Education
2002- 2006
Goldsmiths’ College - Practice-based PhD Fine Art
2000-2001
Byam Shaw School of Art - MA Fine Art
1989-1992
Manchester Metropolitan University - BA (hons) Illustration
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Dolly Thompsett, Ritter/Zamet (October)
2010
Dolly Thompsett, ArtSway, Hampshire
2009
Dolly Thompsett, Ritter/Zamet, London.
2007
Dolly Thompsett, Fred [London] Gallery
2005
Dolly Thompsett, Ritter/Zamet, London.
Group Exhibitions
2010
From the mountains where Whales Once Lived: Dolly Thompsett, Eemyun Kang,
Seuljin Wang,
Alisa Margolis, UNION, London
Vanitas: The Transience of Earthly Pleasures, AVA, London
2009
Creekside, APT Gallery, London. Selected by Jenni Lomax.
ArtSway 2009
The Golden Record The Collection, Lincolnshire
2008
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London (touring)
Cromophilia, Bearspace, London
Lucifer’s Greatest Art Show, Fred Leipzig Gallery, Leipzig
Super-cilia, Royal Liver Building, Liverpool
The Golden Record, Collective Gallery, Liverpool
2007
Emergency3, Aspex, Portsmouth. Selected by Paul Hedges and Jo Bushnell
Drifting Clouds, Image Furini Arte Contemporanea, Arezzo. Curated by Rita Selvaggio
Salon Nouveau, Engholm Englehorn, Vienna. Curated by Jasper Sharpe
2006
The Wonderful Fund Collection on Tour, Pallant House, Chichester
Sweetex, Standpoint, London. Curated by Pernille Holm Mercer
2005
When I lived in Modern Times, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland
Morpho Eugenia, Museo di Republica Di San Marino, Italy
The Wonderful Fund Collection on Tour, Le Musee de Marrakech, Morocco
2004
Arrivals, The Pump House, London
Caution: Uneven Surfaces, temporarycontemporary, London
Goldsmiths MA Show, London
2003
Fantastic! Catacombs Gallery, St Pancras Church, London
Bibliography
2011
Artist’s Commission, Turps, Summer 2011
Barry Schwabsky, About Painting, Dolly Thompsett Paintings, catalogue published by ArtSway, 2010
Gilda Williams, Vanitas: The Transience of Earthly Pleasures, Published by All Visual Arts, 2011
2010
Paul Carey-Kent, Post-Frieze Extras: 14 Picks, Saatchi Online, October 28, 2010
Paul Carey-Kent, Dolly Thompsett, Saatchi Online Critic’s Choice.
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/art_news/dolly_thompsett_saatchi_online_critics_choice_by_paul_carey-kent/6479
Andrew Bryant, The Big Picture, a-n magazine, October 2010
2007
Georgina Adam, The New Wave Where Does British Art go Next? Art and Antiques, June 2007
Martin Herbert, Tides and Undertow, Dolly Thompsett, Fred Ltd
Neal Brown, Davey Jones’ Locker, The First Post, April 2007
Waldemar Januszczak, Can the East End art scene be as hot as some claim 15 years after it got trendy? The Sunday Times, May 13, 2007
Neal Brown, Zoo story, The First Post, October 12, 2007
Dolly Thompsett, Echoes in Eternity, Garageland, Issue 5, 2007
2005
Christopher Collett, When I lived in Modern Times, Metro, September 28 2005.
Rita Salvaggio, Morpho Eugenia, Museum D’Arte Moderna E Contemoranea, San Marino
Martin Cooner, Artlab, Dolly Thompsett, Time Out London, July 6-13 2005, No. 1820, p50
Alistair Robinson, When I lived in Modern Times, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland
2003
Matthew Arnatt, Fantastic! St Pancras Catacombs, London
Corporate Collections and Foundations
Goldsmiths’ College Collection
Neuberger Berman Inc
Ernst & Young
UBS
Wonderful Fund
Simmons & Simmons
Teseco Foundation
Zabludowitz Collection
Awards and Competitions
2009
Winner First Prize, Artsway 2009
2009
Finalist, Creekside, APT Gallery
2008
Finalist, Jerwood Drawing Prize (touring)
2007
Finalist, Emergency3, Aspex Portsmouth
2005
Full Bursary, Goldsmiths College
2004
Goldsmiths Warden’s Purchase Prize
