David Thomas

Artist in Residence: September – October 2010

Curatorial Project: Colour Light Time

David Thomas studied art at  the University of Melbourne, Monash University and RMIT University.

Thomas holds a Ph.D from RMIT University where he was until 2019 an Associate Professor of Painting, Director of the MFA Program (Coursework) for Australia and New Zealand., and Leader of the Art, Time and Space Research Cluster in the School of Art,. He has been awarded numerous grants including Australia Council, AGNSW, Arts Victoria International Development grants. He has undertaken several residencies at the Cité International des Arts, Paris in the 1990s. 

His work employs monochromes and painted reflective surfaces to address issues of complexity, perception, being amid time and space .