Résumé

Tom Brand, Artist

1550 Illinois Ave., Michigan City, Indiana 46360  

Email – tombrandartist@comcast.net

SUMMARY…….

Lifetime dedicated to the challenge of mastering the art of painting in oil. Thirty years experience as a professional offset printer; five years, owner/manager of Galaxie Press. Founding member, board member and officer, Chicago Artists’ Coalition;

Chair, (1953) Exhibition Momentum, Chicago, IL; Past President, Area Artists Association, Michigan City, IN;

Secretary to the Board, (2 terms) Lubeznik Center for the Arts, and Chairman, Collections Committee, Michigan City, IN.

EDUCATION…….

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Classes at the University of Illinois at Chicago

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS…….

Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, Indiana
Illinois State Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
Purdue University Northwest

REVIEWS…….

Review, New Art Examiner, 1989
Review, Julie York Coppens, Renaissance Man, South Bend Tribune, Dec. 2, 2001. Rave review.
Review, Robert Kameczura, Site of Big Shoulders, SOBS Website, 2004
Review, Tom Brand on Exhibit, (Brauer Museum), Post Tribune, July 16, 2009

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS…….

2016 – Group show, Brauer Museum (main gallery),Valparaiso, IN
2014 – 1 person show, Atrium Gallery, South Shore Arts, Munster, Indiana
2014 – 2 person show, Brauer Museum, (main gallery).Valparaiso U. “Parallel Pursuits”
2012 – Form & Expression..Expression and Form, One person show ..Lubeznik Center for the Arts
2012 – Form & Expression.. Colfax Center, South Bend. In.
2011 – Illiana Artists-  Regional Juried show – Chesterton, In. 1st place winner
2011 – Governors State University – “Brainstorm”- Group show
2010 – Lubeznik Center for the Arts –Invitational, The New Moderns
2009 – Illinois Institute of Art – Juried show “Red”
2009 – South Shore Arts Salon Show
2009 – Synchrony 2, LaPorte Convention and Tourist Bureau, Brand/Stodder Exhibit
2009 – Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, Indiana, in tandem with permanent collection, large works.
2009 – Corner Stone Gallery, Whiting, Indiana
2008 – The Artist Project Merchandise Mart, Chicago
2007 – Regional Juried Art Exhibition,  Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
2007 – 29th Regional Exhibit,  Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
2007 – Natural Inclinations,  Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
2006 – Troika, (a three person exhibit) Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
2005 – Regional Juried Art Exhibition – Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN – First Place
2005 – Annual Salon Show, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN – Merit Award
2005 – 10th Regional Juried Exhibition, Illiana Artists, Chesterton, IN
2005 – Biennial Juried Show – LaPorte, IN – Best of Show
2004 – Annual Salon Show – Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN – Suzanne Cooley Award  of Excellence
2003 – Solo Exhibit – Edgebrook Public Library, Chicago, IL (19 works)
2003 – Biennial Juried Show – LaPorte, IN – Best of Show.
2002 – Synchrony – Acorn Gallery, Union Pier, MI
2001 – Invitational Solo Exhibit – Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN;
2003, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1997 – “Artists of Vicinity” – Juried Exhibition, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, Second Prize
2003, 2002 – Annual Salon Show – Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
1999 – Twentieth Biennial Regional Art Exhibition – South Bend Regional Museum of Art
1998 – Solo Exhibition – Mayor’s Office and Conference Room, City Hall, Michigan City, IN
1997 – Solo Exhibition: “Recent Paintings” – John G Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
1994 – “Five Masters”- Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 – “Form and Function”- Effects Design Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 – Solo Exhibition (57 paintings) – Bachman Gallery, N. Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
1992 – Solo Exhibition (22 paintings) – Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL
1991 – 21st Century Classics” Four Artists – Erie St. Gallery, Chicago, IL;

…and earlier…

Note:  In the interest of keeping this document limited to one page, many exhibits are not shown.