Walking Tall, 2023, Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in (61 x 45.7 cm)
Cover Call Under All, 2024, Oil on canvas, 16 x 14 in (40.6 x 35.6 cm)
Chase, 2023, Oil on canvas, 80 x 53.25 in (203.2 x 135.3 cm)
Boots, 2023, Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Mercury Mould, 2023, Oil on canvas, 44 x 80 in (111.8 x 203.2 cm)
Breaking the Barrier, 2023, Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Future's Grasp, 2023, Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in (61 x 45.7 cm)
Magnolia, 2023, Oil on canvas, 12 x 9 in (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Michael Thompson
b. London, CA
Lives and works in Toronto, CA
Education
2022 Master of Fine Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
2019 Bachelor of Fine Art: Honours, Studio Art, Western University, London, CA
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2024 Dumb Slate (w. Cristine Brache), Pangée, Montréal, CA
2023 Chorus Coda, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2022 Idle Hour Weaver, Lalani-Jennings, Guelph, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 GTA24, Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, CA
2024 A Cherished Haunting, New Collectors, New York, US
2023 Formless, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, CA
2023 Fractal Exotica, Floral Erotica II, Pumice Raft, Toronto, CA
2022 Green Belt, Jargon Projects, Chicago, USA
2021 Plumbraiser 2.0, the plumb, Toronto, CA
2021 A Seven or a Jack, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, CA
2021 grass taps, the plumb, Toronto, CA
2020 no show, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, CA
2020 ECHORINGER, Excavo, London, CA
2020 Inaugural Show, Surplus Organs (online)
2020 GIFC NYC, The Hole, New York City, USA
2019 Very Careful, Remote Gallery, Toronto, CA
2019 Work in Progress, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
2019 Honesty Hour, ArtLab, London, CA
2019 Comox, Satellite Gallery, London, CA
2018 But, I’ll Just Break Your Arm, Good Sport, London, CA
2018 DAYS, ArtLab, London, CA
Residencies
2019 The Slade School of Fine Art in partnership with Camden Arts Centre
Press
2024 Cover for The Yale Review, Winter, Vol. 112, No. 4
2024 ‘Saint Laurent by Michael Thompson’, Commission (cover), STUDIO Magazine, November, Issue No. 9
2024 Glenn Sumi, ‘Dreams from the Ford plant, an aunt’s treasured rug and ‘soup joumou’: These artists make us feel what they felt growing up in the Toronto area’, Toronto Star
Awards
2022 Travel, Research, and Creation Fund Grant, University of Guelph
2022 Manuscript Publication Support, Bassi Foundation
2021 Travel, Research, and Creation Fund Grant, University of Guelph
2021 Travel, Research, and Creation Fund Grant, University of Guelph
2021 Travel, Research, and Creation Fund Grant, University of Guelph
2020 University Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
2020 Tony Sherman Award, University of Guelph
2019 BMO 1st Art, nominee
2018 Practicum Award, Western University
2018 Mackie Cryderman Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, Western University
2018 Regional Scholarship Award, Caradoc Townsend Mutual
2015 Faculty of Arts and Humanities Entrance Scholarship of Excellence, Western University
2015 Western Scholarship of Distinction, Western University
2015 Ron Culbert Memorial Art Award
Collections
Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, CA
b. London, CA
Lives and works in Toronto, CA
Education
2022 Master of Fine Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, CA
2019 Bachelor of Fine Art: Honours, Studio Art, Western University, London, CA
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2024 Dumb Slate (w. Cristine Brache), Pangée, Montréal, CA
2023 Chorus Coda, Franz Kaka, Toronto, CA
2022 Idle Hour Weaver, Lalani-Jennings, Guelph, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024 GTA24, Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, CA
2024 A Cherished Haunting, New Collectors, New York, US
2023 Formless, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, CA
2023 Fractal Exotica, Floral Erotica II, Pumice Raft, Toronto, CA
2022 Green Belt, Jargon Projects, Chicago, USA
2021 Plumbraiser 2.0, the plumb, Toronto, CA
2021 A Seven or a Jack, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, CA
2021 grass taps, the plumb, Toronto, CA
2020 no show, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, CA
2020 ECHORINGER, Excavo, London, CA
2020 Inaugural Show, Surplus Organs (online)
2020 GIFC NYC, The Hole, New York City, USA
2019 Very Careful, Remote Gallery, Toronto, CA
2019 Work in Progress, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
2019 Honesty Hour, ArtLab, London, CA
2019 Comox, Satellite Gallery, London, CA
2018 But, I’ll Just Break Your Arm, Good Sport, London, CA
2018 DAYS, ArtLab, London, CA
Residencies
2019 The Slade School of Fine Art in partnership with Camden Arts Centre
Press
2024 Cover for The Yale Review, Winter, Vol. 112, No. 4
2024 ‘Saint Laurent by Michael Thompson’, Commission (cover), STUDIO Magazine, November, Issue No. 9
2024 Glenn Sumi, ‘Dreams from the Ford plant, an aunt’s treasured rug and ‘soup joumou’: These artists make us feel what they felt growing up in the Toronto area’, Toronto Star
Awards
2022 Travel, Research, and Creation Fund Grant, University of Guelph
2022 Manuscript Publication Support, Bassi Foundation
2021 Travel, Research, and Creation Fund Grant, University of Guelph
2021 Travel, Research, and Creation Fund Grant, University of Guelph
2021 Travel, Research, and Creation Fund Grant, University of Guelph
2020 University Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
2020 Tony Sherman Award, University of Guelph
2019 BMO 1st Art, nominee
2018 Practicum Award, Western University
2018 Mackie Cryderman Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, Western University
2018 Regional Scholarship Award, Caradoc Townsend Mutual
2015 Faculty of Arts and Humanities Entrance Scholarship of Excellence, Western University
2015 Western Scholarship of Distinction, Western University
2015 Ron Culbert Memorial Art Award
Collections
Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, CA