Thompson Hall
My work is primarily large scale acrylic paintings and pastel drawings. I explore my everyday experiences and the situations I find myself in. I then use these observations to create flat and patterned compositions.
My use of colour has been described as spontaneous, using my palette to express the feelings and emotions I want to create. I use recognisable symbols in my work to give visual references to the subjects I’ve chosen. They are like news images in a “more abstract” than true to life way.
I have nurtured an interest in art and art history, with references like Frank Auerbach and Chris Ofili, whilst visiting exhibitions across London.
My recent work is inspired by the inequalities of society and what is happening in the world around me, in regards to politics, social change, marginalisation and now what the impact of Covid and lockdowns are having on our society.
We live by rules and regulations that say you can’t do this and you can’t do that. In my paintings I am trying to tell people how this makes me feel.
Thompson Hall is participating in Autograph Gallery’s Transforming Leadership Programme and he has been selected to be artist in residence at Autograph Gallery in 2022.
Thompson Hall is a resident artist at ActionSpace’s Cockpit Arts studio.
Exhibitions
- Art & Activism, Outside In, Online Exhibition, 2021 (group show)
- Lockdown Legacy, Online Exhibition, 2020
- Prints, Project Ability, 2019 (group show)
- The Out There Art Fair: Patterns of My Mind, Cockpit Arts Winter Open Studios, 2019 (group show)
- Art & Protest: What’s there to be mad about?, Bethlem Gallery, 2019 (group show)
- Where The Heart Is, Cockpit Arts Summer Open Studios, 2019 (group show)
- The Residency Show, Project Ability, Glasgow, 2019 (group show)
- My Life in London, Project Ability, Glasgow, 2019
- Art is Part of The Equation, Royal Academy, 2019 (group show)
- My Life in London, Southbank Centre, 2018
- My Life in London, The Koppel Project Hive, 2018
- The Out There Art Fair, Cockpit Arts Christmas Open Studios, 2016 (group show)
- Home Away From Home, The Regency Town House, Hove, 2016 (solo show)
- Shop of Curiosity, Geddes Gallery, 2016 (group show)
- Manipulated Material: Responses to the Medium of Paint, Cockpit Arts Christmas Open Studios, 2015 (group show)
- Postcards of Glasgow, Project Ability, 2015 (solo show)
- In Practice, Royal Academy of Art, 2014 (presentation)
- Postcards from Brighton, Brighton Dome, 2014 (solo exhibition)
- Oh Wow! 32 Responses to Colour and Light, Cockpit Arts Summer Open Studios, 2014 (group show)
- I Was Framed, Cockpit Arts Christmas Open Studios, 2013 (group show)
- Dreamcatcher. Moment in Time, Shape in the City, Gracechurch Street, 2012-2013 (group show)
Workshops & Talks
- In Conversation with director of Autograph, Dr Mark Sealy, Studio Voltaire, 2021
- ‘Collective and intedependent approaches to art making’, Autograph, 2021
- Harsh Light Webinar, Bloc Projects, Online, 2020
- EXPLORERS Conference: Art, Rights and Representation, MK Gallery, November 2019
- City of Heroes for #PurpleLightUp: Create, British Museum, 2019
- #PurpleLightUp: Create, British Museum, 2018
- Co-workshop Leader, Friday Afternoon Art Club, Royal Academy of Arts, 2016
Residencies
Commissions & Awards
Films
Press
- Artists webpage and film, SHIFT, Jennifer Lauren Gallery, 2021
- ‘In Conversation’, SHIFT, Jennifer Lauren Gallery, 2021
- Interview for ‘Neurodiverse and disabled artists are joining the mainstream—yet discrimination persists’, The Art Newspaper, 2021
- Top Ten Virtual Shows Across the UK and Ireland, Frieze, 2021