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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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'.
  • 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.
Copyright agents
  • Thompson, Christian
  • Thompson, Christian
Alternative names
  • Christian Bumbarra Thompson
  • Christian Bumbarra Thompson
Heritage countries
  • Central Western Queensland
  • Central Western Queensland
Related person groups
  • Chalk Horse (associate of)
Related works
  • Lost Together (creator of)
  • Australian Graffiti (creator of)
  • The Gates of Tambo (creator of)
  • Emotional Striptease (creator of)
  • Blaks Palace (creator of)
  • Lost Together (creator of)
  • Australian Graffiti (creator of)
  • The Gates of Tambo (creator of)
  • Emotional Striptease (creator of)
  • Blaks Palace (creator of)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Aboriginal Art Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
  • Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards (received)
Related events
  • Half Light: Portraits From Black Australia (exhibited at)
  • Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial (exhibited at)
  • Tactility: two centuries of Indigenous objects, textiles and fibre (None)
  • Half Light: Portraits From Black Australia (exhibited at)
  • Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial (exhibited at)
  • Tactility: two centuries of Indigenous objects, textiles and fibre (None)
Field Changes
Biography
Contributors
  • 2054
Indigenous notes