Richard Thompson
Paintings and Sculpture
Detail from Horizon/Black Vessel, 2007 | View Painting
Chronological Career Summary
1965
- Northwest Printmakers — Henry Gallery, University of Washington
1966 - 1972
- All Kinds of People — Washington Gallery of Modern Art
(curated by Walter Hopps)
- Artist-in-Residence, University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Group shows at Henri Gallery, Washington D.C. (1967-1969)
- BFA and MA, University of New Mexico
- Moved from Oregon to New Mexico (1967)
- Moved to Maryland and established studio in Baltimore
(1967-1969)
- Returned to New Mexico and established studio in Albuquerque (1969-1980)
1973 - 1975
- Impermanent Sculpture — Michigan Arts Council Award, Detrout
- One-person and group exhibitions in California, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Montana
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit
1975
- Biennial Exhibition — Whitney Museum of American Art
(curated by Marcia Tucker)
1975 - 1980
- Richard Thompson: Studies for a Geometric Cowboy &mdash Tyler Museum of Art (curated by Ron Gleason)
- National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Fellowship
- New New Mexico — Scottish Arts Festival, Edinburgh
(curated by Jan Addleman and Gerald Laing)
- Additional one-person and group exhibitions in Colorado, Wisconsin, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas
1981
- Biennial Exhibition — Whitney Museum of American Art
(curated by Richard Marshall)
- Artist-in-Residence, Roswell Museum, New Mexico
- Richard Thompson: The Ancestor's Dream/Scene 1 — Roswell Museum
- Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York (one-person exhibitions in 1981, 1982, and 1984)
- Space Gallery, Los Angeles (one-person exhibitions in 1981 and 1984)
- Richard Thompson: Honest Work, portfolio of drawings, published in Paris Review
- Moved to Houston and established studio (1981-1983)
1982
- Artist-in-Residence, Australian Arts Council, Gippsland Institute, Victoria
- Richard Thompson: Cabin Fevers — University Art Gallery, University of Melbourne
- Richard Thompson: Prairie Crazies — Gippsland Art Center and Latrobe Valley Art Center
1983 - 1984
- Richard Thompson: The Ancestor's Dream: A Story — Art Museum of South Texas (curated by Jim Edwards)
- Richard Thompson: Pioneer Abstractions — University of Texas at San Antonio
- Artist-In-Residence, Portland Art Museum School, Oregon
- Additional one-person and group exhibitions in Texas, Oregon, California, and New Mexico
- Visiting Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
- Moved to San Antonio and established studio (1984-1985)
1985
- Fresh Paint: The Houston School — Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and P.S. 1, New York (curated by Barbara Rose)
- Harris Gallery, Houston (one-person exhibitions in 1985, 1987, 1990, 1994, and 1997)
1986
- Included in 50 Texas Artists, Chronicle Books, San Francisco
(edited by Annette Carlozzi)
- Mid-America Arts Alliance, Individual Award for Painting
- William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth (one-person exhibitions in 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, and 2002)
- Additional one-person and group exhibitions in Texas, Washington, and Louisiana
- Founding Board member of "Blue Star," a non-profit exhibition space, San Antonio
1987 - 1988
- Texas — Groninger Museum, the Netherlands
(curated by Hans Haks)
- Richard Thompson: Paintings, 1985-1988 — Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, Texas
- Reed Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio (one-person exhibitions in 1987, 1988, and 1989)
- Additional one-person exhibitions in Oregon, Texas, and Washington D.C.
- Established studio in Oregon and began ongoing schedule of studio work in Oregon and Texas (1987-1997)
- Moved to Austin and established studio (1988-1997)
1989
- Richard Thompson: Paintings and Drawings — Art Base Gallery, Singapore
- Frederick Weisman Collection travels throughout United States
1990
- NWxSW: Painted Fictions — Palm Desert Museum, California
- Richard Thompson: Implied Narratives — Amarillo Art Center (curated by Pat McCracken)
- 40 Texas Printmakers — Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
(curated by Jim Fisher)
- Additional one-person and group exhibitions in Colorado, Texas, and Singapore
1991 - 1992
- Richard Thompson: Four Forms, four large paintings commissioned for the Continental Plaza, Fort Worth
- Palette Trout, color lithograph commissioned by Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth for Centennial Prints
- Richard Thompson: Paintings — Robishon Gallery, Denver
- Richard Thompson: Painter's Picnic — Art Museum of Southeast Texas
- Additional one-person and group exhibitions in Texas, Nevada, Louisiana, and New York
- Associate Professor of Art, University of Texas at Austin
1993 - 1995
- James Goode Contemporary Self Portrait Collection — National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute
- Richard Thompson: Still Life Paintings, 1988-1993 — Milagro Contemporary, San Antonio
- Richard Thompson: Paintings — University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie
- Richard Thompson: Paintings and Drawings — Baylor University, Waco
- Guest Printmaker, Anderson Ranch, Colorado
- Additional one-person and group exhibitions in Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, and California
- Full Professor of Art, University of Texas at Austin
- Appointed Assistant Chair, Head of Studio, University of Texas at Austin
1996 - 1997
- Richard Thompson: Pond Vessels/Vessel's Pond — Tyler Museum of Art
- Additional one-person and group exhibitions in Texas, New York, and Colorado
- Appointed Dean, School of Art and Design, Alfred University
- Established studio outside of Alfred, New York
1999
- Confluence: Art and the Trout Fly — Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado and Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho
2000 - 2003
- Richard Thompson: Sh-h-h Be Very Quiet — William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth
- Richard Thompson: Song and Dance — William Campbell Contemporary Art
- Richard Thompson: A Survey of Paintings and Drawings, 1990-1999 — University Art Gallery, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls
2004 - 2005
- Richard Thompson: Mindful Wading — William Campbell Contemporary Art
- Richard Thompson: Selected Work, 2002-2004 — Exhibit 208, Albuquerque
- Richard Thompson: My Nature — Fosdick Nelson Gallery, School of Art and Design, Alfred University
- Additional one-person and group exhibitions in Texas
- Moved to Oregon and established studio outside of Portland
2006 - 2007
- 44th Invitational Exhibition — Longview Museum of Fine Arts
(Best in Show) - Issues of Substance — GE Corporate Headquarters, Fairfield, Connecticut
- Professor of Painting, School of Art and Design, Alfed University
2008
- Richard Thompson: The Foolish Fly Fisherman Paintings, 2001-2005 — Longview Museum of Fine Arts
- Richard Thompson: Paintings, 1980-2008 — Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio
- Additional one-person and group exhibitions in Texas, New Mexico, and California
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