Dr. Christian Thompson AO

♂ *1978 / Australia

Works

Contacts for the work of Dr. Christian Thompson AO

Dr. Christian Thompson AO

www.drchristianthompsonao.com

Solo exhibitions

House of Gold – Touring

4A Centre Asian Art, Huskisson (AU)
24 Sep 2026 – 10 Nov 2026
House of Gold – Touring

4A Centre Asian Art, Caboolture (AU)
27 Jun 2026 – 12 Sep 2026
House of Gold – Touring

4A Centre Asian Art, Cairns City (AU)
11 Apr 2026 – 18 Jun 2026
House of Gold – Touring

4A Centre Asian Art, Sydney (AU)
6 Feb 2026 – 28 Mar 2026
Yangayila Nhandi – Motherland

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
7 Jun 2024 – 7 Jul 2024
HOUSE OF GOLD

4A Centre Asian Art, Sydney (AU)
20 Apr 2024 – 2 Jun 2024
Limerence + Recital. Showing

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
2 Mar 2023 – 1 Apr 2023
Limerence

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
2 Mar 2023 – 1 Apr 2023
AO

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
7 Oct 2022 – 5 Nov 2022
Being Human, Human Being

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
31 Mar 2022 – 24 Apr 2022
Equinox

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
7 Sep 2018 – 27 Oct 2018
[Paris] Christian Thompson: Survey

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
25 Jun 2017 – 29 Oct 2017
Lake Dolly

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
10 May 2017 – 10 Jun 2017
Mystic Renegade: The Promise of Return

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
13 Feb 2015 – 22 Mar 2015
Mystic Renegade: The Promise of Return

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
31 Jan 2015 – 22 Mar 2015
Polari

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
3 May 2014 – 30 May 2014
The Sixth Mile

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
27 Oct 2006 – 16 Dec 2006

Group

Snap Blak

Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island photography

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
30 Aug 2025 – 13 Sep 2026

with Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Michael Cook, Brenda L. Croft, Destiny Deacon , Fiona Foley, Genevieve Grieves, Naomi Hobson, Vernon Ah Kee, Leah King-Smith, Ricky Maynard, Tracey Moffatt …
DEN (AUGEN)BLICK SEHEN!

KUNSTWERK, Eberdingen-Nussdorf (DE)
1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jul 2026

with Diane Arbus, Xenia Hausner, Gottfried Helnwein, Shirin Neshat
The Autumn Edit

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
16 Oct 2024 – 21 Dec 2024

with Nici Cumpston, Gerwyn Davies, Tamara Dean
Stargazing

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
25 Nov 2023 – 18 Feb 2024

with Amos Gebhardt, Michaela Gleave, Harry Nankin, Trent Parke, Patrick Pound, Michael Riley, Kate Robertson, David Stephenson, Zan Wimberley, Jemina Wyman
100 faces

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
4 Mar 2023 – 28 May 2023

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Tony Albert, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Brook Andrew, Atong Atem, Harold Cazneaux, Michael Cook, Olive Cotton, Paul Cox, Max Dupain, Rennie Ellis, Sue Ford …
DEKADE

10 Years of Michael Reid Berlin

Michael Reid, Berlin (DE)
10 Nov 2022 – 17 Dec 2022

with Nici Cumpston
NEW Location: Chippendale Launch Exhibition

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
7 Oct 2021 – 30 Oct 2021

with Narelle Autio, Nici Cumpston, Tamara Dean, Derek Henderson, Petrina Hicks, Catherine Nelson, Trent Parke
Welcome to Colour Television

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
7 Aug 2020 – 29 Aug 2021

with Genevieve Grieves, Vernon Ah Kee
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
31 Oct 2020 – 7 Feb 2021

with Narelle Autio, Kate Baker, Tom Blachford, Paul Blackmore, Jane Burton, Danica Chappell, Peta Clancy, Michael Cook, Nici Cumpston, Tamara Dean, Stephen Dupont, Jacqueline Felstead …
Shifting the Lens: Contemporary Indigenous Australian Photography

Hood Museum of Art - Dartmouth College, Hanover (US)
15 Feb 2020 – 21 Jun 2020

with Tony Albert, Bindi Cole, Michael Cook, Fiona Foley, Michael Riley, Darren Siwes
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020

National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (AU)
6 Mar 2020 – 10 May 2020

with James Brickwood, Christophe Canato, Brenda L. Croft, Shea Kirk, Sarah Rhodes
AUSTRALIA. Storie dagli Antipodi

PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano (IT)
17 Dec 2019 – 9 Feb 2020

with Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Richard Bell, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Destiny Deacon , Hayden Fowler, Marco Fusinato, Fiona Hall, Vernon Ah Kee, Nicholas Mangan, Angelica Mesiti, Tom Nicholson …
Light Years. 199-2019

Perth Centre for Photography, Perth (AU)
6 Jul 2019 – 3 Aug 2019

with Marian Drew, Petrina Hicks, Joseph McGlennon, Fabian Muir, Catherine Nelson, Trent Parke, Luke Shadbolt
LEGACY+ … collecting contemporary

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
22 Aug 2018 – 19 Sep 2018

with Petrina Hicks, Darren Sylvester
WALL POWER: Contemporary Australian Photography

Australia House, London (GB)
17 May 2018 – 21 May 2018

with Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Narelle Autio, Destiny Deacon , Marian Drew, Shaun Gladwell, Bill Henson, Rosemary Laing, Tracey Moffatt, Fabian Muir, Catherine Nelson, Deborah Paauwe …
Indigenous Australia: Masterworks from the National Gallery of Australia

me Collectors Room, Berlin (DE)
17 Nov 2017 – 2 Apr 2018

with Tony Albert, Brook Andrew, Richard Bell, Brenda L. Croft, Nici Cumpston, Destiny Deacon , Fiona Foley, Vernon Ah Kee, Michael Riley
An unorthodox flow of images

Melbourne Festival

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
29 Sep 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Laurence Aberhart, Francis Alys, Paul Batt, Charles Bayliss, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Brassai, Pat Brassington, Jane Brown, Sophie Calle, Christian Capurro, Steve Carr, Mohini Chandra …
Under the sun

Reimagining Max Dupain’s Sunbaker

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
6 May 2017 – 6 Aug 2017

with Peta Clancy, Christopher Day, Destiny Deacon , Michaela Gleave, Nasim Nasr, Julie Rrap, Kawita Vatanajyankur, Daniel von Sturmer, Justine Williams, William Yang
CCP's 30th Anniversary Fundraiser

Work will be available from over 70 leading contemporary artists

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
22 Jul 2016 – 30 Jul 2016

with Polly Borland, Pat Brassington, Darren Sylvester, Yvonne Todd
Australian Exotica

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
20 Apr 2016 – 29 May 2016

with Destiny Deacon , Marian Drew, Joseph McGlennon, Polixeni Papapetrou, Darren Siwes, Robyn Stacey, Anne Zahalka
Wall Power: Significant Contemporary Australian Photography & Photomedia

Michael Reid, Sydney (AU)
1 Apr 2015 – 25 Apr 2015

with Nici Cumpston, Marian Drew, Petrina Hicks, Fabian Muir, Catherine Nelson, Deborah Paauwe
In Confidence: Reorientations in Recent Art

PICA Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth (AU)
31 Aug 2013 – 13 Oct 2013

with Simryn Gill, Rodney Glick, Tom Nicholson, Max Pam
Make Up: painted faces in contemporary photographs

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
3 May 2013 – 30 Jun 2013

with Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Bindi Cole, Ray Cook, Sandy Edwards, Siri Hayes, Owen Leong, Darren Sylvester, Justine Williams
Hijacked III: Contemporary Photography from Australia & the UK

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
30 Jun 2012 – 18 Aug 2012

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Tony Albert, Warwick Baker, Natasha Caruana, Bindi Cole, Maciej Dakowicz, Christopher Day, Melinda Gibson, Toni Greaves, Petrina Hicks, Alin Huma, Seba Kurtis …
Hijacked III: Contemporary Photography from Australia & the UK.

PICA Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth (AU)
18 Feb 2012 – 8 Apr 2012

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Tony Albert, Warwick Baker, Natasha Caruana, Bindi Cole, Maciej Dakowicz, Christopher Day, Melinda Gibson, Toni Greaves, Petrina Hicks, Alin Huma, Seba Kurtis …
Tell me Tell me: Australian and Korean art 1976-2011

National Museum of Art, Seoul (KR)
10 Nov 2011 – 19 Feb 2012

with Andrew Brook, Robert MacPherson, Nam June Paik, Chan-Kyong Park, Stuart Ringholt, TV Moore, Haegue Yang
17th Biennale of Sydney

THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
12 May 2010 – 1 Aug 2010

with Adel Abidin, AES+F, Makoto Aida, Brook Andrew, Miguel Angel Rios, Kutluğ Ataman, Kader Attia, Lara Baladi, Roger Ballen, John Bock, Jota Castro, Dana Claxton …
Black On White

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
10 Jun 2005 – 16 Jul 2005

with Brook Andrew, Lisa Bellear, Mervyn Bishop, Dianne Jones, Gayle Maddigan

Events

Melbourne Art Fair 2026

Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne (AU)
19 Feb 2026 – 22 Feb 2026

with Damiano Bertoli, Fiona Hall, Bill Henson, Isaac Julien, Jim Lambie, David Noonan, Alex Walker, Anne Zahalka
Sydney Contemporary 2025 - Photo Sydney

Australasia's international contemporary art fair

Sydney Contemporary, Sydney (AU)
11 Sep 2025 – 14 Sep 2025

with Tony Albert, Narelle Autio, Paul Blackmore, Toby Burrows, Edward Burtynsky, George Byrne, Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Catherine Cloran, Lucas Davidson, Gerwyn Davies, Tamara Dean, Odette England …
2023 Ballarat International Foto Biennale

Australia's preeminent photographic festival

Ballarat International , Ballarat (AU)
26 Aug 2023 – 22 Oct 2023

with Michael Cook, Stephen Dupont, Erik Johansson, Aldona Kmiec, Platon, Yvonne Todd, Andy Warhol, William Yang
Sydney Contemporary 2023

Australasia's international contemporary art fair

Sydney Contemporary, Sydney (AU)
7 Sep 2023 – 10 Sep 2023

with Tony Albert, Elger Esser, Murray Fredericks, Janet Laurence, William Yang
PHOTO 2022 - Being Human

international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
29 Apr 2022 – 22 May 2022

with Hoda Afshar, Hoda Afshar, Ying Ang, Atong Atem, Poulomi Basu, Mohamed Bourouissa, Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman, Hannah Bronte, Dana Claxton, Eamonn Doyle, Jess T. Dugan, Matthieu Gafsou …
Photo London 2016

Photo London, London (GB)
19 May 2016 – 22 May 2016

with LIU Bolin, Nick Brandt, Sergey Chilikov, Eugeni Forcano, Craigie Horsfield, Don McCullin, Walter & Zoniel