Aaron M Thompson

Born in Carmel, CA. on May 30th, 1972. A native Northern Californian, Aaron M Thompson has been living and working in Fine Arts in New York since 1997. With the creation of art.les.nyc studios in 2005, Mr. Thompson focused his attention on building a non-profit collaborative artist studio out of his residence on Manhattans Lower East Side, determined to bring a full spectrum of color to the inhibiting urban wasteland. Aaron Thompson works with a variety of media paint, wood, plastic, metal, light to produce a fully immersive environmental experience. He constructs installations that submerge the viewer in his world of humor and beauty, re-imagining the visual tropes of 20th century American culture as a cutting-edge 21st century wonderland. From the detritus of our received past, he creates an illuminated playground.With the creation of art.les.nyc studios, Thompson has produced something wholly new. Processing an incendiary blend of religious/pop-cultural iconography through his whimsical sensibility, his works in murals, portable installations and especially, in his back-lot studio at 202 Rivington Street create an all-access world that melds fantasy with political dissidence. In short, he breaks down the wall between reality...

Education:
1998 - School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.
1997 - Instiuto de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
1996 - Zen and the Art of Bauhaus, taught by Ruth Asawa.
1993-1997 - BA Fine Arts Program, SFSU, San Francisco, CA.
1993 - AA Fine Arts Degree, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA.