Jeff Thompson

 

I am an artist, musician, and educator based in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.

I am Assistant Professor of New Genres + Digital Arts in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where I am also artist-in-residence at the Holland Computing Center.

In collaboration with Angeles Cossio, I run an art gallery called Drift Station.

You can contact me at: mail [at] jeffreythompson [dot] org.

EDUCATION

MFA: Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of Art, 2006
BFA: Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), 2004

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS and PERFORMANCES

2012

Transceiver
Curatorial project in collaboration with Angeles Cossio
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art; Omaha, Nebraska, USA

2011

Redact/Froth/Expand/Smash/Stitch: New Video Works
Curated by Sharon Kennedy (Sheldon Museum) and myself
Sheldon Museum of Art; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

WATCH IT!
Exhibition will also include a catalog and compilation DVD
Taubman Museum of Art; Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Performance at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art
Live audio performance for electric guitar, laptop, and two custom-built 22' and 70' guitars
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art; Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Performance at Not Festival
Live audio/visuals via Skype
New York City, New York, USA

BYOB Linz (Bring Your Own Beamer)
grrrilla galleries; Linz, Austria
Documentation here

n/En- (two person exhibition with Angeles Cossio)
Drift Station Gallery; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Regional Juried Exhibition (juried by Kate Hackman, Charlotte Street Foundation)
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art; Omaha, Nebraska, USA

The Poetics of Data
Essay series on LemonHound.com

Glistening Waves (solo screening)
Harvestworks; New York City, New York, USA

2010

{SØNIK}<v2.0> Festival
Bronx Art Space; New York City, New York, USA

One Night Stand (part of the "The Dissolve" biennial)
SITE Santa Fe; Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Sounding Landscapes
Curated by Eric Powell
Shu-box Theatre, University of Regina; Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

The Product of Exchange
Curated by Wyatt Nash
Sudhaus; Berlin, Germany

New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival
Curated by Zachary Seldess
Graduate Center, City University of New York; New York, New York, USA

Wyatt Nash and Jeff Thompson
Local Project; Long Island City, New York, USA

Reduplication of the Real
Tactile Bosch Gallery; Cardiff, Wales

2009

13th International Video Festival VIDEOMEDEJA
Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina; Novi Sad, Serbia

Kunstfilmtag
Malkasten Theater; Düsseldorf, Germany

… a very loud silence
Curated by Avantika Bawa; Le Flash; Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Academia Invitational
Museum of Nebraska Art; Kearney, Nebraska, USA

Stored and Filtered: Technology, Time, and Landscape
Texas Firehouse; Long Island City, New York, USA

Investigations of Place
Jersey City Museum; Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Material Reciprocity
Possible Projects; Brooklyn, New York, USA

Resonance in Residence(curated by Trevor Reese)
Collaborative exhibition with my sound installation class
3rd Ward Gallery; Brooklyn, New York, USA

Dis-Echo-Nance
Hunter College Times Square Gallery; New York, New York, USA

2008

Lamination (solo performance)
Local Project; Long Island City, New York, USA

Altered Landscapes
Salisbury University Electronic Gallery; Salisbury, Maryland, USA

Shit Where You Eat
Texas Firehouse; 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
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 (solo exhibition)
Elsewhere Artist Collaborative; 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

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

AWARDS and RESIDENCIES

Artist-in-Residence at the Holland Computing Center
University of Nebraska-Lincoln; ongoing work in collaboration with supercomputing facilities
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

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: 2007 and 2009 (with Angeles Cossio)
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

PUBLICATIONS

+ Brooklyn Rail, March 2009
+ 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

LECTURES and PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Data, Poetics, and Supercomputers
Panel discussant on emerging technologies in art practice
Southeast College Art Conference 2011(SECAC); Savannah, Georgia, USA

Data as Medium
Panel chair
College Art Association Annual Conference, 2011
New York, New York, USA

Art Exhibition Reviewer
Siggraph Asia Conference 2009

Data as a Creative Visual Medium
Panel discussion chair
Harvestworks; New York, New York, USA

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

Texas Firehouse Gallery and Performance Space
Co-founder and director (2007-2009)
Long Island City, New York, USA

Artist Talks
+ Harvestworks; New York, New York, USA; part of the New York Electronic Arts Festival
+ University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
+ University of North Texas; Denton, Texas, USA
+ Hartford School of Art; Hartford, Connecticut, USA
+ Webster College; St. Louis, Missouri, USA
+ Essex Community College; Newark, New Jersey, USA

COLLECTIONS

+ 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

DISCOGRAPHY

+ "Power/Field" compilation; Anarchy Moon Recordings, curated by Bob Bellerue, 2010
+ "Wavering Spruce and 100,000 Blades of Grass"; self-released, 2008
+ "Winter Recordings"; self-released, 2006

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2011

mailto:
Curated with Angeles Cossio
Drift Station Gallery; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Indoor/Outdoor
Film screening, curated with Angeles Cossio
Drift Station Gallery; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Find & Replace
Drift Station Gallery; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Redacted Perfection
Curated with Angeles Cossio
Drift Station Gallery; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Work Makes the Work
Eisentrager Howard Gallery; University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

2010

Instructions for Initial Conditions
Curated with Angeles Cossio and Marrissa Vigneault
Drift Station Gallery; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Live Soundtracks
Curated with Angeles Cossio and Marrissa Vigneault
Drift Station Gallery; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

2009

Stored & Filtered: Time, Technology, and the Landscape
Texas Firehouse Gallery; Long Island City, New York, USA

 

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

DESIGN
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Bridge, Lightroom, Acrobat, file preparation for digital and offset printing

WEB
Adobe Dreamweaver, FTP, HTML5, Wordpress
Comfortable with PHP, JavaScript

PROGRAMMING
Max/MSP/Jitter, Processing, Arduino, Bash scripting

VIDEO
Final Cut, Motion, Adobe Premiere, MPEG Streamclip, DVD authoring

AUDIO
GarageBand, Audacity, 2- and multi-channel audio installation

3D
Google SketchUp, Rhino CAD, ReplicatorG, processing files for laser-cutting and 3d-printing

OTHER
Physical computing/sensor design, Eagle CAD, maintanence of digital printers

FABRICATION
Wood- and metal-working tools for functional and sculptural projects, musical instrument and interface design
Comfortable with basic casting and foundry