RESUME

Born: 1953, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EXIBITIONS (& internet) selected

2010
The New Intimists, group, curated by Samantha Friedman, catalog, Nurtureart, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Navy Yard Arts Group Exhibit, curated by John Ros, Brooklyn NY
The Drawing Center Curated Viewing Program, New York, NY

2009
Nurtureart Benefit, juried group exhibition, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
$99 Benefit Sale, group, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
20x200, A Jen Bekman Project, limited edition archival artists prints, www.20x200.com
White Columns Artists Curated Registry www.whitecolumns.org
Nurtureart, August Featured Registry Artist www.nurtureart.org
Style Court, featured on blog about decorative arts, books, art history and interior design, www.stylecourt.blogspot.com
Flavorwire, featured on a blog for cultural news and critique, www.flavorwire.com
Entwine, Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, solo in artist's studio, Brooklyn, NY

2008 Chambers, Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, solo in artist's studio, Brooklyn, NY

2007
Around the Corner, solo, Tillies of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
A Ruched Life, Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, solo in artist's studio, Brooklyn, NY

2006 Outta My Gourd, Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, solo in artist's studio, Brooklyn, NY

2005 Around the Corner, Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, solo in artist's studio, Brooklyn, NY

2004 Silent Auction Benefit, group, Art in General, New York, NY

1994
Paper Doll/Social Template, group, curated by Sally Heller, Organization of Independent Artists, Police Building Gallery, New York, NY

1983 Nimslo 3-D Photographs/Selected Artists, group, Castelli Graphics, New York, NY

1982  
Small Works, group invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, New York
New Art by New York Artists, group, Milliken Gallery, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC

1981 New Work, group, curated by Sally Heller, Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, NY

1980
Quick Cuts/Hot Flashes, 2-person with Heather Holden, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Occasional Tables/Vein of Iron, MFA thesis, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Texas Fine Arts Association Annual Exhibition, group, juried by Linda Cathcart, Austin, TX

1979
Patterns for Informal Dining, 2-person with Sally Heller, Richmond Artists Workshop, Richmond VA
Needing Dough – Making Bread, group, Woman’s Bank Gallery, Women’s Caucus for Art, Richmond, VA
From Boudoir to Boardroom, group, Richmond Public Library, Women’s Caucus for Art, Richmond, VA

1978 New Work, solo, Richmond Artists Workshop, Richmond, VA

1976 The Syracuse Show, group, juried by Clement Greenberg, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY

OTHER VISUAL ARTS AND DESIGN EXPERIENCE
2003-2004
Volunteer, New-York Historical Society, Prints and Photography, assisted in processing more than 2000 photographs by the early 20th century Pictorialist photographer, Doris Ulmann.

1982-1999
Shortly after graduate school, Thomsen moved from Richmond, Virginia, to New York where she joined four friends, Tom Dair, Dan Formosa, Davin Stowell, and Tucker Viemeister in founding Smart Design, a renowned industrial and graphic design firm. With some 50 employees in 1999, it is now more than 100 employees with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Barcelona. Smart is best known for its Oxo Good Grips kitchen gadgets which can be found at Target and in the MOMA design collection.

1993  Served on National Endowment for the Arts Design Grant Panel

1979-1980 At Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Virginia:
Adjunct Faculty, drawing and painting
Graduate Assistant, Art and Critical Theory Class
"Feminist Strategies in Art and Teaching," Moderator Panel Discussion
Graduate Assistant, Anderson Gallery

EDUCATION
1980 MFA, Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University,  Richmond, VA
1976 BFA, Painting, magna cum laude, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY