Glenyse Thompson

Glenyse Thompson
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

STATEMENT

My canvas is a vibrant stage, where life’s conversations burst into color and texture. I’m Glenyse Thompson, a Florida-based artist weaving stories of connection, whispering secrets with bold brushstrokes and laughing with rhythmic lines. Using inks, hand-drawn lines, and collage techniques my artistic threads stretch beyond the studio. Every day inspires me–the stolen glances across cafe tables, the quiet understanding in a shared smile, the symphony of voices weaving through bustling streets.

“We are nothing without each other,” I often say, and my art echoes that truth. Walls transform into tapestries, alive with the kaleidoscope of emotions that bind us. I paint the unspoken, the shared moments that make us human.

I want you to stop, to truly see the poetry in a fleeting moment. To hear the laughter in brushstrokes, the whispered trust in textured layers. Because, in the end, we’re all weavers in this tapestry of life, and every thread–-every interaction-–matters.

BIO

Glenyse Thompson is a Florida-based artist whose work spans contemporary original art and design. Inspired by people and conversations, her artwork combines vibrant use of colors and textures, conveying the exuberant connections we have with each other and our environments.

As a multidisciplinary artist, Glenyse believes their art practice has everything to do with how we interact daily. “Conversation is something we would miss if not happening, yet we rarely stop to think how
much value we should place on it. We are nothing without each other, we are nothing without
conversation.”

She is included in the coffee table books published by Art Lives Here and Art Queens, Volume II. Her artwork was commissioned for inclusion in the Southern Living Idea Home and her work was featured in the September 2023 issue of Southern Living Magazine. Her artwork is shown in Architectural Digest, “In Focus: Legacy of Black Women Makers”. Home décor firm Brewster Wallcoverings collaborated on a capsule collection, “A-Street Prints x Glenyse Thompson Wall Mural Collection”.

As part of “The Welcome Space” for Black Artists and Designers Guild’s “Obsidian Experience”, her artwork was featured in Town and Country Magazine and subsequently included in Elle Decoration UK, Metropolis Magazine, California Design and Home, Houzz, Hunker, Design Milk and Aspire Home and Design. Commissions include cover art for Designers Today magazine and Great Guns London.

Glenyse has been interviewed for Martha Stewart Magazine, Design Milk “Milkshake” series, and she appeared as a featured artist for WEDU Arts Plus, a nationally syndicated television program on the PBS network. Her artwork is in the collection of Boston Children’s Hospital, and private collections. Exhibition history includes “Visions in Black”, Suncoast Black Arts Collective; “Many Americas: Art Meets History”, Southern Vermont Arts Center and others.

ARTIST CONTACT

(312) 725-6066
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