Nye Thompson (she/her b. 1966) is an artist turned software designer turned artist. Her work spans image-making, video and sculptural installation, film-making, archiving, mapping, experimental software architectures and process-based performance.
UK and international exhibitions include Tate Modern, The Barbican, The Lowry, The V&A, ZKM Karlsruhe, Chronus Art Center, Ars Electronica and The Louvre. Her work has been featured on BBC, Radio 4, Channel 4 News, CNN, Flash Art, the Guardian and Wired.
Thompson has made the world's first AI horror film for machines and exchanged postcards postcards with orbiting satellites. Her very first solo show in 2016 - described by C4 News as “too shocking to broadcast” - became global clickbait and triggered an international government complaint. She has been called "a contemporary Jacques Cousteau" (Bob & Roberta Smith) and "the new Big Brother" (Vogue).
Thompson and UBERMORGEN received the Lumen Prize Gold Award 2021 for their AI film UNINVITED. Her work is included in the V&A Museum National Collection, LI-MA and other international and UK private collections.
Thompson has a Fine Art degree from YBA-era Goldsmiths. She followed this with a career in software and human-machine interface design before returning to artistic practice with an MA in 2013. She is based in the UK and operates between London and mid-Wales.