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Dan Thompson was born in Alexandria, Virginia. He has received grants and awards from foundations, colleges, and competitions, such as the American Portrait Society, which presented him with the 2001 Grand Prize for Best of Show in the International Portrait Competition, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Dan's work can be found in the collections of Forbes Magazine, New York, the University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, Joh. Barth & Sohn, in Nuremburg, Germany, and in private collections throughout the United States, and as well as in Iran.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Educator: Professor of Drawing and Painting
| 2004-present |
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, New York, NY
Part-Time Professor of Drawing
Designed and taught the following courses: Drawing Fundamentals 1, Drawing Fundamentals 2, Drawing Studio 1, Drawing Studio 2: Drawing Analysis
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| 2001-present |
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY
Adjunct Professor of Drawing and Painting
Designed and taught the following courses: Drawing I, Drawing II, Painting I, Painting II, Portraiture, Advanced Portraiture, Cast Drawing, Structural Drawing, Figure Drawing I
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| 2008-present |
JANUS COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL OF ART, New York, NY
Co-founder and Instructor
Co-designed and taught the following course : Core Program
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| 2007-present |
STUDIO INCAMMINATI, Philadelphia, PA
Designed and taught the following Professional Program courses: Figure Painting in Color, Structural Figure Drawing
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| 2008-present |
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY
Designed and taught the following course: Life Drawing
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| 2009-present |
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, New York, NY
Designed and taught the following course: Figure Drawing
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Instructor of Drawing and Painting
| 2009 |
JANUS COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL OF ART, New York, NY
Co-designed and co-taught workshop course: Structural Figure Drawing
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| 2009 |
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, New York, NY
Designed and taught workshop course: Life Drawing |
| 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 (summer) |
STUDIO INCAMMINATI, Philadelphia, PA
Designed and taught workshop courses: Drawing Structure and Color with Painting, Light Key Figure Painting
Co-taught workshop course: Advanced Portrait Workshop and Symposium, 2007-2009 |
| 2001-2008 |
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY
Designed and taught c. e. courses: Light Effect Figure Painting, Long Pose Portrait and Figure Drawing
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| 2006-2008 |
THE GRAND CENTRAL ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY
Co-founder and Instructor
Co-designed and taught the following course : Core Program
Designed and taught the following course: Theoretical Structure in Figure Drawing |
| 2008 |
INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE & CLASSICAL AMERICA, New York, NY
Co-designed and co-taught workshop course: Summer Program in Classical Architecture & Landscape Painting in Italy
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| 2003-present |
LOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF FIGURATIVE ART, Los Angeles, CA
Designed and taught workshop courses: Form Metaphor, 5 Day Drawing and Painting, 5 Day Academic Drawing and Painting
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| 2005-present |
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, New York, NY
Designed and taught workshop courses: Analytical Orthographic Drawing, Analytical Paraline Systems, Perceptual Drawing
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| 2007-present |
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY
Designed and taught regular and workshop courses: Figure Drawing from Life, Life Drawing and Anatomy, Painting the Portrait and Figure |
| 2007 (fall) |
THE ART LEAGUE SCHOOL, Alexandria, VA
Designed and taught workshop course: Figure Drawing and Painting: Gesture, Structure, Light |
| 2007, 2008 (summer) |
BAY AREA CLASSICAL ARTIST ATELIER, Belmont, CA
Designed and taught workshop course: Figure Drawing and Painting, Long Pose Figure Drawing and Painting Workshop |
| 2007 (spring) |
ANDREEVA PORTRAIT ACADEMY, Santa Fe, NM
Designed and taught workshop course: Long Pose Portrait Drawing and Painting |
| 2007, 2008 (spring) |
FALL CITY FINE ART STUDIO, Fall City, WA
Designed and taught workshop course: Drawing and Painting the Portrait and Figure, Oil Portrait Demonstration |
| 2005, 2007 (spring) |
THE ARTS AND LETTERS CLUB OF TORONTO, Toronto, Canada
Designed and taught workshop course: Portrait Society of Canada Master's workshop in Portraiture |
| 2005, 2007, 2008 (summer) |
STUDIO INCAMMINATI, Philadelphia, PA
Designed and taught workshop course: Drawing Structure and Color with Painting
Co-taught workshop course: Advanced Portrait Workshop and Symposium, 2007-2008 |
| 2000- 2006 (spring) |
THE WATER STREET ATELIER, Brooklyn, NY
Designed and taught workshop course: Figure Structure |
| 2002- 2004 |
STUDIO 126, New York, NY
Designed and taught c. e. course: Long Pose Drawing
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| 2001, 2004 (summer) |
KUNSTKRANT, Belgium
Designed and taught workshop course: Painting in Provence, France |
| 2002 (summer) |
MORSEBURG GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA
Designed and taught workshop course: Figure Drawing and Structure |
| 2001 (spring) |
NEW ORLEANS ART ASSOCIATION AND METARIE ART GUILD, New Orleans, LA
Designed and taught workshop course: Dan Thompson Workshop |
Services to Museums, Schools, Universities, Professional Societies
| 2009 |
Demonstrator |
NATIONAL ACADEMY MUSEUM & SCHOOL,
New York, NY
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| 2003-2008 |
Board Member |
PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF CANADA,
Toronto, Canada
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| 2002-2008 (winter) |
Demonstrator, juror panelist, lecturer |
PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF CANADA,
Toronto, Canada, The Miracle of the Portrait,
International Portrait Arts Festival and Competition |
| 2008 |
Interviewer |
PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA
2008 The Art of the Portrait Conference, Nelson Shanks Presentation |
| 2007 (summer) |
Demonstrator |
AMERICAN ARTIST MAGAZINE (on line edition)
On line interview and chat
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| 2007 (summer) |
Speaker |
STUDIO INCAMMINATI, Philadelphia, PA
Advanced Portrait Workshop and Symposium |
| 2007 (spring) |
Demonstrator |
ACADEMY OF REALIST ART, Toronto, Canada,
Oil Portrait Demonstration
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| 2007 (spring) |
Lecturer |
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, New York, NY,
Iranian Art Forms
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| 2007, 2006 (spring) |
Demonstrator |
LYME ACADEMY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, Lyme, CT,
Charcoal Portrait Demonstration, Oil Portrait Demonstration
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| 2005, 2003 (fall) |
Donor |
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY,
Take Home a Nude
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| 2004 (summer) |
Lecturer |
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PAINTING, DRAWING, AND SCULPTURE, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy,
Take Home a Nude
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| 2003 (winter) |
Guest Lecturer |
THE DAHESH MUSEUM OF ART, New York, NY,
Charles Bargue: The Art of Drawing
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| 2003 (fall) |
Lecturer |
LOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF FIGURATIVE ART, Los Angeles, CA,
Charles Bargue: The Art of Drawing
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| 2002 (fall) |
Honored guest and lecturer |
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT ARTISTS, New York, NY,
The Art of Studying Art
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Awards
| 2007 |
ARC Living Master, Art Renewal Center, Port Reading, NJ
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| 2006 |
Second Place in the Figurative Category, Art Renewal Center's International ARC SalonTM , Port Reading, NJ
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| 2006 |
Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of Canada, Toronto, Canada |
| 2005 |
Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Award, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC |
| 2004 |
Artist in Residence, Forbes Foundation, London, England |
| 2003 |
Best of Show, Southwest Art Magazine's Artists to Watch Exhibition, Boulder, CO
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| 2002 |
Artist in Residence, Forbes Foundation, Balleroy, France |
| 2001 |
Grand Prize for Best of Show, American Society of Portrait Artist's
International Portrait Competition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
| 2000 |
Honors Award, Portrait Society of America, International Portrait Conference, Washington, DC
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| 1999 |
Walter Erlebacher Award, The Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
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| 1997 |
Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
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| 1992 |
William A. Newman Award for Painting, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
Nancy R. Wolf Award for Painting, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
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| 1991 |
Foundation Award for Drawing, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
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| 1990 |
Best in Show, 7th Congressional Art Competition of Virginia, Front Royal, VA |
Grants, Research Grants, Scholarships
| 2007 |
THE MORRIS AND ALMA SCHAPIRO FUND, New York, NY
Award for curriculum development of theoretical structure drawing plates for the Grand Central Academy of Art.
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| 2001 |
THE ELIZABETH GREENSHIELDS FOUNDATION GRANT, Montreal, Canada
Award aids worthy art students, artists, or sculptors who need further training or other assistance during their formative years. |
| 1999 |
STOBART FOUNDATION GRANT, Boston, MA
Award for the purpose of offering an environment of support to the community of aspiring artists who share our passion for the artistic vision inspired and developed through the time-honored tradition of working directly from nature. |
| 1999 |
THE JOHN F. AND ANNA LEE STACEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR ART EDUCATION, Oklahoma City, OK
Award to foster a high standard in the study of form, color, painting, design, and technique, as these are expressed in modes showing patent affinity with the classical tradition in western culture.
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| 1998-1999 |
LESLIE T. POSEY FOUNDATION SCHOLAR, Sarasota, FL
Award for graduate level art students majoring in either traditional painting or sculpture.
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| 1997 |
THE ELIZABETH GREENSHIELDS FOUNDATION GRANT, Montreal, Canada
Award aids worthy art students, artists, or sculptors who need further training or other assistance during their formative years. |
Shows
| 2009 |
THE PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART, Pasadena, CA
98th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition |
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THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY
Instructors' Exhibition |
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JANUS COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL OF ART, New York, NY
Open House |
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BUCKS GALLERY OF FINE ART, Newtown, PA
First Annual Artists of Studio Incamminati Exhibition |
| 2008 |
THE PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART, Pasadena, CA
97th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition |
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THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK , New York, NY
Instructors' Exhibition |
| 2007 |
MIAMI CITY BALLET , Miami Beach, FL
RAM Miami
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DERRIER GUARD, 10TH Anniversary Festival, New York, NY |
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THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition
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| 2006 |
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
The Water Street Atelier
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THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia, PA
Studio Incamminati Artists Auction benefiting the Abraham Lincoln Foundation |
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JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
Interiors |
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JACKMAN HALL, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, Canada
International Portrait Arts Festival
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| 2005 |
THE FORBES GALLERIES, New York, NY
The Next Generation of Realists
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CENTURY GALLERY, Alexandria, VA
Regional Realists
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THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, D.C.
JOHN PENCE GALLERY , San Francisco, CA |
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APEX GALLERY, Washington, DC
Valentines |
| 2004 |
APEX GALLERY, Washington, DC
Realism Today
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THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY
Faculty Exhibition |
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JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
Allegories |
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ARCADIA GALLERY, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition |
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CENTURY GALLERY, Alexandria, VA
The Figure and the Cast |
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JACKMAN HALL, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, Canada
International Portrait Arts Festival |
| 2003 |
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
Exposed, The Nude |
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THE PASADENA MUSEUM OF ART, Pasadena, CA
93rd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
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JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
Self Portraits |
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ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, NY
The Figure in American Art |
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DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Denver CO
Southwest Art Selects Artists to Watch
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THE FORBES GALLERIES, New York, NY
Views of Balleroy
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ARCADIA GALLERY, New York, NY
Summer Invitational |
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MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, San Juan Capistrano, CA
9th Annual California Art Club Plein Air Painting Event at Historic Mission San Juan Capistrano |
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CHEMERS GALLERY, Tustin, CA |
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JACKMAN HALL, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, Canada
International Portrait Arts Festival |
| 2002 |
ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, NY
Two-Man Exhibition |
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MORSEBURG GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA
Nude: A Celebration of the Human Form |
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ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, NY
The Figure in American Art |
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MORSEBURG GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA
The Draughtsman's Eye, Annual Exhibition of Works on Paper |
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JACKMAN HALL, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, Canada
International Portrait Arts Festival
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| 2001 |
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY
A.S.O.P.A. Finalists |
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ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, NY
Summer Salon |
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MORSEBURG GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA
The Draughtsman's Eye, Annual Exhibition of Works on Paper |
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THE STUDIO GALLERY, Alexandria, VA |
| 2000 |
GRENNING GALLERY, Sag Harbor, NY
Sketches of Spain |
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PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Washington, DC
The Art of the Portrait |
| 1999 |
THE DAHESH MUSEUM OF ART, New York, NY |
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JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
Drawings |
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MEREDITH LONG & COMPANY, Houston, TX
The Water Street Atelier |
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THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY
Diploma Show |
| 1998 |
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY
Take Home a Nude
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THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC |
| 1994 |
THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC
Dan Thompson: Recent Portraits |
| 1992 |
THE CORCORAN SCHOOL OF ART WHITE WALLS GALLERY, Washington, DC
Two Man Exhibition |
| 1990 |
UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDING, Washington, DC |
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MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE, Fredericksburg, VA
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THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Charlottesville, VA
An Artistic Discovery |
Collections
Forbes Magazine, New York, NY
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
The Orkand Corporation, Washington, DC
Bruce and Leslie Allen, Miami, FL
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Kensington MD
Eileen Guggenheim, Ph.D
Stephan Barth, Munich, Germany
Stephen Foster, Washington, DC
City of Alexandria, Virginia
Lynn Brown, Houston, TX
Armando Papi, New Orleans, LA
John Pence, San Francisco, CA
Portrait Society of Canada, Toronto, Canada
Private, Tehran, Iran
Selected Portrait Commissions
Professor Abul Aziz Said, Michelle Marie Aaserod, Captain Charles W. Shilling,
Dr. William J. Kinnard Jr., Professor Burt Wilson, Professor William A. Newman, The Meltzer Family, The Von Bertrab Family, The Fleitman Family
Selected Bibliography
Linea, Journal of the Art Students League of New York, Summer 2008, p. 13.
Aristides, Juliette, Classical Painting Atelier, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2008.
Campbell, Virginia, "Mirror Images," Southwest Art, November 2007, pp. 116-121.
Kassan, Jon David, "Looking at Drawings: Study for Mirror (I against I) by Dan Thompson," American Artist (online), October 19, 2007, http://www.myamericanartist.com/2007/10/looking-at-dr-1.html.
Mallafronte, Alison, "BACAA: Classical Training from Contemporary Masters," American Artist (online), November 15, 2007, http://www.myamericanartist.com/2007/11/bacaa-classical.html.
Doherty, M. Stephen, "Dan Thompson: Back to the Basics," American Artist Workshop, winter 2006, pp. 18-29.
Doherty, M. Stephen, "The Next Generation of Realists," American Artist, January 2005, pp. 19-31.
Jenkins, Mark, "Realism Reimagined," The Washington Post Weekend, May 21, 2005, p. 39.
"On the Rise," The Artist's Magazine, January 2004, pp. 52-62.
Hall, Trish, "Designing With the Idea That More Is Better," The New York Times (Habitats Section), March 30, 2003.
Silberman, Vanessa, "Portraiture Continues to Turn Heads in the Art Market," Art Business News, June 2002, pp. 52-70.
Thompson, Dan, "The Language of Light," The Artist's Magazine, March 2002, pp. 36-39.
Gangelhoff, Bonnie, "Building a Dream Collection," Southwest Art Magazine, September 2002, pp. 98-148.
Gangelhoff, Bonnie, "Artists to Watch," Southwest Art Magazine, September 2002, pp. 80-97.
King, Jennifer, "ASOPA's 2001 Portrait Arts Festival," International Artist, December 2001/January 2002, pp. 54-55.
"A Portfolio of Student Drawings," American Artist Magazine, November 2001, pp. 64-69.
Siple, Molly, "Advancing the Portrait Tradition," California Art Club Newsletter, October 2001.
Thompson, Dan, "The Voice Behind the Vision," American Impressionist Society NEWS, April 2001, p.1.
"2001 International Portrait Competition," The Portrait Signature, 2001, pp. 31-35.
"Portrait Society of America Showcase," International Artist Magazine, October/November 2000, pp. 24-27.
Moss, E. Lynne, "Academics Steal the Show," American Artist Magazine, December 1999, pp. 14-18.
Lloyd, Mani A, "Faculty, Staff Portraits in White Walls," Corcoran School of Art, January 1994, p. 11.
"Art Serving Forensics," The Corcoran School of Art, January 1994, p. 11.
Selected Exhibition Catalogs
| 2009 |
CALIFORNIA ART CLUB
98th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition |
| 2008 |
CALIFORNIA ART CLUB
97th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition |
| 2007 |
ART RENEWAL CENTER
International 2007 ARC Salon |
| 2006 |
ART RENEWAL CENTER
International 2006 ARC Salon |
| 2004 |
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
Allegories
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| 2003 |
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
Self Portraits |
| 2003 |
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
Exposed: The Nude |
| 2002 |
ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, NY
Richard Piloco, Dan Thompson |
| 2000 |
MEREDITH LONG & COMPANY, Houston, TX
The Water Street Atelier |
| 1999 |
MEREDITH LONG & COMPANY, Houston, TX
The Water Street Atelier |
| 1999 |
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
Drawings |
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Education
| 1997-1999 |
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY
MFA in Painting (magna cum laude) |
| 1998-2000 |
THE WATER STREET ATELIER, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1994 |
THE CORCORAN SCHOOL OF ART, BFA in Painting (honors) |
| 1995-1997 |
CEDRIC B. EGELI PORTRAIT AND FIGURE DRAWING WORKSHOPS, Edgewater, MD
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| 1997-2000 |
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK |
| 1997 |
PROFESSOR JOHN BANNON, Burke, VA
(studio apprenticeship)
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| 1996 |
BARNSTONE STUDIOS, Coplay, PA |
| 1996 |
TORPEDO FACTORY ARTS CENTER, Alexandria, VA |
| 1995-1996 |
MARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, Annapolis, MD |
| 1994-1995 |
PROFESSOR WILLIAM A. NEWMAN, Washington, DC
(studio apprenticeship) |
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