An untitled work by Michael Thompson. The work of Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson defies even the most ardent attempts at classification. He’s the kind of creative whose technique, spirit, provocation, and form is always cut with a little mischief. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he has been prolific, expressing himself through an array of media, which include collage, sculpture, painting, ceramics, etching, and papier-mâché. Handmade paper and found antique prints are stretched over a handmade bamboo frame in a kite form, creating a traditional and contemporary work of art