ALEXANDRA THOMPSON
Alexandra Thompson studied painting at Stanford University and has been the recipient of grants and fellowships including the Art Institute of Santa Fe, the Vermont Studio Center, the entomology dept. of the American Museum of Natural History, the Geese Award for work in the visual arts at Stanford, and the Yale Norfolk School of Art. Her work is featured in numerous private collections.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (solo*)2023 Waking Hillside*, Gallery 444, Provincetown, MA
2022 Bramble, Walls, Lorenzo, Gallery 444, Provincetown, MA
2021 Returning Trains*, Gallery 444, Provincetown, MA
2019 Art in the Time of Covid, Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, WY
2019 Depot Open*, 85 Depot St., Driggs, ID
2011 Other Lawns, Funkhaus studio, Funkhaus Nalepestrasse, Berlin, Germany
Running Still*, San Cristobal Trading Post, San Cristobal, NM
2009 Come in and see the Ducks, Thompson/Katon open studio, Venice, CA
2007 Tiny drawings and a Big Painting*, Blithe Bit Farm, Geneva, IL
2004 Glen Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY,
3-D, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Gallery Artist Exhibit, Etherington Fine Art, Vineyard Haven, MA
. Members Show, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
2002 Figures in Landscape, Etherington Fine Art, Vineyard Haven,
Monoprints and Paintings, Cole House, Weston, CT
2001 W + T, Sarah Y. Rentschler Gallery, Hudson, NY.
Two Rivers, Sarah Y. Rentschler Gallery, Hudson, NY
1999 Works from the Figure, NNW Studio, New York, NY
Animals and Weather, Rentschler/Law Gallery, Hudson, NY
Young Turks Show, Etherington Fine Art, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Paintings and Prints from the Figure, La Mia Donia, Palo Alto, CA
GRANTS AND RECOGNITIONS2003 Vermont Studio Center, Fellowship, Johnson, VT
1999 Santa Fe Art Institute, fellowship, Santa Fe, NM
1994 Yale University, Ellen Battel Stoeckl Fellowship, Norfolk, CT
1991 Stanford University, Raina and John Geese Awards for work in the visual arts, Stanford, CA
CONTEMPORANEOUS PURSUITS2005-present Farm manager, UAC Farm Partnership and GWT Farms, Knox and Kane counties, IL
2019-20 Contributing radio and print correspondent for science and culture, KHOL Jackson, WY
2002-04 Science, environment, and features reporter and photographer, Martha’s Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, MA
2005 Intern, Entomology Dept., American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
EDUCATION2001 University of Missouri at Columbia, MO, Masters program in Journalism: photography and science writing
1999 Columbia University, New York NY, Special Programs: neurology, environmental economics, philosophy of technology
1995 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, BA with honors: visual arts, minor focus in biology