May, 2004

Artists' Statement

I have been making art since I can remember. The trail from beginning to now covers a lot of time and space. Out of choice I worked in comparative isolation from other artists but not out of touch with contemporary art and ideas. It was exciting working at what seemed to be the edge of new visions: filtering ideas through the history of art in an attempt to find myself, in my time, to make works that would speak of the time. The course led through more and more distillations until it led out of the world of objects into the ether of video and computers. The quest is still alive.

Tom Schmitt
Miami Beach, 2004

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Education:

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1929 Born, Columbus, Ohio

1931 Moved to Lincoln, Nebraska

1951 B.F.A., University of Nebraska

1955 Studied at Mexico City College

1957 Fellowship, Yale-Norfolk Summer Art School

1958 M.F.A., Indiana University; studied printmaking with RudyPozzatti

1963/64 Instructor, Art Department, Indiana University

1964/67 Carlisle, Pennsylvania, committed to painting

1968/69 Living and working in France, committed to painting

1969/72 Visiting lecturer, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut

1972/75 Working with video as creative medium and exploring the uses of video as a documentary tool

1982 to Working with the computer as a creative tool present

solo exhibitions

Miami Dade Community College, North Campus, Miami, FL 1997, catalog
Ransom Everglades School, Miami, FL, 1994
Southern Connecticut State Collece, New Haven, CT 1973
Calhoun College of Yale University, New Haven, CT 1972
Connecticut College, New London, CT, 1969
Munson Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1967
Dickinson College, Carlysle, PA, 1966
University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, NE 1959

public collections

Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Miami-Dade Public Library
United States Embassies Overseas Collection
Louisville Art Center, Louisville, KY
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
John Herron Art Musuem, Indianapolis, IN
American Life-WDAY Collection, Fargo, ND
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

selected private collections

Joseph and Sophia Washington, Bryn Mayr, PA
Karl-Otto and Judith Liebman, Branford, CT
Marilyn Schmitt, Los Angeles, CA
Frank and Allison Chapman, New Haven, CT
Melvin Woody, Lyme, CT
Susan Woody, Old Lyme, CT
Arnold and Pamela Lehman, Brooklyn, NY
Lee and Pamela Perry, Tucson, AR
Alan Ludwig, New York, NY
Janine Ludwig, Montclaire, NJ
David Smalley, New London, CT
Roland and Helen Kohen, Miami, FL
Norman and Jane Geske, Lincoln, NE
Sackner Archive, Miami, FL
Jacqueline R. Lipsky, Coral Gables, FL
Rafael Salazar, Miami, FL
Richard and Ruth Shack, Miami, FL
David Rockerfeller, Jr., New York, NY
Olga Sheldon, Cozad, NE