Christian Thompson

Christian Thompson: Biography in Details

Who is Christian Thompson?

Christian Thompson is a contemporary artist whose activities remark on cultural hybridity, notions of identity, and history.

Christian Thompson’s work mostly explores sexuality, gender, race, and memory as well as identity.

Christian Thompson: Birth facts, Family, and Childhood

The artist was born Christian Andrew William Thompson in 1978 in Gawler, South Australia. Christian Thompson has Aboriginal Australian paternal heritage.

 King Billy of Bonny Doon Lorne is the great-great-grandfather of the popular artist Christian.

Moreover, Thompson got an itinerant childhood cause of his father’s military career.

Christian Thompson lived with his three brothers Matthew, Marcus, and Joel in Wagga Wagga, Darwin, Toowoomba, Raymond Terrace, and Adelaide.

Christian Thompson: Education History

On talking about his educational background, he graduated from the University of Southern Queensland with Bachelor of Fine Art degree in Toowoomba.

Then he migrated to Melbourne for undertaking his Honours in Fine Art at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1999.

Christian Thompson: Early life Profession and Career

Christian Thompson became the first Aboriginal studio artist at Gertrude Street Contemporary Art Spaces 2006–2007 in Melbourne.

However, he started international residencies for Amsterdam, Performing Arts, and Arizona State University at DasArts Advanced Studies in the United States.

Another, Thompson had been meditating on the relationship between performance and form. His early work was focused on the relationship to the human form.

Furthermore, the artist headed to video and photography as a means to elaborate costumes and capture the performative qualities of his textile-based sculptures.

Additionally, Christian Thompson’s most remarkable activities include his popular series like ‘The Gates of Tambo’, ‘Emotional Striptease’, and more recently his series Australian Graffiti’.

In addition to, His work can be observed in different national and international publications including Art and Australia, Frieze,  Real-time, Art Monthly, Art Review, Vogue magazine, and Susan Bright’s book Auto Focus.

Another, Christian Thompson had been the first recipient of the Massey University international art residency in New Zealand in 2014.

Christian Thompson: Lifetime Achievements and Awards

On talking about his achievements and awards, he had been shortlisted for the RAKA Award. Also, he had been selected for the Basil Sellers Art Prize and the Blake Prize in 2011.

Besides, Christian Thompson received the inaugural Charlie Perkins Scholarship to undertake his Doctorate of Philosophy (Fine Art) in the University of Oxford in 2010.

Christian Thompson: Salary and the Net worth

Currently, there are no records and data available regarding his net worth and salary. He has been keeping his professional life far from the media.

Christian Thompson: Rumors and Controversy

There are no records and data currently available related to the rumors and controversy about his personal life and affair since the artist has been keeping his private life far from the media.

Christian Thompson: Body Measurement

The body measurement of the popular artist is unknown at the current moment. Christian Thompson has got curly brown hair and brown color eyes.

Christian Thompson: Social Media

The artist is active on Instagram rather than on Facebook and Twitter. Christian Thompson has got 18.3K followers on Instagram.

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