Fair Market Value of $4,500. Original acrylic painting on Canvas from Heidi Thompson. Titled "Glorious Awakening 2015.
This painting is about light, colour, movement and the dissolution of matter into energy. I am influenced by the reality of nature and how everything that appears solid is actually moving, changing, dissolving on a molecular level. I also feel that there is a light within all beings and I try to express this light shining through in my paintings.
Heidi Thompson’s connection with Sveva Caetani:
"I met Sveva first when I was 17 when she gave to give a talk to our history class at VSS high school. Sveva emphatically stressed the importance of leaving Vernon and seeing the world. A few weeks later, I moved to Europe where I studied art for 8 years. Upon returning to Vernon, I visited Sveva and became her photographer. I documented her paintings as she completed over the next 10 years. I promised that I would publish her Recapitulation series into a book. I presented her my final book design on a Sunday and she was very pleased with the results, but could not imagine it ever being published. Three days later, Sveva passed away. Determined to realize the project, I continued and one year later in 1995, Recapitulation was in print. Sveva will always be my inspiration. Sveva stressed that one should always strive to reach their highest potential – whatever that may be. I have tried to follow her advice and am deeply grateful that she was an important person in my life.
Heidi Thompson Art Gallery
https://heidithompson.ca/
Artistic Influences:
Mark Tobey, Jackson Pollock, Van Gogh, Monet, Natvar Bhavsar, Mark Rothko
Heidi Thompson Biography:
Heidi Thompson was born in Canada in 1956 After graduating high school she moved to Switzerland and after a year learning the language she was accepted into the Kunstgewerbeschule (University of Art and Design) in Zürich. After completing a four-year art and photography program, she earned a Swiss Diploma for Professional Photography. Pursuing her passion for painting, Thompson moved to Germany and apprenticed with the Nürnberg artist Oskar Koller. Koller recommended that she continue her education at the Akademie der Bildene Künste Nürnberg. Thompson was accepted and studied painting for one year under the guidance of Professor Ernst Weil. However, seeking a more traditional training, she moved to Budapest and studied at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem) under the instruction of Ignacs Kokas. After completing the first year of their Master’s program, Heidi returned to Vernon where she worked as a photographer, publisher and painter. Heidi Thompson has been painting for more than 40 years and exhibits her work in Canada, USA and Europe.
In 1995, Heidi published Sveva Caetani’s Recapitulation which won the Van City Book of Excellence Award. She also wrote Calm Focus Joy a guide for helping children develop attention. In 2001, Heidi attended the University of Victoria and earned a B.C. Teacher’s Certificate. For a few years she taught art in high school, but eventually chose to focus on painting. Heidi is married to Edward Thompson and they have two children. Currently, Heidi Thompson lives in the Coldstream, paints full-time and exhibits her work in Switzerland, Canada and the USA.
Artist Statement: "I strive to create something of beauty and light; something that gives the viewer hope; something that expresses both the oneness of life and the ever transforming elements of life."
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1956 – Born in Canada
1974-1979 University of Art & Design Zürich, Switzerland earning a Swiss Dipl. Photography
1980-1981 Academy of Art Nürnberg, Germany
1981-1982 Hungarian State University for Fine Art, Budapest, Hungary
2001-2002 B.C. Open University, Canada earning a B.F.A
2002-2003 University of Victoria, Canada earning a B.C. Teaching Certificate
EDUCATION
1975 – 1979 Attended the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich (now the University of Art & Design Zürich) which
included a one year Foundation Course followed by a three-year concentration in photography.
Graduated earning a Fahigkeitszeugnis (Swiss Certificate for Professional Photography).
1978 – Selected photographer to document the Zürich Chamber Orchestra for a solo exhibition.
Traveled with the orchestra photographing soloists including Yehudi Menuhin, Paul Tortelier,
Peter-Lucas Graf and Louis Duquenoy. The exhibition of 100 images were published into a book –
the anniversary edition of the Zürich Chamber Orchestra.
1979 – Assigned photographer to document painter US abstract painter Robert Ryman before and during
the opening of I.N.K. (International Neue Kunst Gallery) Zürich.
1979 – Apprenticed with the late German painter, Oskar Koller in Nürnberg, Germany.
1981- Studied painting at the Akademie fur Bildenden Kunste Nürnberg with Professor Ernst Weil.
Outside of school, became private student of Klaus Schmidt, former student of Austrian painter,
Oskar Kokoschka.
1982 – Completed first year of the five-year master’s art program, Kepzomuvezeti Foiskola (Hungarian
University for Fine Art) in Budapest under the instruction of Professor Kokas Ignacs.
1983 – Returned to Vernon, B.C. and worked as a photographer and painter.
1984 – Received the British Columbia Cultural Grant for a photography exhibit entitled ""Portraits of
Artists"".
1986 – Received instructions from illuminist painter, Leszek Forczek.
1995 – Wrote and published Recapitulation – A Journey by Sveva Caetani.
1997 – Created and taught a meditation course for children in Vernon and Vancouver schools called
Advanced Attention Development. AAD was featured in a documentary film for CBC’s Spilled Milk.
2001 – Earned a B.F.A., Open University of British Columbia.
2002 – Completed the Post-Secondary School Internship Program, University of Victoria. Received a
British Columbia Teaching Certificate (BCCT).
2012 – Wrote and published Calm Focus Joy: The Power of Breath Awareness
2013 – Speaker at TEDx Kelowna
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Switzerland / Halde Galerie / Represented
2019 Vernon / Headbones Art Gallery, “CORE” (group)
2018 Switzerland / Halde Galerie “Aurora” (solo)
2018 Switzerland / Contemporary Art Fair Zürich
2018 New York / Arco Gallery (Represented)
2016 Kelowna Airport / Kelowna Art Gallery ""OK Sunshine"" 2016
2016 Vernon / Headbones Art Gallery /""Okanagan Artists"" 2016
2016 Ottawa / The Cube Gallery ""Blue – A Group Show"" 2016
2015 Lake Country / Public Art Gallery ""They Tell You Where to Go"" (group)
2015 Vancouver International Art Fair (booth)
2015 Palm Beach Gardens / Onessimo Art Gallery (represented)
2014 San Diego / Alexander Salazar Gallery (solo)
2014 Vernon / Headbones Gallery (group)
2014 Widen Switzerland / Galerie Halde (group)
2012 Vernon / Headbones Gallery (group)
2012 Montreal / Galerie D’Avignon (solo)
2012 La Jolla, CA / Alexander Salazar Contemporary Exhibits (solo)
2011 Armstrong Public Art Gallery / ""Mind Space Energy"" (solo)
2011 San Antonio, TX / Gallery Nord Exhibit ""11/11/11"" (group)
2011 San Diego / Alexander Salazar Art Gallery “Light Energy Matter” (solo)
2010 Atlanta / Bill Lowe Gallery ""Bloom: The New Abstraction"" (group)
2009 Atlanta / Bill Lowe Gallery (group)
2009 Toronto / Lausberg Contemporary (group)
2009 Toronto / Varley Art Gallery (group)
2009 New York / Lana Santorelli Gallery (group)
2008 Montreal / Galerie Samuel Lallouz (group)
2008 New York / Lana Santorelli Gallery (group)
2008 Grand Forks / Grand Forks Art Gallery (solo)
2007 Toronto / The Drawers – Headbones Art Gallery (represented)
2000 Vancouver / Howe Street Art Gallery (represented)
1994 Vancouver / Simon Patrich Art Gallery (represented)
1992 New York / Viridian Art Gallery (represented)
1991 Kelowna / Kelowna City Hall (solo)
