Skyway 20/21: A Contemporary Collaboration
June 14 – September 1, 2021
USF Contemporary Art Museum + Online
USFCAM HOURS + ADMISSIONS
Monday-Friday 10am-5pm; Closed Weekends and USF Holidays (July 5) – Reservations required for visits June 14–25. No reservations required starting June 28 when USF lifts COVID restrictions on public access to campus.
Admission to the Museum is free; however, a USF parking permit ($5.00 daily) or pay-per-space parking is required. Please call (813) 974-4133 for questions regarding reservations, parking, directions, or more information on events associated with the exhibitions.
CAM EXHIBITION ONLINE
Exhibition Home // Essay by Sarah Howard // Foreword + Acknowledgements
Rosemarie Chiarlone // Danny Dobrow // Babette Herschberger // Akiko Kotani
Cynthia Mason // Ry McCullough // Casey McDonough // Kodi Thompson
KODI THOMPSON
Inspired by urban design found in graffiti, architecture, and skateboarding culture, Kodi Thompson creates ceramic sculptures using a unique language of personal symbols. Translating two-dimensional shapes into three-dimensional forms, Thompson extrudes clay through die-cut shapes to create dense, geometric columns, which he cuts, alters, and reconfigures into new abstract compositions—a process he describes as drawing in space. Thompson’s ongoing material exploration and expanding visual lexicon transcends ancient and modern forms of communication and invites decoding and interpretation from multiple perspectives.
Artist's Website: kodithompson.com
Artist's Instagram: @kodithompson_ceramics
INSTALLTION VIEWS
Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Left to right: works by Kodi Thompson and Akiko Kotani. Photo: Will Lytch.
Kodi Thompson, Object Sketches, 2021. ceramic, underglaze, MDF, spray paint. 3 x 5 ft. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Kodi Thompson, Object Sketches (detail), 2021. ceramic, underglaze, MDF, spray paint. 3 x 5 ft. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Left to right: works by Kodi Thompson, Cynthia Mason, Casey McDonough, Ry McCollough, Cynthia Mason, and Rosemarie Chiarlone. Photo: Will Lytch.
Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Left to right: works by Kodi Thompson and Cynthia Mason. Photo: Will Lytch.
Kodi Thompson, Alphabet, 2018. ceramic and underglaze. 36 x 90 x 4 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Kodi Thompson, Alphabet (detail), 2018. ceramic and underglaze. 36 x 90 x 4 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Kodi Thompson, Green Spheroid, 2021. ceramic, underglaze, MDF. 9 x 10 x 7 in. Lotus, 2020. ceramic, underglaze, MDF. 17 x 10 x 12 in. Grey Spheroid, 2021. ceramic, underglaze, MDF. 9 x 9 x 9 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Kodi Thompson, Green Spheroid, 2021. ceramic, underglaze, MDF. 9 x 10 x 7 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Kodi Thompson, Grey Spheroid, 2021. ceramic, underglaze, MDF. 9 x 9 x 9 in. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Skyway 20/21 exhibition at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
ABOUT KODI THOMPSON (b. 1991, Towanda, PA)
Recognized locally with a Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grant and as artist-in-residence at the Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL, Kodi Thompson has exhibited at museums and galleries nationally including The Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA, and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA. Thompson received a BFA from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA, and his MFA from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL. He lives and works in St. Petersburg, FL where he is the Clay Studio Artist Program Manager at the Morean Center for Clay.
Skyway 20/21: A Contemporary Collaboration at the USF Contemporary Art Museum is supported by the Gobioff Foundation, the Stanton Storer Embrace the Arts Foundation, the Lee and Victor Leavengood Trust, and Dr. Allen Root in honor of his late wife Janet G. Root.
