Thomas Shaw
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I obtained my BFA from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2009 and have focused on an academic, representational style throughout my work. My interest is in figurative work either in the form of commissioned portraits or my personal work with female figuration. I primarily work in oil or graphite but often experiment with other mediums or other methods for using oils and graphite. Most of my work is based on photographs I take so over the years I have developed some skill as a photographer. I do not consider myself a professional photographer but it is fun to work with people and sometimes yields interesting results. If you would like to work with me as painter or photographer I am always looking for new projects, be they traditional or completely off the wall.

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Education
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
B.F.A. Painting and Drawing 2009
summa cum laude

Gordon Wetmore Portrait Workshop Fall 2007

Exhibitions
2009 4 Bridges Art Festival – Emerging Artist Scholarship
2009 Senior Thesis Exhibition UTC Cress Gallery

2008 AVA Landis Gallery show “Am I here, or was I there”
2008 UTC Juried Student Show - Juror Catherine Cole

2007-2008 UTC Chancellor’s Exhibition

Awards
2008 UTC Art Department Scholarship Competition
Author’s and Artist’s Scholarship
Hubert Shuptrine Scholarship

Web Bibliography
Community.timesfreepress.com | Three Dogs night of student art March 21

Bibliography
Chattanooga Times Free Press
March 29, 2009

Chattanooga Times Free Press/East Brainerd Community News
March 18, 2009

Sequoia Review 2008 edition

Chattanooga Times Free Press
January 13, 2008

Commissions
JIT Steel
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lee
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Private Collections
Danya Epstien
Tempe, AZ

Cecilia Dessingue
Charlotte, NC

Marianne Mankin
Chattanooga, TN

Joe and Judy Cate
Cleveland, TN

John Hamilton
Colorado

Elena Nikolaeva
Chattanooga, TN

Cynthia Stroud-Watson
Chattanooga, TN

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