Estelle Thompson

British (born 1960)

Born in 1960, Estelle Thompson attended Sheffield City Polytechnic from 1979 to 1982 and the Royal College of Art in London from 1983 to 1986.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

1992 Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

1997 Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal

2000 Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham

2004 Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm

Selected Group Exhibitions:

1992 “Women Critics Choice of Women Artists”, Bruton Street Gallery, London

1994 “Castlefield Gallery, 10th Anniversary”, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester

1998 “New York Publishers Fair”, with Brooke Alexander Editions, NY

2000 “Blue: borrowed and new”, The New Art Gallery, Walsall (opening exhibition)

2003 “Three from the Royal College of Art, London”, New England School of Art and Design, Suffolk University, Boston, U.S.A.

Awards and Residencies:

1983 Ethel Willis, Ethel Henriques and Fred Richards Memorial Travel Scholarship

1988 Royal Overseas League Travel Award

1990 Prudential Award for the Arts

1990/Arts Council Special Award

1993 Quaglino’s Restaurant, St. James’s, London, Column Painting commissioned by Sir Terence Conran

1999 Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes