The work of ADAM THOMPSON will be presented for the first time in Italy in the little shop-window at via Pastrengo 13 – 15, Milan. The site-specific piece will be on show from February 3th to February 10th. The evening of the opening will be possible to meet the artist and have some press material from 7pm at via Pastrengo 12 inside the inner courtyard.


Showreelproject.com is a project curated by Paola Caravati with the aim of showing the work of young European artists never before presented in Italy. Showreelproject.com is addressed to both insiders in the contemporary art world as well as to curious outsiders, presenting the artworks in an unusual place and uncommon way. The space chosen for the project is a shop window based in via Pastrengo in Milan where the artwork will be on show for one week. To participate in the project will be five international artists, one every two months. The limited dimensions of the space and the impossibility of viewer access are a double constriction. To the young artists the challenge is to confront a peculiar place that imposes in a single gesture the condensation of a method capable of expressing itself fully as the space diminishes.

ADAM THOMPSON

Born in Ipswich, England 1980. Currently working in London

Education
2007-2009 - MFA Fine Art. Goldsmiths College. London
1998-2001 - BA (Hons) Fine Art - Studio Practice and Critical Theory. Goldsmiths College. London
1996-1998 - Art and Design, Ipswich School of Art. Suffolk


Solo Exhibitions
2008 - Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Frankfurt, Germany
2007 - 'Benign Neglect '. Bernhard Knaus Fine Art. Mannheim. Germany
2006 - UK06: Touring Japan. Gallery Suzuki - Kyoto. Kaede - Osaka. AO - Kobe. Japan
2005 - 'Grieving Matter' . Bernhard Knaus Fine Art. Mannheim. Germany
2004 - 'As my father, I have already died '. Firstsite Gallery. Colchester. UK


Group Exhibitions

2009
Ballard, Peacock Projects, London (September)
A Work A Day, MOT International, London
Goldsmiths College MFA Show, London
Grope, Area 10 Project Space, Peckham, London
Part One, Nordisk Kunst Plattform, Brusand, Norway
No End in Sight, Vegas Gallery, London

2008
Terra Firma, Fold Gallery, London
(No) Fear, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany
Drawings, Peacock Projects, London
No End in Sight, Galerie Polaris, Paris

2007
Statement. Galerie Bernhard Knaus. Frankfurt, Germany
Inter-View. The Space Gallery. Seoul. Korea
F/Stop International Photography Festival, Leipzig, Germany
One can look at seeing. The City Gallery OFFSITE. Leicester. UK

2006
Tiefes Licht (Deep Light). Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven. Germany
London Elsewhere. Bernhard Knaus Fine Art. Mannheim. Germany
Alone Together. Galerie Nouvelles Images. Den Haag. Netherlands
Interzonas. Palacio de Sástago. Zaragoza. Spain

2005
Whatever. Deptford X. London
Everything Must Go (Part 1). Workplace Gallery. Gateshead. UK
Illumination. Fordham Gallery. London
Cartoon. Fiesta Gallery. London

2004
POC. Forum für Fotografie. Cologne. Germany

2003
Oliver MacDonald Vs. Adam Thompson. The Prenelle Gallery. London
Exhumed. Museum of Garden History. London
The Entangled Eye. Danielle Arnaud. London & Gallery Speak For. Tokyo. Japan

2002
Piece of Cake. Pole Image Haute - Normandie. Rouen. France
Parallax. House Gallery. London
Diversion. Museum of Garden History. Lambeth. London
Undertow. Crucifix Lane. London

2001
Run With It. M & B Motors. New Cross. London
Deptford X. Danielle Arnaud. London
Scape. The Prenelle Gallery. London
Miniature Madness. Winkley Street Studios. Hackney. London
Blinkered. Goldsmiths College. London