Jonh R. Thompson

CURRENTLY LIVES AND WORKS IN MEXICO CITY AND MERIDA MEXICO

1947        Born Schenectady, NY USA

1969     BA DePauw University, Art/English
1972     MA University Of Iowa, Ceramics
1972     Founds Lake Placid School Of Art With Associates

1983     Teaching West Virginia University
1981       Visiting Artist In Ceramics At Ohio University
1985     Moves To New York City, Stops Working In Clay, Starts Painting And Begins Teaching At

               Parsons School Of Design

2003       Stops Painting And Teaching To Pursue Architectural Design Projects On Fire Island            

               And In Mexico

2004       Moves To Merida, Yucatan, Mexico To Design And Supervise The Restoration Of A

              17^th  Century Spanish Colonial  Home

              

2007       Begins Painting Again

                                                                                                                                                 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1997    LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, One Person Show

1993    CATHEDRAL ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, New York, NY, Order Out of Chaos

1992    LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, One Person Show

1991    LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, One Person Show

1990    LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, One Person Show

1987    SOHO CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY, Sculpture

1986    DULUTH ART INSTITUTE, Duluth, MN, One Person Show

1982    CARL SOLWAY GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH, One Person Show

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012     GALERIA MANOLO RIVERO FRONT GROUND. Merida Mexico, visceral beauty

2011    ISABEL LA CATHOLICA 97, Mexico City, Mexico, piel/skin  

2011    JARDIN BOTANICO DE LA ERMITA DE SANTA ISABEL, Merida, Mexico, Hortus

2010    Galerie im  Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria, piel/skin/haut

2010    Hotel Posada Central, Merida Mexico, piel/skin

2008    LA CLINICA ARTE CONTEMPORANEO, Merida, Mexico, John R. Thompson / Emilio Said

2004 – 2007 not making art, not exhibiting

2003     LUISE ROSS GALLERY,  New York NY, Summer Show

2001     LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York NY,  Wet                                                                    

1998     FORUM KONKRETE KUNST/Galerie AM Fischmarkt, Erfurt, Germany, ”immerzeit”

           LUISE ROSS GALERY, New York, NY, Winter Group

           PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY, Small Works

1996    ACP VIVIAN EHRLI GALLERY, Zurich, Switzerland, Anniversary Show

           LUISE ROSS GALARY, New York, NY, Extensions

           FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF LONG ISLAND, Hempstead, NY, Heat Exhaustion

1995    LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, 90’s Abstraction

           CHAMPTION INTERNATIONAL GALLERY, Stamford, CT, Paintings on Wood

           NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, New York, NY, Irrational Landscapes

           STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON, Binghamton, NY, Irrational Landscapes

           ART INITIATIVES, New York, NY, Material Verité

           PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY, Faculty Leave Show

1993    ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show

1992   FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Miami, FL, Surface Tension

           LUISE ROSS GALARY, New York, NY, Transparency

           ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show

           VERO BEACH CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Vero Beach, FL, Collectors Show

1991    WEATHERSPOON GALLERY, University of NC, Greensboro, NC, Work on Paper

1990   WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Philip Morris Building, New York, NY,

           Champion Plaza, Stamford, CT, With The Grain, Contemporary American Panel Painting    

           ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show

1989    LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, The Case for Plywood

           SCHAFLER GALLERY/PRATT INSTITUTE, New York, NY, Brooklyn, NY, Poetry and Process

           ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show

           PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN GALLERY, New York, NY, Small Works

1988    RASTOVSKI GALLERY, New York, NY, Drawings

           GABRIELLE BRYERS GALLERY, New York, NY, Works on Paper

           ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show

1987    THE DRAWING CENTER, New York, NY, Selections 38

           LUISE ROSS GALARY, New York, NY, Drawings:  1987

           ART INSTITUTE OF BOSTON, Boston, MA, Artquest

           ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show

1986    A.I.R. GALLERY, New York, NY, Group Invitational

1985    GALVESTON ARTS CENTER, Galveston, TX, Emerging Artists Series

           STIFEL ARTS CENTER, Wheeling, WV, Contemporary Art1984 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, El Paso, TX, 3 Dimensions

           CARL SOLWAY GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH, 3D Painting

           LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART, Long Beach, CA, International Art Competition

1983    DAYTON INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, Dayton, OH, Selections

           CARL SOLWAY GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH, Gallery Artists

1982    NEW GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Cleveland, OH, Ohio Selections l

           HUNTINGTON GALLERIES, Huntington, WV, Work on Walls

           OHIO FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS, Columbus, OH, Two Person Show

1981    DELMAR COLLEGE, Corpus Christi, TX, 15^th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show

           DOWNEY MUSEUM OF ART, Downey, CA, Westwood Clay National

           MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Memphis, TN, Paper and Clay Exhibition

1978    MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS, New York, NY, Young Americans II

          

1976    UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS, Irving, TX, 2^nd National Print Invitational

GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES

1992    FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1989    FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1988    NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, New York, NY, Artists Fellowship, Sculpture

1986    ARTISTS SPACE, New York, NY, Grant for Exhibition Aid

1982    ARTPARK, Lewiston, NY, Residency

COLLECTIONS

WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, New York, NY

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO., Newark, NJ

CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CO., Stamford, CT

JP MORGAN, New York, NY

SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN & CO., New York, NY

ABADY, LUTTATI, KAISER, SAURBORN & MAIR, New York, NY

ST. PAUL STAMP WORKS, St. Paul, MN

PONDEROSA FOODS CORP., Dayton, OH

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Irving, TX

REVIEWS, ARTICLES, WORK APPEARING IN ARTICLES*

THE NEW YORK TIMES, John R. Thompson, Paintings on Spandex, Grace Glueck, 4/11/97

MENNINGER PERSPECTIVE, Menninger at a Glance, page 28, numbers 3-4, 1997*

THE SCIENCES, Blast Off, page 45, 7/98

SUNDAY MAIL, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dare to be Different, Meera Murugesan, 2/2/97

NEW STRAITS TIMES, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Moving Away from Usual…, Kamalia Abdullah, 1/14/97

NASSAU HERALD, The Heat’s On…, Jane Shapiro, 8/22/96

THE SCIENCES, Quanta, page 8, 1/94*

ART IN AMERICA, John R. Thompson at Luise Ross, Lawrence Campbell, 1/92

COVER MAGAZINE, Romancing the Wood, Jonathan Goodman, 5/90

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Painters Are Embracing Wood, Vivien Raynor, 4/29/90

THE NEW YORK NATIVE, Certain Slants of Light, David Hirsh, 5/90

THE ADVOCATE AND GREENWICH TIMES, Stamford’s Whitney “Goes With The Grain”, Janet Koplos, 3/25/90

EDUCATION

MA University of Iowa – 1972

BA De Pauw University – 1969