Tom Christopher Curriculum Vitae
2023 Seven Steps to Manhattan Exhibition in Frankfurt, Barbara von Stechow
2023 Galerie Taménaga Exhibitions in Tokyo and Osaka
2022 Galerie Taménaga Paris Exhibition
2021 Galerie Barbara von Stechow Exhibition
2021 Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg show. “Großstadt Symphonie,”
2020-21 Dreaming Together: New-York Historical Society and Asia Society Museum
2020 Galerie Tamenaga, Paris, Spring/ Summer Group Exhibit
2020 Life Before A Pandemic, Laverdin Gallery, NYC
2019 The New Yorkers, Frankfurt, Germany, Galerie Barbara von Stechow
2019 The Future is Immersive, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC
2017 Galerie Tamenaga, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
2016 Paris, Galerie Tamenaga; Galerie Barbara von Stechow Frankfurt
2014 Brill Building Project, Live in Times Square
2013 Greg Hubert Gallery, Madison Ave, NYC, City Abstracted
2012 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Germany, New Works
2011 Galerie Vormel, Dusseldorf
2010 One of the founders of Lift Trucks Project; an alternative art space in New York.
Art of the Print: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield,CT
2009 “New York is Noir Again” series of black and white paintings for Galerie Tamenaga, Paris, and Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt
2008 Participates in “Project Runway” and a works on a clothing line for Urban Outfitters and Nordstroms.
2008 The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio. J.N. Bartfield Gallery, 30 West 57th St. NYC
2007 “Metropolis” installation at the Conde Nast Building , NYC PerCent for Art Program
2006 Print exhibit with Lichtenstein, Warhol and Ken Price: Ward Pound Ridge, Pound Ridge, NY
2005 Times Square Project, installation at The Lab Gallery and the Times Square Information Center, New York, USA.
2004 Mural for Dassault Falcon Jet, USA. Participates in exhibits: Kunsthalle Trier and Kunsthalle Darmstadt in Germany
2002 Designs a snowboard collection for Burton and creates the cover for the official City Guide of New York.
2000 Wassermann Galerie, Munich Germany — Streets of New York
1999 Tom takes part at the exhibition “New, New York Views” at the Museum of the City of New York, USA
1998 Paints The Roseland Mural (70 x 8 m) at Times Square, New York, USA
1997 White Male Rage curated by Charlie Finch, East Village NY
1997 San Francisco Artists Association “Artists Chose Artists”
1996 – Molly Barnes Gallery, Beverly Hills
1995 Mural commissioned by the News Corp, Rockefeller Center, New York, USA. Absolut Christopher (print ad)
1993 Teaches at the Parsons School of Design, New York, USA.
1992 Mural commissioned, “Mason’s Trowel” Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
1988 Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C., Sculptors Working;
1986-1997 Paintings for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Thorn EMI, Atlantic Monthly, Bertelsmann Music Group,
1985 Reportage drawings for the Grand Prix of Las Vegas. Reportage art for St. Elisabeth’s Hospital, Washington DC. Travels for with Soviet Red Army for NHL.
1984 Paintings for ABC TV, the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Jazz series for Polygram Records. Public TV painting for JFK – A One Man Show.
1983 Tom Christopher writes essays about Computer-art for PC Magazine, and writes a book “MacArt Department” (published by Simon & Schuster)
1982 Works for: New York Times, People, Fortune and Wall Street Journal as well as courtroom artist for CBS Network News.
1980 Works at NBC Studios in Burbank, California, USA; Exhibit design for Walter Hopps at the California Museum of Science and Industry; drawings for Peterson Publishing; worked with William Claxton-Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines recreating the Las Vegas Grand Prix and Mille Miglia races; Editorial drawings for LA Times.
1981 Moves to New York City
1979 Tom receives his Bachelor in Fine Arts (BFA) from the Art Center College, Pasadena, California. Studies with Lorser Feitelson and Ward Kimball. Receives gold Record From CBS Records for artwork.
1978 Works at Disney in Anaheim, California, USA
1976 Studies Painting at the Sonoma State University, California, USA
1974 Studies at the Pasadena Museum of Art, Pasadena, California, USA
1952 Tom Christopher born in Hollywood, California
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Seven Steps to Manhattan Exhibition in Frankfurt, Barbara von Stechow, 2023
Galerie Taménaga, Paris: 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2022, 2023
Life Before A Pandemic, Laverdin Gallery, NYC, 2020
The New Yorkers, Frankfurt, Germany, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, 2019
The Future is Immersive at The Fashion Institute of Technology, Manhattan, NYC: 2019
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt: 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2023
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Art Cologne: 2001
Galerie Vomel, Dusseldorf: 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011
HSBC, Trinkaus and Burkhardt, Frankfurt: 2007, Hamburg: 2008
Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY: 2007
Galerie Taménaga, Tokyo, Osaka: 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2023
Michael Owen Gallery, New York: 1996
David Findlay Galleries, New York: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005
Conde Nast Building, NYC Per Cent for Art Commission: 2007
J.N. Bartfield Gallery New York: 2008
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Ohio: May 2008
Tamenaga Gallery, New York: 1993, 1994
St. Marks Gallery New York: 1990
Ontario Museum of Art: 1990
Eastmann Wahmendorf Gallery, Helio Gallery, New York: 1990
Selected Group Exhibitions
Volta Basel and New York Barbara von Stechow 2023
Art Karlsruhe Barbara von Stechow 2023
Kunst Zürich Barbara von Stechow 2022
Art Miami Barbara von Stechow 2022
Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg show “Großstadt Symphonie” 2021
Asia Society Museum and NYHS show “Dreaming Together” 2020-21
Art Karlsruhe, 17th Annual Exhibition, 2020
Paper Positions, Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich, Barbara von Stechow, 2019
Art Miami in Miami, FL, Barbara von Stechow, 2017
Art New York by Art Miami, Barbara von Stechow, 2016
35 years of Printmaking, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT, 2010
Galerie Mada Primavesi, Madrid, 2007
“Outside the Walls” Abbaye St André – Centre d’art contemporain Meymac, 2007
Molly Barnes Collection: East Coast-West Coast, The Lab Gallery, NYC ,2007
“PRINT- Andy Warhol, Ken Price, Tom Christopher” – Ward Pound Ridge, New York, 2006
FIAC, Paris, 2005
“At the Crossroads of Desire” The AXA Gallery, New York, 2004
“Kunstakademie, Kunsthalle Trier, Germany”, 2002
“City Rhythms” Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY, 2002
“Art for America” Benefit: Twin Towers Fund, New York, 2002
Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany, 2001
Painting the Town, Cityscapes from the Museum of the City of New York April 13 – June 23, 2000
Art Cologne, Germany, 2000
“New, New York Views” Museum of the City of New York, New York, 1999
“The Crime Exhibit” The Clocktower Center for Art And Urban Resources PSOne MoMA, 1994
“Modern Times” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, 1993
“Cityscapes” The Roger Smith Gallery, New York, 1993
“Kustom Kulture” The Works Gallery, Los Angeles, 1993
Socrates Sculpture Park, Oil and Steel Gallery L.I.C. NY, 1992
“Tools” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, 1988
San Francisco Artists Association Annual Show, 1988
East Village Artists, Tokyo, Japan, 1985
“Criminal Proceedings” at MoMA PS1 in New York City, NY, 1981
The Clocktower Center for Art & Urban Resources, New York, 1980
Selected Collections
Allied Irish Bank, PLC
Andreas Krone, Gmbh, Germany
Absolut Vodka
Art in Embassy Program, Malawi and Mauritania Africa
Tamasaburo Bando, Kabuki actor, a Japanese Living National Treasure
Bertelsmann, A.G., New York
Burda Group, New York
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Mrs. Laura Bush
Cartier, Paris
CBS Inc., New York
Chelsea Murals, London Terrace Gardens, New York
Mr. Lee Child, NY
China Seas,NY
Conde Nast, NY
CPG Island, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dassault Falcon Jet, USA
Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Michael Douglas,USA
Dorado Beach Resort, Puerto Rico
Jean-Louis David, Zurich, Switzerland
Eli Lilly Corporation, Illinois
ESPRIT Corp.International.
Fondation Colas, Paris
Charlie Finch, ArtNet
The Ford Motor Corporation, Detroit
Fundacion Amparo y Manuel A.C. Mexico City
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, NY
Goldman Sachs & Co., New York
Guinness, p.l.c., United Kingdom
The Hearst Corporation, New York
The Hechinger Collection, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
Heineken, The Netherlands
HSBC, Dusseldorf
Indianapolis Ballet and Opera Association, Indiana
Inger McCabe Elliot, New York
Robert Kamen, Screenwriter and Vinter
The Office of the Mayor, New York
Meeschaert Gastion Privée
Mike Wolfe, American Pickers / History Channel
Montefiore Medical Center, Fine Art Collection, The Bronx
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Mrs. Joe Ellen Powell, American Consul General, Germany
MTA Arts in Transit program, NYC
The Museum of the City of New York, New York
New York Historical Society Museum, NY
The New York Times, Inc., New York
NYU Langone Medical Center
NewsCorp Murals, Rockefeller Center, New York
Paseo Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Pfizer, New York
Playwrights Horizons, Times Square, NYC
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schwartz
Schwartz Pharma, Monheim
Thorn Emi, UK
Time Warner Inc., New York
Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Philadelphia, PA
Vin och Sprithistoriska Museum, Stockholm
Wallrich Asset Management AG
“Michael Douglas has two well-deserved Oscars, one brand new Emmy,
and one sublime serigraph by none other than My Dear Christopher!”
Thanks, Tom.
Fondly, Gerrard Haggerty
Selected Public Installations
2023 – Relocation of El Mercado Murals to the Luis Munoz International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2017 – Montefiore Medical Center Virtual Reality Project, The Bronx, NY
2014 – Brill Building Project, NYC
2012 – The NYU Langone Medical Center Art Collection
I Like New York Because Everything Interesting Can Be Found There
Midday Times Square; people laughed and told jokes. They rode in bright yellow cabs as bike messengers rushed by. Cel callers told intimate secrets as they walked down Broadway. A white pigeon lit on a green traffic light. I was late but stopped for coffee and donuts at a cart. Suddenly I knew that everything was going to be ok and that just about anything was possible.
2006, 2007 – Times Square Project, Times Square, New York
2004 – The New-York Historical Society Museum, installation of chair, easel, and painting
1998 – MTA, “Art in Transit” Subway Art Series, New York
1997 – Roseland Mural, 30’ x 230’, New York
1996 – Molly Barnes Gallery, Beverly Hills
1994 — Crime Exhibit The Clocktower Center for Art And Urban Resources PSOne MoMA
1992 — Mural commissioned, “Mason’s Trowel” 20’ x 65’ Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
“HammerBrush” bronze, dm various
“Floating I Beam” automotive enamel, 130’x 35′
