Art Criticism
© Thomas Rush 2020
All rights reserved.
Explain, explain
Comment, comment
Criticize, eulogize
Compliment, foment
Extrapolate, equate
Step forward, step back
Lean in, lean out
Bring to conclusion
And miss the whole point.
We artists are driven towards personal lives nourished in these strange techniques of self-pursuit.
—Lawrence Durrell (from Clea)
—Lawrence Durrell (from Clea)
Ongoing Exhibition: 17 February – 26 March 2020
Stay and Wonder Gallery, Columbia Plaza, 250 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati OH 45202
[Held over until some time in 2021 because of the pandemic.]
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EDUCATION:
San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA:
B.A., Stage Design, 1990, Summa Cum Laude
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA:
Painting and Drawing Studies, 1979-1980
Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico:
Spanish Language and Mexican Cultural Studies, 1991–1994
COLLECTIONS:
USA
San Francisco CA Los Angeles CA Alameda CA Richmond CA
Petaluma CA Aliso Viejo, CA Vallejo CA Cincinnati OH
Yellow Springs OH Villa Hills KY Ft. Thomas KY LaPorte CO
Alexandria VA St. John USVI St. Croix USVI Seattle WA
Livermore CO Orlando FL
EUROPE
Paris, France Seillans, France Fayence, France Callian, France
Madrid, Spain Geneva, Switzerland London, UK Oxshott, UK
Amsterdam, Holland
LATIN AMERICA
Guadalajara, Mexico Ribeirao Preto, Brazil Melaque, Jalisco, Mexico
PAINTING EXHIBITIONS:
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Stay and Wonder Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2014 Double Vision, Oxford Community Art Center, Oxford OH
2008 OMS Mural, OMS Photography Studios, Cincinnati OH
2007 Harmony in Chaos, York Street Cafe Third Floor Gallery, Newport KY
2006 The Mountain Series, Studio 700, Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati OH
2005 One Year's Work, Live Worms Gallery, North Beach, San Francisco CA
2004 New Paintings, Intrax International Institute, San Francisco CA
2002 La Chirane, Seillans (Var) France
2001 The Design Consortium, Cincinnati OH
2001 Chapelle des Pénitents, Callian (Var) France
2000 Special Showing, Poterie L'Évêché, Fayence (Var) France
2000 Heat Wave, Malton Gallery, Cincinnati OH
1999 Abstractions of the Figure, Base Art Gallery, Cincinnati OH
1998 Works from Mexico, San Francisco, and Cincinnati, Toedtman School of Music, Cincinnati OH
1996 New Paintings, The Gallery at Wellage and Buxton, Cincinnati OH
1996 A Retrospective, Toedtman School of Music, Cincinnati OH
1995 Obras Recientes, Proulex Vallarta, Guadalajara, Mexico
GROUP EXIBITIONS:
2019 The Abstract Show, Cincinnati Art Club
2011 Footprints, Fitton Center for the Arts, Hamilton OH
2009 44thJuried Art Exhibit, Fitton Center for the Arts, Hamilton OH
2007 SOS Art, Cincinnati Art Academy, Cincinnati OH
2005 Third Pan Opticon of North Beach, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco CA
2004 Second Pan Opticon of North Beach, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco CA
2002 Galerie Adrian David, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2001 An Art Affaire, Heritage Club, Cincinnati OH
2000 Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
1999 Malton Gallery, Cincinnati OH
1995 Club de Industriales de Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico
1994 Tres Diversos Artistas, Proulex Vallarta, Guadalajara, Mexico
PHOTOGRAPHY EXIBITIONS:
2012 RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco CA
2012 The F-Stops HERE!, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco CA
PUBLICATIONS:
Cincinnati City Beat, Cincinnati OH, "Mood and Emotion" (Review of exhibition: Design Consortium) May 2002
Nice Matin, Nice, France (Review of exhibition: La Chirane) April 2002
Le Nouveau Bavard, Tourrettes (Var), France, "Mystère et Éclat" (Review: Chapelle des Pénitents expo) Aug 2001
Nice/Var Matin, Nice, France (Review of exhibition: Chapelle des Pénitents) 11 July 2001
Cincinnati City Beat, Cincinnati OH (Review of exhibition: Abstractions of the Figure) May 1999
Antenna Arts Magazine, Cincinnati OH, (Artist Profile), February 1996
San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA:
B.A., Stage Design, 1990, Summa Cum Laude
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA:
Painting and Drawing Studies, 1979-1980
Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico:
Spanish Language and Mexican Cultural Studies, 1991–1994
COLLECTIONS:
USA
San Francisco CA Los Angeles CA Alameda CA Richmond CA
Petaluma CA Aliso Viejo, CA Vallejo CA Cincinnati OH
Yellow Springs OH Villa Hills KY Ft. Thomas KY LaPorte CO
Alexandria VA St. John USVI St. Croix USVI Seattle WA
Livermore CO Orlando FL
EUROPE
Paris, France Seillans, France Fayence, France Callian, France
Madrid, Spain Geneva, Switzerland London, UK Oxshott, UK
Amsterdam, Holland
LATIN AMERICA
Guadalajara, Mexico Ribeirao Preto, Brazil Melaque, Jalisco, Mexico
PAINTING EXHIBITIONS:
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Stay and Wonder Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2014 Double Vision, Oxford Community Art Center, Oxford OH
2008 OMS Mural, OMS Photography Studios, Cincinnati OH
2007 Harmony in Chaos, York Street Cafe Third Floor Gallery, Newport KY
2006 The Mountain Series, Studio 700, Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati OH
2005 One Year's Work, Live Worms Gallery, North Beach, San Francisco CA
2004 New Paintings, Intrax International Institute, San Francisco CA
2002 La Chirane, Seillans (Var) France
2001 The Design Consortium, Cincinnati OH
2001 Chapelle des Pénitents, Callian (Var) France
2000 Special Showing, Poterie L'Évêché, Fayence (Var) France
2000 Heat Wave, Malton Gallery, Cincinnati OH
1999 Abstractions of the Figure, Base Art Gallery, Cincinnati OH
1998 Works from Mexico, San Francisco, and Cincinnati, Toedtman School of Music, Cincinnati OH
1996 New Paintings, The Gallery at Wellage and Buxton, Cincinnati OH
1996 A Retrospective, Toedtman School of Music, Cincinnati OH
1995 Obras Recientes, Proulex Vallarta, Guadalajara, Mexico
GROUP EXIBITIONS:
2019 The Abstract Show, Cincinnati Art Club
2011 Footprints, Fitton Center for the Arts, Hamilton OH
2009 44thJuried Art Exhibit, Fitton Center for the Arts, Hamilton OH
2007 SOS Art, Cincinnati Art Academy, Cincinnati OH
2005 Third Pan Opticon of North Beach, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco CA
2004 Second Pan Opticon of North Beach, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco CA
2002 Galerie Adrian David, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2001 An Art Affaire, Heritage Club, Cincinnati OH
2000 Zenith Gallery, Washington DC
1999 Malton Gallery, Cincinnati OH
1995 Club de Industriales de Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico
1994 Tres Diversos Artistas, Proulex Vallarta, Guadalajara, Mexico
PHOTOGRAPHY EXIBITIONS:
2012 RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco CA
2012 The F-Stops HERE!, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco CA
PUBLICATIONS:
Cincinnati City Beat, Cincinnati OH, "Mood and Emotion" (Review of exhibition: Design Consortium) May 2002
Nice Matin, Nice, France (Review of exhibition: La Chirane) April 2002
Le Nouveau Bavard, Tourrettes (Var), France, "Mystère et Éclat" (Review: Chapelle des Pénitents expo) Aug 2001
Nice/Var Matin, Nice, France (Review of exhibition: Chapelle des Pénitents) 11 July 2001
Cincinnati City Beat, Cincinnati OH (Review of exhibition: Abstractions of the Figure) May 1999
Antenna Arts Magazine, Cincinnati OH, (Artist Profile), February 1996