Antonia Thompson

My current work explores the feeling of being in a natural environment. I love working with texture and layering of paint to create history and depth in the piece. I work with acrylics and textural materials to create work that conveys the ability of thoughts and feelings to remain quiet whilst the senses are ignited. I aspire to create canvases that reflect a subtle sculptural quality that are overwhelmingly aesthetically driven.

I use photographs from walks and journeys as inspiration and often post images on my Instagram account - these are my sketchbook, the seeds of many of my ideas for paintings.

I look for the feeling of being barefoot in the sand, exploring beachside rocks or that all encompassing feeling of wanting to dive into the ocean on a warm day. To disappear, to relax, whilst still being aware of all that is around.

I worked for many years in an office and holidays were often a common topic that helped us transcend the mundanity of everyday desk work. I love the idea that through looking at an abstract painting you can find a memory, a part of yourself in it that can take you on holiday in your mind.

The light in Greece is a huge influence, and the memory of it I project into paintings that often start...

Originally from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, I studied Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee.

I practised as an artist in Scotland in the 90s and then retrained as a media professional where she worked in online journalism for 14 years. In 2015, I returne to my professional art practice, working at Phoenix Brighton Artists Studios

The Absent Gallery Spring Open 2021 https://theabsentgallery.co.uk/
Scene. Heat. Waves. Solo Exhibition, Window Gallery. Feb - March 2020
Haiku. Group show, Phoenix Art Space, December 2019
DMH Stallard, July, August 2019
Kings Hill, April - June 2019
Snug Gallery - May 2019
Artists at Phoenix, Window Gallery, May 2019
Phoenix Open Studios May 2019
Cripps, Feb - April 2019
South Gallery, Brighton, Editions I - Jan 2019
Cripps, Royal Tunbridge Wells - Dec 2018 - March 2019
RSM, Crawley Septemper - 2018
Phoenix Open - May 2018
South Gallery - June 2018
Kings Hill September 2017
Phoenix Brighton Open Studios - May 2017
Phoenix Brighton Open Studios - May 2016
Go Yoga Gallery December 2015 - January 2016
Feminist Fightback Exhibition – University of East London, 2007
Check Out – Artist’s collective exhibition in Dundee. 1998
2 Whitehall Crescent - Tay Hotel, Dundee 1997
Jar, Seagate Printmakers Gallery 1997
Jonathan Sands Photography 1995
Stoke Newington Festival Exhibition 1995
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art Degree Show 1994
DJCA Printmakers, class of 1994 Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition 1993