Jeff Thomson was born in Castor Bay, Auckland, New Zealand in 1957. He has worked predominantly with corrugated iron since he became a fulltime sculptor in 1986. Often working on a large scale and outdoors, his sculptures explore the landscape they inhabit with playfulness and spontaneity.

In 1995, Thomson was awarded the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship at the University of Otago, Dunedin and in 2000 he was the Tylee Cottage Artist in Residence, Wanganui.

Between 2000 and 2004 a solo exhibition of Thomson’s toured Public Art Museums and Art Galleries in several German cities including Remscheid, Berlin, Lubbecke, Wuppertal and Plauen.

In 2013, The Tauranga Art Gallery instigated a nationally touring survey exhibition of Thomson’s work with the book Corrugations – The Art of Jeff Thomson published to coincide with the exhibition.

Ten of his sculptures are part of Allan Gibb’s internationally renowned Kaipara Sculpture Park, known as “The Farm”. Thomson has participated in nine of the “Sculpture on the Gulf” biennial exhibitions held on Waiheke Island. Thomson lives and works in Helensville, Auckland.

Recent Exhibitions

2016:

50 Years of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, Hocken Library Gallery and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery

2017 and 2019:

Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island, Auckland

2019:

Sculpture in the Botanic Gardens, Auckland

2020:

Bowen Galleries, Wellington

Art Haus, Orakie, Auckland

2021:

North Art, Northcote, Auckland (three person exhibition) with Bev Goodwin and Colin Harris