Curriculum Vitae
Education
2001 MFA, 2D Studio, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia
1998 BFA, 2D Studio, Brigham Young University, Utah
University Teaching Experience
2003-Current Adjunct Faculty, Brigham Young University
2015-Current Adjunct Faculty, Utah Valley University
2010-2017 Adjunct Faculty, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online
2001-2002 Instructor, Virginia Union University
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Nox Gallery, Informal Structure, Salt Lake City, Utah
2016 Martos Gallery, The True Organization of Things, Los Angeles, California
2014 A Gallery, Roland Thompson, Salt Lake City, Utah
2011 CUAC, Recur, Ephraim, Utah, one-person show
2009 Sego Art Center, Twenty-four/Seven, Provo, Utah
2008 Sego Art Center, Autumn Au, Provo, Utah
2006 Palmer’s Gallery, Tremble, Salt Lake City, Utah
2003 The Gallery at Library Square, Gem, Salt Lake City, Utah
2002 Brigham Young University, Governing Planets, Utah
Starch, untitled, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Women’s Center, untitled, Richmond, Virginia
2001 Virginia Union University, untitled, Richmond, Virginia
Group Exhibitions
2022 Bountiful Davis Art Center, Urban Pop, Bountiful, Utah
Utah Valley University, Reflect and Respond, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2021 Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Touch our Eyes, Provo, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2019 Church History Museum, Meditations on Belief, Salt Lake City, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Woodbury Art Museum, Utah Valley University, AOoC, Orem, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2017 New American Paintings,132, October/November 2017, Volume 22, Issue 5
A Gallery, Holiday Show, Salt Lake City, Utah
A Gallery, Summer Solstice, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2016 CUAC, Utah Ties, Salt Lake City, Utah
Rio Gallery, Painted Veil, Salt Lake City, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Nox Gallery, Now, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2015 Fairview Museum of History and Art, Museum of Love and Devotion, Fairview, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Marta Herford, Friendly Takeover-Artists Show Their Collection (Katharina Grosse), Herford, Germany
CUAC, Utah Ties, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2013 New American Paintings, 108, October/November 2013, Volume 18, Issue 5
ParisCONCRET, Poste Concret 2, Paris, France
Rio Gallery, Tin, Salt Lake City, Utah
Springville Museum of Art, 89th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Rio Gallery, Utah 2013: Mixed Media and Works on Paper, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2012 HPGRP Gallery, Secret Decoder Ring, Manhattan, New York
ParisCONCRET, Post-geometric Organisms, Paris, France
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2011 Springville Museum of Art, 87th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah
Rio Gallery, Along Those Lines, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Parallel Worlds, Idaho Falls, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2010 Springville Museum of Art, 86th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
CUAC, Utah Ties, Ephraim, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2009 CUAC, Utah Ties, Ephraim, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2008 Rio Grande Gallery, Individual Artist Grantee Showcase, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2007 Springville Museum of Art, 83rd Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Rio Grande Gallery, Works on Paper, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2006 Springville Museum of Art, 82nd Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Mahan Gallery, Reductive, Columbus, Ohio
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2005 Springville Museum of Art, 81st Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Weber State University, Utah Arts Council: Utah 2005, Utah, Juror’s Award
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2004 Springville Museum of Art, 80th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Museum of Contemporary Art, Rocky Mountain Biennial, Fort Collins, CO
Eccles Art Center, 9th Black and White Competition, Ogden, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2003 White Columns, Random Order, New York City
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2002 New American Paintings, 39, May 2002, Volume 7, Issue 2
Springville Museum of Art, 78th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Out of the Void: The Art of Absence
Globe Gallery, Reddish Show, Roswell, New Mexico, Best of Drawing Award
Anne Arundel Community College, Concept to Object 2002, Maryland
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2001 Starch, Group Show, Richmond, Virginia
The Painting Center, Hot & Sticky, Manhattan, New York
Anderson Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Richmond, Virginia, catalog
1708 Gallery, Antelope to Zebra, Richmond, Virginia
2000 1708 Gallery, The Moveable Feast, Richmond, Virginia
Jewish Community Center, Printmaking, Richmond, Virginia
Tortoise Shell Gallery, Drawing Room, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University, Meta-Psyche, Virginia
Tyler School of Art, Print Exchange and Exhibition, Pennsylvania
Tortoise Shell Gallery, New Work, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University, Blossom, Virginia
1999 Virginia Commonwealth University, Tyros, Virginia
1708 Gallery, Small Works Show, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University, E-f(ARM), Virginia
Springville Museum of Art, 75th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Repartee Gallery, Europe in Watercolor, Provo, Utah
Historic Utah County Courthouse, Four Lanes, Provo, Utah
1998 Springville Museum of Art, 74th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
St. George Art Museum, Contemporary Mormon Artists, St. George, Utah
Weber State University, Utah Intercollegiate Art Show, Utah
1997 St. George Art Museum, Regional, St. George, Utah
College of Eastern Utah, Worn, Utah
Galeria Mesa, Vaguely Familiar, Mesa, Arizona, Juror’s Purchase Award
Springville Museum of Art, 73rd Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
1993 Springville Museum of Art, 69th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Commissions
2015 Nu Skin International, Provo, Utah
1999 1-800-Contacts, Draper, Utah
Press
2018 Geoff Wichert, 15 Bytes, "Roland Thompson's Artistic Rediscovery," December, 2018
2012 Ehren Clark, 15 Bytes, “The Pure Object,” December, 2012
2009 Megan Nesbit, 15 Bytes, “Twenty-four/Seven,” February, 2009
2003 Ken Johnson, The New York Times, Art Review, “Random Order,” June 6, 2003
Marcel Krenz, Flash Art International, New York: Art Fragments from the Big Apple, “Random Order,” July-Sept. 2003
2001 Joyce Korotkin, The New York Art World, “Hot & Sticky: The Painting Center,” Summer 2001, p. 17
Publications
2015 “Resistance” written for Opaque Transparency, curated by Richard van der Aa. Shown at Le Pavé d’Orsay, Paris, France (2016) and Look & Listen, St. Chamas, France (2015) more info
Panels and Lectures
2011 Art Talks, Snow College, Utah
2002 Visiting Artist, Brigham Young University, Utah
Artist Panel, Anne Arundell Comm. College, Maryland, “Concept to Object”
Nominations
2011 Nominee, Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting
Awards
2008 Individual Artist Grant, Utah Arts and Museums
Collections
Brigham Young University, Utah
City of Mesa, Arizona
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Virginia
Utah Museum of Fine Art
Utah Valley University, Utah
Education
2001 MFA, 2D Studio, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia
1998 BFA, 2D Studio, Brigham Young University, Utah
University Teaching Experience
2003-Current Adjunct Faculty, Brigham Young University
2015-Current Adjunct Faculty, Utah Valley University
2010-2017 Adjunct Faculty, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online
2001-2002 Instructor, Virginia Union University
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Nox Gallery, Informal Structure, Salt Lake City, Utah
2016 Martos Gallery, The True Organization of Things, Los Angeles, California
2014 A Gallery, Roland Thompson, Salt Lake City, Utah
2011 CUAC, Recur, Ephraim, Utah, one-person show
2009 Sego Art Center, Twenty-four/Seven, Provo, Utah
2008 Sego Art Center, Autumn Au, Provo, Utah
2006 Palmer’s Gallery, Tremble, Salt Lake City, Utah
2003 The Gallery at Library Square, Gem, Salt Lake City, Utah
2002 Brigham Young University, Governing Planets, Utah
Starch, untitled, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Women’s Center, untitled, Richmond, Virginia
2001 Virginia Union University, untitled, Richmond, Virginia
Group Exhibitions
2022 Bountiful Davis Art Center, Urban Pop, Bountiful, Utah
Utah Valley University, Reflect and Respond, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2021 Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Touch our Eyes, Provo, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2019 Church History Museum, Meditations on Belief, Salt Lake City, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Woodbury Art Museum, Utah Valley University, AOoC, Orem, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2017 New American Paintings,132, October/November 2017, Volume 22, Issue 5
A Gallery, Holiday Show, Salt Lake City, Utah
A Gallery, Summer Solstice, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2016 CUAC, Utah Ties, Salt Lake City, Utah
Rio Gallery, Painted Veil, Salt Lake City, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Nox Gallery, Now, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2015 Fairview Museum of History and Art, Museum of Love and Devotion, Fairview, Utah
A Gallery, Group Exhibit, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Marta Herford, Friendly Takeover-Artists Show Their Collection (Katharina Grosse), Herford, Germany
CUAC, Utah Ties, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2013 New American Paintings, 108, October/November 2013, Volume 18, Issue 5
ParisCONCRET, Poste Concret 2, Paris, France
Rio Gallery, Tin, Salt Lake City, Utah
Springville Museum of Art, 89th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Rio Gallery, Utah 2013: Mixed Media and Works on Paper, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2012 HPGRP Gallery, Secret Decoder Ring, Manhattan, New York
ParisCONCRET, Post-geometric Organisms, Paris, France
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2011 Springville Museum of Art, 87th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah
Rio Gallery, Along Those Lines, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Parallel Worlds, Idaho Falls, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2010 Springville Museum of Art, 86th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
CUAC, Utah Ties, Ephraim, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2009 CUAC, Utah Ties, Ephraim, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2008 Rio Grande Gallery, Individual Artist Grantee Showcase, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2007 Springville Museum of Art, 83rd Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Rio Grande Gallery, Works on Paper, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2006 Springville Museum of Art, 82nd Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Mahan Gallery, Reductive, Columbus, Ohio
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2005 Springville Museum of Art, 81st Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Weber State University, Utah Arts Council: Utah 2005, Utah, Juror’s Award
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2004 Springville Museum of Art, 80th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Museum of Contemporary Art, Rocky Mountain Biennial, Fort Collins, CO
Eccles Art Center, 9th Black and White Competition, Ogden, Utah
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2003 White Columns, Random Order, New York City
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2002 New American Paintings, 39, May 2002, Volume 7, Issue 2
Springville Museum of Art, 78th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Out of the Void: The Art of Absence
Globe Gallery, Reddish Show, Roswell, New Mexico, Best of Drawing Award
Anne Arundel Community College, Concept to Object 2002, Maryland
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files, Brooklyn, New York
2001 Starch, Group Show, Richmond, Virginia
The Painting Center, Hot & Sticky, Manhattan, New York
Anderson Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Richmond, Virginia, catalog
1708 Gallery, Antelope to Zebra, Richmond, Virginia
2000 1708 Gallery, The Moveable Feast, Richmond, Virginia
Jewish Community Center, Printmaking, Richmond, Virginia
Tortoise Shell Gallery, Drawing Room, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University, Meta-Psyche, Virginia
Tyler School of Art, Print Exchange and Exhibition, Pennsylvania
Tortoise Shell Gallery, New Work, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University, Blossom, Virginia
1999 Virginia Commonwealth University, Tyros, Virginia
1708 Gallery, Small Works Show, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University, E-f(ARM), Virginia
Springville Museum of Art, 75th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Repartee Gallery, Europe in Watercolor, Provo, Utah
Historic Utah County Courthouse, Four Lanes, Provo, Utah
1998 Springville Museum of Art, 74th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
St. George Art Museum, Contemporary Mormon Artists, St. George, Utah
Weber State University, Utah Intercollegiate Art Show, Utah
1997 St. George Art Museum, Regional, St. George, Utah
College of Eastern Utah, Worn, Utah
Galeria Mesa, Vaguely Familiar, Mesa, Arizona, Juror’s Purchase Award
Springville Museum of Art, 73rd Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
1993 Springville Museum of Art, 69th Utah Spring Salon, Springville, Utah, catalog
Commissions
2015 Nu Skin International, Provo, Utah
1999 1-800-Contacts, Draper, Utah
Press
2018 Geoff Wichert, 15 Bytes, "Roland Thompson's Artistic Rediscovery," December, 2018
2012 Ehren Clark, 15 Bytes, “The Pure Object,” December, 2012
2009 Megan Nesbit, 15 Bytes, “Twenty-four/Seven,” February, 2009
2003 Ken Johnson, The New York Times, Art Review, “Random Order,” June 6, 2003
Marcel Krenz, Flash Art International, New York: Art Fragments from the Big Apple, “Random Order,” July-Sept. 2003
2001 Joyce Korotkin, The New York Art World, “Hot & Sticky: The Painting Center,” Summer 2001, p. 17
Publications
2015 “Resistance” written for Opaque Transparency, curated by Richard van der Aa. Shown at Le Pavé d’Orsay, Paris, France (2016) and Look & Listen, St. Chamas, France (2015) more info
Panels and Lectures
2011 Art Talks, Snow College, Utah
2002 Visiting Artist, Brigham Young University, Utah
Artist Panel, Anne Arundell Comm. College, Maryland, “Concept to Object”
Nominations
2011 Nominee, Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting
Awards
2008 Individual Artist Grant, Utah Arts and Museums
Collections
Brigham Young University, Utah
City of Mesa, Arizona
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Virginia
Utah Museum of Fine Art
Utah Valley University, Utah