Terry Thompson, BHCLA Artist-in-Residence – Helena Hicks February 2026
February 11, 2026 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Please join us for an exciting opportunity to talk with BHCLA Artist in Residence Terry Thompson for our fourth Helena Hicks Speaker of the season. He will give a short address reflecting on his artistic career, participate in a live oral history interview recording, and host an open Q&A with the audience. The Peabody Graduate Jazz Fellowship will perform a number of jazz selections to kick off the evening.
Please note that Black Culture Builders of Baltimore Coworking begins at 4pm in the same space!
This event is FREE and open to the public. Please register below!
Terry Thompson is a self-taught American artist, born in Chicago, Illinois. He currently lives and work in Baltimore, Maryland. He also well-known veteran club dj/producer/promoter with releases on the London, UK record label Defected. During the 80’s, Thompson often decorated nightclub parties with his photo-montages and collage works. He produced numerous events over the years including massive parties during the famed Winter Music Conference in Miami. In 1990, Thompson moved to a loft space in downtown Baltimore after a successful Army career. During that period he started his art career with small shows in his loft and eventually branch out to local exhibitions while simultaneously dj’ing and working in corporate America. His art creativity began with figurative collages and paintings influenced by Romare Bearden, Picasso, Miro, Modigliani, and his long-time friend, Spanish painter Salvador Bru. Today, Thompson has his own vocabulary that is a unique blend of colors, shapes, forms, and motifs inspired by dance/dj culture, fashion, design, dreamscapes, and experimental vistas.
Thompson held Artist-in-residence from 1999-2004 at School 33 Art Center. Thompson participated in various exhibitions including: Bianco e Nero, YART Gallery Baltimore (2019), Post Cards from the Edge, Bortolami Gallery (2019) New York, ATM at the Former Robert Miller Gallery (2018) New York, Post Cards from the Edge at Gallery 524 (2018) New York, The ArtBox Project 1.0, Basel, Switzerland (2017), Post Cards from the Edge, Metro Pictures (2017) New York, Art Takes Miami at Scope (2014), Scope, Miami (2012), Sub-Basement Art Gallery (2004, 2008), Galerie Francoise (2012), Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Italy (1998). He holds a Masters of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University.
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