Dan Thompson teaches at Parsons, The New York Academy and the Grand Central Academy in New York. He holds degrees in fine art from the New York Academy of Art and the prestigious Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C.
In 2001, Mr. Thompson was awarded the Grand Prize for a self-portrait entered in the American Society of Portrait Artists competition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Additional honors include two Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants, The Stobart Foundation Grant and the Walter Erlebacher Award from the New York Academy of Art. self portrait in oil
