Patrick Thompson
Patrick Thompson. Photo by Erik Boomer.
Patrick Thompson has painted graffiti under the pseudonym Evoke for 20 years.
He also maintains a professional studio practice, which explores intuitive painting, experimental printmaking and photography. He also maintains a professional studio practice, which explores intuitive painting, experimental printmaking and photography. His past social practice work in Embassy of Imagination and artist collective PA System (with Alexa Hatanaka) relied on North-South collaboration. His work references the large catalogue of imagery he has collected while travelling continuously around the Canadian Arctic, Asia and Europe. He has had work exhibited in institutions in Canada and internationally, such as the Royal Ontario Museum, The Art Gallery of Calgary, The Trace Gallery in Zurich, Articulate Baboon Gallery in Cairo, and the Institute for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona.
