Boo Hag Blue

Drawing upon ancestral traditions and techniques using clay and fiber, I weave nets, baskets, and tapestries by hand to study light and shadow and invoke possibility, chance and magic. Referencing mythology and overlaid with the sublime/ethereal glow of Hudson River School landscape paintings, I use color to reference and channel spiritual healing energy and protection magic. Southern Gothic and occult traditions lead the move beyond rigid, traditional thinking and reasoning to connect with the primal and a limitless spirituality centered in queerness, empowerment and choice.

Zipporah Camille Thompson is a weaver and sculptor from North Carolina living and working in Atlanta + NYC. Thompson’s work explores alchemical transformations through clay and woven textiles, delving into themes of chaos, metamorphosis, and rebellion. Her weavings conjure cosmic, ancestral power while exploring the Black imaginary through sculpted shapeshifters and hybrid landscapes. Through these works, she centers hope, magic, and triumph within a boundless framework of spirituality.

Thompson earned her MFA from the University of Georgia and her BFA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her work has been featured in numerous publications and exhibited nationally and internationally. She is a 2025 Socrates Fellow, a 2024 Skowhegan resident, a 2024 South Arts Georgia Fellow for Visual Arts, a 2023 recipient of the Margie E. West Prize, a 2021 MOCA GA Working Artist Project Fellow, a 2020 Artadia Atlanta Awardee, and has received numerous additional honors, including the Watershed Zenobia Scholarship, the NCECA Multicultural Fellowship, and an Idea Capital Travel Grant.

Thompson is represented by Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta, GA. Outside of her practice, she is a history enthusiast and roller-skater with a deep love for mermaids, unicorns, zombies, the moon, tarot, science fiction, western narratives, stargazing, and all things fantastical.