About the Residency

Artist Thompson Hall has been selected for an artist residency at Autograph, to support the development of his creative practice during the Covid-19 crisis. With support from ActionSpace, the residency will take place 7th March – 31st May 2022 in Autography’s building  in Hackney, London.

The residency is an open-ended opportunity, providing space to think and create without the expectation of a fixed outcome. Hall will be provided with travel expenses, a free to support the residency, a material budget, production assistance, a private studio space and access to our archive.

This on-site residency will be Autograph’s first, signifying a landmark moment in our history. It is an outcome of our ongoing work in collaboration with Project Art Works, on the Explorers project, and with Shape Arts on the Transforming Leadership programme, as part of which Hall has received mentoring from Autograph’s Learning and Participation Manager, Livvy Murdoch, and our Director, Mark Sealy.

About the Artist

Thompson Hall is a London based artist. Primarily working with acrylic paint and pastel drawings, Hall’s often colourful palette takes inspiration from artists including Chris Ofili and Frank Auerbach. Through abstracted symbols and text, Hall’s work explores the inequalities of society and the world around him, in regards to politics, social change, marginalisation and, most recently, the impact that Covid-19 is having on society.

Hall was awarded an Emerging Artist commission and a Micro Grant from Unlimited in 2017 and 2020 respectively. He has exhibited in group shows across the UK and has had solo exhibitions at Regency Town House in Hove, Brighton Dome, and Project Ability, Glasgow. Hall is a resident artist ActionSpace’s Cockpit Arts Studio.

Find out more about the artist via ActionSpace’s website.