b. 1983, Florida, USA
EDUCATION
2021 Google Rare Program Leadership Academy, online
2013 Interaction Design & Social Entrepreneurship, Austin Center for Design, Austin, TX, USA
2008 Summer Academy of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
2007 One semester of Print/Media MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA - Daimler Chrysler Scholar Award
2005 B.A. Studio Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA, Phoenix Leadership Society
2001 International Baccalaureate Diploma, Gainesville, FL, USA, Congrés de la Culture Française en Florida State Winner
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Night Drive, Paloma, Austin, TX, USA
Callie Thompson: Landscapes, West Elm, Emeryville, CA, USA
2011 Pattern Lands, Gallery Black Lagoon, Austin, TX USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Small Works, Vermont Studio Center Gallery, Johnson, VT, USA
2025 California Dreaming, Dorado 806 Projects, Santa Monica, CA, USA
2011 Cautiously Feral, Paloma, Austin, TX, USA
2007 Fanfare, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hill, MI, USA
Open Air Arts, Melrose, FL, USA
2005 AREA Senior Show, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Senior Show, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
2004 AREA Group Show, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover NH, USA
RESIDENCIES
2027 Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan | forthcoming
2026 Vermont Studio Center, Residency, Johnson, VT
AWARDS
2025 Ebb: Empathetic AI Companion, Webby Award: Best use of AI, International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, NY, NY, USA
2023 Headspace app, Apple Design Award: Social Impact, Cupertino, CA, USA
Headspace app, Webby Award: Best UX/UI, Best campaign, Best overall visual design, International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, NY, NY, USA
2007 Daimer Chrysler Scholar, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA Print/Media, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
2004 Leslie Humanities Center Grant, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
Peter D. Smith Award, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
LECTURES, WORKSHOPS & COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2026 From Post-its to Power, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, USA
2025 The emerging shape of a new UX, Keynote panel, Co-lab conference, Chicago, IL, USA
2024 Strategic design leadership, Atelier Workshop leader, Hatch Conference, Berlin, Germany
Potty Talk: Service Design Post Binary, SXSW, Austin, TX, USA
Potty Talk: Service Design Post Binary excerpt, School of Visual Arts Interaction Design MFA, NY, NY, USA
Potty Talk: Service Design Post Binary, Headspace, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2023 Designers are problem solver and world builders, Design Matters Tokyo Conference, Tokyo, Japan
2022 Visualizing Human Data Stories, speaker, Lesbian Who Tech Summit IRL, San Francisco, CA, USA
Rethinking Technology for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Microsoft Research Conference, online
Speaker, UXDG Summit, online
2021 Social Impact Design & Media Principles, co-speaker with Dr. Wizdom Powell, Lesbians Who Tech Summit, online
2019 Flowers for Transit project (day of giving flowers to transit employees to express gratitude), worldwide campaign and action
2013 Tea & Textiles Secret Adventure Workshop, El Cosmico, Marfa, TX, USA Painting to Pattern Workshop, GirlsGuild, Austin, TX, USA
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
2026 In conversation with Michael Winnick, CEO of Dscout, Cal Thompson, Jonathan DeFaveri and Chelsea Coe, Dscout on YouTube, recorded in Los Angeles, CA, USA
2025 Cal Thompson, VP of Design: On how Headspace uses AI and why you should still hire interns, Creative Capes Podcast, Future London Academy, recorded online
Headspace with Cal Thompson, UX Podcast, based in Sweden, recorded in Berlin, Germany
2024 Strategic Product Design and Designing Mindful UX at Headspace with Cal Thompson - Ep14, Experience Designed Podcast, recorded online
What Design teams can learn from Headspace: Interview with Cal Thompson, VP of Design, Irrational Minds podcast, Kristen Berman, recorded in Los Angeles, CA
2016 Apartment Therapy, web feature, April 2016
In Frame: Callie Thompson, Simply Framed Blog
2015 Lunar Journal, August 2015
Fern & Fog blog, June 2015
2014 Little Small Shop blog, September 2014
Ideas Block, August 2014
The Print Garden, March 2014
Art & Instagram: Falling Down the Rabbit Hole, by Lauren Gallow and Ellen Caldwell, New American Paintings, January 2014
2013 Reveiller blog
Front & Main blog by west elm, March 2013
2012 Feliz blog, Fall 2012
Pattern Pulp, April 2012
Buy Some Damn Art blog, April 2012
2011 Artist Interview: Callie Thompson, Habit of Art, August 2011
2008 Florida’s Eden, featured poet, Gainesville, FL, USA