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J E F F    T H O M P S O N
mail [at] jeffreythompson.org

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Born Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Lives and works in New York, USA


E D U C A T I O N

Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of Art
MFA, 2006

Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD)
BFA, Fine Art, 2004

Max/MSP Certification Program
Harvestworks, New York, New York, 2007

 

S E L C T E D    E X H I B I T I O N S    
a n d    P E R F O R M A N C E S

2008

Shit Where You Eat
Show featuring the artists of the Texas Firehouse
Texas Firehouse Gallery and Performance Space
Long Island City, New York, USA

Transart Institute Faculty Exhibition

BV Gallery
Linz, Austria

2007

Wavering Cedar and 100,000 Blades of Grass
Solo exhibition and performance at
Department of Safety
Anacortes, Washington, USA

Music Reclamation Project
Premier performance at
Hogar Collection Gallery
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art
Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Performance for Oranges
White Box Gallery
New York, New York, USA

Re-Surfacing
Hopkins Hall Gallery
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, USA

Collected
OpenSource Art
Champaign, Illinois, USA

2006

Recording Exchange
Collaborative mail art/music
project with Dispatx.com and
performance for eight electric guitars
at Hogar Collection Gallery
Brooklyn, New York, USA

All the Kings Horses
Asterix Gallery
Cleveland, OH

SoundLab - Memoryscapes
Al Kahf Art Gallery; Bethlehem, Palestine
Contemporary Art Museum; Casoria/Naples, Italy
Museo Arte Contemporaneo; Santa Fe, Argentina
Offizyna Art Space; Szczencin, Poland

The Whole is the Sum of Its Parts
Hogar Collection
Brooklyn, New York, USA

8,000 Breakfasts

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative (solo exhibition)
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

Stolen Time

Dam Stuhltrager
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Fresh Meat/Young Blood

Shore Institute for Contemporary Art
Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

Amplification (solo exhibition)
Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Crossed Circuits

Performance at Hogar Collection
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Performance: Spring 2006

Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

MFA Thesis I

Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

2005

First Look
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts
Summit, New Jersey, USA

Diagram and Scribble Archives

Stony Brook University Gallery
Stony Brook, New York, USA

Spectrum: Works on Paper
Hogar Collection
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Sight/Sound: New Performance
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (RCIPP) Exhibition
Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

2004

ISC 2004 Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture
Grounds for Sculpture
Hamilton, New Jersey, USA

Box Fresh
Soap Factory
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

 

A W A R D S    a n d    R E S I D E N C I E S

Van Lier Fellowship
Harvestworks
New York, New York, USA

Dispatx.com
Commission for new video works

Department of Safety
Artist-in-Residence
Anacortes, Washington, USA

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative
Artist-in-Residence
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

Vermont Studio Center
Nadine Goldsmith Fellowship
Johnson, Vermont, USA

VanDerlip Travel Award
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

 

P U B L I C A T I O N S

Activa, Issue 36, 2008, p. 70
BARM, Vol. 4, 2007
Synapse - Sound Edition, Vol. 3, 2007
Daily Targum, Vol. 137, No. 86, Feb. 9, 2006
Sculpture Magazine Vol. 24, October 2004

 

L E C T U R E S / P R O F E S S I O N A L   A C T I V I T Y

College Art Association 2008
Panel on contemporary sound art
Dallas, Texas, USA

Texas Firehouse Gallery and Performance Space
Co-founder and director
Long Island City, New York, USA

Artist Talks
Hartford School of Art; Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Webster College; St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Essex Community College; Newark, New Jersey, USA

 

C O L L E C T I O N S

New York Public Library
New York, New York, USA

Zimmerli Art Museum
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper Collection
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Wexford Art Centre Artist Book Collection
Wexford, Ireland

 

T E A C H I N G
[for more information on my teaching,
please click here]

2008-present

Harvestworks, current instructor and involved with curriculum development, sensor-building and interface design, project consultant

2007-present

Transart Institute, current faculty
Based in Linz, Austria

2006 - present

3rd Ward
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Sculpture, furniture, musical instrument building

2005-2006

Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of Art
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Drawing, sculpture

2004-2005

Robbinsdale Armstrong High School
Theater Department
Plymouth, Minnesota, USA
Technical Director

2000-2005

West Suburban Summer School
School District 287 Gifted and Talented Education
Plymouth, Minnesota, USA
Instructor, curriculum development