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Kristine Thompson

Associate Professor
Graduate Coordinator

225-578-4930 | 227 Art Building
kthompson@lsu.edu | kristinethompson.com

Art/Photography, Digital Art BS Northwestern University
MFA University of California, Irvine

Kristine Thompson is an associate professor of photography and the MFA graduate coordinator in the LSU School of Art. Her work considers the circulation and impact of contemporary news media, representations of loss and mourning, and alternative photographic processes. She received her B.S. in Education and Social Policy from Northwestern University and her M.F.A. in Studio Art from the University of California, Irvine. 

Thompson is the recipient of numerous awards, including a DAAD Fellowship, awarded by the German government to facilitate a year-long research project; an Investing in Artists Award from the Center for Cultural Innovation; and a Puffin Foundation Grant. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Publications include Past & Present Tense, published by theretherenow press and Images Seen to Images Felt, a collaboration with writer Muriel Leung, published by Antenna / Paper Machine.

Thompson served for several years as a curator at UCR/California Museum of Photography, and she continues to initiate curatorial projects.