Mimei Thompson studied at Glasgow School of Art, Central St Martins, and the Royal College of Art, and lives and works in London.
Mimei was selected for the John Moores Painting Prize 2023, Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022 and the Discerning Eye 2022, and has recently shown at Saatchi Gallery, APT Gallery and White Conduit Projects, London. She has exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Show, was selected for Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Exeter Open, Studio Voltaire Open, and has several works in the Arts Council Collection, as well in as in numerous private collections.