Denyse Thomasos
Denyse Thomasos | |
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Born |
October 10, 1964 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
Died |
July 19, 2012 New York City, New York, United States |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | |
Known for | Painting |
Denyse Thomasos (October 10, 1964 - July 19, 2012) was a Trinidadian-Canadian painter known primarily for large-scale, abstract works.[1]
Life
Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Denyse Thomasos and her family immigrated to Canada in 1970, settling in Mississauga, Ontario. She won more than twenty awards over the course of her career, ranging from the Pew Fellowship in the Arts in 1995, to a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1997, to the first McMillan/Stewart award from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2009. She was an associate professor of art at Rutgers University.[2]
She received her MFA in painting from the Yale School of Art in 1989, after attending the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, in 1988. She received her BFA from the University of Toronto. [3]
She died suddenly at age forty-seven, due to an allergic reaction during a diagnostic medical procedure.[4]
Further reading
- Olga Korper Gallery entry on Denyse Thomasos
- "DENYSE THOMASOS: The Divide: New Paintings" Brooklynrail.com
References
- ↑ "Artist: Denyse Thomasos". canadianart.ca. Canadian Art. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ "Painter Denyse Thomasos, 47, Dies Unexpectedly"
- ↑ Artist CV
- ↑ "Painter Denyse Thomasos, 47, Dies Unexpectedly"