Description
Frances Thomas, a Canadian painter, and printmaker was born in Parry Sound, Ontario. She received both her BFA and MFA from York University, Toronto, Ontario, and is the recipient of the Samuel Sarick Purchase Award for excellence in thesis work.
Her paintings were featured in a solo exhibition, “but wait”, with an accompanying catalogue, at the MacLaren Art Centre in Barrie. She has exhibited in Barrie, Montreal, Edmonton, Toronto and New York and her work is in the permanent collections of the MacLaren Art Centre, Bank of Montreal and York University. Thomas has taught at Georgian College as well as holding advisory positions on various Fine Arts committees at Georgian. She has provided studio crits for undergrad and MFA students at York University and has been a juror for the Ontario Arts Council. She has participated in residencies in Pouch Cove, Newfoundland and Triangle Arts in Brooklyn, New York and in 2016 spent three months in Berlin on a self-directed residency.
Thomas currently lives and works in Barrie, ON Canada. She is also the Curator of the permanent art collection at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in Barrie, ON.
