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Thomas James

Curator · Cultural worker

Connection with Alex

Thomas James curated the 2023 Mount Royal thesis show, which included Alex’s Perceiving Nationhood Passports.

Work & recognition

Projects, programmes and milestones. Each entry explains its relationship and attribution.

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14–30 April 2023 · Curated the exhibition · Mount Royal exhibition archive and poster

Mount Royal School of Art · Thesis Show 2023

Thomas James curated the 2023 Mount Royal thesis show, which included Alex’s Perceiving Nationhood Passports.

24 February 2024–4 January 2025 · Exhibition curation · Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum

REVISIT/REIMAGINE

James guest-curated this exhibition on Maryland’s civil-rights era and its contemporary parallels at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum.

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Biography

Thomas James is a Baltimore curator and cultural worker whose exhibitions connect critical research, storytelling and community participation. He has curated at The Phillips Collection, the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington and the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum, and held leadership roles at Creative Alliance and The Last Resort Artists Retreat.

Approach & practice

His curatorial approach uses accessible encounters with art to encourage reflection, shared learning and community dialogue.

Institutional role · 2018–2021

Director of Visual Arts · Creative Alliance

A published exhibition biography records James’s tenure as Director of Visual Arts at Baltimore’s Creative Alliance from 2018 to 2021.

Thomas James

Culture, Criticism & Curation

Holds an MA from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and a BS in business administration from Frostburg State University.

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