Steven Thompson

Teaches at Abrons Arts Center

Steven Thompson (born 1967, Greenville, SC) is an american artist who lives in Brooklyn, NY. After receiving undergraduate degrees in Literature, Classical Languages and Art from the College of Charleston in SC, Mr. Thompson began graduate work at the University of Georgia, receiving an MFA in Painting and Drawing in 1995. In 1999, Mr. Thompson received an MFA in Sculpture and Mixed Media from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Mr. Thompson taught academic and studio courses at the University of Georgia from 2001 until 2006, including a term in the University’s Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy. In 2008, he taught a graduate seminar in special topics at Parsons School of Art and Design, The New School in New York. Since his debut solo show in New York in 2004 at Kenny Schachter's West Village gallery, conTEMPorary, Mr. Thompson has developed a reputation as a quixotic and visionary artist, a style by turns intricately detailed and obsessive, devotional and esoteric. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and venues in the US and abroad, including The Armory International Exhibition and Miami/Basel with Rove, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Kate Werble Gallery, and The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, among others. Currently, Mr. Thompson is represented by English Kills Gallery in Brooklyn and teaching a seminar course at The Oracle Club, a salon for artists and writers in Long Island City, Queens. Mr. Thompson is a member in good standing of the Fluorescent Mineral Society.