EXPERIENCE
Administrator: DEAN of Fine arts
2018 - 2023 Philadelphia, PA
curriculum specialist
2023 STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Evaluation Team Member, Post Secondary Career School Evaluation
EDUCATOR: PROFESSOR OF DRAWING AND PAINTING
2001 - present THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY
Faculty Chair, Certificate of Fine Arts Program Designed and taught the following courses: CFA Drawing I, CFA Drawing II
Adjunct Professor of Drawing and Painting Designed and taught the following courses: Drawing I, Drawing II, Painting I, Painting II, Portraiture, Advanced Portraiture, Cast Drawing, Structural Drawing, Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing Intensive, History of Drawing Techniques, Drawing IV, Long Pose Figure, Anatomical Drawing, Figure Drawing I: Intensive
2007 - 2023 Philadelphia, PA Designed and taught the following Professional Program/Advanced Fine Art Program courses: Figure Painting in Color; Structural Figure Drawing; Structural Drawing and Portraiture; Structural Drawing and Sculpting the Portrait & Figure; Light Key Painting; Composition & Light Key Figure Painting; Structural Figure Drawing: Using three dimensions to study the human head; Applying concepts of the intrinsic body to drawing the portrait in long pose; Drawing Fundamentals I, Drawing Fundamentals II
2007 - 2018 THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Designed and taught the following course: Life Drawing, Painting the Portrait and Figure
2008 - 2014 JANUS COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL OF ART, New York, NY Co-founder and Instructor Co-designed and taught the following course: Core Program
2004 - 2013 PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, New York, NY Part-Time Professor of Drawing Designed and taught the following courses: Drawing Fundamentals 1, Drawing Fundamentals 2, Drawing Studio 1, Drawing Studio 2: Drawing Analysis
2006 - 2008 THE GRAND CENTRAL ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY Co-founder and Instructor Co-designed and taught the following course: Core Program Designed and taught the following course: Theoretical Structure in Figure Drawing
INSTRUCTOR OF DRAWING AND PAINTING
2023 - present PATREON (Patreon/DanThompsonArt) Designed, filmed, taught and produced an exclusive, online curriculum for international and private students
2007 - present THE ART LEAGUE SCHOOL, Alexandria, VA (fall, winter, spring) Designed and taught workshop course: Figure Drawing and Painting: Gesture, Structure, Light; Structural Figure Drawing, Painting from Life, Painting from Life: The nude and the Draped Figure; The Portrait in Four Color Chalk; Portrait Painting; The Figure in Pen & Ink; Costumed Portrait; Studying the Hands and Feet in Figure Drawing; Long Pose Figure Drawing; The Figure in a Controlled Palette: Calligraphy, Plane, Tonality, Temperature; Vitality: Gesture in the Human Figure; Drapery; Hatchmark: Red Chalk Portraiture; Draw the portrait, sculpt the portrait
2007 - present THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Designed and taught regular and workshop courses: Musculoskeletal Gross Anatomy for the Figurative Artist, Figure Drawing from Life, Life Drawing and Anatomy
2017 - present WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL SCHOOL, New York, NY Designed and taught the workshop course: Musculoskeletal Gross Anatomy for the Figurative Artist (in coordination with the Art Students League of New York)
2013, 2014, 2017. 2020-present THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY Designed and taught the following workshop courses: Master class: Construction of the Head in Oil Painting, The Human Figure, Facial Expression, Red Chalk Portrait, Hatchmark: Tradition and Contemporary Practice in the Human Figure
2023 LYME ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, Old Lyme, CT Designed and taught the following workshop course: Applying 3-D Concepts of Figure Morphology to Drawing
2009, 2010, 2017, 2019 THE SOUTHERN ATELIER, Sarasota, FL (fall, winter) Designed and taught the following workshop courses: The Head as Shape, Structure, Plane, Morphology, Painting with Dan Thompson; 4 Day Painting the Portrait and Figure; Portrait Drawing Intensive
2005 - 2017 Philadelphia, PA (summer, winter) Designed and taught workshop courses: Drawing Structure and Color with Painting, Light Key Figure Painting, Structural Figure Drawing Figure Drawing Using Constructive Anatomy and Rhythmic Form Modeling, Structural Drawing: A Three Dimensional Approach, The Portrait in Red Chalk, Chalk, Pen & Ink, Metal Point, and Pastel Drawing in Theory & Practice, Oil Painting: The Head in Color Co-taught workshop course: Advanced Portrait Workshop and Symposium, 2007-2009
2007 - 2017 BAY AREA CLASSICAL ARTIST ATELIER, Belmont, CA (summer, fall) Designed and taught workshop course: Figure Drawing and Painting, Long Pose Figure Drawing and Painting Workshop, Painting the Head and Figure Figure Drawing Intensive, 5 Day Figure Drawing and Painting Intensive; Intensive Course in Long Pose Drawing and Painting; Advanced Artistic Intensive Workshop-Gross Anatomy
2016, 2017 O’CONNOR ART STUDIOS, Tuscaloosa, AL Designed and taught the following workshop courses: The Portrait in Oil, The Portrait in Red Chalk
2017 GALLERY 1261, Denver, CO Designed and taught the following workshop courses: Dan Thompson workshop
2016 THE ART MUSEUM OF SONG YUGUI, Shenyang, China Designed and taught the following Master Class: REALISM<->REALITY
2016 CHIAROSCURO ATELIER, Doral, FL Designed and taught the following workshop course: Long Pose Figure Drawing
2013 - 2016 THE ATELIER AT CASTLE ROCK, Castle Rock, CO Designed and taught the following workshop courses: Painting the Human Figure, Structural Long Pose Figure Drawing, Long Pose Oil Portraiture
2014 FINE ART COLLEGE OF SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY, Shanghai, China Designed and taught the following workshop course: Master Class
2014 THE ACADEMY OF REALIST ART, Boston, MA Designed and taught the following workshop course: Long Pose Painting and the Human Figure from Life
2014 ASHLAND ARTS CENTER, Ashland, OR Designed and taught the following workshop course: The Portrait in Red Chalk
2011, 2014, 2017, 2022 NORTH RIVER ARTS SOCIETY, Marshfield Hills, MA Designed and taught the following course: Structural Figure Drawing, Painting the Portrait from Life
2013 THE CULTURAL CENTER AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Ponte Vedra, FL Designed and taught the following workshop course: Long Pose Figure Painting
2012 - 2013 THE NEW HAMPSHIRE INSTITUTE OF ART, Manchester, NH Designed and taught the following workshop courses: Long Pose Figure Painting from Direct Observation, Portrait Painting with Dan Thompson
2009 - 2013 DREXEL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Philadelphia, PA Co-designed and taught the following courses: Artistic Anatomy, in collaboration with JCSA students and medical students, from cadavers
2011 - 2012 THE ACADEMY OF REALIST ART, Toronto, Canada Designed and taught the following workshop courses: Long Pose Painting and the Human Figure from Life, Figure Drawing Using Constructive Anatomy and Rhythmic Form Modeling
2012 SCOTTSDALE ARTISTS SCHOOL, Scottsdale, AZ Designed and taught the following workshop course: Long Pose Figure Drawing
2012 JANUS COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL OF ART, New York, NY Co-designed and co-taught the following workshop course: Collaborative Workshop in Figure Drawing
2011 WEEKEND WITH THE MASTERS INTENSIVE, New York, NY
2011 JANUS COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL OF ART, New York, NY Designed and taught the following course: Structural Drawing: A Three Dimensional Approach
2011 LONG ISLAND ACADEMY OF FINE ART, Glen Cove, NY Designed and taught the following course: Analytical Portrait Drawing: Perception, Alignment, Plane, Structure & Morphology
2010 ART SPACE HERNDON, Herndon, VA (summer) Designed and taught the following workshop course: Dan Thompson Workshop 2010 RYE ARTS CENTER, Rye, NY (spring) Designed and taught the following workshop course: 2010 Rye Adult Master Class in Portrait Drawing
2009 - 2010 THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, New York, NY Designed and taught the following courses: Life Drawing, Figure Drawing Workshop with Dan Thompson
2005 - 2009 PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, New York, NY Designed and taught workshop courses: Analytical Orthographic Drawing, Analytical Paraline Systems, Perceptual Drawing
2005 - 2009 THE ARTS AND LETTERS CLUB OF TORONTO, Toronto, Canada (spring, winter) Designed and taught workshop course: Portrait Society of Canada Master's workshop in Portraiture
2008 INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE & CLASSICAL AMERICA, New York, NY Co-designed and co-taught workshop course: Summer Program in Classical Architecture & Landscape Painting in Italy
2001 - 2008 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY Designed and taught Continuing Education courses: Light Effect Figure Painting, Long Pose Portrait and Figure Drawing
2007, 2008 FALL CITY FINE ART STUDIO, Fall City, WA (spring) Designed and taught workshop course: Drawing and Painting the Portrait and Figure, Oil Portrait Demonstration
2007 (spring) ANDREEVA PORTRAIT ACADEMY, Santa Fe, NM Designed and taught workshop course: Long Pose Portrait Drawing and Painting 2003-2007 LOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF FIGURATIVE ART, Los Angeles, CA Designed and taught workshop courses: Form Metaphor, 5 Day Drawing and Painting, 5 Day Academic Drawing and Painting
2000- 2006 THE WATER STREET ATELIER, Brooklyn, NY (spring) Designed and taught workshop course: Figure Structure
2002 - 2004 STUDIO 126, New York, NY Designed and taught c. e. course: Long Pose Drawing
2001, 2004 KUNSTKRANT, Belgium (summer) Designed and taught workshop course: Painting in Provence, France
2002 MORSEBURG GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA (summer) Designed and taught workshop course: Figure Drawing and Structure
2001 (spring) NEW ORLEANS ART ASSOCIATION AND METARIE ART GUILD, New Orleans, LA Designed and taught workshop course: Dan Thompson Workshop
SERVICES TO MUSEUMS, SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, Galleries, Arts Organizations
2023 REALISM LIVE, Faculty
2023 SALMAGUNDI CLUB, New York, NY Juror, “the NY Figurative Exhibition”
2023 THE ALMENARA ART PRIZE, Cordoba, Spain Juror
2023 LYME ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, Old Lyme, CT Lecturer, Structure as the Operating System of Artistic Anatomy
2017 - 2023 THE ARTIST’S FELLOWSHIP, INC, New York, NY Board Member
2017 - 2023 THE ART RENEWAL CENTER, Port Reading, NJ Juror, ARC Annual Salon
2019, 2023 SALMAGUNDI CLUB, Lecturer, Panel Discussion, The Responsibility of Artists in the 21st Century, Painting on Hawthorne
2020 - 2021 SALMAGUNDI CLUB, Member
2020 & 2017 FLORENCE ACADEMY OF ART, Jersey City, NJ Demonstrator
2019 FIGURATIVE ART CONVENTION & EXPO, Williamsburg, VA Faculty
2019 PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, The Art of the Portrait Conference Atlanta, GA Faculty and Demonstrator
2019 UNIVERSTIY OF PENNSYLVANIA, EDWIN & FANNIE GRAY HALL, CENTER FOR HUMAN APPEARANCE, Lecturer, Beyond Traditional CHA, Art and Plastic Surgery: The Intersection
2017 - 2019 Philadelphia, PA Facebook Live Painting Demonstration
2018 THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY Lecturer, Pedagogy
2018 SUGGESTED DONATION, Podcast
2017 THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY Facebook Live Painting Demonstration
2017 - 2018 THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, Artistic Advisory Committee
2017 YOUR CREATIVE PUSH, Podcast Grasping, Maintaining and Extending a Middle Strategy
2017 THE GRAND CENTRAL ATELIER, Long Island City, NY Demonstrator
2017, 2018 STANEK GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA Demonstrator, Panelist
2016 THE ART MUSEUM OF SONG YUGUI, Shenyang, China, Demonstrator, Panelist
2011 - present THE SOUTHERN ATELIER, Sarasota, FL Advisory Board
2016 THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY Facebook Live Drawing Demonstration
2016 THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Facebook Live Portrait Demonstration by three Contemporary Masters
2014 - 2015 Philadelphia, PA Lecturer on Anatomy
2014, 2015 CHELSEA CLASSICAL STUDIO, New York, NY Demonstrator, The Portrait Rally
2017, 2014 NORTH RIVER ARTS SOCIETY, Marshfield Hills, MA Juror, Focus on Figures
2014 THE ART LEAGUE, Alexandria, VA Demonstrator, Panelist, The Portrait and Figure Festival
2014 ASHLAND ARTS CENTER, Ashland, OR Lecturer, Art Inspires Ashland
2013 Philadelphia, PA Lecturer, John H. Vanderpoel
2012 PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Interviewer, The Art of the Portrait Conference, Nelson Shanks Presentation, East Meets West
2011 Philadelphia, PA Lecturer, Looking at Structure
2011 NORTH RIVER ARTS SOCIETY, Marshfield Hills, MA, Descending Within: Dan Thompson’s Artwork
2011 THE SOUTHERN ATELIER, Sarasota, FL Lecturer, Henry Hensche and His Approach to Color
2010 STATEN ISLAND MUSEUM, Staten Island, NY Panelist, Painting Portraits
2010 Philadelphia, PA Descending Within Oneself: Dan Thompson on Life and Art
2010 AMERICA CHINA OIL PAINTING ARTISTS LEAGUE, New York, NY Honorary Member
2010 HORNBILL ACADEMY, Kuching, Malaysia Juror, Perhimpunan Belia 2010, 1st Belia Realist Art Competition
2009 NATIONAL ACADEMY MUSEUM & SCHOOL, SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, New York, NY, Demonstrator, Reconfiguring the Body: A Holistic Approach to Figure Drawing
2003-2008 PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF CANADA, Toronto, Canada Board Member
2002 - 2008 PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF CANADA, Toronto, Canada Demonstrator, panelist, lecturer The Miracle of the Portrait, International Portrait Arts Festival and Competition
2008 PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Interviewer, 2008 The Art of the Portrait Conference, Nelson Shanks Presentation, The Importance of the Start
2007 AMERICAN ARTIST MAGAZINE, New York, NY Demonstrator, On line interview and chat
2007, 2010 Philadelphia, PA Lecturer, Advanced Portrait Workshop and Symposium
2007 ACADEMY OF REALIST ART, Toronto, Canada, Oil Portrait Demonstration
2007 PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, New York, NY Lecturer, Iranian Art Forms
2007, 2006 LYME ACADEMY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, Old Lyme, CT, Demonstrator, Oil Portrait Demonstration
2017, 2005, 2003 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY, Take Home a Nude
2004 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF PAINTING, DRAWING, AND SCULPTURE, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy Lecturer
2003 THE DAHESH MUSEUM OF ART, Guest Lecturer, Charles Bargue: The Art of Drawing
2003 LOS ANGELES ACADEMY OF FIGURATIVE ART, Los Angeles, CA Lecturer, Demonstrator
2002 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT ARTISTS, and lecturer NY, New York, Lecturer, The Art of Studying Art
artist: AWARDS
2022 Second Prize in the Drawing Competition of the Figure (Nude), Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2020 First Prize in the Drawing Competition of the Figure (Nude), Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2016, 2018 Exceptional Merit, Portrait Society of America, International Portrait Conference, Washington, DC
2007 ARC Living Master, Art Renewal Center, Port Reading, NJ
2006 Certificate of Excellence, Portrait Society of Canada, Toronto, Canada
2006 Second Place in the Figurative Category, Art Renewal Center's International ARC SalonTM , Port Reading, NJ
2005 Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Award, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC
2004 Artist in Residence, Forbes Foundation; London, England
2003 Best of Show, Southwest Art Magazine's Artists to Watch Exhibition, Boulder, CO
2002 Artist in Residence, Forbes Foundation; Balleroy, France
2001 Grand Prize for Best of Show, American Society of Portrait Artist's International Portrait Competition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2000 Honors Award, Portrait Society of America, International Portrait Conference, Washington, DC
1999 Walter Erlebacher Award, The Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1997 Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1992 William A. Newman Award for Painting, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC Nancy R. Wolf Award for Painting, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1991 Foundation Award for Drawing, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
1990 Best in Show, 7th Congressional Art Competition of Virginia, Front Royal, VA
GRANTS, RESEARCH GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS
2007 THE MORRIS AND ALMA SCHAPIRO FUND, New York, NY Award for curriculum development of theoretical structure drawing plates for the Grand Central Academy of Art.
2001 THE ELIZABETH GREENSHIELDS FOUNDATION GRANT, Montreal, Canada Award aids worthy art students, artists, or sculptors who need further training or other assistance during their formative years.
1999 STOBART FOUNDATION GRANT, Boston, MA Award for the purpose of offering an environment of support to the community of aspiring artists who share our passion for the artistic vision inspired and developed through the time-honored tradition of working directly from nature.
1999 THE JOHN F. AND ANNA LEE STACEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR ART EDUCATION, Oklahoma City, OK Award to foster a high standard in the study of form, color, painting, design, and technique, as these are expressed in modes showing patent affinity with the classical tradition in western culture.
1998-1999 LESLIE T. POSEY FOUNDATION SCHOLAR, Sarasota, FL Award for graduate level art students majoring in either traditional painting or sculpture.
1997 THE ELIZABETH GREENSHIELDS FOUNDATION GRANT, Montreal, Canada Award aids worthy art students, artists, or sculptors who need further training or other assistance during their formative years.
SHOWS
2023
SOTHEBY’S, New York, NY Take Home a Nude Auction and Sale
CURIO GALLERY & CREATIVE SUPPLY, Lancaster, PA 6H Drawing Invitational
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY In The Studio: New York Academy of Art Faculty Exhibition
2022
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
THE SALMAGUNDI CLUB, New York, NY Lineage
EQUITY GALLERY, New York, NY The Male Nude: Turning the Gaze
2021
Philadelphia, PA Exhibition Docere
EQUITY GALLERY, New York, NY SHADES OF BLUE Drawings, Watercolors and Works on Paper
2020
PORTRAITS, INC, Birmingham, AL It Could Be You: Portraiture in a Constructed World
2019
STANEK GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA Pop Up Silent Auction at Stanek Gallery
ART OVATION, Sarasota, FL Renaissance of Passion: A Figurative Exhibition
PALM AVENUE FINE ART, Sarasota, FL Renaissance of Passion: A Figurative Exhibition
2018
MANA CONTEMPORARY, Jersey City, NJ On Paper
THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY In Perspective
PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Washington, DC The Art of the Portrait
MANA CONTEMPORARY, Jersey City, NJ 12x12
2017
MUSEO MEAM de BARCELONA, Barcelona, Spain ModPortrait 2016
MUSEO PABLO SERRANO, Zaragoza, Spain, ModPortrait 2016
MIANO GALLERY, Sarasota, FL Dialog Solo Exhibtion
SOTHEBY’S, New York NY Take Home a Nude Art Party + Auction
STANEK GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA Nelson Shanks and His Influence: Past, Present and Future
GALLERY 1261, Denver, CO Legacy
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA
MARBURY NYC, New York, NY Argentum: Contemporary Silverpoint
NORTH RIVER ARTS SOCIETY, Marshfield Hills, MA Focus on Figures 2017 Juried Figure Exhibit
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, New York, NY The Artist’s Fellowship 158th Anniversary Awards Dinner
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
2016
THE ART MUSEUM OF SONG YUGUI, Shenyang, China
SPINNEREI, Leipzig, Germany TRANSMISSION: New York<-->Leipzig
PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Washington, DC The Art of the Portrait
THE NOBLE MARITIME COLLECTION, Staten Island, NY 28th Annual Noble Art Auction
FREEMAN’S AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS, Philadelphia, PA
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
2015
FREEMAN’S AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS, Philadelphia, PA
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
2014
THE NOBLE MARITIME COLLECTION, Staten Island, NY Inspired: Contemporary Artists Respond to John A. Noble, 26th Annual Noble Art Auction
THE TORPEDO FACTORY, Alexandria, VA
NORTH RIVER ARTS SOCIETY, Marshfield Hills, MA Focus on Figures 2014 Juried Figure Exhibit
THE MARKET AND SHOPS AT COMCAST CENTER, Philadelphia, PA Art at the Center
FREEMAN’S AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS, Philadelphia, PA
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
2013
SHANGHAI ART MUSEUM, Shanghai, China Contemporary American Realism
ZHEJIANG PROVINCAL MUSEUM, Zhejiang, China Contemporary American Realism
HUBEI PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, Hubei, China Contemporary American Realism
TIANJIN ART MUSEUM, Tianjin, China Contemporary American Realism
THE JANUS COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL OF ART, New York, NY
THE NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, New York, NY The Silverpoint Exhibition
THE NOBLE MARITIME COLLECTION, Staten Island, NY 25th Annual Noble Art Auction
S. R. BRENNEN GALLERIES, Santa Fe, NM
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
2012
BEIJING WORLD ART MUSEUM, Beijing, China Contemporary American Realism
SHANGHAI WORLD FINANCIAL CULTURAL & MEDIA CENTER, Shanghai, China The New York Academy of Art, Works
DALIAN MODERN MUSEUM, Dalian, China Contemporary American Realism
HERSH FINE ART, Glen Cove, NY Beauty Revisited
JOSHUA LINER GALLERY, New York, NY Resolve
FREEMAN’S AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS, Philadelphia, PA
THE NOBLE MARITIME COLLECTION, Staten Island, NY 24th Annual Noble Art Auction
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
LEGACY GALLERY, Scottsdale, AZ
2011
THE NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, New York,
NY ACOPAL’s Exhibition of Contemporary American and Chinese Realism
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, DR. M. T. GEOFFREY YEH ART GALLERY, Queens, NY Expressing the Figure: Drawings from Life
FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY FINE ARTS GALLERY, St. Louis, MO The Figure Now/Exhibition 2011 International Contemporary Drawing Juried Exhibition
THE PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART, Pasadena, CA 100th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
FREEMAN’S AUCTIONEERS AND APPRAISERS, Philadelphia, PA
2010
THE FORBES GALLERIES, New York, NY Forbidden Fruit: A History of Women and Books in Art
THE GRATZ GALLERY, Bucks County, PA Studio Incamminati
THE PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART, Pasadena, CA 99th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
2009
THE PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART, Pasadena, CA 98th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
BUCKS GALLERY OF FINE ART, Newtown, PA
2008
THE PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART, Pasadena, CA 97th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY Instructors’ Exhibition
2007
MIAMI CITY BALLET, Miami Beach, FL RAM Miami
DERRIER GUARD, 10TH Anniversary Festival, New York, NY
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY Summer Exhibition
2006
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA The Water Street Atelier
THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia, PA Artists Auction benefiting the Abraham Lincoln Foundation
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Interiors
JACKMAN HALL, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, Canada International Portrait Arts Festival
2005
THE FORBES GALLERIES, New York, NY The Next Generation of Realists
CENTURY GALLERY, Alexandria, VA Regional Realists
THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, D.C.
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
APEX GALLERY, Washington, DC Valentines
2004
APEX GALLERY, Washington, DC Realism Today
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY Faculty Exhibition
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Allegories
ARCADIA GALLERY, New York, NY Summer Exhibition
CENTURY GALLERY, Alexandria, VA The Figure and the Cast
JACKMAN HALL, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, Canada International Portrait Arts Festival
2003
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Exposed, The Nude
THE PASADENA MUSEUM OF ART, Pasadena, CA 93rd Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Self Portraits
ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, NY The Figure in American Art
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Denver CO Southwest Art Selects Artists to Watch
THE FORBES GALLERIES, New York, NY Views of Balleroy
ARCADIA GALLERY, New York, NY Summer Invitational
MISSION SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, San Juan Capistrano, CA 9th Annual California Art Club Plein Air Painting Event at Historic Mission San Juan Capistrano
CHEMERS GALLERY, Tustin, CA JACKMAN HALL, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, Canada International Portrait Arts Festival
2002
ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, NY Two-Man Exhibition
MORSEBURG GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA Nude: A Celebration of the Human Form
ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, NY The Figure in American Art
MORSEBURG GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA The Draughtsman's Eye, Annual Exhibition of Works on Paper
JACKMAN HALL, ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto, Canada International Portrait Arts Festival
2001
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York, NY A.S.O.P.A. Finalists
ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, NY Summer Salon
MORSEBURG GALLERIES, Los Angeles, CA The Draughtsman's Eye, Annual Exhibition of Works on Paper
THE STUDIO GALLERY, Alexandria, VA
2000
GRENNING GALLERY, Sag Harbor, NY Sketches of Spain
PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA, Washington, DC The Art of the Portrait
1999
THE DAHESH MUSEUM OF ART, New York, NY
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Drawings
MEREDITH LONG & COMPANY, Houston, TX The Water Street Atelier
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY Diploma Show
1998
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY Take Home a Nude
THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC
1994 THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC Dan Thompson: Recent Portraits
1992 THE CORCORAN SCHOOL OF ART WHITE WALLS GALLERY, Washington, DC Two Man Exhibition
1990
UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDING, Washington, DC MARY WASHINGTON COLLEGE, Fredericksburg, VA
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Charlottesville, VA An Artistic Discovery
COLLECTIONS
Stan Prokopenko, San Diego, CA
Heather Van Wolf, Palm Beach, FL
Anne Marie Zerega, Arlington, VA
Forbes Magazine, New York, NY
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
The Orkand Corporation, Washington, DC
Bruce and Leslie Allen, Miami, FL
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Kensington MD
Eileen Guggenheim, Ph.D
Stephan Barth, Munich, Germany
Stephen Foster, Washington, DC
City of Alexandria, Virginia
Lynn Brown, Houston, TX
Armando Papi, New Orleans, LA
John Pence, San Francisco, CA
Portrait Society of Canada, Toronto, Canada
Private, Tehran, Iran
SELECTED PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS
The University of Pennsylvania, Franz & Nina Strubl, Professor Abul Aziz Said, Michelle Marie Aaserod, Captain Charles W. Shilling, Dr. William J. Kinnard Jr., Professor Burt Wilson, Professor William A. Newman, The Meltzer Family, The Von Bertrab Family, The Fleitman Family
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Thompson, Dan, “The Art of Patrick Connors (1958-2022): Bridging Poetry and Vision” Forward
Casey, Todd, The Oil Painter’s Handbook: A Contemporary Guide to Color Mixing, Pigments, Palettes, and Harmony, Monacelli Studio, 2022.
Osti, Roberto, Dynamic Human Anatomy: An Artist’s Guide to Structure, Gesture, and the Figure in Motion, Monacelli Studio, 2021.
Thompson, Dan, “From the Periphery to the Center,” Rising Voices 2: The Bennett Prize for Women Realist Painters, 2021, pp. 52-55.
Trippi, Peter, “Myron Barnstone (1933-216) A Living Legacy,” Fine Art Connoisseur, March/April 2020, pp. 91-97.
Trippi, Peter, “In the Chair: Three Portraits, One Afternoon,” Fine Art Connoisseur, December 2019, pp. 96-99.
Hafesh, Louise, “The Alchemy that is Painting,” The Artist’s Magazine, March 2017, pp. 48-55.
Zeller, Robert. The Figurative Artist’s Handbook: A Contemporary Guide to Drawing, Painting and Composition, Monacelli Studio, 2017.
Urban, Erin M, Perspective: Robbins Reef, Noble Maritime Collection, 2016.
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Rinzler, Jonathan and Lucas, George, Star Wars Art: Visions, Abrams, 2010.
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SELECTED VIDEO/DVDS/EDUCATIONAL STREAMING
2021 DOMESTIKA, Berkeley, CA/Madrid, Spain
· Drawing Techniques For Planar Portraiture
2012 AMERICAN ARTIST SALMAGUNDI SERIES, New York, NY
· Figure Drawing I: Anatomy of the Head
· Figure Drawing II: The Gesture
selected Exhibition Catalogs
2017 STANEK GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA Nelson Shanks and His Influence: Past, Present & Future
2017 MARBURY NYC, New York, NY Argentum
2016 THE 28TH ANNUAL JOHN A. NOBLE ART AUCTION, Staten Island, NY
2015 THE 2014/2015 ARC SALON ART RENEWAL CENTER, Port Reading, NJ
2014 THE 26TH ANNUAL JOHN A. NOBLE ART AUCTION, Staten Island, NY
2013 THE 25TH ANNUAL JOHN A. NOBLE ART AUCTION, Staten Island, NY
2012 AMERICAN CHINESE OIL PAINTING ARTIST LEAGUE Contemporary American Realism
CHINA ACADEMY OF ART, Shanghai, China New York Academy of Art, WORKS
THE 24TH ANNUAL JOHN A. NOBLE ART AUCTION, Staten Island, NY
2011 CALIFORNIA ART CLUB 100h Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
2010 CALIFORNIA ART CLUB 99th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
2009 CALIFORNIA ART CLUB 98th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
2008 CALIFORNIA ART CLUB 97th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
2007 ART RENEWAL CENTER International 2007 ARC Salon 2006 ART RENEWAL CENTER International
2006 ARC Salon 2004 JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Allegories
2003 JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Self Portraits
2003 JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Exposed: The Nude
2002 ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, Richard Piloco, Dan Thompson
2000 MEREDITH LONG & COMPANY, Houston, TX The Water Street Atelier
1999 MEREDITH LONG & COMPANY, Houston, TX The Water Street Atelier
1999 JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Drawings
EDUCATION
1997 - 1999 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY MFA in Painting (magna cum laude)
1998 - 2000 THE WATER STREET ATELIER, Brooklyn, NY
1994 THE CORCORAN SCHOOL OF ART, BFA in Painting (honors)
1995 - 1997 CEDRIC B. EGELI PORTRAIT AND FIGURE DRAWING WORKSHOPS, Edgewater, MD
1997 - 2000 THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK
1997 PROFESSOR JOHN BANNON, Burke, VA (studio apprenticeship)
1996 BARNSTONE STUDIOS, Coplay, PA
1996 TORPEDO FACTORY ARTS CENTER, Alexandria, VA
1995 - 1996 MARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, Annapolis, MD
1994 - 1995 PROFESSOR WILLIAM A. NEWMAN, Washington, DC (studio apprenticeship)