Andrew K. Thompson Art
About Andrew
"Early in the pandemic lockdown, Andrew K. Thompson commenced a set of images under the title Chemical Landscapes – Scarring Land & Time. The photographs depict “an apocalyptic vision of nature’s future,” he states. Thompson is an imperfectionist. He cuts and punctures, stitches and stains. He does to photographs what mankind is doing to the planet. Thompson’s practice has a punk edge. Destruction as creation with metaphoric aims. His markers of scruffy inland Southern California—palm trees, power lines—are intentionally generic: a place, not this exact place. And his work contains a strong streak of environmental activism. “It’s no longer authentic to create pristine images of grand landscapes. That’s obvious. The actual landscapes are falling apart in front of us. On the other hand, if we’re already on the road to ruining everything, there’s an intense freedom in that.” - Doug McCulloh, UCR/California Museum of Photography
Dambrot, Shana Nys, Art in the plague year processes the experience, LA Weekly, 3/18/2021
Arlook, Debe, Classic Photographs Los Angeles 2019
Nonumental 1 -78 live feed, UCR Arts YouTube Channel, Feb - April 2019
Merino, Maydeen and Brennan, Natasha, New professor has eclectic history, La Verne Campus Times, 11/2018
Duncan, Maryjoy, Little Gallery shines klieg light on Inland Empire artistic talent, IECN, 11/2018
KVC-Arts, Rick Dulock in conversation with Andrew K. Thompson, 8/2017
Westerbeck, Colin, THE HERE AND NOW, FROM A TO Z: Contemporary Landscape Photography at MOAH, Artillery Magazine, 3/2015
Nickel, Larissa, Being Here and There: Ambiguous Boundaries and Contested Terrains, KCET Artbound, 1/2015
“Cut, Punctured, Manipulated” SRO Photo Gallery, 2019
A review about a recent group show in the Inland Empire Weekly. 10/10/13
A brief write up in the LA Weekly 7/24/13
Punk Rock Pillow Fight in the Los Angeles Times 7/27/12
Pillow Fight World Cup in the Huffington Post 5/17/11
Pillow Fight World Cup in China Daily 5/19/2011
Andrew as guest on Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend 2/10/2010
Andrew as a guest on Maxim Radio 2009
By Andrew
Constructed Masculinity: Amy Elkins and Jona Frank at the De Soto Gallery, Dotphotozine, Feburary 2015
Scopophilia and Fatigue: Photo fairs of LA, Dotphotozine, January 2015
Donnie Molls: Beyond the Surface, Artvoices Magazine, Winter Issue 2014
Report from the Medium Festival of Photography, Dotphotzine, October 2014
Team Life!, Artvoices Magazine, September (photos) 2014
MFA in L.A, Artvoices Magazine, September 2014
Unrestricted Energy!, Artvoices Magazine, September 2014
Digital Equivalence, Dotphotzine, April 2014
Society for Photographic Education 51st Annual Conference, Dotphotzine, 3/2014
Ask Andrew Anything on GYST Radio. Weekly 7/2012 to 4/22/2013
Questions of Faith: The Art of Nimai Kesten, Artvoices Magazine, December 2013
A review of La Pocha Nostra at Human Resources LA for Dotphotzine. 10/22/13
Andrew as Guest Editor for Artvoices Magazine. 12/2012
Andrew interviews gallery owner Charlie James in Artvoices Magazine.10/2012