Faculty
Len Thomas-Vickory
Adjunct Associate Professor
Len Thomas-Vickory was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio in 1969. As the son of blue-collar parents, these values would later go on to be a part of his ethics in his choice of printmaking as a viable manner of art making. Len would go on to graduate with a BFA from Montserrat College of Art in 1995 and an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Initially a painter in trade and training, Len would abandon painting in exchange for his preference in printmaking. Seeing that printmaking could provide a social influence in addressing his images and ideas to the public more effectively, he moved decidedly to printmaking in 2003. During that year, Velvet Pelican Projects was initiated. Velvet Pelican Projects would spend the next four years producing silkscreened booklets that would address the public in large-run, hand-editioned silkscreens. These booklets covered topics from third-party candidacy to the value of particular education levels.
Since 2011, Len Thomas-Vickory works on both public art projects and displaying works in various exhibitions between the East and West coasts. In 2008, Len began annual trips to Japan that would influence his prints for many years to come, in particular, the ideas of Zen philosophy, temples, and the Japanese landscape. The notions of being in the “here and now” and moments of repast have become central to his art work.
Learn more about the Printmaking concentration at Montserrat.