Tom McGrath (artist)
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Tom McGrath is an artist based in New York City
, USA. He received his BFA
from Cooper Union
in 2000 and his MFA
from Columbia University
in 2002.
McGrath makes paintings from the viewpoint of a car passenger, his canvasses focused on the surrounding landscape rather than any human presence. His style is impressionistic
and is based on photo-collage
s using pictures of his own journeys.
He has shown work in exhibitions including Choose Your Own Adventure at LeRoy Neiman Centre for Print Studies in New York, The Triumph of Painting at the Saatchi Gallery
in London
, UK, After Matisse/Picasso at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York, and at Lia Rumma in Naples
. Italy
.
His work is included in the public collections including, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS, The Art Bank Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C., The Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL, The Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, and The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Purchase, NY.
He is represented by Sue Scott Gallery in New York.
New York City
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, USA. He received his BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
from Cooper Union
Cooper Union
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly referred to simply as Cooper Union, is a privately funded college in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States, located at Cooper Square and Astor Place...
in 2000 and his MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 2002.
McGrath makes paintings from the viewpoint of a car passenger, his canvasses focused on the surrounding landscape rather than any human presence. His style is impressionistic
Impressionism
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement that originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s...
and is based on photo-collage
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
s using pictures of his own journeys.
He has shown work in exhibitions including Choose Your Own Adventure at LeRoy Neiman Centre for Print Studies in New York, The Triumph of Painting at the Saatchi Gallery
Saatchi Gallery
The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art, opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985 in order to exhibit his collection to the public. It has occupied different premises, first in North London, then the South Bank by the River Thames and currently in Chelsea. Saatchi's collection, and...
in London
London
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, UK, After Matisse/Picasso at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York, and at Lia Rumma in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
. Italy
Italy
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.
His work is included in the public collections including, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS, The Art Bank Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C., The Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL, The Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, and The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Purchase, NY.
He is represented by Sue Scott Gallery in New York.