Biography

Born in 1955, Tom Slaughter’s career began in 1983 with his first exhibition at the Drawing Center in New York City. Since, he has had more than 20 solo shows in cities including San Francisco, Miami, London, Vancouver, Cologne and Fukuoka, Japan.

Biography

Born in 1955, Tom Slaughter’s career began in 1983 with his first exhibition at the Drawing Center in New York City. Since, he has had more than 20 solo shows in cities including San Francisco, Miami, London, Vancouver, Cologne and Fukuoka, Japan. Slaughter had worked extensively with master printer, Jean Russell at Durham Press, creating numerous limited edition prints using his signature bold primary colors. He worked as a printmaker in collaboration with Durham Press for 25 years, and his editions are included in the permanent collections of MoMA and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

He illustrated twelve children’s books, including “Boat Works,” “Do You Know Which Ones will Grow? ” – a 2011 Notable American Library Association book of the year – and collaborations with Marthe Jocelyn such as “ABC x 3,” “Same Same,” and “123.” These books have been translated into six languages. Slaughter also worked for the last ten seasons as the Art Director for the New Victory Theater. As a designer, he created everything from t-shirts to skateboard decks, beach towels as well as a line of wallpaper for Cavern Home. Tom Slaughter, an artist, designer, and illustrator, passed away on October 24, 2014 from brain cancer at the age of 59.


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Exhibitions

2004

Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, Massachusetts

2002

Ahlum Gallery, Easton Pennsylvania
Comerford & Hennessy, Bridgehampton, New York

2001

Lufthanza Corporation, Frankfurt, Germany

2000

Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Viersen, Germany
Summer Group Exhibition, David Beitzel Gallery New York

1999

David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
Fine Art & Artists, Washington, D.C.

1998

Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Viersen, Germany
Betsy Senior Gallery New York, NY

1997

Blau Gallery, Bay Harbor, FL
Dorothy Blau Gallery Scottsdale, AZ

1996

Marcia Rafelman Fine Art, Toronto, Canada

1995

Molinar Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1994

Gallery Organic, Osaka, Japan Jaffe Baker Blau, Boca Raton, FL

1993

Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Hanqu Department Store, Tokyo, Japan

1992

Basque Exhibition, Fukuoka, Japan
Galerie Kunst Parterre, Viersen, Germany, catalogue
Independent Editions, London, England
Molinar Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1990

Ruth Siegal Gallery, New York, NY
Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

1989

Galerie Berbert, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL

Videos

Sunday in Tom’s studio

Tom Studio 1

Tom Studio 2

Tom Studio 3

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