Week 7 – November 9, 2011-Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson was born in 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of a
Jazz musician.
He attended Clark College in Vancouver, WA, and received and Associate
of Arts degree in 1971.
In the autumn of 1971, he enrolled in the Evergreen State College in
Olympia, WA. There he studied Asian Art and Philosophy with Jose
Arguelles; developed the 16mm Animation facilities; helped to
establish the FM Radio station KAOS; co-created the four-story library
mural; and worked as an assistant graphic designer, developing the
College’s catalogs and visual identities. He graduated in 1973 with a
Bachelor of Arts degree.
In 1973, he co-founded Mansion Glass Studios in Olympia, WA. This
collaboration won recognition locally and nationally for their design
and fabrication of Architectural Art Glass commissions.
Anderson first attended the Pilchuck Glass School in 1986, as a
teaching assistant to Henry Halem. He was back at the Pilchuck School
in 1987, on a scholarship with Susan Stinsmuhlen-Amend, and again in
1988 and 1989 as a teaching assistant in the advanced graduate
program, specializing in glass casting and enamel kiln firing.
In 1990, Anderson established his own studio in Olympia, WA. There he
pursued his expanding interest in painting, metal fabrication, mixed
media construction and printmaking.
Represented by galleries in Oregon and Washington he exhibits
regularly and his work can be found in over 1400 public and private
collections including the Washington State Arts Commission, Oregon
State Arts Commission and The City Of Olympia.
(Bio from www.thomasandersonart.com)