Kristine Thompson
This series situates archival documents and images related to the women’s suffrage movement in the United States alongside contemporary texts, objects, and images. By viewing historical records in the context of current events, I consider the progress made toward democracy and equality, some of the threats posed to those freedoms, and the work still to be done.
Kristine Thompson is an artist and educator working primarily in photography. Her work considers how contemporary photographic imagery circulates and often addresses representations of loss, memorial practices, and mourning. She received her B.S. in Education and Social Policy from Northwestern University and her M.F.A. in Studio Art from the University of California, Irvine. She is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Art at Louisiana State University.
Thompson is the recipient of several awards, including an Investing in Artists Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation and a D.A.A.D. Fellowship in the Arts, which facilitated a year-long project in Germany. Her work has been featured in recent solo exhibitions at Antenna Gallery in New Orleans; Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX; commonwealth & council in Los Angeles; and the Cecilia Coker Bell Gallery in Hartsville, SC. Group exhibitions include the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, California; the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver; and School 33 in Baltimore.
Thompson also served for several years as a curator at UCR/California Museum of Photography, and she continues to initiate independent curatorial projects.
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