Alex Thompson

Alex R.M. Thompson is a printmaker/artist pursuing his MFA at the University of Alberta. His work engages with the built environment, reflecting on the timeliness/timelessness of architecture, how structures shape the individuals occupying them, and the compression of distances that technology enables. He has exhibited at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa), Open Studio (Toronto), Megalo Print Studio + Gallery (Kingston, AU), Nuit Blanche (Toronto), and The Power Plant Gallery (Toronto), among others. He has participated in residencies at the Banff Centre, Centre[3] (Hamilton), and has worked as a printer/instructor at Open Studio and technical assistant in printmaking at OCAD University. Thompson holds a BFA from OCAD University in Toronto.