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Thompson Hall is a London based artist, primarily working with acrylic paint and pastel drawings. His often colourful palette takes inspiration from artists including Chris Ofili and Frank Auerbach. Through abstracted symbols and text, Hall's work explores the inequalities of society and the world around him, in regards to politics, social change, marginalisation and, most recently, the impact that Covid-19 is having on our society.
“We live by rules and regulations that say you can’t do this and you can’t do that. In my paintings I am trying to tell people how this makes me feel.”
— Thompson Hall
Hall is a resident artist at ActionSpace’s Cockpit Arts Studio and is Autograph's current artist-in-residence, based at our building in Hackney, London.
Photo credit: Adam Tiernan Thomas
Photo credit: Adam Tiernan Thomas
Photo credit: Nigel Green
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Thompson Hall (b.1975) is a London based artist. Primarily working with acrylic paint and pastel drawings, Hall’s often colourful palette takes inspiration from artists including Chris Ofili and Frank Auerbach. Through abstracted symbols and text, Hall’s work explores the inequalities of society and the world around him, in regards to politics, social change, marginalisation and, most recently, the impact that Covid-19 is having on our society.
Hall was awarded an Emerging Artist commission and a Micro Grant from Unlimited in 2017 and 2020 respectively. He has exhibited in group shows across the UK and has had solo exhibitions at Regency Town House in Hove, Brighton Dome, and Project Ability, Glasgow. Hall is a resident artist at ActionSpace’s Cockpit Arts Studio.
Find out more about the artist via ActionSpace’s website.
Hall is in residence at Autograph's building in Hackney, London from 7 March - 31 May 2022. This on-site residency is an open-ended opportunity, providing space to think and create.
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Thompson Hall's residency at Autograph is supported by ActionSpace and is part of the EXPLORERS project. EXPLORERS is a national creative programme for increasing the visibility and representation of neurodivergent artists in contemporary visual art.
All gallery images by Thompson Hall and courtesy of ActionSpace.
Banner image: Thompson Hall, Living on a Breadline, [detail], 2019 © and courtesy of ActionSpace
Other images on page: 1) Thompson Hall, photo © and courtesy of ActionSpace. 2) Photograph courtesy Autograph. 3) Thompson Hall, ABP Autograph [detail] © and courtesy of ActionSpace. 4) Thompson Hall, Cacophony of Covid 19, [detail], 2020 © and courtesy of ActionSpace. 5) Thompson Hall, Lockdown Anarchy [detail] from the series Lockdown Legacy, 2020 © courtesy of ActionSpace. 6) Transforming Leadership programme logo.
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