MARIA THOMPSON
born Leeds, England.
Associate Diploma in Fine Art (Photography), Sydney Technical
College.
Worked as commercial photographer in Sydney for almost 10 years.
Gave up commercial work in 1998 and moved to Melbourne
to concentrate on art practice, and undertake further fine art studies.
Currently undertaking research for Masters thesis (fine art)
selected solo exhibitions
2005 ‘The Interzone Project”, A-Space
gallery, Preston, Melbourne
2003 ‘Law of Sufficient Reason’,
PCL Gallery, Redfern, Sydney
2000 ‘Things are looking up”, PCL
Gallery, Redfern, Sydney
1998 ‘Concord’, Iwaki Auditorium,
ABC Centre, Southbank, Melbourne
1997 ‘DOB’, Back Gallery, Paddington,
Sydney
selected group shows
2005 Invited guest artist of the St. Kilda Festival,
St. Kilda, Melbourne
Teknikunst:
Flesh Vs. Machine, Incinerator complex, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne
Summer Salon,
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2004 PCL Gallery, Redfern, Sydney
Postcard
show, Linden Gallery, St. Kilda, Melbourne
2003 Summer Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography,
Fitzroy, Melbourne
2002 ‘Sleep’, Arcadia, Fitzroy, Melbourne
Postcard
show, Linden Gallery, St. Kilda, Melbourne
2001 PCL Gallery, Sydney
Summer Salon,
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Melbourne
1999 ‘Sek-su-ality’, Fad Gallery,
Melbourne
‘Site
Specific’, Langridge Street Studios, Collingwood, Melbourne
PCL
Gallery, Sydney
competitions
2005 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schuman Photography
Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery.
Tattersall’s
Contemporary Art Prize, Newport, Melbourne
MLC Acquisition
Show, Hawthorne, Melbourne (Winner)
2004 MLC Acquisition Show, Hawthorne, Melbourne
2003 Smorgan Prize, Williamstown, Melbourne
Linden Postcards
Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
CCP Summer
Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Melbourne
collections
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Methodist Ladies College, Hawthorne, Melbourne
Private collections include: Dr. Gaston Nguyen, Sydney, and Dr. David Manchester,
Manchester, UK