Hank Willis Thomas

Hank Willis Thomas, born in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1976, is a prominent American conceptual artist whose work delves into themes of identity, history, and popular culture. Growing up with an artist and photographer mother, Deborah Willis, he was immersed in the arts from an early age, attending Duke Ellington School of the Arts and later earning degrees from New York University and the California College of the Arts. Thomas is renowned for his incisive critiques of visual…