CURRICULUM VITAE

2013–present

Owner Operator Artist: J D Thompson Fine Paintings

1990–2013

Creative Director: J. Douglas Thompson and Associates, Advertising and Design

1987–1990

Art Director/designer: SIM International Media

1982–1987

Art Director/designer: HCJB World Radio, Colorado Springs, USA/Quito, Ecuador, S.A.

1980–1982

Account Executive/design consultant: Somerville Belkin Industries Limited, Advertising

1975–1980

Account Executive/design consultant: The Display Group, Advertising

1970-1975

Graphic Designer/illustrator: STL Publishing, London, England

1964-2006

Painted part-time from 1964 through 2006 and has been painting 80% of his time from 2007 to 2013, 2013-present full time.

2013–present

J D Thompson Fine Paintings, Studio/Gallery

Bloomfield, Prince Edward County

SideStreet Gallery, Wellington

One Man Show, Maison Depoivre Gallery, Picton ON, 2017

RoseHall Winery, Prince Edward County, 2018

Artstrail.ca (Annual professional galleries in PEC)

Studio Tour Autumn Show, Prince Edward County, Annual

Galerie Au P’tit Bonheur, La Malbaie, Quebec, 2021-Present

Radiance Through the Rain, published limited edition 160 page coffee table book, including 61 essays and poems by J. D. Thompson with 100 paintings

Blog: www.radiancethroughtherain.com (blog taking off where the book left off)

2016

SideStreet Gallery, Wellington

Canadian Heritage Art Company, Kleinburg, ON

Gallery 133, Toronto, ON

Hazelton Galleries, Toronto

J. Douglas Thompson Studio/Gallery, Prince Edward County

2009–2013

Gallery 133, Toronto, ON

Canadian Heritage Art Company, Kleinburg, ON

One man show: CBC building, Front Street, Toronto

2008

Koyman Galleries, Ottawa, ON

Gallery on the Grand, Kitchener, ON

Gallery 133, Toronto, ON

Tangerine Gecko Gallery, Markham, ON

Canadian Heritage Art Company, Kleinburg, ON

Denison Galleries, Toronto

Cannington House Galleries, Oakville, ON

The Framing Place Galleries, Huntsville, ON

Spectrum Gallery, Toronto

Burdette Galleries, Orton, ON

2007

Gallery 133, Toronto, ON

Tangerine Gecko Gallery, Markham, ON

Canadian Heritage Art Company, Kleinburg, ON

Denison Galleries, Toronto

Cannington House Galleries, Oakville, ON

The Framing Place Galleries, Huntsville, ON

Spectrum Gallery, Toronto

Burdette Galleries, Orton, ON

2006

Whitby Station Gallery, Studio Tour

Bremner Fine Art Gallery/Northland Art Company

Denison Gallery,Toronto

Art Expo, Toronto

Access Fine Art: Giclee publications

J. Douglas Thompson & Associates/Fine Art Division/Giclee publications

2005

Whitby Station Gallery, Studio Tour

Bremner Fine Art Gallery/Northland Art Company

Denison Gallery,Toronto

Access Fine Art: Giclee publications

2004

3 man show, Kathleen Gormley

Mckay Art Centre

Whitby Station Gallery, Studio Tour

Inverlynn Gallery, Whitby, ON: one man show (curator, Margaret Elizabeth Schell)

Denison Gallery:Toronto

2003

3 man show, Kathleen Gormley

Mckay Art Centre

Whitby Station Gallery, Studio Tour
Denison Gallery, Toronto

2002

Denison Gallery:Toronto, one man show

Art Expo, New York, NY

3 man show, Kathleen Gormley Mckay Art Centre

2001

Inverlynn Gallery, Whitby, ON: one man show (curator, Margaret Elizabeth Schell)

Denison Gallery: Toronto, work on exhibit

3 man show, Kathleen Gormley Mckay Art Centre

Northland Art Company, work on exhibit

2000

3 man show: Kathleen Gormley Mckay Art Centre 

Denison Gallery:Toronto, work on exhibit

1999

3 man show: Unionville

3 man show: Carruthers Creek Community Church

One man show: Tyndale Seminary, Toronto

Whitby Station Gallery, Studio Tour

Denison Gallery:Toronto, work on exhibit

1998

Inverlynn Gallery, Whitby, ON: one man show

(curator, Margaret Elizabeth Schell)

Art in the Park, Uxbridge

Christmas in Unionville: 3 man show, The Grey House

Annual show at J. D. Thompson Gallery

1997

McJarrow Gallery, St. Jacobs: One man show

3 man show, Whitby, ON: 3 perspectives on the subject

Annual show at J. D. Thompson Gallery

1996

Gallery on the Lake, Buckhorn

Coburg Art Festival

3 man show, Christmas in Unionville

Annual show at J. D. Thompson Gallery

1995

CAPIC (Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators) annual show

Annual show at J. D. Thompson Gallery

1988-1995

Annual show at J. D. Thompson Gallery

1987-1988

Regular showing at Manna Gallery, Kleinburg

1965–1987

Regular shows at Julianne Galleries of Fine Art,

Pickering, Fairview Mall,

Parkway Plaza, Yonge and Bloor, Toronto

Buckhorn Wildlife Festival

3 man show: Museum, Quito, Ecuador, S.A.

Annual shows at J. D. Thompson Studio