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COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
Speak: Refrain, 2015 (ink on watercolor paper, 6x8) by Taylor O. Thomas
I was not mentioned when he did not testify. He tried to make me disappear. I cannot wear leather belts anymore. He wasn’t the one
to leave my body as evidence.
TAYLOR O. THOMAS’s paintings have been exhibited across the US, and in Italy, Spain, and China. She received a BA in Studio Art from Davidson College in 2012 and was awarded a graduate fellowship by the University of South Florida, where she earned her MFA in 2019. Thomas is the recipient of an inaugural Innovate Artist Grant, a Peripheral Vision Publication Fellowship, and a Regional Artist Project Grant by the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte, NC). She received a residency fellowship to attend Benaco Arte in Sirmione, Italy (2017), and two artist residencies, Deli Grocery New York and MassArt: Art New England. Thomas lives in Tampa, FL. See more of her work on her website.