Mungo Thomson

Born: Davis, California, 1969

Resides: Los Angeles, California

Education: University of California, Los Angeles (M.F.A.,

2000); Whitney Museum Independent Study Program

(1994); University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A., 1991)

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2014

"Crickets for Solo and Ensemble," ArtPace, San Antonio.

2013 "Time, People, Money, Crickets," SITE Santa Fe, New

Mexico.

"Crickets," The High Line, New York.

"Negative Space," Contemporary Art Gallery,

Vancouver, Canada.

Guangdong Times Museum, Guangzhou, China.

Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris.

 

2008

"Hammer Projects: Mungo Thomson," UCLA Armand

Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles.

 

2007

"Between Projects," Kadist Art Foundation, Paris.

 

2006

"Negative Space Variations," GAMeC, Bergamo, Italy.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012

"The Ball of Artists," Pacific Standard Time

Performance and Public Art Festival, Los Angeles.

 

2011

12th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey.

 

2009

"Compilation IV," Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany.

 

2008

"2008 Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of

American Art, New York.

2005 PERFORMA 05, 1st Biennial of Visual Art Performance,

New York.

 

2004

"2004 California Biennial," Orange County Museum

of Art, Newport Beach.

 

Selected Bibliography

2013

Herbert, Martin. "Background Radiations," in Mungo

Thomson: Time, People, Money, Crickets. Sante Fe, New

Mexico: SITE Santa Fe and Vancouver Contemporary

Art Gallery.

McGarry, Kevin. "Mungo Thomson at Galerie Frank

Elbaz," Art-Agenda (September 18).

 

2008

Hudson, Suzanne. "Hammer Projects: Mungo

Thomson," Hammer Museum (June).

Malinovski, Pejk. "Coat Check Chimes," Studio 360,

National Public Radio (May 9).

Herbert, Martin. "Filling The Void: The Art of Mungo

Thomson," Artforum (January).

 

2007

Matsui, Midori. "Mungo Thomson," in Ice Cream:

Contemporary Art in Culture. London: Phaidon.

 

2004

Kushner, Rachel. "Tree and Rock and Cloud," in

Mungo Thomson: Cuenca. Washington, D.C.: USA

Cultural Affairs Department.

 

2001

Weingart, Brigitte. "ENTRUCKUNG," Texte Zur Kunst

(March).

2000 Knight, Christopher. "Exploring Perception,

Memory, and Imagination," Los Angeles Times

(October 27).