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Adam ThompsonDocumentation

Adam ThompsonGrubenstrasse 238045 ZurichSwitzerland

La Grande Maison 1, Chemin de Minerve 34210 Cesseras France

+41 (0)79 669 2124www.ajrthompson.commail@ajrthompson.com

Biography

Born in Chertsey, England, 1971Lives and works in Zurich and Cesseras, France

1971 - 1977 in England and Wales1977 - 1982 in the Netherlands1982 - 1989 in Switzerland1989 - 1993 in England1993 - 1994 in Germany1994 - in Switzerland

Education

1989 - 1992 Birmingham College of Art and Design, Birmingham, UK

1992 - 1993 School of Communication Arts, London, UK

Exhibitions (Selection)

2021 Exhibition Title TBD, solo exhibition, multipleart, Zurich Exhibition Title TBD, with Michel Pfister, Cularta Gallery, Laax Newsprint, Three Works Gallery, Scarborough, England 2020 Me, You, Myself, Yourself, I and You, collaboration with Patric Sandri, Vebikus Kunsthalle, Schaffhausen PAPERWORK, Installation at Industrie Manegg, Zurich #ShutdownGR, Cularta Gallery, Laax Art Cabinet, StudioK3 Offspace, Neue Hard, Zurich and Kunstmuseum Olten A5@Mokka Rubin, Mokka Rubin, Olten, curated by Michael Sutter Adam Thompson & Michael Seidner, sothu Gallery (Salon), Zurich REGIUNALA 20, Cularta Gallery, Laax 2019 Shapes of Higher Beings, sothu Gallery, Zurich Kult und Kommunikation, Installation at St Peters Church, Zurich, collaboration with Noha Mokhtar Zufallsgenerator, Material, Zurich

2018 Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zurich Dernier Morceau de Tarte au Citron, Les Écuries, Cesseras, France Separate Together, Vienna Art Week, Vienna 2017 Sotheby’s / Fundart, Novomatic Forum, Vienna

2016 Gold Coast Cuts, Mai Gallery, Erlenbach Para Mi, Choba Choba, Zurich Softening the Margin, Hardturmstrasse Industrieraum, Zurich

2015 Pauvre en Odeur, ES16, Zurich Wintersalon, ES16, Zurich Diserens, Sandri, Thompson, Studio 175, Zurich

2014 Neue Malerei, BGG, Basel

2013 Adam Thompson, Les Écuries, Languedoc, France

2012 Willing Victims of Circumstance, Trace Gallery, Zurich

2011 Very Contemporary, Soon Gallery, Bern Lagerausstellung, Sihl Manegg Areal, Zurich

Exhibitions (Continued)

2010 Adam Thompson, Les Écuries, Cesseras, France

2009 Has anybody told you the dream you’re having isn’t coming true, A.C. Kupper Modern, Zurich Mini Super Art, Zurich

2007 Local Artists, Les Écuries, Cesseras, France

Publication, Press, Features

2020 artlikeyou, Me, You, Myself, Yourself, I and You Patric Sandri & Adam Thompson daily-lazy.com Patric Sandri & Adam Thompson at Vebikus Kunsthalle artmirror, Me, You, Myself, Yourself, I and You Patric Sandri & Adam Thompson Schaffhauser Nachrichten, Emanuel Gloors Spätwerk und Kunst, die aus dem Viereck ausbricht Rote Fabrik Zeitung, Publication of works, September edition

2019 Zufallsgenerator, Publication of short stories, Material, Zurich Rote Fabrik Zeitung, Publication of works, May edition

2018 Dämmunterlagen anders interpretiert, online article, G. Annaheim

2017 Rote Fabrik Zeitung, Publication of works, June edition

2016 Rote Fabrik Zeitung, Publication of works, August edition

2015 Pauvre en Odeur, Adam Joseph Rofé Thompson, ES16, exhibition catalogue

2015 Rote Fabrik Zeitung, Publication of works, March edition

Curatorial

2018 Dernier Morceau de Tarte au Citron, Les Écuries, Cesseras, France

2016 Softening the Margin, Hardturmstrasse Industrieraum, Zurich (Exhibition with Patric Sandri, Cristian Andersen, Nathalie Diserens, Zaccheo Zilioli, Peter Tillessen, Adam Thompson, Marco Jann)

Grants

2020 Me, You, Myself, Yourself, I and You, Project Grant from the Kanton of Zurich (Exhibition with Patric Sandri, Vebikus Kunsthalle)

2020 Me, You, Myself, Yourself, I and You, Project Award from the Hibou Foundation (Exhibition with Patric Sandri, Vebikus Kunsthalle)

2016 Let the Kids play while you Shop, Project Grant, Dr. Georg und Josi Guggenheim-Stiftung (Exhibition with Patric Sandri)

Collections Art collection of the Hibou Foundation Numerous national and international private collectors

PAPERWORK Installation views at Industrie Manegg, 2020

Shapes of Higher Beings Installation views at sothu gallery, 2019

Shapes of Higher Beings, HB3Installation view at sothu gallery, 2019

Shapes of Higher Beings, HB2 Installation view at sothu gallery, 2019

Shapes of Higher Beings, HB1 Installation view at sothu gallery, 2019

Shapes of Higher Beings, HB4 Installation view at sothu gallery, 2019

ZFGNRTR 1, 2019Cotton canvas, wood, painted lacquered aluminium

30 x 28.6 cm

ZFGNRTR 2, 2019Cotton canvas, wood, painted lacquered aluminium

29 x 30.9 cm

ZFGNRTR 3, 2019Cotton canvas, wood, painted lacquered aluminium

27.5 x 29.3 cm

ZFGNRTR 4, 2019Cotton canvas, wood, painted lacquered aluminium

31.5 x 26.6 cm

ZFGNRTR 5, 2019Cotton canvas, wood, painted lacquered aluminium

44.5 x 32 cm

ZFGNRTR 6, 2019Cotton canvas, wood, painted lacquered aluminium

35.7 x 27.3 cm

ZFGNRTR 7, 2019Cotton canvas, wood, painted lacquered aluminium

40.8 x 31.5 cm

ZFGNRTR 8, 2019Cotton canvas, wood, painted lacquered aluminium

25.8 x 28.3 cm

ZFGNRTR 9, 2019Cotton canvas, wood, painted lacquered aluminium

30 x 28.6 cm

ZFGNRTR 10, 2019Cotton canvas, wood, painted lacquered aluminium

30 x 25 cm

ZFGNRTR 11, 2019Cotton canvas, wood, painted lacquered aluminium

28 x 25.6 cm

Zufallsgenerator

Exhibition views at Material gallery, 2019

Still waiting for your Missed Call, 2018Wood fibre board, wood laminate, chipboard, rubber flooring,

linoleum, acoustic panel, estate emulsion

62 x 86 cm

Klaus Kinski an den Füssen, 2018Wood fibre board, MDF board, linoleum, multilayer panel, acoustic

panel, estate emulsion

62 x 86 cm

Everything tastes of Sausage when it’s covered in Mustard, 2018Wood fibre board, wood chipboard, laminate, acoustic material,

terrazzo tiling, estate emulsion

62 x 86 cm

The only Painting in a World of Sculpture, 2018Wood fibre board, wood board, laminated wood, laminated aluminium

board, synthetic flooring, plastic honeycomb panel, estate emulsion

62 x 86 cm

Never a Dull Moment, 2018Wood fibre board, wood chipboard, MDF board, carpet, linoleum

62 x 86 cm

You don’t know what you’re missing, 2018Wood fibre board, wood, rockwool, purenit, honeycomb panel,

rubber flooring, estate emulsion

62 x 86 cm

Arroz con Leche, 2018Wood fibre board, MDF board, linoleum, multilayer panel,

estate emulsion

62 x 86 cm

If you can’t behave, don’t get caught, 2018Wood fibre board, wood, rubber flooring, rubber composite,

acoustic panel, wedi panel, estate emulsion

120 x 160 cm

Exhibition view, Helmhaus, Zurich