Justin Randolph Thompson
Tossin' the Rag, 2012. Video from a street performance with mixed media in collaboration with Bradly Dever Treadaway, Jason Thompson, and Stefanie Nelson
Tossin' the Rag, 2012. Video from a street performance with mixed media in collaboration with Bradly Dever Treadaway, Jason Thompson, and Stefanie Nelson
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Peekskill, New York, 1979
Resides: Baltimore, Maryland
Education: American University (M.F.A., 2004);
The University of Tennessee (B.F.A., 2001)
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2014
"Togged to the Bricks," Galeria Carles Tache, Barcelona.
"A Job Ain't Nothin' But Work," with Kevin Jerome
Everson, Villa Romana, Florence.
"Hand for a Hand," with Bradly Dever Treadaway,
CAC Woodside, Troy, New York.
2013
"Heel Tap," Formato Comodo, Madrid.
"Dem'Golden Slippers," Cuchifritos Gallery, New York.
2012
"Meet Me in the Bottoms," Blue Star Contemporary
Art Center, San Antonio.
"Tossin' the Rag," The Bindery Projects, St. Paul,
Minnesota.
"Rag Poppin,'" with Kevin Jerome Everson, Hiram Van
Gordon Gallery, Tennessee State University, Nashville.
"I'm Gone," with Bradly Dever Treadaway, SRISA
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Florence.
2011
"The Pits," Downtown Gallery, The University of
Tennessee, Knoxville.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
"Hide Beaters," In-Sonora, Auditorium of the Reina
Sofia, Madrid.
2013
"Through the Lens of the Blues Aesthetic: An Evening
of Short Films Selected by Kevin Jerome Everson," as
part of "Blues for Smoke," Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York.
"Traveling Shoes," Flux Night, Atlanta.
"Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition," Socrates
Sculpture Park, Queens.
2012
"Tossin' the Rag," Art in Odd Places, New York.
"African American Artists from the Permanent
Collection," Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama.
Selected Bibliography
2012
Zuzula, Alexandra. "Meet Me in the Bottoms:
A Commentary on Socio-Political Issues,"
artmagazinesa.com (December 8).
Collins, Sarah. "Cross-Cultural References Converge
in the Pits," Higher Ground (May 20).
Hutson, Laura. "Last Night's Opening: Rag Poppin'
at TSU's Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery,"
Nashville Scene (January 27).
2009 King, Elaine A. "Justin Randolph Thompson: Shrines
and Found History," Sculpture Magazine (May).