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Christian Bumbarra Thompson

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About Me

CHRISTIAN BUMBARRA THOMPSON is a photographer, conceptual and performance artist. He is the leading artist in a new generation of Indigenous Australian artists whose work explores issues of identity, race and history. Thompson has presented his photographs, videos and performance work in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Recent group exhibitions include ‘Andy and OZ: Parallel Visions’, Andy Warhol Museum USA. ‘Workin Down Under’ Wood Street Galleries, USA. ‘Brilliance’ Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands. ‘This Crazy Love’ Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. ‘Culture Warriors’ National Indigenous Art Triennial. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. ‘Raised by Wolves’ Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth and ‘Gertrude Studio Artists show’ Gertrude Street Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne. He is the first Aboriginal Studio Artist at Gertrude Street Contemporary Art Spaces 2006 -2008, Melbourne. In 2008 he will commence two highly coveted international residencies at DasArts Advanced studies for Performing Arts, Amsterdam and Harvard University, Boston, USA. Thompson’s work is held in many public and private collections in Australia and overseas including the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, City of Melbourne, Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands and private collections.He lives and works between Sydney, Australia and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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AUS: Canberra Times DOWN UNDER POP’S UP by Christine Wallace

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Posted by Christian Bumbarra Thompson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:47:00 PST

USA:Australian video artists get Workin Down Under at Wood Street Galleries.

DECEMBER 13, 2007 Australian video artists get Workin' Down Under at Wood Street Galleries. BY BILL O'DRISCOLL ...
Posted by Christian Bumbarra Thompson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:53:00 PST

USA: Exhibit connects Warhol, Australian artists

Exhibit connects Warhol, Australian artists By Kurt Shaw TRIBUNE-REVIEW ART CRITIC Sunday, November 18, 2007 On the tail end of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Australia...
Posted by Christian Bumbarra Thompson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:46:00 PST

USA: Down Under artists bring world of meaning to Wood Street

Art Reviews: 'Down Under' artists bring world of meaning to Wood Street Wednesday, November 28, 2007 By Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Courtesy of the artist and Stux Gallery, New York, NY...
Posted by Christian Bumbarra Thompson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:42:00 PST

USA: TRIBUNE-REVIEW - Wood Street Galleries explores identity issues in Australian exhibit

Wood Street Galleries explores identity issues in Australian exhibit By Kurt Shaw TRIBUNE-REVIEW ART CRITIC Sunday, October 28, 2007 As part of The Pittsburgh Cultural T...
Posted by Christian Bumbarra Thompson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:41:00 PST

USA: Hemispheric Inversion: Climate right for Australian art Downtown

Hemispheric Inversion: Climate right for Australian art Downtown Thursday, October 18, 2007 By Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette John Heller/Post-Gazette Tim Horn's "Medusa." "Water Dreamin...
Posted by Christian Bumbarra Thompson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:01:00 PST

AUS: The West Australian - Running With the pack

Running with the pack 24th February 2007, 9:30 WST There is no specific family dynamic, we all know that, but despite this we tend to label families "normal" or not.    ...
Posted by Christian Bumbarra Thompson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:47:00 PST

AUS: The Age - Evidence of Art by Kyla McFarlane

Evidence of art August 7, 2004 Thompson's "Tiwi Island" jumper and "Ayers Rock" jumper. Christian Bumbarra Thompson is a young indigenous artist on the rise, says Kyla McFarlane. Just...
Posted by Christian Bumbarra Thompson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:27:00 PST

AUS: Sydney Morning Herald - A Matter of Time by Tracey Clement

A Matter of Time What's this? Blokes sewing? Has the world gone mad? Angry Young Blak Man by Christian Bumbarra Thompson In the dark days of the Victorian past, sewing was a girly art. Well-b...
Posted by Christian Bumbarra Thompson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:33:00 PST

USA: Three Layer Cake - Interview with Bidjara man Christian Thompson

Interview with Bidjara man Christian Thompson   I was struck by his photographs at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, one of which a self-portrait.  I wanted to f...
Posted by Christian Bumbarra Thompson on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:12:00 PST