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Augustus Thompson

Augustus Thompson (b. 1985 Richlands, Virginia) lives and works in Lamy, New Mexico. Thompson’s work expands across painting, printmaking, sculpture, experimental exhibition design, and sound. His array of studio materials sets up a terrain to fabricate the internal self. Thompson turns painting into a self relating, recursive machine, outputting a series of environmental predicaments to constrain or release from.

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Selected artworks

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled (Tire), 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled (Tire), 2017

    Monotype in oil on paper, ink, mounted on aluminum
    74.9 x 54.6 cm
    29 1/2 x 21 1/2 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled, 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled, 2017

    Monotype in oil on paper
    76.2 x 55.9 cm
    30 x 22 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Backwards and Flat Earth III, 2017

    Augustus Thompson Backwards and Flat Earth III, 2017

    Monotype in oil on paper
    76.2 x 55.9 cm
    30 x 22 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled (In two parts), 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled (In two parts), 2017

    Acrylic on aluminum
    45.7 x 81.3 cm
    18 x 32 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled (Car Interior), 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled (Car Interior), 2017

    Monotype in oil on paper mounted on aluminum
    75.8 x 57.1 cm
    29 7/8 x 22 1/2 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Spirit of ‘76, 2017

    Augustus Thompson Spirit of ‘76, 2017

    Oil, gesso and auto body filler on aluminum
    121,9 x 243,8 cm
    48 x 96 inches

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled, 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled, 2017

    Oil on Aluminum
    121.9 x 101.6 cm
    48 x 40 in

  • Augustus Thompson,                                      Untitled, 2017

    Augustus Thompson Untitled, 2017

    Oil on aluminum
    243.8 x 121.9 cm
    96 x 48 in

Selected press