September 28 – October 26, 2013
Steve Turner Contemporary is pleased to present Portrait of the Artist as a Visa Card, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Augustus Thompson, in which the artist will present a multi-media installation consisting of an inkjet print, a floor installation, sculptures and a painting.
Thompson counterpoises images drawn from consumer culture and those of his own invention. Like a latter-day William Morris, the artist values the handmade and physical, but unlike Morris, he does not castigate modern technology. Instead, he suggests a delicate coexistence.
Augustus Thompson (born 1985, Richlands, Virginia) earned a BFA at University of California, Santa Cruz. He has had a solo exhibition at Ed. Varie, New York (2013) and a two-person exhibition with Chris Lux at New Image, Los Angeles (2012).
Augustus Thompson (born 1985, Richlands, Virginia) earned a BFA at University of California, Santa Cruz. He has had a solo exhibition at Ed. Varie, New York (2013) and a two-person exhibition with Chris Lux at New Image, Los Angeles (2012).
Born 1985, Richlands, Virginia
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
2008
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2013
Hold Tight, Ed. Varie, New York
Cold Boy’s Fire/Digital Physical, Adobe, San Francisco
2012
Chris Lux and Augustus Thompson, New Image, Los Angeles
2011
New Portraits/Young Color, Ed. Varie, New York
Still Life, New Image, Los Angeles
One Man, Fifty24, San Francisco
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Contemporary Arts Centre, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
2011
Let’s Go Bombing Tonight, V1, Copenhagen
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Mural
2010
Paintings in Garage, Garage Sale Project, San Francisco
Semester of Love, Carville Annex, San Francisco
Out of the Flat Files, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco
2007
Irwin Scholarship Show, Sesnon Gallery, UC Santa Cruz
Grants and Awards
2007
William Hyde and Susan Benteen Irwin Scholarship
2006
Irwin Project Grant
Selected Bibliography
2013
Letters to a Muse, Self Published
SFAQ, Review
BOMB Magazine/BOMBLOG, Interview
2012
Documents of an Apartment Artist, Book
Meander Journal, Interview
2011
Bullett Magazine Online, Interview
Good Dad Bad Dad, Self Published
One Man, Self Published
2010
YesYesYes, Feature
Young Paintings, Self Published
Press
2013
‘Hold Tight’: Augustus Thompson at Ed Varie, Opening Ceremony, Shannan Elinor Smith, March 28, 2013
Augustus Thompson, BOMBSITE.COM, Antonia Marsh, March 7, 2013
2012
Augustus Thompson interview, The Meander
2011
Augustus Thompson interview, BULLET media
