THOM O'CONNOR
Born:  Detroit, Michigan, 1937

Education
Cranbrook Academy of Art, M.F.A.
Florida State University, B.A.
University of Michigan

Selected One Person Exhibitions

2005       Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, Florida

2000     Museu deArte do Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil

1999     University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany, New York

            Koussevitzky Art Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachussetts

1998     Raleigh Contemporary Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
            W.D.O. Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina

1993     Haenah-Kent Gallery, New York, New York

1992     Haenah-Kent Gallery

1991     Albany Center Galleries, Albany, New York

1990     Taidegraphik, Helsinki, Finland

1988     Sarajevo Academy Gallery, Yugoslavia

1987     Taidegraphik, Helsinki, Finland

            Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

1984     Gallery Strindberg, Helsinki, Finland

1983     Kalundborg Art Center, Denmark

1982     University Art Museum, University at Albany

1980     American Center, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

 

Selected Group Exhibitions
 

2005    5^th Liege International Print Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Liege, Belgium
Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tama University Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, Hilo, Hawaii, Juror’s Award
Cooperstown Annual, Cooperstown Art Center, Cooperstown, New York, Jurors Award
Boston Printmakers, North American Print Biennial, Boston , Ma, H. Hunt Award
International MiniPrint de Sarajevo, City Exhibition Center, Sarajevo
4^th Novosibirsk International Print Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art 2005, Novosibirsk State Museum, Russia
Lessedra Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
Mohawk Hudson Annual, Albany Institute of Art, Albany , New York, Purchase Award
International Miniature Print Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk , Ct.
International MiniPrint Biennial, Cluj , Romania

2003     4th Color Ingraphic Art, Art Gallery, Wozownia, Poland
5th British International Miniature Prints, Dumfries, England
International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland (Academy Prize)
Lessedia World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
Virualité/Réalité, Charleroi, Belgium
North American Print Biennial, Boston, Massachusetts

2002     2nd Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
12th International Print Biennial, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Made In New York 2002, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York
The Journey, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, New York
Virtual Constructions, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, Florida

2001     Albany to Wexford, Wexford Art Center, Wexford, Ireland
Places to Rest, Broward College Fine Arts Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
13th Small Prints Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana
Boston Printmakers 2001, Boston University Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
16th National Biennial Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society
Relative Unfoldings, Cultural Centre, Abo Dhabi
3rd Minnesota National Print Biennial, University of Minnesota

2000     23rd National Print Biennial, Silvermine Guild, Connecticut
International Print Triennial 2000, Cracow, Poland
Biennial Minatures deMontreal, Montreal, Quebec (Honorable Mention)
Small Prints: 60 Square Inches, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana
International Print Exhibition Vitoria 2000, Vitoria, Brazil
13th Small Print Exhibition, Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
4th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bristol, England

1999     Under Pressure, Union College, Schenectady, New York

1998     O’Connor, Grindle, Smith, Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York
            22nd National Print Biennial, Silvermine Guild (Honorable Mention), Connecticut
            Miniature Prints, Bankside Gallery, London, England and Ceri Richards Gallery,  Swansea (Wales)

1997     3rd British International, Bristol, England
            Intergrafia ‘97, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovia and
            BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice, Poland
            International Print Triennial ‘97, Cracow, Poland 
            Pressed and Pulled VI, Georgia State University, Marietta, Georgia
            Mini Print Internacional, Barcelona, Spain

1996     4th Biennial of Graphic Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
            On Paper, Finnish Paper Art Center, Porvoo, Finland
            Delta National Small Prints, Arkansas State University, Fayetteville, Arkansas
            The Democratic Print, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
            Printwork ‘96, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, New York
            Beyond Boundaries, Richmond Art Center, California
            Mini Print Internacional Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain
            Thom O’Connor, Allen Grindle, Roger Bisbing, The Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany. New York
            Graphica Creativa, Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland
            Sapporo International Print Biennale (awarded the Sponsor’s Prize), Japan
            Light Aberrations, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas

1995     Print Triennial Consumenta, Nuremberg, Germany
.           Boston Printmakers, Duxbury Arts Center, Massachusetts  (awarded the Utrecht Prize)
            Monotype Biennial, Lahti Museum, Lahti, Finland
            Small Prints, Joensuu Museum, Finland

1994     International Graphic Triennale, Crakow, Poland

1993     Small Prints, Galerija Graficki Koletiv, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
            American Prints, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
            Works on Paper, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts

1992     Monotype Biennial, Lahti Museum, Lahti, Finland

1989     Intergrafik '89, Berlin, East Germany

1987     Print Biennial of Taiwan
            Premio Internazionale, Biella, Italy

1986     International Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

1985     International Biennial, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

1984     Intergrafik '84, Berlin, East Germany
            International Mail Art Exhibition, Fiatal Muveszek, Budapest
            Contemporary American Prints, U. S. Consulate, Leningrad, USSR

1981     The New York Landscape: Poets and Artists, University Plaza Gallery, Albany, New York
            CAPS (Creative Artists Public Service) at the New York State Museum, Albany, New York

1980     Detroit Print Symposium, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Awards

Printer Fellowship and Artist-Teacher Fellowship, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles

C.A.P.S. Grant

National Endowment in the Arts

Research Fellowship, Research Foundation, State University of New York

Rissanen Prize, Kuopio, Finland

Fullbright Award, Yugoslavia

Visiting Artist

Joensuu Graphic Arts Center

Vassar College

University of Wisconsin

University of Michigan

Cincinnati Art Academy

Williams College

University of Vermont

University of Massachusetts

Minneapolis School of Art

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Central School, London

Penn State University

Nordic School of Art, Kokkola, Finland

Emile Mattieu Workshop, Zurich

Tukha Workshop, Helsinki

Lahti Art Institute, Lahti, Finland

University of the Arts, Belgrade

Academy of Art, Helsinki

Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, USSR

Swedish Academy of Fine Arts