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DIANA LYNN THOMPSON 185 High Hill Road, Saltspring Island, BC Canada V8K 2N6 EDUCATION 1991 Upgraded undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria 1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts, (First Class), University of Victoria AWARDS, GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS & RESIDENCIES 2005 BC Arts Council Award 2005 Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Annenburg Foundation Honorary Fellowship 2003 BC Arts Council Award 2002 Canada Council Travel Grant 2002 SilvrettAtelier Symposium: Artist's Residency in Austria (Invitational) 2002 The Vancouver Foundation Visual Arts Development Award 2001 Gibraltar Point Arts Centre Artist's Residency Award 2001 Atlin Arts Centre Artist's Residency Award 2000 BC Arts Council Project Assistance Award 1999 Canada Council Travel Grant 1995 Canada Council Grant 1989 & 87 Art Studio Residency, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta; May-August 1982 & 81 Heather Cragg Scholarship and the University of Victoria's President's Scholarship awarded both years for outstanding achievement.. LECTURES, TEACHING & INTERVIEWS 2007 Environmental Studies class presentation, Saltspring Island Middle School 2006 Illustrated lecture, "When I Grow Up" Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts , Indiana University (Bloomington) Environmental Arts Class, Columbia Center for the Arts, March 27-31 Illustrated lecture "Ready and Willing to Work" ECIAD March 20 2005 Private tutoring: children"s art classes 2003 CFRO Radio, Interview about "Gesture" August 22. CBC Radio, National, Richardson's Roundup. Interview about "Gesture." July 25. Grant Writing Workshop, CED Project, Saltspring Island. 2002 Printmaking workshop, Saltspring Painters Guild Illustrated Lecture "Does art have meaning?" ArtSpring Arts Centre, July 26. Saltspring Island Artists in the Schools Program 2001 Illustrated Lecture "As Necessary as Hunger" Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Nov.19. 2000 Talk to Dr. A. Bartley"s UBC class about Science and Art, SAG Talk to Camilla Pickard's ECIAD class about text and images in Hundreds & Thousands, Surrey Art Gallery. Public Lecture, "Quantifying the Unquantifiable" SAG, October 29. 1995 Six week class (adult ed): "Drawing; Process and Technique" 1988 Drawing Workshop, Saltspring Painters Guild BC Artists in the Schools Program 1988,82,81, 80 & 79 Natural and Human History Interpreter, BC Parks. 1980,79,78 Taught adult education classes at North Island College. COLLECTIONS Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Surrey Art Gallery Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs Numerous private collections BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected) Articles, Reviews, Publications, Video and TV. 2011 Johnson, Sandi. "Wit, Imagination and Wonder" Gulf Islands Driftwood, 6 July, 2011:15 Stieff, Barbara. "Earth, Sea, Sun and Sky" Prestel /Random House 2011:56,64-65,68-69 2008 Nolan, Elizabeth. "Meditate, Appreciate, Cry" Gulf Islands Driftwood, Aug. 6, 2008: B3 (Review) Thompson, D.L. “Artist’s Energy Thrives in New Works” Gulf Islands Driftwood, May 21, 2008:B3 * Thompson, D.L. “Pathos, Power at Show” Gulf Islands Driftwood, May7, 2008:20 * 2006 Thompson, Diana Lynn. “After the Fire” (series). Gulf Islands Driftwood, June-August 2006 Utne editors, "Elemental Art", Utne Magazine, June 2006: 66-71 2005 Corraini, R. “Art show offers appreciation of nature” Nanaimo Daily News, 16 September, 2005: C3 Corry, Helm, Gerwurtz, and Laurence "25 years/25 Artists". Catalogue of an exhibition, RAG Orion editors, and Thompson, D.L. “Leaves of Presence” Orion Magazine, Nov/Dec.2005:7-8 291 Film Company. 2005 Film: Landscape as Muse, Great Bear Rainforest- Diana Lynn Thompson. ( aired on SCN, Bravo & Knowledge Network 2006) 2004 Thompson, Diana Lynn. Alluvion. Catalogue of an exhibition, Equilibrium Studio, 2004 Thompson, Diana Lynn, with contributions by Ken Pinchin, Jamie McColl, Karolle Wall, Amanda Ross-Ho, Joan Werner, R. Ridington, A. Ridington and F. Farriell. "Alluvion" 2004. 60 min. video documenting the Alluvion project . Welch, Wendy. “Finding a Common Boundary” Monday Magazine, July 29, 2004: 10 Welch, Wendy. “Interface” Canadian Art 21.4 (2004): 96-98 2003 Burkette, Pat. “Tidal Art” Times Colonist, 24 August 2003: D12 Columbo, Serena. "Natura Come Arte, Arte Nella Natura" New Music (Italy), June 2003 :82-85 Haas, Roland, D. L. Thompson ed. 2003. "Meander" 7.5 minute video documentary of outdoor installation at SilvrettAtelier. Haas, Roland, ed. SilvrettAtelier 2003, Catalogue of an exhibition, Palais Liechtenstein, Vorarlberger Illwerke, 2003. Kubaczek, Martin. "Kunst unter der Staumauer" Kultur (Austria) April 2003 Laurence, Robin. “Drawing A Line In The Sand” The Georgia Straight, August 21-27, 2003 (Review) Laurence, Robin. “Diana Lynn Thompson” Canadian Art, 20.4 (2003):109-110 (Review) Mavrikakis, Nicolas. “Au Poil!” Voir, 28 août 2003 Thompson, Diana. “Hundreds and Thousands” BC Museums Roundup 223 (2003) 16-17. 2002 La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Recettes de Performance/ Performance Recipe Book ,2002. 2001 Browne, Alex. “The Edge of the Infinite.” Peace Arch News,17 Jan. 2001: A33 Brayshaw, Christopher. “Postcards from the art world” The Vancouver Courier, 10 Jan. 2001. Crainic, Corina. “Conceptions, ou pourquoi la femme est femme.” Le Délit, 27 février 2001, p.10 Doyle and Melcombe, editors. Artropolis, Celebrating Contemporary B.C. Visual art. Catalogue of an exhibition, 2001:124. Laurence, Robin. “Artist Finds Beauty and Wonder in Foliage.” The Georgia Straight, January 18-25, 2001 McLeod, Dayna. “Mother’s little helper.” hour, 8 March 2001, p.24. Ridington, Jillian. “The Art of Motherhood” Herizons, 14.3 (2001):10-11. Thompson, Diana Lynn. “Conceptions” Contemporary Verse Two, 23:4 (2001) pp: front/back cover, 31-33. Warland, Davison and Thompson,. Hundreds & Thousands Catalogue of an exhibition, Surrey Art Gallery, 2001 2000 Penn, Briony. “Legends of the Fall” Monday Magazine, Nov 9-15, 2000. 1999 Scott, Michael. “Stark honesty in Conceptual Art”. The Vancouver Sun, 11 August, 1999: C6 1998 Campbell, Leslie. “Conceptions: An Art Exhibit About the Birth Experience” Focus on Women, May 1998. Waskito, Jolanda. “Dolls bring memories to art exhibit at Evergreen Gallery” The NOW, Sept. 30, 1998. 1997 Price, Jill. “Bricolage Reinvents Reality”. Scene Magazine, 26 June, 1997 Glasser, Penelope. “Hide and Seek” Matriart 6.4 (1997):18-21. Owens, Yvonne. “Broken Childhood”. Artichoke, Summer 1997: 50-51 Thompson, Diana. Memory’s Children. Catalogue of an exhibition, self-published, 1997. 1994 Pettigrew Productions, 1994. Video. Artropolis ’93, Process and Transformation. 1993 Goldhar, Nancy. “Correspondences” FUSE Magazine May-June 1993: 41-43. Kelly, Langford, Lund and Rosenberg, editors. "Artropolis’93, Public Art and Art about Public Issues." Catalogue of an exhibition, 1993:144. Thompson, Diana. Canadian Women Studies, 13:3 front/back cover, pp: 8, 9, 51, 81. 1992 Amos, Robert. “Of artists’ pain and power in dealing with the big issues.” Times Colonist, 21 March, 1992: C6 Culjat, Alexandria Visible Evidence: Doric, Rodger, Thompson.. Catalogue of an exhibition, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. 1992. Thompson, Diana. “Witness:” Matriart 2.2 (1992): 15-17 1989 Ylitalo, Toppings, Curnoe and Baillargeon. "Key." Catalogue of an exhibition, Walter Phillips Gallery, 1989. Western Canada Wilderness Committee, "Carmanah, Artistic Visions of an Ancient Rainforest". Raincoast Books, 1989: 148-49. * these two articles were my reviews of other artist’s shows last updated 11/14/11 |
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