Current Residents James Thompson
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James Thompson, Recording Central Court, Spatial Drifts, performance, 2021. Photo by Jules Lister
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James Thompson, Spatial Drifts, installation view, 2021. Photo by Jules Lister
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James Thompson, A few fragments of something found, installation view, 2024. Photo by Hsu Po-Yen 許博彥
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James Thompson, A few fragments of something found, installation view, 2024. Photo by Hsu Po-Yen 許博彥
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James Thompson, A few fragments of something found, installation detail, 2024. Photo by Hsu Po-Yen 許博彥
James Thompson is a UK-based artist whose practice is site-responsive, exploring the perception and interpretation of architectural spaces in transition, often between states of redevelopment and ruin, through sculpture, moving image, and performance. Documentation functions as both method and outcome, with fragments, gestures, and digital traces reconfigured to amplify hidden histories and propose alternative futures.
A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Thompson has exhibited in the UK and internationally. He opened his first institutional solo exhibition, Spatial Drifts, at Leeds Art Gallery in 2021 and has undertaken artist residencies across Europe and Asia.
My residency at HIAP will expand my research into the documentation and re-performance of traces of lost art spaces in Leeds, a city in Northern England, placing this in dialogue with artist-led histories in Helsinki. I plan to hold workshops with artist-run spaces in Helsinki to develop shared documentation of these sites and open conversations around experiences of artistic practice across both cities.
James Thompson’s residency is realised in collaboration with Galleria Forum Box, funded by the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland, and the British Embassy in Helsinki through the Cultural Connections – Emerging Creative Professionals’ UK-Finland Partnership.