Patrick Thompson. BIO

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Dual Citizenship: Canadian/ United Kingdom
Date of Birth: 03.08.78


Medium(s): Painting and Drawing

Past Exhibitions:

SOLO

2008 – The Matter, Artguise Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

2007 – Mechanically Separated, Midtown Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

2005 – Dripping Intuit ARTGUISE Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

2004 – One UP ARTGUISE Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

GROUP

2008 – BOOM!,  Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, British Columbia  

2008 – Luminato, Housepaint Project, Toronto Ontario

2008 – Insular, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, British Columbia

2008 – Poutine Never Sleeps, Lombardi Gallery, Austin, Texas

2008 – 0.0, Okupa Space, Barcelona Spain

2007 – BAC! Babylon, Barcelona Contemporary Art Festival, Barcelona, Spain

2007 – Canada Vs. Spain, Inoperable Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2007 – ALIANAIT Festival, Mural Installation, Iqaluit, Nunavut

2007 – Canada Vs. Spain, INOPERABLE Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2007 – Ignite, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

2007 – Desert Generation, Artist House, Jerusalem

2007 – Desert Generation, Ha’Kibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv

2007 - The Portrait Show, Midtown Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

2007 - The One Piece Show, Snap Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

2006 - New works by OTHER, Collaboration, ARTGUISE Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

2006 - Outdoor Mural Installation, Singapore Contemporary Arts Museum , Singapore

2006 - Mural Installation, Trybe Community Outreach Center , Tampines , Singapore

2006 - United Nations World Urban Forum/ World Urban Festival, Painting Installation, Judith Marcuse Projects, Vancouver, British Columbia

2005 - Painting Under Pressure Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

2005 - Hinterland Who's Who Fifty24SF Gallery , Upper playground, San Francisco CA

2005 - OFFGRID Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

2005 - Champlain Bridge Mural Project, National Capital Commission, Ottawa, Ontario

2005 - Tag the System Mercury Lounge, Ottawa, Ontario

2005 - Street Art, Painting and Video Installation, Art Image Gallery, Gatineau, Quebec

2004 - Vancouver Fringe Festival, Live Painting, Vancouver, British Columbia

2004 - Mischief"  Misanthropy Gallery , Vancouver. British Columbia

2004 - Opposition Party, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

2004 - Casa del Popolo, Montreal, Quebec

2004 - Hartwork, Aux Quatre Jeudis, Gatineau, Quebec

2004 - Sub V Space des Artistes, Montreal, Quebec

2004 - HYPE III, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

2004 - Art vs. War, War child International Exhibition, Gallery 101, Ottawa

2004 - 3 Painters, The Victoria Gallery, London, U.K.

2004 - 3 Painters, Le Petit Bouchon, Paris, France

2004 - Sod Swelling Installation, Andrew Hayden Park, Ottawa, Ontario

2003 - Singapore Street Festival, Mural Installation, Singapore

2003 - 15 lbs Live Art Installation, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ontario

2003 - 3 Painting Installations, Mercury, M. Marsters, R. Padolsky, D. Mehaffey, Ottawa, Ontario

2001 - The Man Show, Art System, Toronto, Ontario

2000 - Mural Installation, Goldendale, Washington, USA

1999 - Modern Day Nomads, Tilley Endurables, The Design Exchange, Toronto, Ontario

1999 - Street Marks Gallery 111, Toronto, Ontario

CURATING

2008 – Poutine Never Sleeps, Lombardi Gallery, Austin Texas w Felix Berube

THEATRE DESIGN

2008 - Loco Phantasmo, LivingRoom Theatre, Nelson, British Columbia

MURAL AND INSTALLATION

2008 – The Riches and the Bitches, Ignite the Americas headquarters, Toronto, Ontario

2008 – Aqpik Festival Mural, Kuujjuaq, Nunavik

2008 - Luminato Streetscape, Toronto, Ontario

2008 - Mural Painting, Quest University, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

2007 - BAC! Babylon, Barcelona Contemporary Art Festival, Barcelona, Spain

2007 - Outdoor Mural Installation, ALIANAIT Festival, Iqaluit, Nunavut

2007 - Outdoor Mural Installation, Canadian Youth Arts Network, Toronto, Ontario

2006 - Outdoor Mural Installation, Singapore Contemporary Arts Museum, City Hall, Singapore

2006 - United Nations World Urban Forum/ World Urban Festival, Painting Installation, Judith Marcuse Projects, Vancouver, British Columbia

2005 - Painting Under Pressure Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

2005 - Hinterland Who's Who Fifty24SF Gallery, Upper playground, San Francisco CA

2005 - OFFGRID Ottawa Art Gallery , Ottawa , Ontario

2005 - Champlain Bridge Mural Project, National Capital Commission of Canada , Aylmer, Quebec

2004 – Mischief,  Misanthropy Gallery, Vancouver. British Columbia

2004 - Opposition Party, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

2003 - Singapore Street Festival, Mural Installation, Canada Council for the Arts travel grant assistance with travel, Singapore

RADIO, PRINT AND FILM

• BOOM , Oxygen Art Centre, Exhibition Catalogue

• BAC! Babylon 2007, Barcelona Contemporary Art Festival, Exhibition Catalogue, 151 pages
DL B-52822-2007

• Art for Social Change: Mural in Iqaluit, Nunavut with Jonathan Cruz included in multiple presentations by UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Professor, Judy Baca, 2007

• Up Until Now, Upper Playground Gallery, Exhibition Catalogue 175 pages, Featured Artist, 2006

• Cover, Nelson Daily News, Nelson, British Columbia, 2006

• Exit Hinterland (Unfinished), Documentary Film, The Moody Group, Featured Artist, 2006

• The Tao of Thompson, Ottawa Xpress, Anita Euteneier, April 7th, 2005    

• Painting Without Permission, featured artist, An Ethnological Study of Street Art, Bergin and Garvey, author : Janice Rahn, 2002

• The 2nd Rule, digital magazine, Singapore July 2003

• Stealth Artists, Ottawa Citizen, Feb, 2002

• Live Singapore interview, CBC National Radio,  2003

• CBC Ottawa Radio , Ottawa Morning, Interview w. S. Lee    

TALKS, RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS

• Public Art, Portraits in the Courtyards, artists lecture, National Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

• Art Now, artists lecture, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

• Mural Painting Workshop, Quest University, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

• Drawing from our Dreams, Wabano Center for Aboriginal Health, Ottawa, Ontario

• Big Art, Nepean Visual Arts Center, Nepean, Ontario

• Public Art and Graffiti workshop w. Ben Walker, Mural Painting Installation, Mother Theresa High School, Nepean, Ontario

• Active Living Alliance of Canada, Mural Coordination, Ottawa, Ontario

• Urban Camping, with S. Lee, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

• Teen Council, art workshops, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

GRANTS, AWARDS & SUPPORT

• CYAN, Canadian Youth Arts Network conference, Support for Travel, Toronto 2008

• BC Arts Council project grant for group exhibition, BOOM!, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, British Columbia

• Canada  Council for the Arts, project grant for group exhibition, BOOM!, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, British Columbia

• Schools Without Borders, Support for participation, Barcelona Contemporary Arts Festival, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain, 2007

• Air North, Support for Travel, ALIANAIT FESTIVAL, Iqaluit, Nunavut 2007

• Schools Without Borders, Support for participation, IGNITE Art Festival, Toronto 2007

• Canada Council for the Arts, travel grant recipient, 2003

• Saw Video, Jumpstart grant recipient, 2001

FORMAL EDUCATION

• Ontario College of Art and Design, Painting and Drawing

• Dawson College, Social Sciences, Anthropology, Montreal, Quebec

APPRENTICESHIPS & TRAINING

• Photography Assistant, Tobin Grimshaw, MacLean's Magazine & The Globe and Mail, 2006 - 2008

• Assistant, Howard Esbin, Heliotrope: Creative Educational Tools and Games 2002 - 2005

• Studio Assistant, Mark Marsters, 1999 - 2002



Practicing Since: 1994