aCurator feature...

So pleased to be featured on aCurator this week!  Julie was interested in a few of my projects and wanted to showcase a selection from each of them. It is rare to get the opportunity to share work from a variety of projects in the same venue! Please check it out and let me know what you think...

Opening tonight in Indianapolis

I am showing some of the "proscenium" images at the Indianapolis Art Center. ARTIFACTS is an exhibition curated by Chicago art critic Paul Klein. The exhibition opens tonight, December 10 and runs thru January.

video on website...

"Figure Ground" lightboxes from Re:Current from sonja thomsen on Vimeo.

Just posted this video documentation of the two installations of "figure ground" on my website.  The livebooks hosting of Vimeo video is really seamless - its a great help for a web neophyte like me. 

Back to School & Catching Up...

I apologize for the delay in posts this summer.  I am hoping to get back into the rhythm of a weekly update this fall.

I am back to teaching and pleased to be teaching two courses that I created at MIAD this fall, Historical Perspectives and an interdisciplinary course titled, Water.  They are two great groups of students and look forward to seeing their work evolve this semester.  I hope to share some of the treasures here as the semester progresses.

I am in the process of giving my website a bit of a face lift. Thanks to the good people at livebooks.edu I am now able to host video on the site, stay tuned for new video works to be posted here. 

PhotoMidwest is a month long celebration of photographic art held in Madison, WI, September 24 - November 9, 2010.  I will be on the other side of the table as a reviewer for the PhotoMidwest Porfolio Reviews, Saturday Sept 25.

   figure ground (2am), 2010  featured in CAS auction  (c) sonja thomsen

The motion sensitive light boxes from re:current, titled "figure ground," will be on view in two locations this fall:

• The biennial faculty exhibition at MIAD opens next week and includes 2 "figure ground" pieces.  I will be teaching until 7 but will pop by from 7-8pm, if you're in town it looks like an interesting show this year.  
• Opening Thursday, September 16 from 6-8pm,  MIAD 273 E. Erie St., Milwaukee WI 53202
• The Milwaukee Art Museum's Contemporary Art Society Auction features "figure ground" (2am), 2010.
• Preview Party Thurs, Oct 14, 5:30–8 p.m. Gallery Talk  Tues, Oct 19, 1:30–2:30 p.m.
  CAS The Art Auction  Saturday, Oct. 23, 6 p.m., MAM 700 N. Art Museum Drive Milwaukee, WI 53202

"gather" on Flak

image from the Re:Current series featured on Flak Photo today...

Re:Current closes May 29...today

Re:Current
Dean Jensen Gallery
759 N. Water St.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Hours of Operation: Tues-Fri 10-6; Sat 10-4

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"Figure.Ground" lightboxes from Re:Current

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Re:Current closes May 29...

 For the last two weeks of the exhibition I will be posting spreads from the exhibition catalog/zine. You can read a preview of the exhibition here.

Re:Current
Dean Jensen Gallery
759 N. Water St.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Hours of Operation: Tues-Fri 10-6; Sat 10-4

light boxes...

images from opening night...

projection on front window

great turn out - full room all night!

closing time at 9:30pm...