Justin Randolph Thompson
Born in Peekskill,NY USA June 17, 1979,
Lives and Works in Florence, Italy
Education
2003 American University, MFA 2001 The University of Tennessee, BFA
Solo and Two Person Shows
2009 Southern Trees;Santa Reperata Contemporary Art Gallery; Florence
2009 Martirio; Brooklyn Public Library/ Business Library; Brooklyn,NY
2008 I got somethin’ for your…; number_5 GmbH; Zurich, Switzerland
2008 Maybe it Runs in the Family; Buffalo Arts Studio; Buffalo, NY
2007 La Ruota degli Innocenti (Sponsored by the Fulbright Commission); Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence
Group Shows
2009 Vuelta al Cole, Galeria Altamira, Gijon, Spain
2009 Funktified, Staller Center for the Arts, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
2009 Open Doors: Taller de Jannis Kounellis; Villa Iris of the Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander, Spain
2009 Elsewhere: I am here; MAS Gallery, Odzaci, Serbia
2009 Tools for Revolution; Rotte Metropolitane; Villa Romana, Florence
2008 Gen X: Postboomers and the New South; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
2008 Valcellina Prize; Museo del Tessile, Pordenone
2008 Arnaldo Pomodoro Prize; Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan
2007 Drift; Rush Arts Gallery New York, NY
2006 Legion (NY,NY); NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL
Awards/Residencies
2009 Residence/Workshop run by Jannis Kounellis, Fundacion Marcelino Botin; Santander, Spain
2008 Winner of Revolutionary Sound, Sound Art Competition; Radio Papesse(section of Palazzo delle Papesse)
2008 Jerome Fellowship; Franconia Sculpture Park
2008 Finalist Arnaldo Pomodoro Prize
Articles and publications
2009 Justin Randolph Thompson Shrines and Found History; Sculpture Magazine International by critic Elaine A. King; May 2009 Vol.28 No.4 pg. 42-47
Collections
Mobile Museum of Art; Mobile, AL, Brooklyn Public Library/ Business Library; Brooklyn, NY, Albornoz Palace Hotel; Spoleto, Salem Art Works Sculpture Park; Salem, NY, Collezione Contini Bonacossi; Capezzana, Premio Valcellina Collection, Maniago, Collezione Civica di Fiber Art di Chieri, Chieri(TO)