Keith Thompson

About

Keith Thompson (b. 1996) is a studio artist, curator, and framer from Nassau, The Bahamas. He pursued an Associate of Arts degree at the College of the Bahamas, choosing instead, to branch out into a more robust practice. Thompson creates work about his experience growing up in a neighborhood rife with crime and gang-culture. His paintings exercise his own dread of easily falling into criminality. Thompson acknowledges that his image as a Black male subjects him to these expectations — and with delicate brush strokes, his own vulnerability and humanness are pronounced, countering the harsh perspective in which society views him.