Seth Thompson spent his childhood in the Washington, D. C. area; he has lived in the Pacific Northwest since 1962. He began painting in 1971; in 1993, he started working as a photographer in rural San Luis Potosi state, Mexico. His series Poca Luz shows church, store, and home interiors as they are naturally lit. He has also been working on night and landscape images in both Mexico and the Northwest.

Education:

M.F.A., Painting, University of Oregon, 1987

Doctoral studies, English, Film Criticism, Art History, University of Oregon, 1976-79

M.A., English and Film Criticism, University of Oregon, 1976

B.A., English, University of Oregon, 1971, Phi Beta Kappa

B.A., English, University of Oregon, 1971, Phi Beta Kappa
Duke University, 1967-68, Phi Eta Sigma

Solo Exhibitions:

Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Poca Luz, 2003

Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, House of Altars, 2001
published in Blue Sky #31 and #32, pp. 1-4. Blue Sky Gallery: Portland, 2001

G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Casa de Altares, 2001

Casa de Cultura, Municipio de Tampico, Imagenes de Mexico y Cuba, 1999

Benham Gallery, Seattle, Meditations on the Altiplano Potosino, 1998

Augen Gallery, Portland, 1984

Artists' Union Gallery, Eugene, Oregon, 1982

Selected Group Shows:

Fototeca, Havana; and Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle: Cuba: Within/Without, 2001/2003

G. Gibson Gallery, Small Wonders, 2002; New Year/New Work, 2000

Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Place, 2001

Arizona Commission for the Arts Travelling Exhibition; and Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arizona, Light Sensitive, 1998/2000

Lead Gallery, Seattle, Angelophanies, 1999, 1998; 2-D, 1999

Photographic Center Northwest, Recuerdos de Mexico, 1999

Linda Cannon Gallery, New Painters, Seattle, 1994

Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington, Eighth Annual Northwest Art Competition, 1988, awarded Best of Show

Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon, Mayor's Art Show; juried, 1987; invitational, 1986

Purchase Awards:

City of Seattle, Printworks/Photoworks and One Percent for the Arts Purchases, 2003

Employment:

Faculty, Photographic Center Northwest (NASAD accredited), Seattle, since 1999

Cooperative Gallery Member, Artists' Union Gallery, Eugene, Oregon, 1982-1984

Research Writer, ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, University of Oregon, 1976-79

Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of English, University of Oregon, 1975-77

Caseworker, Oregon Children's Services Division, McMinnville, Oregon, 1972-74