Ancestor (Transition) was made using the surrealist technique of decalcomania, with the aim of conjuring ancestral presences from Thompson's family tree. In a Studio International review of the exhibition The Medium is the Message, which was at the College of Psychic Studies in London earlier this year, Anna McNay described another work from Thompson's Ancestor series as 'the most beautiful work in this room – if not the entire show'.
Mimei Thompson lives and works in London and has an MA in Painting from Royal College of Art, London, 2003-2005. She has shown extensively. Selected exhibitions include In Bloom, Saatchi Galley, London, 2021; Grub Party, Transition Two, London, 2019 (two person show with Susie Hamilton); Archipelago, Walthamstow Wetlands, London, 2019; Inland Far, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, 2016; Chew Crew, Transition Gallery, London, 2014; News from Nowhere, William Morris Society, Kelmscott House, London, 2014.
Thompson was shortlisted for John Moores Painting Prize 2023, Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022 and Exeter Contemporary Open, 2015. Her work is held in numerous collections, including: Arts Council Collection; Gleneagles Townhouse, Edinburgh; University of the Arts, London; Royal College of Art, London; One Aldwych, London; Clare Hall College, Cambridge.
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