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TERRY THOMPSON

BORN
Mountain View, CA; lives and works in San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION 
2005   M.F.A.  San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2003   B.A. Studio Art, summa cum laude, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1995   B.S. Industrial Technology, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021  Nothing But Neon: New Paintings, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018  Sign Language, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2017  Words & Picture, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015  Dive Motels and Cheap Eats, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013  Rich Text, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011  Signs of Life, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA                    
2011  Everything is Electrified, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
2010  Recent Work, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009  New Paintings, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009  The Streets of San Francisco,  Caffe’ Museo, SF MOMA Artist’s Gallery           
2007  Terry Thompson, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006  Roadside Art, The California Museum for History, Women & the Arts, Sacramento, CA
2006  Recent Work,  b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
2005  Neon Nights, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2004  New Work, Voshan Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2003  Recent Paintings, Voshan Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002  Cityscapes, d.p. fong galleries, San Jose, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021  The Cityscape Show XII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019  Exterior, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
2019  Art Market San Francisco, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2018  Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017  The Cityscape Show VII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2017  Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015  Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014  The Cityscape Show IV, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014  Image Hungry, Gary Francis Gallery, Alameda, CA

2014  Red Dot Art Fair, George Billis Gallery, Miami, FL
2014  Palm Springs Fine Art Fair
2013  Cover to Cover: A Survey of Artist Members' Photo Books, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA

2012  Three Artist Exhibition: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2012  Photographs by Terry Thompson, Stanford Art Space, Stanford University, CA
2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial (catalogue), Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN

2012  Chain Reaction: Artists Consider the Bicycle, The de Saisset Museum of Art, Santa Clara University, CA
2012  George Billis Gallery, San Francisco Fine Art Fair—Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2011  The San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2011  16 @ 49, ModernBook Gallery, San Francisco, CA (photography)
2010  The San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2010  Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2010  The Seduction of Duchamp, Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA (Catalog)
2010  The Seduction of Duchamp – Bay Area Artists’ Response, 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009  Los Angeles Art Show (George Billis) L.A., CA
2009  A Sense of Place, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2009  Environments, Louie Meager Art Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont CA (photographs)
2008  2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne,
          IN (Catalog)
2008  City Light- A Cityscape Group Show, George Billis Gallery, NY, NY
2008  Building a Team: 11th Annual Art of Baseball Exhibition, George Krevsky Gallery,
          San Francisco, CA
2008  Los Angeles Art Show (George Billis), Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
2007  Friends and Artists, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
2007  San Francisco Scenes, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007  Pop Realism, George Billis Gallery, L.A. CA     
2007  Red Dot Art Fair (George Billis), New York, NY.
2007  City Life, SFMOMA Artist’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006  The Last Picture Show, F8 Fine Art Gallery, Austin, Texas
2006  ICA 26th Annual Fall Art Auction, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2006  Lift Off, SJSU MFA Graduates, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2005  New California Masters, WORKS Gallery San Jose, CA  (statewide, juried) 
2005  Violet Speddy Scholarship, San Jose State University
2004  Catherine Urban Scholarship, SJSU ICA 25th Annual Fall Art Auction, Institute of
          Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2004  Fresh Strokes, Heritage Fine Arts Collaborative, San Jose, CA
2004  ICA 24th Annual Fall Art Auction, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2004  Introductions 2004,  b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA  (Catalog)
2004  Landscapes & Cityscapes, d.p. fong Galleries, San Jose, CA
2003  Art Bowl III - Juried Northern Cal. M.F.A. Exhibition, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
2003  Los Gatos Art Association Juried Show, Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, California
2002  Current SJSU Faculty and Student Work, Heritage Fine Arts Collaborative, San Jose, CA
2002  Los Gatos Art Association Juried Show, Los Gatos Art Museum, Los Gatos, CA
2002  WORKS 25th Anniversary Members Show, WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA
2002  Los Gatos Art Association Juried Exhibition, Los Gatos Art Museum
2002  WORKS Annual Member Show, WORKS Gallery, San Jose, CA

HONORS AND AWARDS
2003  Helen Dooley Scholarship, SJSU  •  Randall Sadler Scholarship, SJSU
2003  Honorable Mention, Los Gatos Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Los Gatos
          Art Museum
2002  Merit award, AVA Exhibition, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2002  First Place, Los Gatos Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, (Juror - Randall Sexton)

COMMISSIONS
Red Car Wines, L.A., CA
San Jose Jazz Society, San Jose, CA
Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce, Los Gatos, CA
IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE   
2004-05      Instructor - San Jose State University, School of Art & Design, San Jose, CA
2005, 2007 Invited Lecturer – San Jose Art History Club

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jaccarino, Pamela, “2015 Gold List” Luxe Interiors & Design, Los Angeles, Vol. 13, Issue 1, 2015. Print.
Hernandez, Jo Farb. A Celebration of 100 Years of the Department of Art. San Jose, Natalie & James Thompson, SJSU Art Dept. 2013. Print
Rose, Joshua, “Banal Beauty” -  American Art Collector  (July, 2009)
Contemporary American Realism. Essays by Annette Blaugrund and Donald Kuspit, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2008 Biennial, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2008           
Elliott, Amy, “January Art Fair Preview” American Art Collector  (January, 2008)
Rose, Joshua, “Signs of the Times” American Art Collector  (July, 2007)  
Dalkey, Victoria, “Critic’s Pick” Sacramento Bee (March 24, 2006)
Swanson, Ben, et al, The Santa Clara Review – Volume 93, no.1 2006, Santa Clara University
White, Tim, “Urban Images”  Sacramento News & Reviews (July 22, 2004).
Gant, Michael S., “Neon Notions,” Metro Newspaper (22 August, 2002).

FILM
2008  Opal- Reflective Films, stop motion animation drawing sequence.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The California Museum, Sacramento, CA   
The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
De Saisset Museum of Art, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Metro Newspaper, San Jose, CA   
IBM Corp., San Jose, CA  





 








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