Richard Thompson

Paintings and Sculpture

Detail from Horizon/Black Vessel, 2007 | View Painting

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)

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

Biennial Exhibition — Whitney Museum of American Art
(curated by Marcia Tucker)

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

Confluence: Art and the Trout Fly — Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado and Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho

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

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

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