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Art History


Solo Exhibitions

"A Study in Light and Shadows: A Solo Exhibition by Tommy Thompson," Mountain Valley Arts Council Gallery, Guntersville, AL, June 2-30, 2008

"Art at the Gardens: A Solo Exhibition of Tommy Thompson Art," Birmingham Botanical Gardens Art Gallery, Birmingham, AL, March 1-April 26, 2008

"Art in the Spotlight: A Solo Exhibition of Tommy Thompson's Art," Brentwood Arts Foundation, Brentwood, TN, October 5-27, 2007

"Seeing the World Through a Painter's Eyes: A Solo Exhibition of Tommy Thompson's Art," Palladio Group Design Centers, Memphis, TN, July 2-31, 2007


Group Juried Exhibitions

"Riverchase Loves Artists," Riverchase Country Club, Birmingham, AL, February 9, 2008

"Small Treasures Show," Local Color Gallery, Nashville, TN, December 6-29, 2007

"Holiday Show and Sale," Willis-Gray Gallery, Decatur, AL, November 23-December 24, 2007

"Artrageous 20," Local Color Gallery, Nashville, TN, November 10, 2007

"Nashville: Artistically Speaking," Local Color Gallery, Nashville, TN, September 12-October 27, 2007

"Urban Representational Plein Air Painters' Show," Nashville, TN, September 1-October 31, 2007

"Arts Alive," Kennedy Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL, May 19-June 19, 2007

"Wesleyan Artist Market," Atlanta, GA, April 26-28, 2007

"An Evening of Beauty," Rippavilla Plantation, Columbia, TN, March 17, 2007

"The Art of Webbfest Show and Sale," Gettysvue Country Club, Knoxville, TN, March 1-3, 2007

"Trinity School's Spotlight on Art 2007 Artists' Market," Atlanta, GA, February 13-17, 2007

"The Art Event at Lipscomb," Brentwood, TN, February 9-11, 2007

"Radnor Lake Show with the Chestnut Group," Radnor Lake, Nashville, TN, November 9-12, 2006

"43rd Annual Bluff Park Fine Art Show and Sale," Hoover, AL, October 7, 2006

"The Art Event at Lipscomb," Brentwood, TN, February 10-12, 2006

"10th Annual Fine Art in Brentwood Show and Sale," Brentwood, TN, December 2-4, 2005

"Historic Germantown Art Show," Nashville, TN, November 14-28, 2005

"42nd Annual Bluff Park Fine Art Show and Sale," Hoover, AL, October 1, 2005

"The Harding Show: An Exhibit and Sale of Fine Art," Nashville, TN, May 5-7, 2005

"Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Designers' and Artists' Showcase," Germantown, TN, March 31-April 3, 2005

"Huntsville Museum of Art, Gala and Auction," Huntsville, AL, February 28-March 5, 2005

"9th Annual Fine Art in Brentwood Show and Sale," Brentwood, TN, December 3-5, 2004

"41st Annual Bluff Park Fine Art Show and Sale," Hoover, AL, October 2, 2004

"21st Annual Main Street Art Festival," Franklin, TN, April 24-25, 2004 (Received Third Place Award)



Public Speaking Engagements

Art Talk by Tommy Thompson, Huntsville Art League, Huntsville, AL, April 15, 2008

Mountain Brook Art Association, Birmingham, AL, October 25, 2007


Corporate Collections

St. Mary's Medical Center, Knoxville, TN

Indiana Railroad Company, Indianapolis, IN


Education

"Plein Air Workshop with Ken Auster," The Chestnut Group, Nashville, TN, October 22-24, 2007

"En Plein Air Masters Chateau des Arts Mentoring Series," Kevin Macpherson, Mentor; Calgary, Alberta, Canada, August 26-September 2, 2007

"The Art of the Portrait Conference," Portrait Society of America, Washington, DC, May 3-6, 2007

"Advanced Oil Portrait Workshop with Michael Shane Neal," Nashville, TN, July 16-21, 2006

"Oil Portrait Workshop with Dawn Whitelaw," Franklin, TN, June 8-11, 2006

"Oil Portrait Workshop with Michael Shane Neal," Nashville, TN, April 2-7, 2006

"Color Theory Oil Painting Workshop with Joel Knapp," Gallatin, TN, January 14, 2006


"Richard Schmid Demo," Putney, VT, October 15, 2005

"Scott L. Christensen's Intensive Workshop," Jackson Hole, WY, May 23-June 1, 2005

"Cumberland Society of Painters' Workshop," Franklin TN, February 17-20, 2005

"Plein Air from Coast to Coast," Workshop Conducted by the Plein Air Painters of America and the Scottsdale Artists' School, Old Lyme, CT, September 7-12, 2003

Completed Commercial Art Courses for B.A. Degree, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 1975

Professional Affiliations

Oil Painters of America
Portrait Society of America
Landscape Artists International
Alabama Plein Air Painters
Chestnut Group, Plein Air Painters for the Land


Birth Date and Place

September 26, 1941

Starkville, MS