Samantha Thompson

BIOGRAPHY – Samantha Thompson

‘There’s a comical streak… I can’t take anything too seriously’

Samantha Thompson (b. 1978) is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and regional arts advocate based in regional Victoria, Australia. With a highly successful career spanning over 20 years, Thompson is renowned for her vibrant, feminist artworks. Thompson has exhibited in numerous galleries across Australia and produced 14 solo shows since 2003. She has also exhibited internationally, and her works can be found in private and public collections across the world.

Thompson was born in Sydney in 1978 to parents of US descent. She credits her experiences in the family fashion business as being instrumental to her progression as a professional artist. Her early ventures in the creative arts saw her developing product shoots and design campaigns for an international fashion label while producing and selling original work. Thompson completed a Bachelor of Studio Textile Design at RMIT University in 2009, majoring in Studio Print and Weave, and graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Graduate Certificate in Visual Arts in 2021.

While best known for her bold pastel pieces, Thompson’s diverse oeuvre includes text...

2020
April - May - Belconnen Arts Centre” F A C E Unframed” - Canberra May - Queenscliff Gallery - Queenscliff, VIC - “Human Emotion Print Exchange and Exhibition” -Selected artist
2019 Nov – EGAG WRAP, Bainsdale, VIC - “Small Artwork Prize” Nov - Shearers Arms Gallery, Geelong, VIC - “Printmakers exhibition” People’s choice award Nov - Blue Mountain Printmaker Exhibition, Glenbrook, NSW - “BMCAC Print Prize” Oct - Buninyong Art Prize and Exhibition, Ballarat, VIC Oct - Albert Park College, Melbourne, VIC – “The Albert Park College Art Show” - Selected artist
Oct - FPS RELIEF PRINT Exhibition “Home” with WEA Sydney, Mount Gambia, SA - “NSW & Thumbprint Workshop Inc” Sep - Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney – Represented Firestation Print Studio Artist Sep - Knox Immerse, Ferntree Gully, VIC - “Solitaire” - Selected artist May - The Other Art Fair, Kensington, Melbourne, VIC Mar - F Project Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC - “2019 South West International Women’s Day Art Prize” - Finalist
2018 Oct - Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea, London - Exhibitor Sep - Tussock Upstairs Gallery, Point Lonsdale, Victoria Jun - Waverly Art Prize, Bondi, Sydney May - FPS at II Bisonte, Firestation Print Gallery, Florence, Italy May - Tokyo...