Thomas Rush

Painter
Photographer
Writer
Musician


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We artists are driven towards personal lives nourished in these strange techniques of self-pursuit.
—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:
2016-2022   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