Carbon Generations Artist Talk – Alex R.M. Thompson

Friday, November 8th, 6pm-7pm
Location: SNAP Gallery and Printshop, 10572 115 St. NW, Edmonton, AB T5H 3K6
Accessibility info: https://snapartists.com/accessibility-at-snap/

Join us along with Exhibiting Artist Alex Thompson for an artist talk in conjunction with his exhibition, Carbon Generations.

Carbon Generations is a toy block petrofantasia in miniature. Recasting waste material as educational plaything, this exhibition points to construction-themed children’s media and connects their narratives to the normalization of dominant worldviews. Fossil fuel-intensive industry, sanitizing characters like Bob the Builder, and the threat of shifting climate inform the work.

Opening Reception: Saturday October 19, 7pm-9pm

Alex R.M. Thompson is a print- and installation-based artist who holds a BFA from OCAD University (Toronto), and an MFA from University of Alberta (Edmonton). He teaches printmaking and drawing at the University of Alberta in the Faculty of Art & Design, and is an active member and instructor at the Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists (SNAP). He has participated in residencies at St. Michael’s Printshop (St. John’s, NL), Centre[3] (Hamilton, ON), The Banff Centre (Banff, AB), The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, ON), and the Akademia Sztuki Pięknych (Łódź, Poland). Notable exhibitions include Berlin (Galleri Heike Arndt), Venice (Cities of the Future: Living Together), and Toronto (Nuit Blanche, The Power Plant Gallery). He has participated in a number of portfolios, including Reimagining Fire (2023, Calgary) and Barometric (2016, Toronto) and was the principal organiser of Bituminous Partings, an ecologically-motivated print exchange/portfolio featuring artists from across Canada and the U.S. (2021). He has worked as a studio technician at OCADU (printmaking) and University of Alberta (sculpture), and as a plate-maker and master printer for a range of artists at Open Studio (Toronto), the University of Alberta, and the Remai Modern (Saskatoon, SK). He has been awarded a number of grants in support of his ongoing creative research.

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