Shōgen Blair Thomson is an artist, calligrapher and Zen teacher who has worked across contemporary art, community arts and facilitation over the last twenty years. His studio base is in Glasgow, Scotland and he also works regulalry in Japan.

In his artwork he seeks to investigate themes of the dynamic impermanence and wondrous nature of reality expressed through shattered glimpses of spaces and environments in flux, creating worlds within worlds. He explores interconnecting cultural, embodied and creative practices with approaches that have expanded from visual art to include Shodo calligraphy, mindful and awareness practices and meditation.