Mickalene Thomas

American | 1971

Mickalene Thomas is an American Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1971. Her work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Portland Art Museum, Oregon. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Perrotin, Paris (2bis Av Matignon) have featured Mickalene Thomas's work in the past.Mickalene Thomas's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 95 USD to 1,830,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2007 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,830,000 USD for Racquel Reclining Wearing Purple Jumpsuit, sold at Christie's New York in 2021. In the past 12 months, her artworks have averaged 35,626 USD.Mickalene Thomas has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Hyperallergic in October 2025.

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Featured for Sale

Portrait of Maya #10

By Mickalene Thomas

Weng Contemporary

Jet Blue #11

By Mickalene Thomas

Pinto Gallery

Mickalene Thomas (American, b. 1971) The Inversion of Racquel #2, 2021 ,2021

By Mickalene Thomas

Freeman鈥檚 | Hindman New York

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Notable Lots

Untitled ,2018

By Mickalene Thomas

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I've Got it Bad and that Ain't Good (from the She Works Hard For the Money Pin-Up Series) - Mickalene Thomas

I've Got it Bad and that Ain't Good (from the She Works Hard For the Money Pin-Up Series) ,2006

By Mickalene Thomas

+145%

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Don鈥檛 Forget About Me (Keri) - Mickalene Thomas

Don鈥檛 Forget About Me (Keri) ,2009

By Mickalene Thomas

+5%

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The Inversion of Racquel #2, 2021 - Mickalene Thomas

Mickalene Thomas (American, b. 1971) The Inversion of Racquel #2, 2021 ,2021

By Mickalene Thomas

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Lovely Six Foota ,2006

By Mickalene Thomas

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A Moment's Pleasure in Black and White

By Mickalene Thomas

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Recent Auction Results

Left Behind ,2021

By Mickalene Thomas

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Black is beautiful ,2017

By Mickalene Thomas

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Trois Divas (AEIOU and sometimes Y - Mickalene Thomas

Trois Divas (AEIOU and sometimes Y ,2009

By Mickalene Thomas

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Current Exhibitions

In Our Time: Eleven Artists + W.E.B. Du Bois

Pratt Institute, Manhattan Gallery

New York | USA

26 Sep, 2025 - 20 Dec, 2025

See It Now: Contemporary Art from the Ann and Mel Schaffer Collection

Tang Museum

Saratoga Springs | New York | USA

13 Sep, 2025 - 04 Jan, 2026

Kitsch, Craft, Critique

Allen Memorial Art Museum

Oberlin | Ohio | USA

14 Jun, 2025 - 23 Dec, 2025

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Coverage

鈥� ..1971) is perhaps best known for her large-scale elaborate paintings that are adorned with rhinestones, enamel, and colorful acrylics... 鈥�
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Spelman College Museum of Fine Art

鈥� ..Thomas is best known for her bold enamel and acrylic paintings adorned with rhinestones, glitter, and 鈥渂ling.鈥� Her subjects seem to have stepped directly from a 1970s Blaxploitation film, yet Thomas鈥檚... 鈥�
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Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

鈥� .. Brooklyn artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her elaborate, collage-inspired paintings, embellished with rhinestones, enamel, and colorful acrylics... 鈥�
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Brooklyn Museum of Art

鈥� .. Mickalene Thomas, known for her large-scale, multi-textured paintings of domestic interiors and portraits, also identifies the photographic image as a defining touchstone for her practice... 鈥�
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Pioneer Works

鈥� ..Known for her large-scale, multi-textured, and rhinestone-encrusted paintings of domestic interiors and portraits, Thomas has also identified the photographic image as a defining touchstone for her practice... 鈥�
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Decker & Meyerhoff Galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art

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