Felandus Thames, born in 1974 in Jackson, Mississippi, currently resides and creates in Connecticut. After graduating from Jackson State University with a Bachelor of Arts, where he was honored with the Mississippi Arts Commission’s prestigious “Individual Artist Fellowship” in the visual arts category, Thames pursued his artistic journey by earning a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from the esteemed Yale School of Art in 2010. In 2011, he made his mark in the New York art scene by mounting his inaugural solo exhibition at the renowned Tilton Gallery. Thames has also enriched the art world by serving as a Visiting Critic at the Rhode Island School of Design. His artwork has found its way into esteemed collections, including the Mississippi Museum of Art, Mystic Seaport Museum, the San Antonio Spurs, Florence Griswold Museum, and The Studio Museum of Harlem.
Felandus Thames, born in 1974 in Jackson, Mississippi, currently resides and creates in Connecticut. After graduating from Jackson State University with a Bachelor of Arts, where he was honored with the Mississippi Arts Commission’s prestigious “Individual Artist Fellowship” in the visual arts category, Thames pursued his artistic journey by earning a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from the esteemed Yale School of Art in 2010. In 2011, he made his mark in the New York art scene by mounting his inaugural solo exhibition at the renowned Tilton Gallery. Thames has also enriched the art world by serving as a Visiting Critic at the Rhode Island School of Design. His artwork has found its way into esteemed collections, including the Mississippi Museum of Art, Mystic Seaport Museum, the San Antonio Spurs, Florence Griswold Museum, and The Studio Museum of Harlem.
