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Tom Fruin


   


Born: 1974, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

 

                 

Education:

1992-1996 UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

 

                 

Solo Exhibitions:

2006

Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, One Man's Treasure

2005 New Gallery, Houston, Cultural Narcotics
  Galerie Heike Curtze, Austria, The Straight Dope
2004 Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, Starfucker
2002 Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, Cultural Narcotics: The Straight Dope
2001 Stefan Stux Gallery Project Room, New York, Cultural Narcotics
1999 Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Hazard of Gravity
Sculpure Installation
, Curated by Anika T. Kristensen
  GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, NY, New Growth

 

                 

Group Exhibitions:

2006

Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Mine

  Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, Almost Art
  Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, Extreme Materials
2005 Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, Entourage
  Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland, Group Show
  Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, New Turf
  Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinoise at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, IL, Over + Over: Passion for Process.Traveling to the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; and Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX (2006)
2004 Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, Pillish
  American Visionary Museum, Baltimore, MD, Transcending Addiction: High on Life. Traveling to the Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York
  Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, Tango
2003 Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, Form and Content: Corporal Identity/ Body Language. Traveling to the Museum of Arts and Design, New York
  Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel, Triennial
2002 American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, Transcending Addiction: High on Life. Traveling to the Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York
  New Gallery, Houston, 20th Anniversary Celebration: Stefan Stux Gallery
2001 Armstrong Schoenheit Gallery, Los Angeles
  GAle GAtes et al., New York, Pieces
  James Graham and Sons Gallery, New York, Alterations
  Pelham Art Center, NY, City Rhythmns
2000 Rare, NY, Blurring the Line
  GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, NY, One-Fifteen-Zero-Zero. Curated by Michael Counts
  GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, NY, Size Matters. Curated byMike Weiss
  Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY, Intervistas. Curated by Lorraine Walsh
  China Club, NY, Save the Trees Benefit Art Show
  80 Washington Square East Galleries, NY, Small Works. Curated by Ronald Feldman
  GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, NY, Paulo Suzuki and Thomas Fruin. Curated by Michael Countsx
1998 GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, NY, Under the Bridge
  GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, NY, Dumbo 3
1997 Vibrant Gallery, NY, Green and White. Curated by Virginia Gullian
  Gallery 1434, Santa Barbara, CA, Recent Work: Matt Heller and Thomas Fruin
   

 

                            

 

Bibliography:

 

Hubrecht, Jane van Lanschot. "News: Geneva" Contemporary Magazine, No. 78
Polston, Pamela. "Finding Her Place," Seven Days, July 13, 2005
Galloway, Anne. "Their Own Terrain," The Times Argus, July 8, 2005
Johnson, Richard. "Drug Art Sails by Inspectors," The New York POst, April 9, 2005
Paglia, Michael. "Perscription for Success," Westword, November 11, 2004
Interviewed by Sider, Sandra. "Tom Fruin's Flags," Surface Design, Fall 2004
Mendelsohn, Meredith. "Tom Fruin at Mike Weiss Gallery," ArtNews, May 2004
Paine Bradbury, Andrew. "Tom Fruin- Starfucker," Free Williamsburg, February 2004
Savannah, Gae. "Tom Fruin at Mike Weiss Gallery," Flash Art, March-April 2004
Parker, Lauren. "Addicted to Fashion," Accessories, March 2004
Corporal Identity: Body Language, 9th Triennial for Form and Content, Frankfurt: Museum Fur Angewandte Kunst, 2003
McGlazer, Ramsey. "Rehashing the Grid, or How to Make the Urban Quilt," Museo 6, Spring 2003
Garry, Gregory. "High Art," Flaunt, December 2002
Kostabi, Mark. "Mark Kostabi on Tom Fruin," Shout, April/May 2002
Bach, Deborah. "Finding the Stuff of Art in the Gutter," The New York Times, April 2002
Honingman, Ana. "Review," Time Out NY, April 11-18 2002
Johnson, Richard. "Star Buys Some Real Art," The New York Post, April 2002
Robinson, Walter. "Weekend Update," Artnet.com, April 2002
Scott, Debra. "Getting in with the Art Crowd," The New York Post, January 2002
McCormick, Carlo. "Nickel Bag Art," High Times, September 2001
Kalm, James. "City Rhythms @ the Pelham Art Center," NYARTS, April 2001
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. "Thomas Fruin's Quilt," Black Book, Winter 2001
Lehrer, Vivian. WKCR, Art Attack (Radio), 2000
Trujillo, Daniel. "Shadow Boxer: Stage Sculptor Tom Fruin," Shout, December 2000
"Readers," Harper's, November 2000
Plasse, Dana. "NEWS-ART," indieplanet.com, November 17, 2007