Thomas Rush
Painter
Photographer
Writer
Musician
We artists are driven towards personal lives nourished in these strange techniques of self-pursuit.
—Lawrence Durrell
—Lawrence Durrell
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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 Oakland CA
Cincinnati OH Yellow Springs OH Villa Hills KY Ft. Thomas KY
LaPorte CO Livermore CO Seattle WA Orlando FL
Alexandria VA St. John USVI St. Croix USVI
EUROPE
Paris, France Seillans, France Fayence, France Callian, France
Annecy, France London, UK Oxshott, UK Amsterdam, Netherlands
Madrid, Spain
LATIN AMERICA
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Melaque, Jalisco, Mexico Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
PAINTING EXHIBITIONS:
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2016-2023 Pendleton Art Center, Studio 607, Cincinnati OH
2020-2021 Stay and Wonder Gallery, Columbia Plaza, 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
2012 RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco CA [Photography]
2012 The F-Stops HERE!, Live Worms Gallery, San Francisco CA [Photography]
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
1996–2000 Base Coöperative Art Gallery, Cincinnati OH
1995 Club de Industriales de Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico
1994 Tres Diversos Artistas, Proulex Vallarta, Guadalajara, Mexico
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