Tom Huck, also spelled Hück, is an American printmaker best known for his large-scale satirical woodcuts. From 1999 to 2020 Hück's studio, Evil Prints, was located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. In 2020 he moved Evil Prints to Park Hills, Missouri.
Tom Huck
Born: 1971
Biography
Tom Huck, also spelled Hück, is an American printmaker best known for his large-scale satirical woodcuts. From 1999 to 2020 Hück’s studio, Evil Prints, was located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. In 2020 he moved Evil Prints to Park Hills, Missouri.
Tom Huck was born on December 9, 1971, in Farmington, Missouri, and grew up in nearby Potosi. He received a BFA in drawing from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1993 and an MFA in printmaking from Washington University in 1995.
Huck draws his influences mainly from Northern Renaissance masters, such as Albrecht Dürer whom he cites as a “print hero”. Other influences include José Guadalupe Posada, Honoré Daumier, and William Hogarth. Huck’s work is also known for his delicate and intricate method of carving and use of cross-hatching in the print medium. It has been described as having “a real delicacy of touch” and “an extraordinary landscape of marks”.
Exhibitions
2009
Tom Huck, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2008
Ready, Set, Go! Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
2007
Political and Poetical-14th Tallin Print Triennial, Kumu Art Museum, Tallin, Estonia
Devils and Beasts, The Art Center, Highland Park IL
The Bloody Bucket, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (solo)
Two Weeks in August and The Bloody Bucket, Daum Art Museum, Sedalia, MO (solo)
The Bloody Bucket, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
