Ezra Thompson

Lecturer

Professor of Art, Drawing and Painting

Education

• M.F.A. Studio Art (Painting); Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
• Advanced Graduate Certificate in Art History and Philosophy; Stony Brook University
• B.F.A. Studio Art (Painting): The Cooper Union, New York, New York

Courses Taught

• Drawing
• Painting
• Life Drawing & Painting

Scholarly Activity

Recent Exhibitions:

• Winter 2026 Solo Series, Abington Art Center, Solo Exhibition, Jenkintown, PA (upcoming 2026)
• Conceptual Romance, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, curator Jared Quinton, New Haven, CT (2025)
• The Real: Realism to Hyperrealism, Abington Art Center, Juried Exhibition, Jenkintown, PA (2025)
• Lean On Me, T7 Gallery Fort Tilden, Rockaway Artists Alliance, Juried Exhibition, Queens, NY (2025)
• Spaces of Expansion, OMNI Gallery, curator Dawn Lee, Uniondale, NY (2025)
• Something Nostalgic, WaterWorks Art Museum, Juried Exhibition, Miles City, MT (2025)
• Winter Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, juror Glenn Goldberg, New York, NY (2025)
• Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial, UMW Galleries, Fredericksburg, VA (2024)
• Long Island Biennial, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY (2024)
• NO DEAD ARTISTS, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA (2024)
• Prince Street Gallery Juried Show, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY (2024)
• 107th Annual Juried Exhibition, Bendheim Gallery, juror Ramsay Kolber (Guggenheim), Greenwich, CT (2024)
• Realism vs. the Abstract, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY (2024)

Fellowships/Artist Residencies

• White Columns Curated Artist Registry, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY (2024)
• Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (2013)
• Aljira Emerge, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ (2006)
• American-Scandinavian Fellowship, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, NY (2004)
• Rothenberg Fellowship, The Cooper Union, New York, NY (1998)

Other Professional Experiences

• Lecturer, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York (2022 – 2025)
• Gallery Assistant, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, New York (2002)
• Conservation Assistant, Frick Art Reference Library, New York, New York (2000)
• Curatorial Intern, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (1998)
• Conservation Assistant, David M. Lantz Art Textiles, New York, New York (1997)