Website

http://www.axisweb.org/artist/fionathompson

Relationship status

in a relationship

College / University

Edinburgh College of Art

Program

Ceramics BA

Member type

Artist, Other

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?

Sculpture

I am...

established ceramic artist, occasional lecturer, research student doing a part time M.phil.

About my artwork

Ceramic vessels with printed photographic surfaces, that reference my travel experiences and general tourism theory.
Exhibited widely throughout UK and USA, Europe, Taiwan. Commissions, collaborative projects, comunity artwork, residencies all part of practice.

Artists I like

Rauschenberg, Paul Scott, Robert Dawson, Steve Dixon, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall, Cy Twombly, Martin Parr, Gilbert &George.

Interests

Travel, tourism, research, film, photography

What exhibitions are good at the moment?

Lara Scobie, solo at The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.

The centre of the artworld is

nowhere and everywhere