Pratt Institute, Graduate Division, School of Art and Design, Brooklyn, New York, fall, l985
M.F.A., M.A. School of Art, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, l972; Concentrations: Painting and Drawing
B.A. in Art with Distinction, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, l968

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University Awards

• College Award in Service, 2004
• University Award in Research, 1998
• Distinguished Scholar Status, l992-1997
• Excellence in Research Award, l988, Missouri State University

Selected Exhibitions

• Scott & Warren Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2007
• Wade Thompson, Malton Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2004, 2003, 2001
• Wade Thompson: Paintings, Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1997, 1993, 1991, 1988, 1986, 1985
• Wade Thompson: Color, Light and Space, Parthenon Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, 1995
• Washington Collectors: One Plus One, The Watkins Gallery, The American University, Washington, D.C., l993
• Wade Thompson, Aaron Gallery, Washington, D.C., l990
• Wade Thompson, Still-Zinsel Contemporary Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, l990
• Wade Thompson, Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1992, 1989, l987, 1985, 1984
• The 27th Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Art Association Galleries, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York. Award for an Acrylic Painting
• Wade Thompson: Paintings and Drawings, Alnico Gallery, New York City, l977
• American Drawings - Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1979-77
• National Graphics Competition, Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1977. Purchase awards by R. Motherwell

Selected Presentations

• Wade S. Thompson, “Digitally Manipulated Images and Painting,” 2001 Information Visualization Conference, The Brunei Gallery Conference Center, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, England, 2001
• Wade S. Thompson, "From Sculpture to the Canvas: Dimensional Form Expressed Through Colour and Light, " Colour Between Art and Science - Oslo International Colour Conference 1998, National College of Art and Design Institute of Colour, Oslo, Norway, 1998
• Wade S. Thompson, "Color, Light and Temperature: A General Studies Component for Preparing Students for Fine Arts Painting," International Conference on Colour Education, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland, 1994
• Wade S. Thompson, " Recent Paintings: Color," Art, Design and Psychology Interest Group, 61st Annual Conference of the Inter-Society Color Council, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1992

Selected Articles

• Christopher Willard, pp. 18-20, American Artist Magazine, BPI Communications, Inc., New York, New York. November, 1997. Reproduction of paintings and interview
• Stephen R. Backmann, "Three at Still-Zinsel," The New Orleans Art Review - A Journal of Criticism, May/June, l990
• Betsy Shein Goldman, " Wade Thompson: Martin Schweig Gallery," The New Art Examiner, Chicago, Illinois, summer, l986

Selected Biography

• Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in America, R.R. Bowker/Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, New Jersey

Courses Taught

• Painting I, II,
• Independent Study
• Drawing I, II, III
• Independent Study
• Intermediate Design-Color
• Art 499
• Foundations

Office: Art Annex 9A
Phone: 836-5110
Email: WadeThompson@missouristate.edu