Jessica Thompson is a new media artist whose projects explore social interactions within public space through sound, performance and mobile technologies. Her sound pieces create collaborative situations with audiences, where the integrity of the artwork is determined by willing participants.
Her projects have been shown in exhibitions and festivals such as ARCO, (Madrid) MACO, (Mexico City) dp003, (Dundee, Scotland) ISEA 2006, (San Jose, CA) the Conflux Festival, (New York), Thinking Metropolis, (Copenhagen) InterAccess Artist Run Centre, (Toronto) Video Pool, (Winnipeg) and most recently at the Deep Wireless Festival of Radio and Transmission Art. (Toronto)
She lives and works between Toronto, Canada and Buffalo, New York and is an MFA Candidate in the Department of Media Study at the University at Buffalo.
Her work is represented by p|m Gallery in Toronto, Canada.