Kamar Thomas

I am a fine artist from Jamaica who makes oil paintings, drawings and anything else that will express my ideas.

The majority of my work can be summed up in a metaphor: Masks. I became interested in masks when I moved to the US for school and realized that people had many identities. Masks are my metaphor for identity. Right now, I think that identity should have less to do with what you look like and more to do with your contribution and your choices. I made up paintings that raised questions along those lines.

What kind of masks do people wear? What do the masks mean? Who gets to decide? Can you change your masks? Under what conditions? What can you become when you put on a mask?

I graduated with my Master's in Fine Art at the University of Connecticut and a BA from Wesleyan University. People from all over the world own my work I think you should too.