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg, Paris and Dubai. Tahir Thompson was selected for Kehinde Wiley’s Black Rock residency, Senegal; the Jerome Emerging Artist residency at The Anderson Center; along with a fellowship from the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking. Collections include Saint Louis Art Museum, St.Louis; Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington D.C.

Portrait of Khalif Tahir Thompson. Photo: Adam Reich. Courtesy Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery