Born 1975, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Lives and works in New York City.


Education
1997
BFA The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tufts University
Harvard University, Cambridge
L'Ecole Nationale-Superieur Des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Solo Exhibitions
2008
Some Motifs and their Sources, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, K–ln, Germany
Cheyney Thompson, Galleria Raucci Santamaria, Naples, Italy
Cheyney Thompson, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
2006
Quelques Aspects de l'Art Bourgeois: La Non-Intervention, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
The End of Rent Control and the Emergence of the Creative Class, Daniel Buchholz Gallery, Koln, Germany
2005
Art Statements Art Basel 36, Basel, Switzerland
S&M ‚ Cheyney Thompson/ Eileen Quinlan, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
Cheyney Thompson, Raucci Santamaria Gallery, Naples, Italy 2004
1998, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Cheyney Thompson Sutton Lane, London, England
2002
1 Scenario + 1 Situation, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Cheyney Thompson, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY
Cheyney Thompson, Parker's Box, Brooklyn, NY
1999
Cheyney Thompson, The Norman Project, New York, NY


Museum Exhibitions

2008
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
2007
TBA: Cheyney Thompson and Eileen Quinlan, Arnolfini, Bristol, England
2005
Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, NY
Cheyney Thompson: Selected works, Cheekwood Art Museum, TN
Material Matters, Herbert Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
2003
Exposition of International Art, The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Group Exhibitions

2008
Looking Back, Mireille Mosler, Ltd. New York, NY
From Brooklyn with Love. Parker's Box. Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
2007
Regroup Show, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY
The Lath Picture Show, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
2006
it is, what is it?, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Slow Burn, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Switzerland
2005
Painters Without Paintings & Paintings Without Painters,Orchard47,New York,NY
Sutton Lane in Paris, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
2004
Quodlibet, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Koln, Germany
2003
Miss. Understood: James Yamada, Frederic Pradeau, Cheyney Thompson, Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy
Dreams and Conflicts:The Dictatorship of the Viewer, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Tear Me Up Tear Me Down, Curated by Amy Davila, White Box, New York, NY
Clandestine, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Rendered, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Papers, Acme, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Life is Elsewhere, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
Playground of the Fearless, Entropy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1999
Escape, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Formula, Oni Gallery, Boston, MA
1998
Group Show, Grossman Gallery, Boston, MA
Genesis in the Retort, Oni Gallery, Boston, MA
1996
Group Show, Gallerie Gauche, Paris, France

Bibliography

2008
Davies, Lillian. "Cheyney Thompson". ArtForum Critics Picks. April 2008.
Davis, Ben. Genre-Jumping at James Fuentes's New Gallery. Village Voice. February 12.
2007
Knight, Nicolas. "Mind the Gap". NYartsmagazine.com, May - June
"Future Greats". Art Review. Issue 09, March.
Richard, Francis. "Cheyney Thompson". Artforum. February
"Cheyney Thompson: Painting an Agreement". ZOOZOOM CULTURE - http://www.blog.zoozoom.com/culture/. January 29.
2006
"Cheyney Thompson". New Yorker. December, 25
Smith, Roberta. "Museum and Gallery Listings:Cheyney Thompson: Quelques Aspects De LíArt Bourgeouis: La Non-Intervention". New York Times. December, 29
Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review; Cheyney Thompson". New York Times. December, 22
Higgs, Mathew. "On the Ground, New York". Artforum. December
2005
"Cheyney Thompson et Eileen Quinlan". Paris-art.com. November
"Emerging Artists". artMatters, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Fall
Maddox, David. "Everyday Scenes. Two painters who render the banal in distinct ways". Arts and Entertainment. March 24.
Hirsch, Faye. "Cheyney Thompson at Andrew Kreps". Art in America. January
2004
Dailey, Meghan. "Cheyney Thompson". Artforum. Summer
Campagnola, Sonia. "Miss Understood". Flash Art. February-March
Smith, Roberta. "Jim Lambie. Mental Oyster". The New York Times. April 30
"Cheyney Thompson." The New Yorker. April 12
Levin. "Shortlist c50". Village Voice. April 7-13
Cotter, Holland. "Cheyney Thompson". The New York Times. April 9
2003
Saltz, Jerry. "After Shock". The Village Voice. October 31
"Cheyney Thompson: The Table of Accumulation (Clandestine, Aresenale)" V Magazine. September/October
Saltz, Jerry. "Babylon Rising". The Village Voice. September 5
Lake, Claudia. "The Artworld: Cheyney Thompson". Prophecy Magazine. Issue 4
Harris, Larissa. "Venice Diary". Artforum Online
Wilson, Michael. "Periodic Tables". frieze, Issue 76. (June, July, Aug.)
Ricci, Daniela. "Miss Understood". Il Mattino. November
Fujieda, Manami. "Very New York!" issue. BT Magazine. January
2002
Burton, Johanna. "Cheyney Thompson". Time Out New York. July 4-11
Levin, Kim. "Cheyney Thompson". The Village Voice. June 26 - July 2
"Critics Pick". Time Out New York. June 27-July 4
Newhall, Edith. "Cheyney Thompson" New York Magazine. June 24-July 1

Catalogue
2008
Whitney Biennial 2008, Yale Press.
2005
Inselmann, Andrea. Material Matters. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University.