Reynaldo Thompson, an artist, curator and  writer,  coordinates  the School of Digital Arts of the University of Guanajuato, Mexico. He was born in the State of Guanajuato in Mexico. Since his early years as an artist he concentrated his attention on the representation of the human body and ontological concerns from a deconstructive perspective explored through different media such as digital photography, monochrome painting and interactive animation.  His visual art and architecture background helps him to play with the interaction of space, time and art.

In 2006 he was awarded a scholarship from the CONACULTA and has participated in more than 30 solo and group shows in the United States, Latin America and London. His works have been shown in collective and solo shows in spaces such as the Dallas Museum of Art for the Day of the Death (October-November, 2002), the Centro Cultural de España in Mexico city with the show Chateau de l’ame: trilogy of water (February- March, 2006) and the Museum of Modern Art of Santo Domingo with the video-installation Red Alive (June 14, 2008). His works have also been exhibited in many other public and private shows. He also participated in an experimental project in London organized by Phyllida Barlow and sponsored by the Arts Council of England entitled What do artists do? in October 2008.  In June 2009 he will have a solo show in Demolden Gallery Project in Santander, Spain.  He had also participated as a curator in many exhibitions in the last three years.

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Designation					Escuela de Artes Digitales, Campus Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Comunidad Palo Blanco Carr. Salamanca-Valle de Santiago, Km. 3.5, Salamanca, Gto. Mexico
Contact					Phone (464)647 9940 ext. 2364 (Office) Fax (464) 647 9940 ext 2311 (Office) E-mail: reynaldothompson@yahoo.com,
E D U C A T I O N	Ph.D. Arts and Humanities. Aesthetic Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas. Dallas, TX 2004 Dissertation Title:  The Body Without Form Dir. Dr. Richard Brettell   Master in Arts. Aesthetic Studies The University of Texas at Dallas. Dallas, TX 2000 Thesis Title: Under the Eternal Shade of the Skin Dir. M.F.A. Marilyn Waligore   Ph. D. Program. The Sense of Modern Architecture Escuela Superior de Arquitectura.  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.  Barcelona, Spain. Sept. 1992-August 1996 Thesis in process.  Title:  Luis Barragán: Modernity or Tradition Dir. Dr. Helio Piñón   Bachelor Degree in Architecture. Universidad de Guanajuato; Guanajuato, Mexico 1989   Academic Exchange. École d’Architecture.  Université Laval. Quebec, Canada. 1987
T E A C H I N G   E X P E R I E N C E	Coordinator of the School of Digital Arts in the University of Guanajuato, Campus Salamanca. Mexico. Feb 2008-   Course of specialization on Curatorial Practice organized by the Centro de las Artes de Guanajuato in Salamanca, Mexico.  August-November 2008; Participating curators. Elin Luque Agraz (Casa Lamm, Mexico City), Dr. Reynaldo Thompson (University of Guanajuato), Dr. Carlos Aranda, Mtro. Guillermo Santamarina (Museo El Eco, Mexico City), Mtro. Omar Gasta, Mtro. Francisco Romero (Galerist), Mtro. David García   Full time professor at the School of Plastic Arts of the University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato capital.  2006-2008   Part time professor at the School of Design of the University of Guanajuato, Mexico.  2005-2006   Teaching Assistant. (Fall 2000-Spring 2003), Slide Library, Department of Arts and Humanities. The University of Texas at Dallas.   Research Assistant. (Fall 1998-Summer 2000), Center for US-Mexico Studies. The University of Texas at Dallas.
P U B L I C A T I O N S             E X H I B I T I O N S                                             E X H I B I T I O N S	Publication with Norma Aguirre of the article “Innovación Artística y Empresarial de la nueva oferta educativa de la Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica, Eléctrica y Electrónica (FIMEE) de la Universidad de Guanajuato, (el caso de las licenciaturas en Gestión Empresarial y Artes Digitales)” in the electronic magazine of COEPES, April 2008.  The article can be read at:                http://www.coepesguanajuato.org.mx/revista/contenido.php?recordID=96   §  Artwork published in newspapers:  El Pais              24 de febrero de 2006 por Francesc Relea, Reforma.           20 de febrero de 2006 por Julieta Riveroll, Milenio.             17 de febrero de 2006 por Cynthia Fabila, Cronica.            17 de febrero de 2006 por Mauricio Marcin, El Universal       14 de febrero de 2006 por Miguel Angel Ceballos   §  Artwork published in the catalogue for the inaugural exhibition of the Latino Cultural Center.  Dallas.  Sept. 2003 §  Artwork published in Artlies magazine numbers 27 and 31
	I N D I V I D U A L	Versus							Museo del Pueblo, Guanajuato, México February 27, 2009
		Red Alive							Museo de Arte Moderno de Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo, DR, June 14, 2008
		Red Alive							Wynwood Project Space, University of Miami Coral Gable, FL, Enero-Febrero 2008
		Red Alive							The McKinney Avenue Contemporary. Dallas, TX , 5 mayo- 16 junio, 2007
		El Banquete: paloma, serpiente y cerdo							University of Texas at Dallas.  Cecil and Ida Green Center.15 Sept.-25 Octubre, 2003
		Concentración							Museo Histórico de San Miguel de Allende, Gto. Mexico, 16 Julio-1o. Agosto, 2001
		Concentración							Museo de Arte Contemporáneo “Alfredo Zalce” Morelia, Mich. México. 20 Abril- 23 Mayo 2001
		Ausencias							Museo Iconográfico del Quijote. Guanajuato, Gto. México 4 Enero-28 Febrero, 2001
		Bajo la eterna sombra de la piel							Centro de conferencias de la Universidad de Texas en Dallas. Para la reunión del Presidente electo de México Lic. Vicente Fox, y el Candidato a la presidencia de Estados Unidos: George W. Bush 25 Agosto- 9 Sept. 2000.
		Bajo la eterna sombra de la piel							Universidad de Texas en Dallas.  Edificio de Artes Visuals. 16 Junio-14 de Julio, 2000
	C O L L E C T I V E	Gallery walk         Between Walls       Nothing to declare       Docentes de Artes Plásticas Universidad de Guanajuato       Castillo del Alma: trilogía del agua Con Nacho Angulo y Rax Rinnekangas   Inter Play       Conspicuous Production							Edge Zones Contemporary Art 2214 N. Miami Avenue Miami, FL 9 de febrero-8 de marzo, 2008   Wynwood Art Projects University of Miami Miami, FL 9 febrero-8 de marzo, 2008   Galería Eloisa Jiménez FIAC 2007 Leon, Gto 3-19 agosto, 2007   Sala Hermenegildo Bustos y Polivalente Universidad de Guanajuato 17 mayo-15 junio, 2007   Centro Cultural de España Guatemala No. 18 México; DF 16 Feb-26 marzo, 2006   Galería Eloisa Jiménez FIAC 2006 Leon, Gto 22 abril-25 mayo, 2006   Centro Cultural Metropolitano Tampico, Tamaulipas agosto-septiembre, 2006   Museo de las Culturas Matehuala, San Luís Potosí Octubre-Noviembre 2006   Museo del Desierto Saltillo, Coahuila 9 Febrero-9 Abril 2007       Patio de la Facultad de Derecho y Galeria T. Chavez Morado Universidad de Guanajuato. 17 de Agosto-15 Sept. 2006   The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX 25 Junio-30 Julio, 2005
		Exhibición Inaugural							Centro Cultural Latino Dallas, Texas 17 Sept.2003-28 Mar. 2004
		Tech Talk: mediated images							The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art 11 Abril-31 Mayo, 2003
		Dia de los Muertos							Dallas Museum of Art FINA foundation Gallery Dallas, Texas 17 Oct.- 15 Nov. 2002
		Jet Set							Universidad de Texas en Dallas Edificio de Artes Visuales 6 Sept.-5 Oct. 2002
		Architects as Artists							Arlington Museum of Art Arlington, Texas 12 Abril-11 Mayo, 2002
		“W” the Seventh Annual Member’s Invitational at the MAC							The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX 4 Agosto-2Sept. 2001
		C:/Pixels							The Art Corridor.  Tarrant County College, Arlington, TX. 26 Feb.-6 Abril, 2001
		2001 Expo (Concurso)							500X Gallery Dallas, TX 6 Enero-24 Feb. 2001
		Black and Blue							The McKinney Avenue Contemporary. Dallas, TX 5-27 Agosto, 2000
C U R A D U R I A S	Beyond Berta Jayo     Backward, Forward, Play								Galería Jesus Gallardo, Universidad de Guanajuato Lascuraín de Retana # 5, Guanajuato, Gto 5-26 de septiembre, 2008   Bar Whoo Pees’, Manuel Doblado # 49 Guanajuato, Gto. 12 de febrero-5 Marzo 2008
	@ risk Proyecto curatorial bimestral de A:RT TT:TTT								Bar Woo Pees. Manuel Doblado # 39 Guanajuato, Gto 21 de noviembre-14 diciembre, 2007
	Glocal Phyllida Barlow (Londres) Papo Colo (Nueva York) Saskia Jorda (Nueva York) Pasha Radetzki (Nueva York) Fabian Peake (Londres)								Galería Jesús Gallardo Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo Leon, Guanajuato. México 3-19 agosto, 2007
	Combinaciones Lineales								Festival del Desierto San Luis Potosí, Mexico 3-9 junio 2007
	Entre Muros / Between Walls								Galerías Tomas Chávez Morado y El Atrio Universidad de Guanajuato Guanajuato. México 6 de noviembre al 2 de diciembre de 2006   Galería Casa de las Monas Feria del Arte Leon, Guanajuato. México 11 de Enero al 28 de Febrero de 2007   CAS Gallery University of Miami Coral Gable, FL 25 enero- 22 febrero 2008   Centro Cultural de España, Santo Domingo Republica Dominicana 14 al 22 de junio, 2008
Awards   &   Grants			Grant by the USD Consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico to invite American artists to participate in the show Between Walls. Nov. 2006   Grant of $ 3500 USD by the Instituto Estatal de la Cultura de Guanajuato to curate the itinerant exhibition Between Walls.   Artwork selected for display at the meeting in UTD of the elected president of Mexico Vicente Fox and the American president candidate George W. Bush.  Dallas.  August 2000   The University of Texas at Dallas provided me with founds to travel for the opening of my exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Morelia, Mexico. April 2001   My proposal for the display of the former art collection of Clement Greenberg was suggested by Dr. Richard Brettell to the Portland Museum of Art as the most elegant. 2001   Honorific mention by the Dallas Museum of Art Curator:  Chalie Wylie for the art competition 2001 at 500X Gallery. Dallas, TX   Received in 1995 a scholarship from the Insituto de Cooperación Latinoamericana in Spain in to continue the research for my architecture dissertation.
Conferences Attended						College Art Association Annual Conference.  Dallas, TX.  February, 2008   ACT.  Art, Communication and Technology.  Workshop.  FIMEE University of Guanajuato.  November 22, 2007   III Simposio de Investigación en arte y diseño.  Organized by the ENAP of the UNAM.  November 2007   International Conference on Advances in the Internet, Processing, Systems, and Interdisciplinary Research. IPSI 2006 Amalfi, Italia. March 2006   6th International Congress of Architecture and Design Arquine. Mexico City. March 2005   Colloquium Las vanguardias cumplen 100 años.  Barcelona, Spain. June 1994   Architecture Congress Metropolis. Barcelona, Spain. November 1993
Presentations   &   Interviews								§  Conference The Art of Uncertainty at the Centro Cultural de España with Holly Block, Diane Cambery, Amable Lopez, Tumelo Mosaka, and Charo Oquet. June 13, 2008 §  Talk at the University of Miami on the subject of the exhibition Between Walls.  January 25, 2008 §  Talk Body Without Form delivered at the School of Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright in Taliesin, Wisconsin.  July 2007 §  Talk at the FIAC (Festival internacional de Arte Contemporáneo in Leon, Mexico) with Maris Bustamante on the topic of the representation of the human body in Contemporary art, May 2006. §  Interviewed by Queen Matthews for Art Matters (radio station Classical 101) about my exhibition The Banquet: pigeon, snake and pig. Dallas, Sept. 2003 §  Art talk at the Dallas Center for Contemporary Art for the exhibit Tech Talk: mediated images.  May 2003
Endeavors				Artist in Residency at Taliesin Artist Residency Program in the Frank Lloyd Wright  Foundation. Wisconsin.  June-July 2007.  Artist in Residency at UTD-Southside Program. Summer 2003-Fall 2004 Coordinator in Dallas for the exhibition Ten Mexican Architects. McKinney Contemporary Coordinator in Dallas for the exhibition Speedy Gonzalez is German.  UTD Gallery. Design and manufacture of the furniture for the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Museums (CISM) at UTD. Artwork exhibited in more than 30 solo and group shows in the US and Latin-America (2001- 2008). Travelled extensively in Europe, North America, India and Morocco.
Membership							Member of the College Art Association
Languages							English, French and Spanish.