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Patrick Thompson (artist)
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Name
Patrick Thompson
Role
Artist
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Patrick Thompson (Canadian artist b.1978 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) works in made and found material. With his partner Alexa Hatanaka, they collaborate as PA System. Hatanaka and Thompson are founders of Embassy of Imagination (EOI), a multidisciplinary arts initiative for youth based in Cape Dorset( ᑭᙵᐃᑦ, Kinngait), Nunavut.
PA System was named on a 2016 list of Canada's 16 greatest art collaborations by Canadian Art Magazine.
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Solo and group projects
2016 – Lightening Speak: Solo and Collaborative Work by w. Raven Chacon. U of New Mexico Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2016 – Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce Mural, organized by independent and nonprofit art space: 516 ARTS
2016 – Floe Edge: New art and collaborations from the north, AXENÉO7 Gatineau PQ
2016 – Gauge: Collaborative film made in Iqaluit, NU, Nuit Blanche at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, ON and University of New Mexico Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2016 – Stanley Aviation, site-specific installations, Denver, CO (PA System)
2016 – Global Pathways School, exterior and interior murals, Chettipalayam, India (PA System)
2016 – Junction, mural, Metrolinx, Toronto, ON (PA System)
2015 – Shibori Sherpa, Way Home Festival, site specific sculpture installation, Barrie, ON
2015 – The Divadale Project, temporary site specific sculpture installations at 82 Divadale Drive, Toronto
2014 – Larding and Barding: exhibition, w. Alexa Hatanaka, The Trace Gallery, Zurich, CH
2013 – Au-Delà de cette limite, l'art s'en mêle, with Pascal Paquette Le Labo & Alliance Française, Toronto
2013 – Saving, Giving and Losing Face, Zai Gallery, Shenzhen, China
2012 – Canada, National Capital Commission, Canada Day mural, Ottawa, ON
Residencies
2015 – Stanley Aviation Project, Denver, CO
2014 – Articulate Baboon Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2013 – Guanlan International Printmaking Base, Shenzhen, China
2012 – Artists in the Park, Beausoleil Island, ON
Awards and grants
2017 – Canada Council for the Arts, New Chapter Grant
2014 – Canada Council for the Arts, Production Grant for Group Film Project ‘Gauge’
2013 – Toronto BIA Mural of the Year
2013 – Guanlan Printmaking Base Biennial Official Selection
2011 – Nanjing Arts Institute Permanent Collection
2011 – Guanlan Printmaking Base Biennial, Short-listed
2008 – BC150 Community Arts Production Grant, BOOM! Oxygen Art Center, Nelson BC
2007 – Schools Without Borders, Support for participation,
2007 – Barcelona Contemporary Arts Festival, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain
2007 – Canadian North, Support for Travel, ALIANAIT FESTIVAL, Iqaluit, Nunavut
2007 – Schools Without Borders, IGNITE Art Festival, Toronto
2003 – Canada Council for the Arts, travel grant recipient
Reviews and interviews
2016 – Gang Up: 16 Great Canadian Art Collaborations, Canadian Art Magazine, June 27, 2016 B Alison Cooey and Daniella Sanader
2015 – ‘Artwork slated for the excavator draws a crowd’ DesignLines Magazine by Tory Healy
2015 – CBC Radio Canada National, Cape Dorset Mural Project
2013 – Spectator UK Online ‘Painting the world's walls’ by Claudia Massie
2012 – RTVE Spain, National television news story, Barcelona Spain
2011 – Walls & Frames book, Featured artist, Fine Arts from the Streets, Maximiliano Ruiz
2011 – MISC Magazine, Feature ‘The Future of the Future’
2010 – CBC NORTH, Radio Interview, Iqaluit, Nunavut, August,
2010 – ELbeit Magazine, Cairo, Egypt
2009 – CBC NORTH, Radio Interview, Iqaluit, Nunavut, September
2009 – CBC NORTH, Television Interview, Iqaluit, Nunavut, September
2009 – The District Weekly (Cover), What Lies Beneath, Los Angeles California
2009 – Grunion, Downtown and Uptown Gazette, Los Angeles California, “Artwork Feeds
2009 – Off “Mistakeism” - By Julian Bermudez, April 8, 2009
2009 – BOOM! , Oxygen Art Centre, Exhibition Catalogue
2008 – BAC! Babylon 2007, Barcelona Contemporary Art Festival, Exhibition Catalogue, DL B-52822-2007
2007 – Art for Social Change: Mural in Iqaluit, Nunavut with Jonathan Cruz included in multiple presentations by UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Professor, Judy Baca
2006 – Up Until Now, Upper Playground Gallery, Exhibition Catalogue 175 pages, Featured Artist
2006 – Cover, Nelson Daily News, Nelson, British Columbia
2006 – Exit Hinterland (Unfinished), Documentary Film, The Moody Group, Featured
2005 – The Tao of Thompson, Ottawa Xpress, Anita Euteneier, April 7
2003 – The 2nd Rule, digital magazine, Singapore
2003 – CBC National Radio Live from the Singapore Street Festival interview
2002 – Painting Without Permission], featured artist as Evoke, An Ethnological Study of Street Art, Bergin and Garvey, author: Janice Rahn
2002 – Ottawa Citizen, Stealth Artists
2002 – CBC Ottawa Radio , Ottawa Morning, Interview w. S. Lee
Collections
Kitchen Community, Kimbal Musk (Founder Zip2, Board of Directors SpaceX and Tesla Motors)
Kendall, Koenig & Oelsner Attorneys at Law, Boulder, CO