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Noah Thompson (b. 1991) is an Australian photographic artist based between Narrm/Melbourne and lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia. He holds a BA in International Studies from RMIT and a Bachelor of Photography from PSC, Melbourne. Through an appreciation of classical forms of photography and expanded modes of documentary-making, Noah’s photographs are inspired by the complexity and divergence of human relationships with the natural world and broader questions of human nature. Emphasising slow and considered storytelling, Noah attempts to delve into the cultural and social subtleties of contemporary Australia while informed by the past.
E: noah.thompson.nt@gmail.com
Education
2018 Photographic Studies College (PSC), Bachelor of Photography
2014 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Arts (International Studies) with Distinction
Exhibitions
2023 NotFair Art Fair, Leonard Joel, Melbourne (upcoming)
2023 Iris Award, Perth Centre for Photography
2023 Huon, PhotoAccess, Canberra
2023 Speculative Horizons, Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait
2022 Huon, Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne (solo exhibition)
2021 Portrait of an Interior, Q Bank Gallery, Queenstown
2021 Portrait of an Interior, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
2019 Develop, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne
2019 CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2019 Australia & New Zealand Photobook Award, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2018 In Light: PSC Graduate Exhibition, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2018 Picturing Footscray , Victoria University, Metro West Footscray, Melbourne
2017 National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2017 They Cannot Take The Sky: Stories from Detention, Immigration Museum, Melbourne
2017 Footscray Hair, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne (solo exhibition)
2017 Obscura Festival Projection Night, Hin Bus Depot, Penang, Malaysia
2017 PSC Second Year Photobook Show, Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne
2016 CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2023 Longlist, OD Photo Prize
2022 Finalist, Photocollective Stories
2020 Artist in Residence, Q Bank Gallery, Queenstown Tasmania
2019 Winner, 2019/2020 Pool Grant, Pool Collective
2019 Winner, Charcoal Book Club Publishing Prize
2019 Finalist, CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography
2019 Recipient, Merit Scholarship, Charcoal Book Club Chico Hot Springs Portfolio Review & Publishing Prize
2019 Semi Finalist, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
2019 Winner, Photobook Commended, Australia & New Zealand Photobook Award
2018 Winner, Ilford CCP Salon, Deakin University Best Work on an Environmental Theme
2018 Semi finalist, Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
2017 Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017
2017 Recipient of a Maribyrnong City Council Community Arts Grant for Footscray Hair
Workshops
2022 Writing workshop with Brad Zellar, Charcoal Book Club Chico Portfolio Review, USA
2018 Photobook workshop with Tony Cederteg of Libraryman Books
2018 Photobook workshop with Kazuma Obara & Hajime Kimura, Melbourne
2018 Photobook workshop with Bryan Schutmaat, Melbourne
2017 Obscura Festival workshop 'Exploring Bias' with Leonard Pongo, Penang, Malaysia
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