Keioui Keijaun Thomas is a New York-based artist who creates live performance and multimedia installations addressing the multifaceted realms of Black identity-formation, encompassing affective, material and economic dimensions. Through a captivating fusion of sculpture and performance, her work explores the transient nature of the “doll” as both a work in progress and a formidable force of nature, while aiming to build bridges of understanding and community by centering self and communal care in real-time. 

Thomas has presented work both nationally and internationally, earning a BFA with Honors from the School of Visual Arts in New York, and a Master’s degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has presented work nationally and internationally at Kuopio’s ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival in Finland, Birmingham’s Fierce Festival, Skopje Pride Queer Arts Festival in Macedonia, Time Based Arts Festival in Portland, Oregon, and New York’s Dweller Festival, as well as Rapid Pulse Performance Art Festival and Out of Site Festival in Chicago, among others.

As of July 2025