J E F F T H O M P S O N
mail@jeffreythompson.org
Born Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Lives and works in Lincoln, Nebraska, 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
T E A C H I N G
[for more information on my teaching,
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2009-present
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, assistant professor
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Teaching interdisciplinary digital arts courses, developing "Digital Literacy" curriculum
2008-2009
Montclair State University, adjunct faculty
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Video, Photoshop, sound, computer programming for artists
2008-2009
Harvestworks, Instructor
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
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
2009
Wyatt Nash and Jeff Thompson
Local Project; Long Island City, New York, USA
Academia Invitational
Museum of Nebraska Art; Kearney, Nebraska, USA
Stored and Filtered: Technology, Time, and Landscape
Curated by Jeff Thompson
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
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
Show featuring the artists of the Texas Firehouse
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
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: 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
P U B L I C A T I O N S
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
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
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 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
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
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