Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artists Grant

Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award

Chancellor's Selection Award

Rubenstein Arts Center Artist in Residence, Duke University, Durham, NC

Brightwork Fellowship, Anchorlight, Raleigh, NC

Durham Art Guild, Artist in Residence

Power Plant Gallery, Artist in Residence

Curator, Opulence, Decadence Group Exhibition

Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC

Guest Curator, Sacred Wasteland: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2019

Ackland Art Museum, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

After You

Rubenstein Arts Center Gallery, Duke University

Invisible Notoriety Solo Exhibition

S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC Asheville

Both Things Are True Solo Exhibition

Maud Gatewood Gallery, UNC-Greensboro

Reckoning and Resilience: North Carolina Art Now Group Exhibition

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC

Beholden Solo Exhibition

College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, Ohio

Public Displays of Affection Solo Exhibition

Craven Allen Gallery, Durham, NC

Visual Vanguard Group Exhibition

Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, NC

Continuum of Change Presented by the Black on Black Project Group Exhibition

216 N. Front St. Wilmington, NC

Breathe, Life After Death Group Exhibition

Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC

Favorite Things Group Exhibition

Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR

Do You See What I See? Group Exhibition

The Paul R. Jones Museum, Tuscaloosa, AL

Front Burner: Highlights in Contemporary North Carolina Painting Group Exhibition

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

Founding Members Exhibition Group Exhibition

African American Atelier, Greensboro, NC

Breathin’ Different Solo Exhibition

Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama -Tuscaloosa

Mood Swings Solo Exhibition

Barton Art Galleries, Barton College, Wilson, NC

Acting Hard Two-person exhibition

Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Disrupting Homogeny Solo Exhibition

21C Museum Hotel, Durham, NC

Varied State Group Exhibition

Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Bricks Need Mortar - Wilmington Solo Exhibition

Anchorlight, Wilmington, NC

Super Normal Solo Exhibition

Anchorlight, Raleigh, NC

Truth Be Told, For Freedoms 50 State Initiative Group Exhibition

Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, NC

Achromatopsia Panacea Solo Exhibition

Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC

Without Stopping Group Exhibition

Westside Cultural Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

No Collars Solo Exhibition

Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC

Us & Them Solo Exhibition

Allenton Gallery, Durham, NC

Sitters in Transit Solo Exhibition

Duke University Chapel, Durham, NC

Loved Ones Solo Exhibition

Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC

Bricks Need Mortar Solo Exhibition 

Anchorlight, Raleigh, NC 

Data Plan For a Preserving Machine Group Exhibition

Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC

Thicker Than Mud Solo Exhibition

Room 100 Gallery, Durham, NC

Bleed to Breathe Two-person Exhibition

West Union Collections Gallery, Duke University

Black on Black Group Exhibition

Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC

Son, Brother, Father Group Exhibition

Clearwater Artist Studios, Concord, NC

The Process of Seeing Two-person Exhibition

Triangle Community Foundation Gallery, Durham NC

Eureka! Group Exhibition

John & June Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

2015 Members' Showcase Group Exhibition

The Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC

Pleaides Plus One Group Exhibition

Pleaiades Gallery, Durham, NC

A New Face: Contemporary African-American Art Group Exhibition

The Art Center of Greenwood, Greenwood, SC

Notes From a Treacherous Climb Solo Exhibition

Roberta Avonn Fiskum Gallery, Whitewater, WI

60th Annual Juried Exhibition

The Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC

Nah Mean?! Two-person Exhibition

The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC

The ArtsCenter's Annual Instructor Exhibit Group Exhibition

The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC

Durham Storefront Project Video Installation

The Makery, Durham, NC

Black Like This Group Exhibition

Frank Porter Graham Student Union Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

Invitational 2014 @ Delta Arts Group Exhibition

Delta Arts Center, Winston Salem, NC

Introducing Initiative Two-person exhibition

The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC

The ArtsCenter's Annual Instructor Exhibit Group Exhibition

The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC

Tiny Increments Solo Exhibition

Beloit Fine Arts Incubator, Beloit, WI

2nd Anniversary Community Show

The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC

Sincerely Yours Group Exhibition

Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC

Colored Plush Solo Exhibition

John & June Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

BFF Group Exhibition

John & June Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

Don't Be Intimidated By This Painting Group Exhibition

William & Ida Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC

Falling Into Place Group Exhibition

Carrboro Arts Center, Carrboro, NC

Not for Sale Solo exhibition

First Citizens State Bank Gallery, Whitewater, WI

Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL

Art Forever After UW-W Alumni Group Exhibition

Studio 84, Whitewater, WI

3rd Annual Sneak Peek Art Exhibit Group Exhibition

Hedberg Public Library, Janesville, WI

Paintings by William Thomas Solo Exhibition

Hedberg Public Library, Janesville, WI

The Paintings of William Thomas & Joshua Filer

Beloit Fine Arts Incubator, Beloit, WI

Half & Half Two-person Exhibition

Sweetspot Coffee Shoppe, Whitewater, WI

Familiar Faces Solo Exhibition

Roberta A. Fiskum Gallery, Whitewater, WI

Image Memory Representation Three-person Exhibition

Whitewater Arts Alliance Cultural Arts Center, Whitewater, WI

Tap Dancing Without Shoes exhibition

Roberta A. Fiskum Gallery, Whitewater, WI

Figure Me Out Invitational Exhibition

Whitewater Arts Alliance Cultural Arts Center, Whitewater, WI

BFA Senior Exhibition

Crossman Gallery, UW-W, Whitewater, WI

Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Crossman Gallery, UW-W, Whitewater, WI

TEDxDuke, The Invisible Notoriety of Strangers, Duke University

The Least of These: Personal Icons Made Public, (lecture)

Rubenstein Arts Center, Duke University, Durham, NC

Bespoke: William Paul Thomas on Painting Everyday People

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

Lecture at Opening of The Medici's Painter: Carlo Dolci & 17th Century Florence

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

Art Appreciation Presentation,

William Peace University, Raleigh, NC

Keynote Speaker College of Arts & Communication, Convocation Ceremony

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI

Department of Fine Art, Winston-Salem State University, Winston Salem, NC. March 2, 2012 (lecture)

"Drawing Race"

National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

"Monochromatic Portraiture"

National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Dominican University, San Raphael, CA

"Monochromatic Portraiture"

American Multicultural Student Leadership Conference (AMSLC), UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI