Chris Thomas
EDUCATION
1992 Art Students League, New York City
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Recent Oil Paintings, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 It Looks So Real New works by Chris Thomas, G. C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2001 Chris Thomas, G.C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1993 Chris Thomas, Nance Gallery, Evansville, IN
GROUP SHOWS
2009 Trompe l’oeil, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Rosemary's Babies, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008 Floral Show, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 Trompe l’oeil, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small Landscapes, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Small Still Lifes, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Good Earth, G. C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Squares, G. C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Objects of Desire- The Toy Show, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Urban Landscapes G. C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2004 Allegories, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Trompe l’oeil, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Still Lifes, Intimate views of Cincinnati, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Self Portraits Show, G. C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2002 Still Lifes, Florals, Interiors, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Private Conversations, G. C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2000 Nature to Nature, Audubon Museum, Henderson, KY
1996 The Order of Things: Contemporary American and European Still Life,
Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
1995 Realism Today, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
1994 Realism ’94, Juried Exhibition, Parkersburg, WV
Realism Today, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
1993 Realism ’93, Parkersburg, WV
1992 Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
Realism Today, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
AWARDS
2006 Evansville Museums 52nd Mid-States Art Exhibition, Martha Ryan Merit Award
2005 The Artist Magazine, Finalist in the Portrait & Figurative category
2004 Purchase award for Evansville Museums 52nd Mid-States Art Exhibition
Arc Salon, Honorable Mention
The Artist Magazine, Finalist Still Life Competition
2002 Me, Myself, and I, Ohio Valley Art League, First Place
1996 The Artist Magazine (Finalist Landscape Competition)
1995 Realism ’95, First Place and People’s Choice Award, Parkersburg, WV
The Artist Magazine (Finalist Portrait Competition)
The Artist Magazine (Finalist Cover Competition)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 American Art Collector, January issue
2008 Evansville Living, November/December issue
American Art Collector, October issue
American Art Collector, March issue
2007 American Art Collector, April issue
2004 American Arts Quarterly, Spring issue
1995 The Artist’s Magazine, May issue
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