TOM SANFORD
Biography
Tom Sanford is a Harlem-based artist whose work is exhibited extensively in museums and galleries around the world. His paintings, which might be considered a sort of lowbrow conceptual art, reflect a deep ambivalence about the American cultural condition. His subjects are numerous and vary widely, ranging from history paintings depicting celebrity assassinations, to icon paintings of gangsta rappers, to elaborate cosmologies weaved together from Hollywood movies, to contemporary genre paintings of bars and subways cars. Most recently the artist has been commissioning copies of old master paintings from workshops in China and painting over them in his studio. Tom was born in Bronxville NY in 1975 and later received a BA from Columbia University then a MFA from Hunter College.
Sanford's exhibitions include solo shows at Gallery Poulsen (Copenhagen), Kravets Wehby Gallery (NYC), Galleri S.E (Bergen), Gitler &___ (NYC), Leo Koenig Inc. (NYC), Galleri Faurschou (Copenhagen), BravinLee Programs (NYC), Gallery ZIdane (Luxembourg) and others as well as numerous group exhibitions and projects in commercial galleries and museums around the world.
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Past Solo Exhibitions at Gitler &_____
Selected Artworks
For Brothers, 2016 [private collection, Englewood, NJ]
Oil on Canvas
20 x 25 in.
The Unicorn is found, 2015
Oil on Canvas
62 x 48 in.
A Train, 2014 [private collection Tel Aviv, Israel]
Oil on Canvas
64 x 85 in.
Dr. Craig Spencer, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Swag, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in..
Jocasta, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Sal, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Fab 5 Freddy, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Tara, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Stan, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Garrie Lynn, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Krish, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Carmen, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Liza, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Steve, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Abdul, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Belgica, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Erika, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Donald, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Max AKA Gold Boy, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Ms. Pool, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Joe, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Eric AKA Blue, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.
Monica, 2014 [corporate collection NJ, USA]
Ink on Paper
11 x 15 in.