Biography
1921
Born in Philadelphia, PA
Education
1939
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1946
Art Students League, New York, NY
Columbia University, New York, NY
Selected Exhibitions
2008
Thomas Chimes: THE IAMBIC PAINTINGS, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia,
PA
2007
Thomas Chimes: Adventures in 'Pataphysics, Philadelphia Museum of
Art, PA
Thomas Chimes, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Confronting the Unconcious: Early Works, 1958-1965, Locks Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
2004
The Big Nothing, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Joyce in Art: Visual Art Inspired by James Joyce, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2003
Thomas Chimes: Faustroll Landscape, 1980-1990, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Locks Gallery (also 1999, 1997, 1992, 1990, 1983)
2000
Biennial, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
1994
Thomas Chimes: Survey, Alexander Onassis Center for Hellenic Studies, New York University, New York, NY
Conversation Pieces, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1992
Transmodern, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC
1991
Philadelphia Art Now: Artists Choose Artists, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1988
Perspectives from Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1986
Philadelphia Collects Art Since 1940, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Tom Chimes, A Compendium: 1961-1986, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1980
Made in Philadelphia III, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1979
Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY (also 1978)
1978
Tom Chimes, An Exhibition of Portraits: 1973-1978, Museums at Sunrise, Charleston, WV
1976
Three Centuries of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
1975
Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1970
Henri Gallery, Washington, DC (also 1968)
1968
Thomas Chimes: A Retrospective Exhibition, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Selected Awards
1987
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts
1979
Residency Program, Pennsylvania Council of the Arts
1967
Mary Butler Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1965
First Prize, Chatauqua National Jury, Peter Selz, juror
Selected Public Collections
Alcoa Collection, Pittsburgh, PA
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Jacksonville Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
University of Miami, Miami, FL
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
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