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DAMON THOMAS

HOUSTON

Houston artist Damon Thomas works in clay and mixed media to create
figurative art that explores the emotional range of the human condition. In
works such as “Refugees,” Damon uses birds or other animals as stand-
ins for humans. With its precarious sense of balance and weathered-
looking materials,”Refugees” explores the fraught journey of displacement.
The birds facing in both directions suggest the heartache of leaving home
and the fragile hope of arriving in a new place.

Damon’s work has been exhibited at the Houston Center for
Contemporary Craft, Art League Houston, Art Car Museum and
Artspace111. His art is included in the Houston Airport System’s Portable
Works Collection and Armadillo Clay’s sculpture garden. He earned a
certificate of achievement in Ceramic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston’s Glassell School of Art in 2015.