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Born 1966. Lives and works in London.
Solo Shows
- 2020 - INSULAE (Of the Island), The Barbican (UK)
- 2020 - UNINVITED, ElectroPutere Gallery, Craiova (RO) - upcoming
- 2020 - Love Machines, Furtherfield Gallery (and online), London (UK) – upcoming
- 2019 - CKRBT, Watermans Gallery, London (UK)
- 2019 - INSULAE (Of the Island), The Barbican (UK)
- 2018 - The Seeker, Digital Design showcase, The V&A Museum (UK)
- 2016 - Backdoored.io, Bank Gallery, The Cass School of Art & Architecture, London (UK)
- 2014 - Museum of the Shared Now, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
- 2014 - SLURP!, London Canal Museum, London, UK
Group Shows
- 2020 - Visions in the Nunnery, London (UK) – upcoming
- 2020 - CADAF Contemporary and Digital Art Fair, Paris/Online (FR)
- 2020 - London Art Fair, London (UK)
- 2019 - CYFEST-12, St Petersberg (RU)
- 2019 - Desire Lines, Brighton Digital Festival (UK)
- 2019 - 2019 Bow Open Show, London (UK)
- 2019 - Ars Electronica 2019, Linz (AT)
- 2019 - Open Codes, Chronus Art Center, Shanghai (CN)
- 2019 - Don’t Be Evil, Printemps Numérique, Brussels (BE)
- 2019 - Living with the Internet of Things, Tate Modern (UK)
- 2019 - Paralogical Machines, Wei-Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (MY)
- 2019 - Open Codes 2, ZKM Karlsruhe (DE)
- 2018 - AI Art Gallery, NeurIPS Workshop on Machine Learning for Creativity and Design
- 2018 - Creative Machine 2, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
- 2018 - Uncommon Natures, Brighton Digital Festival, UK
- 2018 - Artificially Intelligent, V&A Museum, London, UK
- 2018 - Open Codes 2, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
- 2017 - humansbeingdigital, The Lowry, Manchester
- 2017 - Digital Weekender, Watermans, London
- 2017 - Instructions for Humans, BOM, Birmingham
- 2017 - TERMINAL>_, Avalanche Lounge, London
- 2016 - Fuzz, Project Space Wapping, London
- 2016 - The Internet Yami-Ichi, Tate Modern, London
- 2016 - Splitting the Beam, Project Space Wapping, London
- 2015 - Toys (Are Us), Crypt Gallery, London
- 2015 - Bow Arts Open 2015, STRUCTURE TEXTURE FUTURE, Nunnery Gallery, London
- 2015 - Candid Spring Salon, Islington, London
- 2014 - 30 Years of the Future, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
- 2013 - Thought Atlas, The Cass MA Show ‘13, Spring House, London
- 2013 - M-INT, The Cass Gallery, London
- 2013 - The strange impression of seeing things for the first time, Mile End Art Pavilion, London
Reviews & Editorial
- NYE THOMPSON, affectivity of the artificially intelligent entity, CLOT
- These Are the Art Stars Who Should Be on Your Radar, ELEPHANT
- The Seeker, Demiurge or spy?, Neural
- Nye Thompson – interview: ‘The bots are actually the primary audience for the show’, Studio International
- INSULAE [Of the Island] by Nye Thompson, Sky Arts 50
- INSULAE by Nye Thompson, Lumen Art Projects
- Group exhibition ‘Paralogical Machines’ engages with new media and experimental art, Star2.com
- Beyond the Machine: Artificially Intelligent, Medium
- Insecurity Cameras: Nye Thompson, Surveillance Art and the Making of Modern Anxiety Centre for the History of Emotions, Queen Mary University London
- Sniff the apocalypse: An art show with perfume for the end times, New Scientist
- Vídeovigilancia vulnerable: la obra de Nye Thompson, Número 41, Asociación Aragonesa de Críticos de Arte
- On Nye Thompson’s Backdoored, Accessibility and Anxiety, DesignSpark
- Backdoored: An interview with Nye Thompson, Furtherfield
- Who is watching you? CNN
- Art exhibition sparks global privacy debate, London Metropolitan University
- Privacy Commissioner Expresses Concern on the Featuring Images Captured from Unsecure Webcams in Hong Kong Used in a UK Art Exhibition, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
- Are you being watched? Wired
- “Immaterial Aesthetics – The Internet Yami-Ichi (Black Market)” Modern Weekly China
- Edward Snowdomes and edible internet cookies: welcome to Yami-ichi, The Guardian
- Backdoored. / Nye Thompson / Surveillance, intimacy and the net
- Art Monthly, Manchester Art Round-Up: Bob Dickinson features 30 Years of the Future
- Tom Emery reviews 30 Years of the Future for Corridor8
- Futuristic community museum a success at London Met
TV & Radio
Writing
Symposia, Talks & Panels
- ‘out of the air’: Women, Creativity and Intelligence Work, Bletchley Park
- Trajectories Symposium, Watermans
- Disobedient AI; Alternative strategies for reclaiming future technologies, Random Strings Festival Symposium
- The Messy Edge, Brighton Digital Festival
- Trajectories Symposium, Watermans
- How intimate is your data? The Lowry
- Instructions4Humans, APHE Conference
- Who can you trust? BFI Southbank
- Backdoored, Nunnery Gallery
Education
- 2011 – 2013 MA Fine Art by Practice (Distinction), The Cass School of Art & Architecture, London Metropolitan University
- 1986 – 1989 BA Hons Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
- 1985 – 1986 Art Foundation, Carmarthen Art College
Awards, Residencies & Commissions
- Week 53 Commission for The Lowry
- Arts Council England Projects Grant (2020)
- Rapoport Award for Women in Art & Technology 2019 shortlist
- Lumen Prize 2019 finalist
- ElectoPutere AIR 2019 Artist Residency (RO)
- Arts Council England Projects Grant (2019)
- Barbican/Lumen Art Projects Commission for Sky Arts 50 (UK)
- Lumen Prize 2018 finalist
- Artists International Development Fund Award (2018)
- Arts Council England G4A Award (2017)
- Artist Award Islington Exhibits 2014 (UK)
Collections
- V&A Museum National Collection, International and UK private collections