ADAM DOUGLAS THOMPSON
adam.douglas.thompson@gmail.com
www.adamdouglasthompson.com
Education:
2008 MFA, Visual Art, Brooklyn College (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY
2004 BA, Art History, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Books:
2010 Adam Thompson, #1359-#1458. New York: Regency Arts Press, 2010. Print.
2008 Paul Fattaruso and Adam Thompson, Bicycle. New York: Hotel St. George Press, 2008. Print.
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions and Projects:
2014 Adam Douglas Thompson: Loose Ends, Artslant Prize Exhibitions, Chicago, Il
2013 Auxiliary Projects at Untitled Fair/Art Basel, Miami, FL (Omar Lopez-Chahoud, curator), Brooklyn, NY
2013 Adam Thompson: From the Desk of Adam Thompson, Auxiliary Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Adam Thompson: Labyrinth, The Drawing Center, Online Animation Exhibition Series, New York, NY
2010 #1359-#1458, Sara Meltzer Gallery/Projects, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects:
2016 Re-animator, Bay Ridge Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Stupid Cartoons to Pass the Time in the Desert, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 ArtSlant Prize Exhibition, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL
2014 Generator - 6th Cairo Video Festival, Medrar, Cairo, Egypt
2014 Local Area Network, Digital Arts Gallery at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Dark Map, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Videorover 8, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Drawing Connections, The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA (James Hull, curator)
2013 Space/Time, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2012 Drawings for The Believer 10, no. 2 (2012): 15, 27, 28, 48, 56, 60.
2012 Intramurals, AFA gallery, Scranton, PA
2011 Copia Cartacea, Studio 10/Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Entanglement, Regina Rex Gallery and Art Blog Art Blog, New York, NY
2011 Copia Cartacea, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Nautical Notes: Mari, Navi e Naufragi, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Collaboration with author Rick Moody - Electric Literature: Single Sentence Animation
2010 Drawings for Electric Literature, no. 3 (2010): 1, 9, 15, 34, 47, 65, 87, 109, 113, 114, 118
2010 Collaborative Forgeries, or Forged Collaborations, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
2010 See, Also, Central Booking, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Paper in the Wind 3, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York, NY (David Gibson, curator)
2009 Recess, Crossing Art, Flushing, NY (Jennifer Junkermeier, curator)
2009 Intus Tensio, or Appropriated Special, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Brooklyn College MFA Thesis Exhibition, at NYCAMS New York, NY
2008 Entanglement is Good, Entanglement is Great, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Mostra Inaugurale, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
2007 The Seven Stages of Global Catastrophe, collaborative performance piece, Little Theater series at Dixon Place, New York, NY
2007 The Morton Umbrella Girl, performance piece, Little Theater series at Tonic, New York, NY
2006 Too Close to Home, 510 Halsey Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Honors:
2014 ArtSlant Prize, 2nd Place
2007 Nomination, Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant
2007 Graduate Investment Program Travel Grant, Brooklyn College
2007 Graduate Investment Program Research Grant, Brooklyn College
2007 Walter Cerf Award for Artistic Excellence, Brooklyn College
2007 Graduate Investment Program Research Grant, Brooklyn College
Press:
Panero, James, “The Miami Fairs,” The New Criterion, Jan. 2014
Kimball, Whitney, “In Miami, UNTITLED's a Quiet Contender,” ArtFCity, Dec. 7, 2013
Colucci, Emily, “Here's Who'll Be Reppin' Brooklyn and LES at Miami Art Week,” Bedford+Bowery, Dec. 3, 2013
Colucci, Emily, “5 Newcomer Artists Debuting at Miami to Watch,” Societe Perrier, Nov. 21, 2013
Levy, Lisa, “Dr. Lisa in Miami: Bushwick is Doing Alright!,” Bushwick Daily, Dec. 12, 2013
Christoph, Sara, “Beat Nite: the boisterous side of the Bushwick art scene” Norte Maar, Feb. 21, 2013
Galgiani, Allison, “Just Beat It: How was the great gallery nite in Bushwick?,” Bushwick Daily, Feb. 20, 2013
Varno, David, “Bicycle by Paul Fattaruso,” Bookslut, April, 2008
Selected Art Criticism:
2012 Review of Matthew Northridge, Art Papers 36, no. 1 (2012): 58.
2011 Review of The Chadwicks, Art Papers 35, no. 4 (2011): 64.
2010 Review of Liam Gillick, Art Papers 34, no. 4 (2010): 62.
2009 Review of Katrin Sigurdardottir, Art Papers 33, no. 4 (2009): 62.
2009 Review of Brian Lund, Art Papers 33, no. 3 (2009): 63.
2009 Review of Eunice Kim, Art Papers 33, no. 1 (2009): 62.
2008 Review of Jackie Gendel, Art Papers 32, no. 6 (2008): 68.
2008 Review of Marcel Dzama, Art Papers 32, no. 4 (2008): 66.
2008 Review of Enantiomorphic Chamber, Art Notes 20 (2008): 65.
2007 Review of Michael Schall and Jonathan Schipper, The Brooklyn Rail, April 2007.
2007 Review of Lynda Benglis + Louise Bourgeois, Art Papers 31, no. 6 (2007): 73.
2007 Review of Jonathan Meese and Tal R, Art Papers 31, no. 3 (2007), 70.
2007 Review of Doug Aiken, Art Papers 31, no. 3 (2007) 69.
2007 Review of Adam McEwen, Art Papers 31, no. 1, (2007) 63-64.
2006 Review of Catherine Opie, Art Papers 30, no. 6, (2006) 64.
2006 Review of Matthew Higgs, Art Papers 30, no. 5, (2006) 60.
2006 Review of Pepon Osorio, Art Papers 30, no. 2, (2006) 64.
Teaching:
2008 – 14 Adjunct Lecturer of Fine Art (Basic Design), Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2008 – 13 Adjunct Lecturer of Fine Art (BFA Senior Thesis Seminar), Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2008 – 13 Adjunct Lecturer of Fine Art (MFA Teaching Internship), Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Adjunct Lecturer of Fine Art (Beginning Painting), LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NY
2012 – 13 Visiting Instructor of Fine Arts (Light, Color and Design) Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Visiting Instructor of Fine Arts (Light, Color and Design) Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Visiting Instructor of Fine Arts (Light, Color and Design) Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY