Tom Thayer

 

Born

1970     Chicago

                 

Education

1995     MFA, School of Art, Northern Illinois University

1992     BFA, School of Art, Northern Illinois University, Cum Laude

1987-88  Early College Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

 

Selected Exhibitions/Performances

2011     Tom Thayer: Scenographic Play, Tracy Williams Ltd., New York, NY

          Dave Miko and Tom Thayer: New World Pig, The Kitchen, New York, NY

          Group Show, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY   

2010     Holiday Shop, curated by Olivia Shao and Jay Sanders, Doyers, New York, NY

          The Sound of Art, limited edition vinyl LP, curated and published by Paddy Johnson/

          Art Fag City, New York, NY

          Betwixt & Between, Terry Fox, Nadia Hironaka, Alex Hubbard, Takeshi Murata,

          Jeff Ostergren, Delphine Reist, Hiraki Sawa, Carrie Schneider, Tom Thayer, curated by  

          Liza Statton, ARTSPACE, New Haven, CT

          ITWAN, curated by Jay Sanders, International Project Space, Birmingham, UK

          Keith Connolly and Tom Thayer, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

          Performance for Dave Miko’s Greater New York 2010 Exhibition, MoMA PS1,

          Long Island City, NY

          Zone Zero, Port d’Or, Brooklyn, NY

          A Lettuce Slaughter in the Woods by Cy Amundson, Ben Berlow, Nellie Bridge, Josh

          Brown, Tim Eastman, Daniel Heidkamp, Matt Hoyt, John Jines, Sam Martineau, Dave

          Miko, Jen Miko, Olivia Shao, Tom Thayer, Erick Zuenskes. ~Organized by Dave Miko,

          Real Fine Arts, Brooklyn, NY

          Punctuation Programme, curated by Matt Williams, Limoncello Gallery, London, UK

          Knight’s Move, Curated by Fionn Meade, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY

          Incohative Listening + Centerless Portrayal: Yuji Agematsu, Circuit Des Yeux, Tom

          Kovachevich, Mother Earth and Tom Thayer. ~Organized by Keith Connolly and Jay

          Sanders, SculptureCenter, Long Island, City, NY

          Dave Miko in the Company of  Friends, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY

2009     Holiday Shop, curated by Jay Sanders and Olivia Shao, Doyers, New York, NY

2008     Looking Back: The White Columns Annual selected by Jay Sanders, White Columns,

          New York, NY

          Hair Stylistics / Masaya Nakahara, Tom Thayer, Hot Garbage, Ei Arakawa / Michiko,

          Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY

          Amolvacy (music) Tom Thayer (video), Monkey Town, Brooklyn, NY

2007     Amolvacy, Tom Thayer, The Living Theater, New York, NY

2005     Sound Collage by Tom Thayer, Mixing it, BBC Radio 3, London, UK

2002     Mark 4 Sound and Video Performance, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL  

Awards

2010     PSC-CUNY 41 Research Award, The City University of New York

2009     PSC-CUNY 40 Research Award, The City University of New York

2008     PSC-CUNY 39 Research Award, The City University of New York

2005     Faculty Research Grant, Middle Tennessee State University

2004     Faculty Research Grant, Middle Tennessee State University

2002     Illinois Arts Council, Artist Fellowship Award

Selected Bibliography

2011     Davis, Ben. “Dave Miko and Tom Thayer” Modern Painters 7 Feb. 2011

          <http:// www.artinfo.com/news/story/36919/dave-miko-tom-thayer/>

          Smith, Roberta. “Dave Miko and Tom Thayer: New World Pig” The New York Times 4

          Feb. 2011

          Sherwood Pundyk, Ann. “Adam Marnie, Tom Thayer and Ruby Sky Stiler”

          The Brooklyn Rail 3 Feb. 2011.

          Smith, Roberta. “Tom Thayer Scenographic Play” The New York Times 28 Jan. 2011

          Kitnick, Zak. “Dave Miko and Tom Thayer’s New World Pig” IDIOM: They are here,

          tight like a boot 22 Jan. 2011 <http://idiommag.com/2011/01/they-are-here-tight-

          like-a-boot/>

          Saltz, Jerry. “Up Close and Personal” New York Magazine 21 Jan. 2011

          “Goings on About Town: Art, Dave Miko and Tom Thayer: Williams” The New Yorker

          Jan. 2011

          “Goings on About Town: Art, Short List, Tom Thayer” The New Yorker Jan. 2011

          Russeth, Andrew. “Tom Thayer, Scenographic Play at Tracy Williams, Ltd.” 16 Miles

          of String 18 Jan. 2011

          “Adam Marnie + Tom Thayer @ Derek Eller Gallery”, Fee’s LIST 12 Jan. 2011

          <http://feeslist.blogspot.com/2011/02/fees-list-through-28.html>

          Goldstein, Andrew. “Tom Thayer, “Scenographic Play” at Tracy Williams, LTD.”

          ARTINFO: Editor’s Picks 12-18 Jan. 2011 <http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/

          36732/the-agenda-january-12-18/>

          “Dave Miko and Tom Thayer: New World Pig”, Art Fag City: Recommended Shows 6

          Jan. 2011 <http://www.artfagcity.com/2011/01/06/dave-miko-and-tom-thayer-new-

          world-pig/>

2010     Johnson, Paddy. “Art fag City: The Artist as Chess Piece.” The L Magazine 20 May, 2010.

          “Goings on About Town: Art, Knight’s Move”, The New Yorker Jul. 2010.

          Meade, Fionn and Michael Sanchez, design, Chad Kloepfeer, Knight's Move. New York:

          SculptureCenter (catalog)

2008     Coley, Byron, and Thurston Moore. “Bull Tongue.” Arthur Magazine Jul. 2008.

          Dolman, Larry. “Record Reviews.” Blastitude #26 Winter/Spring 2008.

2007     Mosurak, Doug. “Still Single: Vol.3, No.6.” Dusted Magazine Summer 2007.

          Franklin, Charles. “Best Vinyl Only 2007” Foxy Digitalis. Dec. 2007

          Rodriguez, Acapulco. “Acapulco Dance Party Winter Solstice Megamixx.” WFMU’s Beware of

          the Bolg. Best of 2007 List.

2006     Knowles, Susan. “3 Way.” Art Papers Jan/Feb 2006: 62.

          Price, Mark. “Fragile Species.” ART US Dec. 2005-Feb. 2006.

          Hess, Jean. “The Fragile Species.” Art Papers Nov.-Dec. 2005: 49.