Larry Thomas, CV
Born: Memphis, Tennessee 1943 Studied: Memphis Academy of Arts, B.F.A., 1966 San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A., 1979
TEACHING, ADMINISTRATIVE, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
San Francisco Art Institute, Master Printmaking Class and Summer Residency Program Tutor, Summer Sessions, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Drawing Workshop, Deer Isle, ME, 2010, 2015
North Country Studio Workshops, Drawing Intensive Workshop, Bennington College, VT, 2009
Visiting Resident/Tutor, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Ireland, 2008- 09
Dean of Academic Affairs, Emeritus, San Francisco Art Institute, 2005 -
Vice President & Dean of Academic Affairs, San Francisco Art Institute, 1994 - 2005
Interim President, San Francisco Art Institute, 2002-04
Associate Professor of Printmaking and Chair of Department of Printmaking, S.F.A.I. 1983-94
Stanford University, 1989-92, Visiting Professor
Santa Rosa Junior College, 1981-84, Instructor
Guest Artist/Lecturer: 1991 - Kansas City Art Institute, St. Olaf College
1 1984-88 - Mills College, Stanford University, California College of Arts and Crafts, Shasta College, Fresno State University, Fresno Art Museum, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Humboldt State University, University of California at Berkeley, Memphis College of Art
HONORS, AWARDS, RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Recipient of Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant to support and expand professional activities, 2015
Participant, New Works Program, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, 2011, 2013, 2014
Artist-In-Residence, special invitational residency, Ragdale Foundation, Forest Park, IL, 2008
Member, Board of Directors, Alliance of Artists Communities – 2004-2007
Panelist for “Artist Insight: Forum on Artists’ Residencies”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Attendee/Participant representing Alliance of Artists Communities & Res Artis - Mexico: Puerta de las Americas/Mexico: Gateway to the Americas, Mexico City. International conference for the performing arts - dance, music, theater- June 1-4, 2006
Panelist – NEA, Access to Artistic Excellence Category Review/Artists Residency Programs, Washington, D.C., July, 2006
Panelist - Flintridge Foundation, 2001-02 Awards for Visual Artists, Pasadena, CA. Six artists from California and six artists from Oregon/Washington - each awarded $25,000 unrestricted grants.
Member of Advisory Board - Flintridge Foundation, Pasadena, CA – 2002-06
Member, Board of Directors, Headlands Center for the Arts, 2000-2003
Publication of series of eight etchings/aquatints & engravings at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR in collaboration with master printer Julia D’Amario – fall, 2005
Recipient of Honorary Doctorate degree & commencement guest speaker, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN, 2002
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Site team member for national and regional accreditation review by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Institutions evaluated included: Minneapolis College of Art, Cooper Union, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts College of Art, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Art Institute of Southern California, 1997- 2001
Panelist for Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) Fellowship Review, Portland, OR. Two $20,000 Fellowships awarded annually to professional artists living and working within the tri-county area of Portland, OR, 2000
College Art Association, Nominations Committee & Committee for Distinguished Teaching Award, 1999/2000 & 2000/2001 Academic Years
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, 1999-2000
Advisory Council, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR, 1993 & ongoing
Visiting Artist/Scholar, American Academy in Rome, six-week residency, 1997
Participant of cultural and educational delegation to Yunnan Province, China to review Yunnan Nationalities Cultures Project, administered by The Center for United States- China Arts Exchange, Columbia University, May 1995
Cultural Specialist to The National Museum of Jordan and the University of Damascus, Syria to aide in establishing program for art educators in the field of printmaking, Amman, Jordan, spring/summer, 1994 - in association with the U. S. Information Agency, Washington, D. C.
Coordinator for "The History and Culture of the White Mountain Apache", an ethnic studies pilot program for cultural studies/humanities dept., S.F.A.I., summer 1993.
Guest Lecturer for “Tradition, Politics & Society in Contemporary Art”, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., 1991
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Fellowships for the years 1980-81 and 1987-88
Faculty Development Grants from the San Francisco Art Institute for travel and research in Chiapas, Mexico, winter 1989-90 and for aluminum plate lithography workshop at Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, summer 1991
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Artist-In-Residence, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, Oregon, autumn 1991
Artist-In-Residence, Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA, 1986
Juror/Panelist for Regional N.E.A., Arts Midwest, Minneapolis, MN, 1988
S.E.C.A. Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1984
Publication of monotype series, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1985-86
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“Larry Thomas”, Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula, MT, 2016
“Larry Thomas, New Work”, Stewart/Kumer Gallery, Gualala, CA, 2015
“Moments of Encounter”, Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA, 2013
“Larry Thomas, Coastal Echoes”, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, 2012
“Larry Thomas, Winter Drawings”, Partners Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA 2010
“Thirteen Drawings from the Burren”, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland, 2009
“Noyo Drawings”, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA, 2008
“Noyo Paintings”, Lobby Gallery, 455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 2007
“From the Figure”, Bank of America World Headquarters, Concourse Gallery, 1999
“Wing”, drawings made at the American Academy in Rome, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA 1998
Survey of Drawings, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, spring 1996
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"Recent Drawings", Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, 1995
"Larry Thomas, Recent Drawings", Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 1994
"Larry Thomas, Recent Drawings", The Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN 1994
"Larry Thomas, Balzac's Unknown Masterpiece", Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA 1993
“Ruminations, Recent Drawings”, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA 1992
“Temple Ruins”, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, 1988
“New Work”, Fuller/Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1986
“Larry Thomas, S.E.C.A. Art Award 1984”, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1984 (brochure published)
“Larry Thomas: Drawings”, Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1984
“Larry Thomas: Recent Drawings”, Jehu-Wong Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1982
“Larry Thomas: Recent Work on Paper”, Jehu-Wong Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1980
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“Kalligraphia”, tri-annual exhibition for members of Friends of Calligraphy, San Francisco Main Public Library Special Collections, 2015
Two-person exhibition with Virginia Stearns, Partners Gallery, Fort Bragg, CA, 2015
“Marks of Distinction”, invitational exhibition by five artists from the Friends of Calligraphy Guild, Bethany Center, San Francisco, CA, 2014
“Larry Thomas, Recent Paintings & Drawings”, Rowboat Gallery, Pacific City, Oregon, 2014
“Spirituality in Contemporary Art, Selections from the SFMOMA Collection”, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, 2013
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“Fifty Years of Bay Area Art, The SECA Awards”, SFMOMA, 2011
“Silence, Exile and Cunning”, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, 2010
“Drawing: The Probity of Art”, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benecia, CA, 2009
“Larry Thomas & Gustavo Ramos Rivera at Partners Gallery”, Partners Gallery, Little River, CA, 2007
“The First Illusion: The Transitional Object”, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA 2006
"Frame of Reference" Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, 1995
"The Exchange Show: San Francisco/Rio de Janeiro", Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA/Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1994, (catalogue published)
"Drawing the Line", Drawings by 15 Bay Area Artists, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 1994
"National Drawing Invitational", The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1994 (catalogue published)
"Faculty Selections", The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 1993-94
"The Uncommon Flower", The Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, 1993
"Self Portraits in Black and White", Zyzzyva, Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1993
“Directions in Bay Area Printmaking: Three Decades”, The Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, 1992-93 (catalogue published)
“Macau Printmaking, ‘92”, International Invitational Print Exhibition. The Cultural Institute of Macau, Macau, 1992 (catalogue published)
“Drawings II”, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1992
“Sacred Landscapes”, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 1991
“Recent Acquisitions, Works on Paper”, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., 1991
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“Concerning Nature”, The Zen Center, San Francisco, CA, 1991
“Experimental Workshop, Contemporary Prints”, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, 1991
“Selections San Francisco/Bay Area”, The Drawing Center, New York and Pro-Arts, Oakland, CA, 1991 (brochure published)
“Prints from Experimental Workshop, San Francisco”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR, 1990
“A Stanford Perspective”, Rococo Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1990
“Prints from Experimental Workshop”, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, and Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1990
“Prints and Multiples from The Experimental Workshop”, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 1989
“Then and Now”, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1989
“Editions from Experimental Workshop”, Shasta College, Redding Museum & University of the Pacific, 1988
“National Invitational Drawing Exhibition”, Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, 1988 (catalogue published)
“Experimental Workshop: Prints”, Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1988
“The Importance of Drawing”, Fuller/Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1987
“Public and Private, American Prints Today”, The Brooklyn Museum, exhibition traveled to Flint Institute of the Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Carnegie Institute, Walker Art Center, 1986-87 (catalogue published)
“Recent Acquisitions”, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, 1987
“Graphica Creativa”, The Fifth International Print Triennial, Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1987 (catalogue published)
“Bay Area Drawing”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 1987 (catalogue published)
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“Faculty Selection, 1987”, San Francisco Art Institute, 1987
“Experimental Workshop, New Graphics”, Site 311, Pacific Grove, CA, 1987
“Black and White in Zyzzyva”, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA, 1987 “Recent Graphics from American Print Shops”, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL, 1986
“Contemporary Romanticism”, University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward, CA, 1986 (catalogue published)
“The Atelier in America”, Swen Parson Art Gallery, Northern Illinois University, 1985
“Past Presence/Contemporary Sources”, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA, 1985 (catalogue published)
“Recent 20th Century Acquisitions”, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, 1985
“Thomas Albright: Epilogue”, Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1985
“Meridian: An Exhibition of the Art of the Americas”, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, 1985
“American Drawings from Neo-Classicism to the Avant-Garde”, The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, 1984 (catalogue published)
“Visual Dialogues of the ‘80’s”, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA and Galleria Metropolitana de la Universidad Autonima Metropolitana, Mexico City, 1984-85 (catalogue published)
“California”, Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1984
“What’s Happening: Contemporary Art from California, Oregon and Washington”, The Alternative Museum, New York, 1984 (catalogue published)
“Printmaking Invitational”, College of the Mainlands Art Gallery, Texas City, TX, 1984
“Thirteen Artists”, Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, 1983
“Small Format”, Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1983
8 “Recent Acquisitions Part Two: 1940-1982”, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, 1983
“A Drawing Show”, Emmanuel Walter & Atholl McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, 1983
“Black and White”, Soker-Kaseman Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1983
“At This Point In Time”, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1983
“Vessels”, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA, 1982
“Oversize/Undersize”, Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, 1982
“San Francisco Art Institute Alumni”, Jehu-Wong Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1981
“Prints by Seven Bay Area Artists”, Union Memorial Art Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA, 1980 (brochure published)
“Drawings, Just Drawings”, Helen Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA, 1978
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Letter Arts Review, Annual Juried Issue, 28:2, Christopher Calderhead, et al, 2014, pg 52.
Marks of Distinction, Marcia Friedman, Larry Thomas, et al, “Alphabet”, Friends of Calligraphy, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
The Thousand Prayer Project, Christopher Calderhead, Larry Thomas, et al, “Letter Arts Review”, issue 27:1, 2013, pgs. 25-43.
Larry Thomas Coastal Echoes, Kate Eilertsen, Bill Berkson, Charles Hobson. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, 2012.
Fifty Years of Bay Area Art, The SECA Awards, Alison Gass, Tanya Zimbardo, et al. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2011.
Silence, Exile & Cunning, Frances McCormack, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, 2010.
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Brodzsky, Anne Trueblood, Mataris, Denise, et al. The Exchange Show : San Francisco/Rio de Janeiro Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco and The Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1994.
The Print Collector's Newsletter, "Larry Thomas & Honore de Balzac, The Unknown Masterpiece (1993)", Nov./Dec. 1993, pg. 189
Tuchman, Laura J., "When a Rose is More Than a Rose", San Jose Mercury News, August 22, 1993, pg. 9
Mayfield, Signe, et al. Directions in Bay Area Printmaking: Three Decades. The Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, 1992.
Marreiros, Carlos, Macau Printmaking, ‘92. Cultural Institute of Macau, Macau, 1992.
Lanham, Linda. “Sitka Artist Explores Native American Images”, News-Times, Newport, OR, November 6, 1991. pg. 3
Cowan, Ron. “Artists’ Workshop”, Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, November 27, 1991.
Thomas, Karla. “Sitka Welcomes New Artists”, The News Guard, Lincoln City, OR, October 1991.
Rinder, Larry. Chagoya, Enrique. Selections San Francisco /Bay Area. The Drawing Center, New York, 1991.
Flanagan, E. Michael. Burkert, Robert. Prints and Multiples From The Experimental Workshop. University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 1989.
Listed in Who’s Who In American Art, 1989 to present.
Lapp, Maurice. Fletcher, Kevin. National Invitational Drawing Exhibition. Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA 1988.
Tomlinson, Robert. Bay Area Drawing. Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA. 1987.
Alvar Aalto Museum, et al. Graphica Creativa, The Fifth International Print Triennial. The Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1987.
Mochary, Alexandra. “Bay Area Art: Take Another Look”. Antiques and Fine Art. December 1987. pg. 71-75.
10 Burkhart, Dorothy. “The Art of Excellence”. San Jose Mercury News. September 14, 1986. pgs. 5-6.
Halula, Theresa. McDonagh, Michael. Contemporary Romanticism. University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward, CA, 1986.
Shere, Charles. “New Romanticism Gains Credibility”. The Tribune. Oakland, CA, March 11, 1986. pg. C1-4.
Van Proyen, Mark. “Glamour and Romanticism.” Artweek. March 15, 1986.
Walker, Barry. Public and Private: American Prints Today. The Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, N.Y. 1986.
Liss, Andrea, et al. Past Presence/Contemporary Sources. The College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA, 1985.
Goodwin, Erin. Block, Malu, et al. Visual Dialogues of the ‘80’s. San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA and Galleria Metropolitana de la Universidad Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico, 1985.
Orchard, Harry, et al. American Drawings from Neo-Classicism to the Avant-Garde. The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, 1984.
Regan, Kate. “Artistic Decay and Rejuvenation”. San Francisco Chronicle. August 22, 1984. pg. 61.
Graves, Donna, et al. S.E.C.A. Art Award 1984, Larry Thomas. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 1984.
Rodriquez, Gino, et al. What’s Happening: Contemporary Art from California, Oregon and Washington. The Alternative Museum. New York, N.Y. 1984.
Dunham, Judith. “Larry Thomas”. Vanguard. April 1984. pg. 45.
Albright, Thomas. “Forceful Imagery from Two Artists”. San Francisco Chronicle. February 28, 1984. pg. 42.
Liss, Andrea. “Evocative Objects”. Artweek. February 18, 1984. pg. 3.
Liss, Andrea. “Variations on a Timeless Theme”. Artweek. December 10, 1983. pg. 6.
11 Albright, Thomas. “Curator Goes Out on a Limb, Comes up with a Fresh Show”. San Francisco Chronicle. May 26, 1983. pg. 69.
Curtis, Cathy. “The Art of Compromise”. Artweek. September 10, 1983. pg. 5.
Albright, Thomas. “An Etcher Stands Out Among Week’s New Artists”. San Francisco Chronicle. July 9, 1980. pg. 50
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Artists Books Collection The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, Artists Books Collection The Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Artists Books Collection The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Artists Books Collection Stanford University Museum, Palo Alto, CA, Artists Books/Prints Collection The New York Public Library, New York, NY, Artists Books/Prints Collection The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley, CA, Artists Books Collection Portland Art Museum, Vivian & Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Art, Portland, OR Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Print Collection The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D. C. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, CA The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA The Fresno Museum of Art, Fresno, CA The Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA Security Pacific Bank Frito Lay Corporation Prudential Insurance Company of America Hospital Corporation of America Oral B Corporation
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