Thomas James

Thomas James (b. Washington, DC, 1994) is a curator and cultural worker. Taking a critical- creative approach to exhibition-making, his practice has been described as one that blends the visionary with the quotidian. James focuses on translating expansive ideas through storytelling, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and embodied, participatory forms of cultural production. He holds an MA in Culture, Criticism, and Curation from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and a BS in Business Administration from Frostburg State University, with additional training in curatorial studies at the Unschool of Curating (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) and in arts leadership at the New Art School Modual. James curated exhibitions at Banneker-Douglass-

Tubman Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, and The Phillips Collection.

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