BIO
Corrie Thompson (b. Los Angeles) makes drawings, books, and textiles that explore tensions between identity, loss, and place. Thompson grew up between the United States, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea and currently lives in Fort Worth, TX. She received an MFA in Studio Art at Texas Christian University in 2022, and a BA in Fine Art from North Park University in Chicago in 2013. Her work has been exhibited in Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, and Texas, with recent exhibitions at Blind Alley Projects, Arts Fort Worth, Moudy Gallery, Moncrief Cancer Institute, PRP Agency, Craighead Green Gallery, and Fort Worth Contemporary Arts.
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Education
2022 Texas Christian University, MFA in painting
2013 North Park University, BA in fine art
2012 University of Malta (exchange)
Awards + Residencies
2021 Graduate Research Support Fund, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2021 Best in Show, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, juried by Winnie Sidharta
2020 Graduate Research Support Fund, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2019 Graduate Research Support Fund, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2019 – 2022 Graduate Fellowship, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2017 – 2018 Artist Residency in Motherhood, Chicago, IL
2009 – 2013 Art Department Scholarship, North Park University, Chicago, IL
2009 – 2013 Presidential Scholarship, North Park University, Chicago, IL
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Gleaning, two-person exhibition with Adrianna Touch at Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Forward and Backward, solo installation at Blind Alley Projects, Fort Worth, TX
Pillar of Salt, MFA thesis solo exhibition at Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
2021 Gleaning, two-person exhibition with Adrianna Touch at Moncrief Cancer Institute, Fort Worth, TX
Denotes, PRP Agency, Dallas TX
New Texas Talent, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Now|Contemporary, Art Room, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
Softer Fields: MFA Candidacy Exhibition by Fernando Alvarez, Doug Land., Corrie Thompson, and Adrianna Touch, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Fort Worth, TX
2020 Small Works, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
Postcards of Positivity, During the Pandemic, Artinity and The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, TX
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
College Expo, 500X Gallery, Dallas TX
2019 Four Currents, Moudy Project Space, Fort Worth, TX
In Good Taste, 516 Fabrication St., Dallas, TX
Resource Library, Extended Self: Transformations and Connections, Extended Practice, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
MFA Round 2, Moudy Project Space, Fort Worth, TX
Alumni Triennial, Carlson Tower Gallery, North Park University, Chicago, IL
2018 Image + Text, Carlson Tower Gallery, North Park University, Chicago, IL
Firsts and Starts, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Labors: An Exhibition Exploring the Complexities of Motherhood, Pearl Conard Gallery, Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH
The 7th Annual Square Foot Show, The Arts of Life, Glenview, IL
2017 Welcome Blanket, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
How We Make It, Circle Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 La Mère | La Mer St. Mary’s University, Winona, MN
La Mère | La Mer St. Mary’s College, South Bend, IN
How We Make It, The Arts of Life, Chicago, IL
Collective: Observations, Emergent Gallery, Aurora, IL
The 5th Annual Square Foot Show, The Arts of Life, Glenview, IL
2015 3rd Annual Juried Artists’ Books Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
Collective: For(age)ing, Hammond Arts Center, Hammond, IN
2014 How We Make It, Circle Contemporary, Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Visions, BA thesis solo exhibition, Carson Tower Gallery, North Park University, Chicago, IL
Talks + Workshops
2021 Drawing from the Collection for Children: Julie Bozzi’s American Donuts, with Corrie Thompson, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2021 Drawings from Beginning to End, guest artist lecture at North Park University for Tim Lowly
Related Experience
2021 Gleaning, curator, Moncrief Cancer Institute, Fort Worth, TX
2021 – 2022 Instructor of Record (Drawing 1), Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2020 – 2021 Teaching Assistant, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2019 – 2020 Gallery Tech, The Art Galleries at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
2018 Mysterious Feelings, curator, Circle Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 Collective: Process, curator, Beans and Bagels, Chicago, IL
2016 – 2018 Specialist in Representational Art Making, The Arts of Life, Chicago, IL
2011 – 2013 Gallery Assistant, Carlson Tower Gallery, North Park University, Chicago, IL
2010 – 2011 Arts Volunteer, Friedman Place, Community for Adults Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, Chicago, IL
Publications + Press
Tulika Ladsariya and Angela Lopez, Shelter in Place Artist Mothers Work: A collection of works from the first six months of the Coronavirus Pandemic (2021)
Lenka Clayton, Mother’s Days, debuted in Labor: Motherhood & Art in 2020, University Art Museum at New Mexico State University, NM
Corrie Thompson, The Disembodiment of Being a Vessel, self-published, released at Read / Write Library, Chicago, IL on June 2, 2018,
Tim Ortiz, “Mysterious Feelings at Circle Contemporary,” Disparate Minds (blog), April 12, 2018