Kevin Thomson is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose practice bridges painting, scenic painting, sculpture, and immersive set design. Originally from the Outaouais region, Thomson moved to Montréal to study Illustration & Design at Dawson College, where he completed his training in 1999. He now lives and works in Montreal.
Thomson’s path to a full‑time visual arts career has been deliberately unorthodox yet consistently rooted in image‑making. Having worked as an Illustrator, a gallery assistant at Galerie de Bellefeuille, where his roles as registrar, graphic designer, and sales assistant deepened his understanding of the contemporary art world from the inside out.
Since 2010, Thomson has built a parallel career as a scenic painter and sculptor, creating large‑scale backdrops, props, and sculptural elements for film, theatre, and commercial environments. This work—physical, architectural, and collaborative—has profoundly shaped his studio practice, informing his interest in surface, scale, and the interplay between illusion and materiality.
Thomson has exhibited regularly with the Something Group at Galerie Erga, including Something’s Up (2019), Something of Somehow (2021), Something Now (2023), and Something All Together (2025). His first solo exhibition, Revolutions / Evolutions, was presented at the Côte‑Saint‑Luc Library in 2024. In 2025, his work appeared in the Summer Salon and Marché de Noël at Galerie Duran Contemporain.
Across media, Thomson’s work reflects a lifelong commitment to visual exploration—an evolving practice shaped by craft, curiosity, and a career spent moving fluidly between the studio, the workshop, and the world of constructed environments.