(born 1971, Leighton Buzzard, England) lives and works in Glasgow.
Recent solo exhibitions include surroundings , The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2025); Frieze New York, Matthew Brown, New York (2024); Tell Gonzo How, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2023); Far , Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2022); Features , Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York (2022); After a Long Sleep, It Woke Up , The Modern Institute, Glasgow (2020); Bag of rainbow, Recent Activity, Birmingham, UK (2020).
Selected institutional exhibitions include Hayley Tompkins, Aspen Art Museum, CO (2013); Currents , Studio Voltaire, Edinburgh, UK; Modern Modern , curated by Pati Hertling, Chelsea Art Museum, New York (2009); Salute to the Dataday , The Front Room (with Sue Tompkins), Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO (2009).
Her work was featured in the 2012 São Paolo Biennial, and has been included in group exhibitions at the Tate Britain, London; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; the Hessel Museum at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; and the X Museum, Beijing. Tompkins was one of three artists chosen to represent Scotland at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
Tompkin’s work is in the public collections of the British Council, UK; Government Art Collection, London; Judith Rothschild Foundation, USA; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design; Tate Britain, London; The University of Chicago School of Business, USA; Touchstones Rochdale, UK; Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
