Ms Estelle Thompson
Lecturer
Slade School Of Fine Art Gower Street
UCL London WC1E 6BT
Biography
ESTELLE THOMPSON was born in 1960 in West Bromwich. She studied at Sheffield City Polytechnic 1979–1982 and at the Royal College of Art, London 1983–1986. She lives and works in London.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
2006 Purdy Hicks Gallery
2004 True Colours, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm
2003 Purdy Hicks Gallery
2001 Being Here: New Paintings by Estelle Thompson, The New Art Gallery, Walsall Punctuation Paintings, Purdy Hicks Gallery
2000 Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
1999 Purdy Hicks Gallery Galerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt
1998 Fuse Paintings Usher Gallery, Lincoln; Mead Gallery, University of Warwick; South Hill Park, Bracknell; Purdy Hicks Gallery
1998 Fuse Monotypes Purdy Hicks Gallery
1997 Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
1996 Purdy Hicks Gallery Galerie Helmut Pabst
1993 Purdy Hicks Gallery; Winchester Gallery, Winchester; Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne; Darlington Arts Centre
1992 Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
1991 Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London
1990 Eastbourne Clark Gallery, Florida
1989 Pomeroy Purdy Gallery and Eastbourne Clark Gallery
Research Summary
Exhibitions
Back And Forth
2012B55 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
I conceived and co-curated this exhibition with Tamas Jovanovics. It was a group exhibition of eight artists - all painters based in London selected to showcase an aspect of contemporary abstract 'Geometric' painting in the UK to a Hungarian audience.
'A' is not equal to 'A'
2010Quare Gallery, London, UK.
Featuring photographs by fourteen artists in response to a previous installation of works by Richard Bevan, only seen and experienced by the photographic documentation.
Summer Exhibition 2010
2010Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK.
New work by gallery artists.
Calligrams
2010Eagle Gallery
Four abstract painters - Jane Bustin, Kevin Finklea, Matt Magee and Estelle Thompson - selected exhibition.
Black and White Flower Painting≅≅≅√
2010Imperial College Healthcare Charity Arts Committee at Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
An exhibition of black and white flower paintings by staff and students in Graduate Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL.
Estelle Thompson
2009Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, UK.
An exhibition of recent paintings from 2006-2009 at Purdy Hicks Gallery, London. Publication 24 page colour catalogue. ISBN: 978 1 873 184 07 3. Inclusion in 'Painting Today' - Tony Godfrey, Phaidon (2010).
L'Apres Moderne
2008Project Midi, 3 Rue du Rectangle, 1080 Brussels, Belgium
Drawing Breath: 10 Years of the Jerwood Drawing Prize
2008Royal West of England Academy, Queen's Road Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1PX
Tipping Point
2008Purdy Hicks Gallery, 65 Hopton Street, London, SE1 9GZ
Drawing Breath: 10 Years of the Jerwood Drawing Prize
2007National Art School Gallery, National Art School, Forbes St, Darlinghurst, Australia
Drawing Breath: 10 Years of the Jerwood Drawing Prize
2006Wimbledon College of Art, Merton Hall Road, London SW19 3QA
Estelle Thompson
2006Purdy Hicks, London
Estelle Thompson 'True Colours'
2004Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Santa Smiles (Sometimes)
2003Ols and Co, London
Hybrid
2003Art Space, Imperial College London
Gallery Artists
2003Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
Estelle Thompson
2003Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
Three from the Royal College of Art, London
2003New England School of Art and Design Gallery, 75 Arlington St, Suffolk University, USA
European Contemporary Artists from Purdy Hicks Gallery
2003Jane Deering Gallery, Gloucester, Massachussetts, USA
London Original Print Fair
2003Royal Academy, London
Purdy Hicks at Art 2003
2003Business Design Centre, London
Estelle Thompson and Felim Egan
2001Rosenberg and Kaufman Fine Art, New York, USA
Abstract Painting
2001Flowers East, London
Being Here: New Paintings by Estelle Thompson
2001The New Art Gallery, Walsall
Paintings 2000-2001
2001Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
New Work
2000Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
Estelle Thompson Recent Paintings
2000Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
Einmal Leiwand, Einmal Papier
2000Galerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt, Germany
Blue, Borrowed and New
2000The New Art Gallery, Walsall
Estelle Thompson: Fuse Paintings
1998Usher Gallery, Lincoln and toured to Mead Gallery, Warwick 25 Ap
Estelle Thompson
1997Abbot Hall, Kendal
Prints
1997Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
Publications
Curtain Wall/Glass Artwork
Flooring design for Glyndwr University
Clearer images
Colour Commission - South Bristol Community Hospital
Entrance light
Facade
