What does it mean to be an artist? Is it simply an aesthetic? A desire for fame and recognition? For Michael Thompson Brown, it means something far simpler and more powerful. Throughout his journey as an artist, Brown has come to realize that he is the one in charge of defining what art means to him. “[It’s] been sort of a dawning since I got here in New York,” he said. “I’ve been trying to figure out, trying to define for myself who I am as an artist.”
Hailing from Farmington, Utah, Brown graduated from the University of Utah with a BFA in acting in 2015.