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BIO 

Lex Thompson’s work examines aspects of intellectual and cultural history in relationship to contemporary thought. He works across photography, video, installation, sculpture, drawing, artist books, and interior surface design to bring forward under-recognized historical narratives. Obtaining a BA in History at New College of Florida and a MA in Religion and Visual Arts at Yale University, he received his MFA in Photography at the San Francisco Art Institute. He is Professor of Art (Photography) at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. He is recipient of a 2010 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Photographers, a 2008, 2011, 2016 & 2018 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, and was selected as a 2009 Flash Forward Emerging Photographer and shortlisted for the 2014 Source-Cord Prize. His project Frame Drag was included in the Midwest Photographer’s Project at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. His artwork is included in collections at the Getty Research Institute, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Stanford University, University of California Los Angeles, and Yale University, among others.

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY & MENTORSHIP

My goal as a mentor is to help you figure out the right questions to ask of yourself and your work. I am there to think and talk with you about ideas and how they are made physical. We will look at how your work is connected to other artists, thinkers and disciplines. We will uncover problems, solve problems, probably create some new problems, refine craft, set goals, and create plans for moving forward. My role will be to assist you with the immediate concerns of the work, but more importantly, with developing your own process and skills that will serve you in all the work you make going forward.