Zipporah Camille Thompson

Zipporah Camille Thompson is a weaver and sculptor based in Atlanta, Georgia. Thompson’s work explores alchemical transformations through clay and woven textiles, delving into themes of chaos, metamorphosis, and triumph. Her practice weaves together cosmic, ancestral narratives with the Black imaginary through sculpted shapeshifters and hybrid landscapes. Through these works, she investigates hope, otherworlds, magic, and power within a boundless framework of spirituality.

Thompson earned her MFA from the University of Georgia and her BFA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her work has been featured in numerous publications and exhibited nationally and internationally. She is a 2025 Socrates Fellow, a 2024 Skowhegan resident, a 2024 South Arts Georgia Fellow for Visual Arts, a 2023 recipient of the Margie E. West Prize, a 2021 MOCA GA Working Artist Project Fellow, a 2020 Artadia Atlanta Awardee, and has received numerous additional honors, including the Watershed Zenobia Scholarship, the NCECA Multicultural Fellowship, and an Idea Capital Travel Grant.

Thompson is represented by Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta, GA. Outside of her practice, she is a history enthusiast, roller-skater, and lover of unicorns, zombies, the moon, tarot, and all things fantasy.