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BIO

Corrie Thompson (b. Los Angeles) makes drawings, books, and wall hangings, that examine the power dynamics that intertwine history and personal experience. 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. She is an adjunct art instructor and a cofounder of Easyside, a nonprofit providing a home for contemporary art and a hub for food distribution on the east side of Fort Worth. Her work has been exhibited in Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, and Texas, with recent exhibitions at the Old Jail Art Center, Blind Alley Projects, and Arts Fort Worth.

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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)

Selected Exhibitions 

2023

Near + Far, Tukiye Earthquake Benefit Exhibition, The Pool: Near Southside, Fort Worth, TX

Time, Memory, Mythos, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Localities, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

Drought and Deluge, solo exhibition at Old Jail Art Center’s Cell Series, Albany, TX

150 Years / 150 Artists, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Fort Worth, TX

2022

Interior Survey, solo exhibition at Carlson Tower Gallery, North Park University, Chicago, IL

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 and 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

2023

Personal Practice + Nonprofit Work, visiting artist talk with Fernando Alvarez at University of Texas at Dallas

Personal History in Textile, visiting artist talk at Waxahachie Quilters Guild

Personal History in Textile, visiting artist talk at Cedar Hill Quilters Guild

2022

Interior Survey: How the Show Comes Together, visiting artist talk for Creative Guild at North Park University 

Gleaning: Artist talk with Adrianna Touch, facilitated by Sara-Jayne Parsons, Arts Fort Worth

Drawing from the Collection: Women Painting Women with Corrie Thompson, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 

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

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

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