Illustrator and collage artist Michelle Thompson’s work combines found materials (books, magazines, packaging, photographs, postcards and other printed ephemera) with painted, drawn and printed elements. Using a combination of traditional collage techniques and digital technology, her work alludes to shared memory; cutting-up and reassembling images from recent history, to reflect contemporary themes and popular culture. Regular illustration clients include The Guardian, The New Statesman, and The Evening Standard.
Michelle graduated from The Norwich School of Art with a First Class Degree in Illustration, then a Masters Degree from The Royal College of Art in 1996. In her early commissions, Michelle worked by faxing a pencil sketch to the client, then worked in collage and hand delivered the artwork, usually 10 minutes before the deadline. As time and technology has moved on, she is now entirely reliant on the internet, computers, and her iPhone. Her commissioned work is now almost always created digitally, with Michelle scanning in the collage elements and working in PhotoShop.
Michelle’s illustrations have appeared internationally, most notably in collaboration with the influential British designer Vaughan Oliver. She has also illustrated Cherie Blair’s book cover, The Goldfish Bowl, and more recently The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. She illustrates a regular column for The Globe and Mail in Toronto.
As well as illustration, Michelle is represented by The Liberty Gallery who regularly show her collage work at the London Art Fair and the Affordable Art Fairs in Battersea, Stockholm and Brussels.
www.michelle-thompson.com
@mich_tom
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