News

2022


  • A solo exhibition of new paintings and drawings will take place at the Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto. September 17th – October 15th.



  • The Ancaster Memorial Art Centre has acquired, by corporate donation, the painting Tintern Abbey with preparatory drawings for its permanent collection.



  • Michael Thompson will be exhibiting a new painting in the Mira Godard Gallery 60th anniversary exhibition. The exhibition will run from April 23rd – August 6th. catalogue available



  • The Tom Thomson Gallery in Owen Sound has acquired through private donation a painting and two of Michael Thompson’s drawings for the permanent collection.


2021


  • The Grimsby Public Art Gallery has acquired, by private donation, two Michael Thompson drawings for the permanent collection.


2020


    • A solo exhibition of new drawings, Studies in Sunlight, will be exhibited at the Mira Godard Galley, Toronto,
      September 12th – October 10th.



  • A major new painting will be exhibited in the group exhibition, 2020 / Spirit Doubles, at the Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto.
    March 7th – 28th
    A catalogue with essays by Dr. Eva Seidner will be available.



Junction Girl


  • New work will be included in the exhibition, Preview 2020, at the Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto. January 11th – February 1st


Mira Godard Gallery

 

2019


  • New work will be included in the exhibition, Interiors, at the Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto. June 22nd – September 7th


2017


  • A photograph by Joseph Hartman of Michael Thompson’s former Oakville studio has been included in Hartman’s new publication titled, The Artist’s Studio.



  • A solo exhibition of new paintings will be
    shown at the Mira Godard Gallery Toronto.
    Oct 21st – Nov 18th.


Morning Sun


  • The Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives in Brampton has acquired through private donation seven of Michael Thompson’s drawings for the permanent collection.

Morning Sun


  • New artwork will be exhibited with the Mira
    Godard Gallery at the Toronto International
    Art Fair, Oct 27th – 30th.

Mira Godard Gallery


  • The McIntosh Gallery at Western University
    has acquired the drawing, Scissors 1979, for
    it’s permanent collection.

Morning Sun


  • A new painting will be included in the exhibition
    The Still Life Show at the Mira Godard Gallery,
    Toronto, July 8th – September 9th.


Mira Godard Gallery

2016


  • New paintings will be exhibited with the Mira
    Godard Gallery at Art Toronto, Oct 28th – 31st.


Mira Godard Gallery


  • The drawing Light on a Wall will be included in
    the exhibition Picturing Wellness at the McMaster
    Museum of Art, Jan. 5th – Mar. 26th.


Light on a Wall

2015


  • A solo exhibition of new drawings titled Drawing
    will be shown at the Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto,
    October 17th – November 7th.
    Catalogue available



  • A photograph of Michael Thompson’s studio will be
    included in the exhibition Joseph Hartman: Artist Studios
    at the Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto.
    September 19th – October 17th.



  • The painting Priest and Black Dog will be included
    In the Artist and Model exhibition at the Mira Godard
    Gallery, Toronto, March 21st – April 18th.
    Catalogue available



2014


  • The painting Girl with a Hole in Her Stocking
    has been reproduced on the cover of the new novel,
    Demonios Familiares, by the internationally
    acclaimed Spanish author Ana Maria Matute.




  • The painting Siesta has been reproduced on the
    cover of the novel Primera Memoria by the author
    Ana Maria Matute.