Jade Thompson is a queer, nonbinary artist from Akwesasne and Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Their hand-printed linocut prints, paintings, and pyrography focus primarily in portraiture and semi-abstraction.
Thompson, a St. Lawrence College graduate (2016), has taken part in art-related community events such as Cornwall Art Walk, Art Battle (Brockville, Kingston, Cornwall), The EO Garlic Festival, and Apples & Art (Cornwall, Kawenoke/Cornwall Island).

Jade Thompson

 

Education

2016: St. Lawrence College, Diploma, Visual + Creative Arts – Fine Arts

 

Group Exhibitions

2022: “Apples & Art Studio Tour”: Ferme Butte & Bine Farm, Williamstown ON

2022: 2 different “Art Walk” events, Downtown Cornwall ON

2022: “Art Walk Auction” by Your Arts Council’s Art Walk Committee via Facebook - online show

2022: “An Evening With Spirit” Fundraiser for Pride Week 2022 with Christine Rogerson, Ramada Inn, Cornwall ON

2021: “Art Walk”, Downtown Cornwall ON

2021: “Spring Show: Buy My Bloomin’ Art”, Moxie Art Auction - online show

2019: “Conquer the Canvas” live painting contestant, Benson Centre, Cornwall ON

2019: “Art by Jade Thompson”, Conference on Iroquois Research, Chateau Vaudreuil QC

2017: “Apples & Art Studio Tour”: Cailuan Gallery, Cornwall ON

2016: "25th Annual Apples & Art Studio Tour": The Native North American Travelling College, Cornwall Island ON

2016: “Are We There Yet?”: Marianne van Silfhout Gallery, Brockville ON

2016: “New Year, New Art”: The Native North American Travelling College, Cornwall Island ON

2015: Donor Night plastic sculpture centerpiece: Marianne van Silfhout Gallery, Brockville ON

2015: Foyer Gallery life drawings: Marianne van Silfhout Gallery, Brockville ON

2015: "Culture Days": Downtown Brockville ON

2015: “Wampum Visions”: The Native North American Travelling College, Cornwall Island ON

2015: “New Faces”: The Art Gallery (TAG), Cornwall ON

2014: “Untapped II”: Marianne van Silfhout Gallery, Brockville ON

 

Permanent Installations

2022: The office of the Honourable Senator Bernadette Clement in Ottawa, ON: “There Are So Many Places I Must Go”, a 36x48” acrylic on canvas painting

2020: St. Lawrence College Library, Brockville ON: "Coming Home", a 24x36" acrylic on canvas painting

2020: St Lawrence College Library, Kingston ON: "Abstract Self-Portrait", a 24x36" acrylic on panel painting, and "We All Have Some Place To Go To", a 24x36" oil on canvas painting

2019: St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Akwesasne NY: three 24x48" wampum belt acrylic on canvas paintings: Atotarho, The Evergrowing Tree, and Hiawatha

2018: Kawehno:ke/Cornwall Island ON Turtle Dome Arena: Historical Marker Project, a collaboration featuring nine pyrographic pieces by Jade Thompson (birch panel original woodburnings are in the permanent collection of Mohawk Council of Akwesasne)

 

Awards

2016: St. Lawrence College: Alumni Award

2016: St. Lawrence College: Faculty Award

2016: St. Lawrence College: Dean’s Office’s Choice for "Ariana"

2014: Art Battle 204 Brockville ON: First Place

 

Teaching

2022: Taught one-day acrylic painting class to youth and adults alongside Brett Desrosiers as part of Pride Week 2022 in Cornwall ON

2021: Taught one-day “Branches to Sketches” environmentally-conscious drawing class with found materials and coloured inks at Family Earth farm, Ingleside ON

2019: Taught one-day acrylic painting class to day camp children (aged 5-13) at NAV Centre, Cornwall ON 

2016: Taught two-day figure drawing class to first-year Musical Theatre and Performance students at St. Lawrence College, Brockville ON

2013: Taught two-day acrylic abstract painting workshop for youth and community members: Iethinisten:ha Women’s Shelter, Cornwall Island ON

 

Curatorial Work

2022: “Art by Jade Thompson” Tilly’s Eatery & Delicatessen, Cornwall ON

2016: “Are We There Yet?”, Marianne van Silfhout Gallery, Brockville ON