LYDIA JAMES THOMPSON

Email                 lydiajamesthompson@gmail.com 

Phone                 +49 176 85953394

Portfolio         lydiajamesthompson.com

EDUCATION

2021                 BA, focus in Visual Arts and Design Research, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2025                Salon Assistant, AMYWHO Salon, Berlin, Germany

2024                Sculpture production, Studio Alicja Kwade, Berlin, Germany

2023                Waitress, Gazzo Pizzeria, Berlin, Germany

2021                 Research Assistant and Designer, Carbon Form Design, Durango, CO

2020                 Editorial and Print Design Assistant, Caroline Woolard Studio, Remote

                Studio Assistant/Material Researcher, Valentina Karga Studio, Berlin, Germany  

Communications Intern, Floating University eV., Berlin, Germany

2019         “Frontier Fellowship” Artist Residency Intern, Epicenter, Green River, Utah

            Flower Farmer & bouquet designer, Morning Glory Farm, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

2018         Architecture + Culture Project Assistant, TRA_20 Studios, Rome, Italy   

Youth Program Leader, Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center,  Abiquiu, NM 

RESIDENCIES

2024                Critical Spatialities Lab, Blanca, Spain (November)

                Countdown Grabowsee Residency, Oranienburg, Germany (August)

2022                 AADK Spain, Blanca, Spain (March-May)

RELEVANT SKILLS 

- German Language (B2)                                - Experience with art installation and de-installation  

- Strong organizational and archival abilities                - Basic 3D Modeling knowledge using Rhino and AutoCad

- Experienced working with epoxy, paint, wood, steel, bronze, plaster, clay, fibers, and power tools        

- Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite for graphic design, layout, and photo post-production  

- Can clearly communicate content through writing and striking visuals, online and in print

SELECTED UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

2021                Projects in Sculpture: Advanced Work, taught by Jon Isherwood and John Umphlett

Drawing Everywhere, taught by Mary Lum

Art of Alterity: Representation and Otherness in American Visual Culture 1839-1939, taught by

Vanessa Lyon

2020                 Geographies of Food: De-industrializing, Decolonizing & Re-indigenizing, taught by Yoko

Inoue

Feminist Geographies of Dis/ability, taught by Emily Mitchell-Eaton

Chromophilia: Explorations in Color, taught by Ann Pibal

Projects in Sculpture, taught by Jon Isherwood and John Umphlett

Spatial Justice: Incorporating Social Theory into Artistic Practice, taught by Kenneth Bailey

2019                Landscaping Leftovers: Painting and the Expanded Field, taught by Camille Hoffman

                Intro to Sculpture: Getting to know Sculpture and its Performance, taught by Baseera Khan

The Body Acoustic: Toward a Sense of Place, taught by Dana Reitz

Space, Place, and Power, taught by Emily Mitchell-Eaton

Expanding Fields: Histories & New Practices of Curating the Rural, taught by Anne Thompson

Creative Economies, taught by Caroline Woolard

Investing in Futures: The Art of Worlding, taught by Marina Zurkow

2018                 Making from Scratch/Sourcing the Body, taught by Elena Demyanenko

Spatial Interventions, taught by Donald Sherefkin and Dana Reitz

Nature and Artifice: A History of Architecture, taught by Donald Sherefkin

Intaglio Printmaking, taught by Jesse Fischer

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021                 RELIC, Bennington College thesis show at Usdan Gallery, May 18-30

REFERENCES 

JOHN UMPHLETT  

Sculpture Professor  

Bennington College, Vermont  

jumphlett@bennington.edu 

CAROLINE WOOLARD

Artist, Assistant Professor of Sculpture

carolinewoolard@gmail.com 

MARIA SYKES  

Executive Director, Epicenter  

Green River, Utah  

maria@ruralandproud.org