About

Rena Bransten Gallery is pleased to present our first solo exhibition by Lava Thomas. Thomas (b. Los
Angeles, CA) is a Bay Area-based visual artist whose work explores the events, figures, and movements
that inform and shape our individual and collective histories. Central to her practice are notions of
visibility, resilience, and healing, whether the artworks memorialize victims of racial violence, transform
galleries into contemplative spaces, or stretch the conventions of portraiture and representation.

Thomas is a multi-disciplinary artist and master draftsman whose oeuvre includes …