Background
Thompson, Mark Lee was born in Ma 1950 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, United States. Son of James B. and Beverly J. Thompson.
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Mark Lee Thompson
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Student, Virginia Polytech Institute, 1968-1970; Bachelor in Art, University of California, Berkeley, 1972; Master of Arts in Sculpture, University of California, Berkeley, 1973.
Career
Lecturer conceptual design, San Francisco State University, 1988-1989;
lecturer sculpture, San Francisco State University, 1991-1993;
Adjunct Professor sculpture, California College Arts and Crafts, since 1993. Visiting lecturer U. College London, 1990. Graduate workshop San Francisco StateU., 1992, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1994, Chicago School The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1995,Stanford University, 1995, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1995.
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Recipient Visual Artists award Flintridge Foundation, 1997-1998, Wattis Artists-in-Residence award Yuerba Buena Center Arts, 1999. Project grantee fund United States Artists International Festivals Rockefeller Foundation United States Information Agency National Endowment Arts, 1989, project grantee, Inc., Art Matters, New York, 1989, Visual Arts fellowship grantee National Endowment Arts, 1989, AVA 11 Artist fellowship grantee Awards in Visual Arts, 1991-1992, New Genre Artists fellowship grantee California Arts Council, 1992. United States-Japan Creative Artist Exchange fellow National Endowment Arts/Japan-United States Friendship Commission, 1990, Creative Artist sculpture fellow Cultural Arts, City of Oakland, California, 1994, Civitella Ranieri Center fellow, Umbertide, Italy, since 2001.Recipient Visual Artists award Flintridge Foundation, 1997-1998, Wattis Artists-in-Residence award Yuerba Buena Center Arts, 1999. Project grantee fund United States Artists International Festivals Rockefeller Foundation United States Information Agency National Endowment Arts, 1989, project grantee, Inc., Art Matters, New York, 1989, Visual Arts fellowship grantee National Endowment Arts, 1989, AVA 11 Artist fellowship grantee Awards in Visual Arts, 1991-1992, New Genre Artists fellowship grantee California Arts Council, 1992. United States-Japan Creative Artist Exchange fellow National Endowment Arts/Japan-United States Friendship Commission, 1990, Creative Artist sculpture fellow Cultural Arts, City of Oakland, California, 1994, Civitella Ranieri Center fellow, Umbertide, Italy, since 2001.