BMT ARTS

BIO

Bleriot Thompson (b. 1995 in Newark, NJ; lives and works in New Jersey) is a mixed media artist working primarily with paint to find where identity lies in the struggle for equality.  His work looks to push the boundary between art, culture, and its preservation through documentation. Thompson studied at the University of William Paterson where he received his B.F.A in Fine Arts In 2018.  Thompson was accepted into the Creative Capital Professional Development Program upon graduating. The following year 2019, he was accepted into the Early Art Practitioners pilot program at the Joan Mitchell Foundation in New York. Thompson has exhibited an array of work across several galleries and institutions. Some notables include Gallery Aferro, The Brooklyn Museum, The Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Ben Shaun University Galleries at William Paterson University, Paul Robeson Galleries, at Rutgers University (Newark), Index Art Center in Newark NJ, REM Art Studios in Tribeca NY, Smush Gallery in Jersey City NJ, Passaic County Arts Center at the John W. Rea House, Blanc Studios in Brooklyn NY, the Newark Arts Festival at 33 Washington Street, and the Newark Arts Festival at the Newark Museum.

About Public Enemy

Public Enemy looks to push the boundary between art, culture, and its preservation through documentation. How does one actively battle the suppression of their own experience? Culture can only exist when a set of values comes to be acknowledged as sound and sacred by a group of people. The group can hold the meaning of those values with confidence and share different iterations with one another. I was inspired by the mediums that sought the most direct communication while having the ability to create authentic connections between friends, family, and strangers. All while moving with the understanding that we need to have compassion for an experience that we cannot fully grasp if we are truly seeking understanding.