Christian Thompson b. 1978

Also known as Christian Bumbarra Thompson
  • Artist (Video Artist),
  • Artist (Performance Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer)
Christian Bumbarra Thompson is a photographer, video and performance artist who also works as a curator and writer.
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exhibited at
Half Light: Portraits From Black Australia
Date
2008 - 2009
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney NSW
Description

url: http:www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial
Date
2007 - 2009
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

touring nationally and internationally 2008/2009

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nga.gov.au
Tactility: two centuries of Indigenous objects, textiles and fibre
Date
2003
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/Tactility/Default.cfm?MnuID=1

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Other occupations
  • Curator- What's Love Got To Do With It?, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne 2001,High Tide - Contemporary Indigenous Photography, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; If You Only Knew, City Gallery, Melbourne 2004 and White Hot - New Art from Different Places, Hush Hush Gallery and City Lights, Melbourne 2004. In 2000, Thompson acted as curatorial assistant for the Adelaide Biennale 'Beyond the Pale'. (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • Writer-Thompson has worked as a freelance writer since 2000 and has published the following The Entrapped Tigress, Operation Honesty - The Art of Gordon Hookey, Code Name Koorie, Fear and Desire - The Art of Fiona Foley and Journey Down the Road, What's So Special About Indigenous Projects, Hyacinth Orchid - The Art of rea, We Are Family, More Than A Performance and Minus the Special Effects in various arts publications.
  • Curator- What's Love Got To Do With It?, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne 2001,High Tide - Contemporary Indigenous Photography, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; If You Only Knew, City Gallery, Melbourne 2004 and White Hot - New Art from Different Places, Hush Hush Gallery and City Lights, Melbourne 2004. In 2000, Thompson acted as curatorial assistant for the Adelaide Biennale 'Beyond the Pale'.
  • Writer-Thompson has worked as a freelance writer since 2000 and has published the following The Entrapped Tigress, Operation Honesty - The Art of Gordon Hookey, Code Name Koorie, Fear and Desire - The Art of Fiona Foley and Journey Down the Road, What's So Special About Indigenous Projects, Hyacinth Orchid - The Art of rea, We Are Family, More Than A Performance and Minus the Special Effects in various arts publications.