Christian Thompson

b. 1978, Gawler, South Australia

Christian Thompson is a contemporary artist who has presented his photographs, videos and performance works in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. His recent group exhibitions include 'Andy and Oz: Parallel Visions', Andy Warhol Museum USA; 'Working Down Under', Wood Street Galleries, USA; 'Brilliance', Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Melbourne; 'Cultural Warriors', National Indigenous Art Triennial, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; and 'Raised by Wolves', Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. Christian recently completed a residence program at DasArts Advanced Studies for Performing Arts, Amsterdam and a residency and public art project with the Centre for Future Art Research at Arizona State University, Arizona, USA.
In 2010 he was awarded the inaugural Charlie Perkins Scholarship for post-graduate studies; he is currently working towards his Doctorate of Philosophy in Fine Art at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

For further information go to WWW.christianthompson.net

http://oxfordstudent.com/2010/10/28/indigenous-australians-arrive-in-oxford/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9118000/9118948.stm

>> view works from TheLost together series, 2009
>> view works from The Australian Graffiti series, 2008
>> view works from The Gates of Tambo series, 2004
>> view works from Emotional Striptease series, 2003
>> view works from Blaks Palace series, 2002