Instead of Magic. New work by Jason Thompson
On show this summer at WSJ Gallery in London and Bruton
On show this summer at WSJ Gallery in London and Bruton
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Front cover: Puff/Bloom (detail), 2022,<br />
enamel paint and varnish on wood, 105 x 78 cm, £7,200<br />
Above: A selection <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jason</strong>’s drawings and collages
INSTEAD OF MAGIC<br />
An exhibition <strong>of</strong> new <strong>work</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Jason</strong> <strong>Thompson</strong><br />
On show in our London gallery from May 4 to 17, 2022<br />
Private view on Tuesday May 3, 6-8pm<br />
WSJ Gallery, 71 Westbourne Park Road, London W2 5QH<br />
Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm or <strong>by</strong> appointment<br />
And at our Bruton gallery from May 25 to June 18, 2022<br />
Open day on Saturday May 28, 10am-6pm<br />
16 High Street, Bruton, Somerset, BA10 0AA<br />
Wednesday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm or <strong>by</strong> appointment<br />
See more at wsjgallery.com<br />
mail@wsjgallery.com<br />
@wsjgallery_london<br />
@wsjgallery_bruton<br />
WSJ<br />
gallery
Device, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 20 x 15 cm, framed 32.7 x 27.8 cm, £1,500.
The Comet, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 118.8 x 91 cm, £7,800
They Were Bells, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood,<br />
19.2 x 19.2 cm, framed 28.5 x 28.3 cm, £1,500
<strong>Instead</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Magic</strong>, 2021, enamel paint and varnish on wood,<br />
49.5 x 42.3 cm, framed 59.7 x 52.2 cm, £4,200
No Silence in the Earth, 2021,<br />
enamel paint and varnish on wood, 107.7 x 94.5 cm, £7,600
An Observation, 2021, enamel paint and varnish on wood,<br />
13.7 x 11.7 cm, framed 26.7 x 24.4 cm, £1,100
Invention Opens Up, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 71 x 96 cm, £5,800
Infamante, 2021, acrylic and wax on wood, 22.1 x 18.7 cm, framed 35 x 31.6 cm, £1,600
The Way a Cloud Does, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 90.2 x 71 cm, £5,800
Something Becoming Something Else, 2021, ink, collage,<br />
watercolour and acrylic on wood, 15 x 16.5 cm, framed 28.6 x 29.7 cm, £1,450
Reach and Grasp, 2021, enamel paint and varnish on wood<br />
20.7 x 17 cm, framed 33.6 x 30.2 cm, £1,600
The Sun Split in Two, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 91.2 x 79 cm, £5,800
Still, 2021, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 22.5 x 15.2 cm, framed 35.8 x 28.5 cm, £1,600
<strong>Instead</strong> <strong>of</strong> an Idea, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 90.8 x 110 cm, £7,400
Communicate Some Thing, 2021, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 54.8 x 50.8 cm, £3,800.<br />
Russet Petal Gourd III <strong>by</strong> Julie Nelson, £790
Anther, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 51.5 x 40 cm, £3,800
Mechanism, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 40.5 x 28.2 cm, £2,700
An Unveiling, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 41.8 x 26.6 cm, £2,700
To Pieces, 2021, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 8.4 x 17.2 cm, framed 21 x 30.1 cm, £1,000
Bud, 2021, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 39 x 23.7 cm, framed 51.9 x 36.6 cm, £2,900
Person, 2021, pencil on card (waxed), 14.5 x 14 cm, framed 27.7 x 26.9 cm, £850
The Red Globule, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 33 x 24 cm, £1,600
Hidden in the Heart <strong>of</strong> Things, 2021, enamel paint and varnish on wood,<br />
30 x 35 cm, framed 43.5 x 48.5 cm, £2,700
Beacon, 2021, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 20.8 x 11 cm, framed 33.8 x 23.7 cm, £1,400
Garden Enclosed, 2021, pencil, watercolour and collage on mount board,<br />
63.5 x 67 cm, framed 77 x 80.5 cm, £2,800
Constantly Opposites United, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood,<br />
63.5 x 61 cm, £4,800
Mask, 2021, colour pencil and collage on wood, 13 x 9.5 cm, framed 26 x 22.3 cm, £900
Cell, 2021, ink and collage on card, 22.5 x 16.3 cm, framed 33.6 x 27.6 cm, £800
Everything is Listening, 2021, enamel paint and varnish on wood,<br />
84.6 x 56.4 cm, £5,200
Cloud, 2021, pencil on card, 26 x 22 cm, framed 39 x 34.7 cm, £880
Seed, 2021, pencil on card, 22 x 24 cm, framed 34.9 x 37 cm, £850
Apparatus, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 44.5 x 57.8 cm, £3,800
Chamber, 2021, coloured pencil on card, 25.1 x 23.3 cm, framed 38.1 x 36.2 cm, £1,200
Machine, 2021, collage, watercolour and ink on card, 16 x 24.5 cm, framed 27 x 35.4 cm, £950
Ophiciuchus Drawing, 2021, ink, pencil, watercolour and collage on wood,<br />
14.5 x 13.5 cm, framed 27.2 x 26.2 cm, £850
Carillon, 2022, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 90.6 x 72 cm, £5,800
Through a Tiny Bead <strong>of</strong> Glass, 2021,<br />
enamel paint and varnish on wood, 50.2 x 66 cm, £3,800
Nothing, 2021, enamel paint and varnish on wood, 25.5 x 20 cm, framed 38.6 x 32.7 cm, £1,700
The Deepest Hid is Sighted First, 2022,<br />
enamel paint and varnish on wood, 70 x 68.6 cm,<br />
£5,000. Vessel with a band <strong>by</strong> Iva Polachova, £400
<strong>Jason</strong> <strong>Thompson</strong><br />
1970 Born in Liverpool<br />
1990-93 BA (Hons) Fine Art / Painting,<br />
Chelsea College <strong>of</strong> Art & Design<br />
1994-95 MA (Hons) Fine Art / Painting,<br />
Chelsea College <strong>of</strong> Art & Design<br />
Public Collections<br />
Arts Council Collection<br />
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool<br />
Solo Exhibitions<br />
2022<br />
<strong>Instead</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Magic</strong>, WSJ Gallery, London & Bruton<br />
2018<br />
i_am_jason_thompson, Wilson Stephens & Jones, London<br />
Nothing & Everything Else, PS Mirabel, Manchester<br />
2015<br />
The Non-Random Survival <strong>of</strong> Randomly Varying Replicators,<br />
The Dock Art Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland<br />
Selected Group Exhibitions<br />
2022<br />
Refractive Pool, Contemporary Painting in Liverpool,<br />
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool<br />
2021<br />
Public Intimacy, Confer-Karnac Art Space, London<br />
2020<br />
antonym, Wilson Stephens & Jones, London<br />
Dance First Think Later, General Practice, Lincoln<br />
2019<br />
FOUR, Wilson Stephens & Jones, London<br />
(the secret things), BDDW Annex Gallery, <strong>New</strong> York<br />
2018<br />
London Art Fair Wilson Stephens & Jones, London<br />
2017<br />
Oh Bridewell Studios, Liverpool<br />
Looking North Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool<br />
Two: Northern Abstracts Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester<br />
Bankley Open Bankley Studios, Manchester<br />
West Lancashire Open Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk<br />
Small World PS Mirabel, Manchester, First Prize<br />
<strong>Magic</strong>al Geometry Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk<br />
Night in the Museum Ryan Gander curates the Arts Council<br />
Collection travelling exhibition starting at Yorkshire Sculpture Park<br />
2016<br />
Warrington Open, Warrington<br />
Bankley Open Bankley Studios, Manchester, Second Prize<br />
West Lancashire Open Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk<br />
Spectrum PS Mirabel, Manchester<br />
Shelf Life PS Mirabel, Manchester<br />
Warrington Open, Warrington<br />
2015<br />
Platform Open Morphetts, Harrogate<br />
West Lancashire Open Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Second Prize<br />
Bankley Open Bankley Studios, Manchester<br />
2014<br />
Liverpool Art Prize 2014 Finalist Metal, Edge Hill Station, Liverpool<br />
Ten Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool<br />
Combines#4 Model, Liverpool<br />
2013<br />
Periodical Revue #3 Pallas Projects, Dublin<br />
Take Me to the Other Side, Pallas Projects, Dublin<br />
Beautiful Things, Liverpool<br />
2012<br />
Cave Art Fair, Liverpool<br />
2011<br />
West Lancashire Open Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk<br />
2010<br />
Manchester Contemporary with Castlefield Gallery<br />
John Moores Painting Prize Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool<br />
2007<br />
Overview Cornerstone Gallery, Hope University Liverpool<br />
2004<br />
Ten Loop Gallery, Princes Dock, Liverpool
Thinking About It, 2021, ink on card, 14.8 x 14.6 cm, framed 27.8 x 27.8 cm, £750
Design Tess Gomm<br />
Photography Angelo Plantamura (London) and Jesse Wild (Bruton)<br />
All paintings are signed and titled verso. Where the painting is framed, captions include the framed<br />
measurements and a photograph <strong>of</strong> the framed <strong>work</strong> can be found at wsjgallery.com. If there are<br />
no frame measurements, the painting is unframed and framing can be arranged.<br />
All <strong>work</strong>s are available for sale from receipt <strong>of</strong> online catalogue.
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