Wes Thompson
Self-taught sculptor Wes Thompson gathers medium from his environment in a dance of exchange between his body and the bodies that make up his home state–Cypress and fallen Juniper branches–to compose his sculptural systems, humble and strong like houses that weren’t meant for us, or a model of another system beyond our comprehension in synecdoche. He is based in Austin, Texas.
Jackknife
28" x 18" x 5"
Paper pulp and juniper wood
2023
Under The Fence
35" x 16" x 12.5"
Juniper wood
2023
Stickers For Your Toes (Euphoric Release II)
Paper pulp and Mesquite wood Toes: 6" x 3"
Sculpture: 16" x 13" x 18"
2023
Toes for Grounding
7" x 18" x 3"
Juniper wood
2023
Chair 4
Paper pulp
2022
You breathe in deep
and feel the dust
made of deer hair and dead berries
absorb into your lungs
as you integrate your world
and shed your skin for the bugs to eat
and your home spreads
to everywhere you touch
67" x 58" wide x 36" tall
Paper pulp, pecan wood, ashe juniper, pit fired Colorado river clay, corrugated metal
2022
Wes Thompson CV
Exhibitions
2025
Felix Art Fair, Martha’s, Los Angeles, CA
2024
NADA Miami, Martha’s, Miami, FL
Troubeled Waters, The Gang Way NPT, Newport, Rhode Island
NADA NYC, Martha’s, New York, NY
I Want to Believe, Group exhibition, Marhta’s x 12.26 Gallery, Austin, Texas
2023
All Of The Clocks Have Been Wrong For Years, group show, MASS Gallery, Austin, Tx
NADA Miami, group exhibition, Martha’s, Austin, Tx
Echo, two-person exhibition, Martha’s, Austin, Tx
Half Gallery BARN, Half Gallery, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair, group exhibition Martha’s, Austin,Tx
2022
Unseen Threads, group exhibition, Martha’s, Austin, Tx
Dallas Art Fair, group exhibition Martha’s, Austin,Tx
2021
What You See Is What You Get, solo exhibition, Martha’s, Austin, Tx
Wes Thompson in front of Night Sky holding Vessel for Holding Berries and Your Heart, 2021
