Tom Parish
Born: 1933, Hibbing, Minnesota
EDUCATION: B.F.A. College of William and Mary, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.
M.A. University of North Dakota.
AWARDS:
1993 Catalog published, funding by Richard A. Florshiem Art Fund.
1993 A.V.A., Awards in the Visual Arts, S.E.C.C.A., South Eastern Center of Creative Arts.
One of 10 National Awardees - $15,000.
1988 O.M.A.P. Award, one man exhibition, Detroit Institute of Art.
1986 Michigan Concerned Citizens for the Arts, Annual publication
1986/89/93/95/98 Sabbaticals in Italy, Wayne State University.
1985 Michigan Fine Arts Award, Detroit Institute of Art, Visual Arts Recipient.
1971/72 Visiting Artist Grant, Michigan Council of the Arts and Michigan Technical University, Houghton, Michigan.
1970 Visiting Artist Grant, Oxbow Academy, Saugatuck, Michigan.
1965 Logan Prize, Chicago Art Institute.
1965 Purchase Prize, Butler Institute of American Art.
1961 Purchase Prize, North Dakota Annual, University of North Dakota.
1956 Cresson European Traveling Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
Faculty Exhibitions, Wayne State Un. - for 31 years.
1998 Gallery Artists - Gruen Gallery, Chicago.
1998 Painting - Six Painters, Marygrove College, Detroit.
1996 Patrimonio, 50th year of Modern Italy,
Wayne State University, the Italian Consulate, Fiat Group Funding.
1996 New Millennium, Detroit Artists Market.
1995 Water, Michigan Gallery, Detroit.
1994 Sketchbooks, Detroit Artists Market.
1989/90 Gallery Group Shows, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago.
1989 Environmental Figures,Buckham Fine Arts Project, Flint, Michigan.
1987 Landscapes, Seascapes and Cityscapes, New Orleans Institute of Contemporary Art.
1987 From A to Z, Detroit Artists Market.
1983 Cross Portraits, Detroit Focus Gallery,
1982 Opening Exhibition, the New Gilman Gallery, Chicago.
1981 Gallery Group Show, Cantor-Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, Mi.
1981 8 at 1010 Beaubien, Detroit Focus Gallery.
1981/82 Detroit-The Summer Months, Detroit Focus.
1980 Gallery Group Show, Sheldon Ross Gallery, Birmingham, Mi.
1980 Tom And Shirley Parish, Willis Gallery, Detroit, Mi.
1980 Detroit-Something to Remember Us By, Detroit Artists Market.
1979 Gallery Group Show, Lee Hofman Gallery, Birmingham, Mi.
1978 Recent Works, Detroit Artists Market.
1977 Michigan Painters, Calvin College, Mi.
1977 Salute to '76, Martha Jackson Gallery, N.Y.C.
1975 Michigan Painters, University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor, Mi.
1975 Invention and Innovation, Kresge Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mi.
1973 New Images, Martha Jackson Gallery, N.Y.C.
1972 Landscape Now, Detroit Artists Market.
1970/71 The Forsythe Sage, I & II, Detroit, Mi.
1970 Criteria 70, Bloomfield-Birmingham Art Association, Bloomfield, Mi.
1969 American Painting and Sculpture, Krannert Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
1968 American Painting, Allan County Museum, Ohio.
1967 American Realism Since the Armory Show, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Mi.
1963 Chicago Fine Arts Festival, The New McCormack Place, Chicago, Ill.
1962 Lewis College Invitational, American Prints, Joliet, Ill.
1959/60/61 The North Dakota Annual, American Prints and Drawings, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
1957 1957 Philadelphia Art Alliance Annual, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Annual Fellowship Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
1954/55/56 Philadelphia Print Club Annual, Philadelphia, Pa.
1955 Barone Gallery, Group Exhibition, N.Y.C.
JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
1977 Brooklyn Museum Bi-Annual, Brooklyn, New York.
1964/65 The Butler Annual, Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio.
1964/65 The Chicago And Vicinity Show, Chicago Art Institute.
1963 Boston Printmakers, Boston Museum of Art.
1961 National Academy of Design Annual, N.Y.C.
1959 Northwest Printmakers International, Seattle Museum of Art.
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS:
1995 Bunting Gallery, "Recent Paintings", Royal Oak, Mi.
1993 Evanston Art Center, "Recent Paintings", Evanston, Illinois.
1993 B4A Gallery, "Three Places in Zarna", N.Y.C.
1992 Wayne State University, "Tom Parish of Zarna", Detroit, Mi.
1991 Gilman-Gruen Gallery, Chicago.
1988 Sheldon Ross Gallery, Birmingham, Mi.
1988/89 Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Mi.
1986 Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Mi.
1986 First Exhibition of Gallery, Illinois Building, Chicago.
1986/87 Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Mi.
1985 55 Mercer Gallery, N.Y.C.
1984/81/70/66 Gilman Gallery, Chicago.
1984/75 Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi.
1974 Martha Jackson Gallery, N.Y.C.
1972 University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
REVIEWS:
Arts Magazine, N.Y.C. Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Catalogues, Detroit Institute of Art, Florshiem Foundation, Chicago Daily News, Vincent Carducci, Detroit Metro Times, Midwest Art Review, Focus Quarterly, Mary Stephensen, Franz Schultze.
CURRENTLY:
Professor of Painting
Dept. of Art and Art History School of Fine and Performing Arts and Communication
Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi.
EDUCATION: B.F.A. College of William and Mary, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.
M.A. University of North Dakota.
AWARDS:
1993 Catalog published, funding by Richard A. Florshiem Art Fund.
1993 A.V.A., Awards in the Visual Arts, S.E.C.C.A., South Eastern Center of Creative Arts.
One of 10 National Awardees - $15,000.
1988 O.M.A.P. Award, one man exhibition, Detroit Institute of Art.
1986 Michigan Concerned Citizens for the Arts, Annual publication
1986/89/93/95/98 Sabbaticals in Italy, Wayne State University.
1985 Michigan Fine Arts Award, Detroit Institute of Art, Visual Arts Recipient.
1971/72 Visiting Artist Grant, Michigan Council of the Arts and Michigan Technical University, Houghton, Michigan.
1970 Visiting Artist Grant, Oxbow Academy, Saugatuck, Michigan.
1965 Logan Prize, Chicago Art Institute.
1965 Purchase Prize, Butler Institute of American Art.
1961 Purchase Prize, North Dakota Annual, University of North Dakota.
1956 Cresson European Traveling Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
Faculty Exhibitions, Wayne State Un. - for 31 years.
1998 Gallery Artists - Gruen Gallery, Chicago.
1998 Painting - Six Painters, Marygrove College, Detroit.
1996 Patrimonio, 50th year of Modern Italy,
Wayne State University, the Italian Consulate, Fiat Group Funding.
1996 New Millennium, Detroit Artists Market.
1995 Water, Michigan Gallery, Detroit.
1994 Sketchbooks, Detroit Artists Market.
1989/90 Gallery Group Shows, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago.
1989 Environmental Figures,Buckham Fine Arts Project, Flint, Michigan.
1987 Landscapes, Seascapes and Cityscapes, New Orleans Institute of Contemporary Art.
1987 From A to Z, Detroit Artists Market.
1983 Cross Portraits, Detroit Focus Gallery,
1982 Opening Exhibition, the New Gilman Gallery, Chicago.
1981 Gallery Group Show, Cantor-Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, Mi.
1981 8 at 1010 Beaubien, Detroit Focus Gallery.
1981/82 Detroit-The Summer Months, Detroit Focus.
1980 Gallery Group Show, Sheldon Ross Gallery, Birmingham, Mi.
1980 Tom And Shirley Parish, Willis Gallery, Detroit, Mi.
1980 Detroit-Something to Remember Us By, Detroit Artists Market.
1979 Gallery Group Show, Lee Hofman Gallery, Birmingham, Mi.
1978 Recent Works, Detroit Artists Market.
1977 Michigan Painters, Calvin College, Mi.
1977 Salute to '76, Martha Jackson Gallery, N.Y.C.
1975 Michigan Painters, University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor, Mi.
1975 Invention and Innovation, Kresge Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mi.
1973 New Images, Martha Jackson Gallery, N.Y.C.
1972 Landscape Now, Detroit Artists Market.
1970/71 The Forsythe Sage, I & II, Detroit, Mi.
1970 Criteria 70, Bloomfield-Birmingham Art Association, Bloomfield, Mi.
1969 American Painting and Sculpture, Krannert Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
1968 American Painting, Allan County Museum, Ohio.
1967 American Realism Since the Armory Show, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Mi.
1963 Chicago Fine Arts Festival, The New McCormack Place, Chicago, Ill.
1962 Lewis College Invitational, American Prints, Joliet, Ill.
1959/60/61 The North Dakota Annual, American Prints and Drawings, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
1957 1957 Philadelphia Art Alliance Annual, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Annual Fellowship Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
1954/55/56 Philadelphia Print Club Annual, Philadelphia, Pa.
1955 Barone Gallery, Group Exhibition, N.Y.C.
JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
1977 Brooklyn Museum Bi-Annual, Brooklyn, New York.
1964/65 The Butler Annual, Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio.
1964/65 The Chicago And Vicinity Show, Chicago Art Institute.
1963 Boston Printmakers, Boston Museum of Art.
1961 National Academy of Design Annual, N.Y.C.
1959 Northwest Printmakers International, Seattle Museum of Art.
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS:
1995 Bunting Gallery, "Recent Paintings", Royal Oak, Mi.
1993 Evanston Art Center, "Recent Paintings", Evanston, Illinois.
1993 B4A Gallery, "Three Places in Zarna", N.Y.C.
1992 Wayne State University, "Tom Parish of Zarna", Detroit, Mi.
1991 Gilman-Gruen Gallery, Chicago.
1988 Sheldon Ross Gallery, Birmingham, Mi.
1988/89 Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Mi.
1986 Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Mi.
1986 First Exhibition of Gallery, Illinois Building, Chicago.
1986/87 Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Mi.
1985 55 Mercer Gallery, N.Y.C.
1984/81/70/66 Gilman Gallery, Chicago.
1984/75 Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi.
1974 Martha Jackson Gallery, N.Y.C.
1972 University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
REVIEWS:
Arts Magazine, N.Y.C. Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Catalogues, Detroit Institute of Art, Florshiem Foundation, Chicago Daily News, Vincent Carducci, Detroit Metro Times, Midwest Art Review, Focus Quarterly, Mary Stephensen, Franz Schultze.
CURRENTLY:
Professor of Painting
Dept. of Art and Art History School of Fine and Performing Arts and Communication
Wayne State University, Detroit, Mi.
