InformationExhibition Schedule/Mailing List | Artist Statement | Biography | Awards | Gallery Representation | Selected Collections Exhibition Schedule/Mailing List
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InformationExhibition Schedule/Mailing List | Artist Statement | Biography | Awards | Gallery Representation | Selected Collections Exhibition Schedule/Mailing List
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If you would like to be notified of Thomas Anderson's upcoming exhibitions, please send e-mail to artist402@comcast.net. Include your name and address (for receiving show cards) in the message with "Exhibition Mailing List" as the subject. I am usually not thinking so much about a finished work, but am inspired, accepting and mystified by the process of creating it. I see each of my works as a rehearsal in enduring uncertainty. I strive to be deliberate in my approach, although I am fascinated by re-creating a condition where I am out of my depth, uncertain, no longer feeling in control, yet generating something. Creating an atmosphere that encourages risk and stepping outside the comfort zone of what I think I know and enter those uncertain realms of what I am about to discover, and to use those discoveries as a basis for perception and action. The materials I use are often found or recycled metals, i.e. copper, aluminum, steel or brass. The application of specific chemical formulas and patinas create a variety of color and texture, which become my "canvas" for the addition of other elements i.e. gold leaf, pastel, graphite, and varnishes. Images, shapes, and color are often spontaneous events as I am influenced by the relationship of these materials to each other. The union of opposites. All the elements combined, physically as well as metaphorically, are among the tools I use to continually re-invent and express the dynamics of my own life, as well as to hopefully reflect to the viewer the dynamics and emotion of their own spirit. The rest is trusting my intuition, having faith in the possibilities, and a knowingness of when to quit. Tom Anderson was born in 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of a Jazz musician. He attended Clark College in Vancouver, WA, and received and Associate of Arts degree in 1971. In the autumn of 1971, he enrolled in the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. There he studied Asian Art and Philosophy with Jose Arguelles; developed the 16mm Animation facilities; helped to establish the FM Radio station KAOS; co-created the four-story library mural; and worked as an assistant graphic designer, developing the College's catalogs and visual identities. He graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1973, he co-founded Mansion Glass Studios in Olympia, WA. This collaboration won recognition locally and nationally for their design and fabrication of Architectural Art Glass commissions. Anderson first attended the Pilchuck Glass School in 1986, as a teaching assistant to Henry Halem. He was back at the Pilchuck School in 1987, on a scholarship with Susan Stinsmuhlen-Amend, and again in 1988 and 1989 as a teaching assistant in the advanced graduate program, specializing in glass casting and enamel kiln firing. In 1990, Anderson established his own studio in Olympia, WA. There he pursued his expanding interest in painting, metal fabrication, mixed media construction and printmaking. Represented by galleries in Oregon, Washington, California, Florida and New Mexico, he exhibits regularly and his work can be found in over 500 public and private collections. Selected for Washington State Arts Commission Artists Resource Bank, 2002-2004, 2000-2002, 1998-2000, 1996-1998 and 1994-1996 |
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Editions Limited Galleries 4090 Halleck St. Emeryville, CA 94608 800.228.0928 www.editionslimited.com www.drybrushgraphics.com |
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