Sabrina Thompson is a Brooklyn-based, self-taught multimedia artist and musician who was born in Ann Arbor, MI. Her work delves into themes of generational trauma, psychopathology, societal constructs, resilience, and joy within the Black diaspora. Sabrina earned her BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 2019 and recently graduated with honors from Parsons School of Design in 2024, obtaining her MFA in Fine Arts with a minor in Transmedia and Digital Storytelling. Her work has been featured in the Eflux Education publication, the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center in Wilberforce Ohio, 25 E Gallery in New York, NY, and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery in New York, NY.
StatementI am a multimedia artist who is guided by intuition to create work that articulates a through line between generational trauma, heritable psychopathology, and societal structures of power and control. My work draws from reality when I layer these themes with pockets of resilience, innovation, imagination, and joy that break free from the cycle of violence perpetuated against Black people for centuries. My current work pays tribute to my late Grandmother, Naomi Thompson (d. 2019). She was beloved by everyone who met her and always believed in me. I channel diasporic methods of ornamentation, decoration, and interior design as I weave together memory, love, history, grief, trauma, and generational joy. To achieve my vision, I employ a spectrum of mediums, including textiles, embroidery, collage, quilting, sculpture, painting, stained glass, glass fusion, embellishments, musical composition, digital illustration, and experimentation.
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Education
2024 MFA in Fine Arts with Departmental Honors Minor in Transmedia and Digital Storytelling Parsons School of Design - The New School | New York, NY
2019 BA in Psychology University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI
Selected Exhibitions
2024-2025 Art of Soul - Juried Art ShowNational Afro-American History Museum | Wilberforce, OH
2024 yet traces linger - MFA Thesis Exhibition Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery | New York, NY
Cosmic Echoes: Constellations of Memory 25 E Gallery | New York, NY
Material Automatism 25 E Gallery | New York, NY
Hallucinations in Time: Exploring the Psyche's Odyssey 25 E Gallery | New York, NY
Awards
2024 AICAD Post Graduate Teaching Fellowship - Nomination
Panels & Talks
2024 Good Grief - MFA Thesis Panel - moderated by Dessane Lopez Cassel The New School | New York, NY
Selected Press
2024 “yet traces linger” - E-FLUX Education, May 2024
Michigan
CountryUnited States
