Mungo Thomson (born 1969,

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) is a contemporary

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based in

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Education

Thomson attended the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program and the

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MFA program, where he gained a master of fine arts degree.

Career and works

Thomson has had solo exhibitions at the UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2008); the

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, Paris (2007); and Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAMeC), Bergamo, Italy (2006). He participated in the

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(2011), the

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(2008), and the Performa Biennial of Visual Art Performance (2005). His book ''Font Study (TIME)'' was published by

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(2011), ''The White Album'' was published by RITE Editions (2008), and ''Negative Space'' was published by Christoph Keller Editions and JRP, Ringier (2006). Thomson self-published the comic book ''Einstein #1'' in 2008. In 2012 Thompson created a helium-filled copy of a sculpture by

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, for an official Fourth of July float for the

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Family

Thomson's father is psychiatrist Captane "Cap" Thomson, beloved "Doctoring 3" preceptor at UC Davis Medical School.

References

External links

mungothomson.comMungo Thomson's profile
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