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 Education
MFA - Full graduate Fellowship, Southern Illinois University, Painting, 1988 BFA - Summa cum laude, Bemidji State University, Painting, 1985 |
| Exhibitions Click to see listings for current, recent, and upcoming shows. Click to find galleries that carry Thomas Paquette paintings Selected Solo Exhibitions 2011 Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME 2011 Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2010 Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History, Jamestown, NY 2010 Windham Fine Art, Windham, NY 2009 Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, ME 2008 Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN 2008 Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA 2008 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2007 Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, PA 2007 Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA 2006 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2005 Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE 2005 Jameson Gallery, Portland, ME 2004 Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA 2003 Jameson Gallery, Portland, ME 2003 Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN 2002 Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT 2001 Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA 2001 Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME 2000 Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN 2000 Southern Illinois University Museum, Edwardsville, IL 2000 American Academy in Rome, Italy (studio exhibition) 1998 Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN 1997 Maine State Capitol, Augusta, ME 1996 Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY 1994 Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, IL 1994 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 1993 University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME Selected Group Exhbitions 2011 U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece 2011 Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN, "The Raging Red and the Mighty Mississippi" 2009 D. Wigmore Fine Arts, New York, NY, "Adirondack Art Today" 2009 U.S. Embassy in Brazzaville, Congo 2008 Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY, "Visions of the Susquehanna" Exhibition traveled also to: Governor's Residence, Harrisburg, PA, 2007; Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 2007; Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, 2006; Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, 2006) 2007 Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA, "Picturing Wilderness" 2007 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "American Arcadia" 2007 U.S. Embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador 2005 Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA, "Two Artists/Multiple Views" (two-artist show) 2005 U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece 2004 Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA "Along the Lincoln Highway" 2003 The American Institute, Taipei, Taiwan 2003 U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2002 Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, "Defining a Collection: Recent Art Acquisitions" 2002 Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, "Recent Acquisitions" 2002 U.S. Embassy in St. Petersburg, Russia, "Natural America" 2002 U.S. Embassy (OSCE) in Vienna, Austria 2000 U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy (7 paintings selected) 1999 Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME, "The Joy of Collecting Art in Maine" 1999 L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME, "Looking at Katahdin" 1998 U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile 1998 Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME, "The History of Oil Sketching in Maine" 1997 Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS (and traveling), "Buildings and Landscapes" 1995 U.S. Embassy in N'Djmena, Chad 1991 Bass Museum of Art , Miami Beach, FL, "Three Fellows (of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts)" 1990 Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL "Art in Miami Collections" 1990 Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL "Contemporaries in our Midst" (Fellows of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts)  |
| Fellowships and Residencies
2011 Artist Residency, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 2006 American Artists Abroad, U.S. Department of State and U.S. Embassy in Athens 2005 Special Opportunity Stipend, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 2004 Artist Residency, Robert M. MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, ME 2000 Visiting Artist Residency, American Academy in Rome, Italy - paintings from this residency. 1999 Artist Residency, USM/Aegean Arts and Cultural Exchange, Greece - paintings from this residency. 1999 Visiting Artist, Plymouth University, Exeter, England 1999 Visiting Artist, University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales 1998 Travel Grant, John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund, Cambridge, ME 1997 Artist-in-Residence, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, CA 1994 Artist-in-Residence, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, ME 1993 Artist-in-Residence, Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO 1993 Shep Forest Fellowship, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY 1989-1991 CAVA Fellowship and Residency, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Miami Beach, FL 1985 Full Graduate Fellowship, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville |
| Collections
Acadia National Park Museum Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp Banknorth Beach Museum of Art L.L. Bean Carlson School of Management Cigna Museum Colby College Collier Shannon Scott Commerce Bancshares Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Fleet BankBoston Fidelity Investments Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum Georgia Museum of Art Ministry of Economics, Taiwan, R.O.C. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Minnesota Historical Society Mint Museum of Art National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts New Britain Museum of American Art Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Portland Museum of Art Rocky Mountain National Park Museum Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History Smith Barney Southern Illinois University Museum SPX Corporation State of Maine State of Minnesota State of Montana Susquehanna Heritage Region – Susquehanna Art Collection Thomson Financial UNUM U.S.T. Wells Fargo Westmoreland Museum of American Art Western Illinois University Yosemite National Park Museum |
| Lectures
2008 Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA 2008 St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA 2008 Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN 2007 Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA 2007 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA 2006 Veria Public Library, Veria, Greece 2006 American University, Athens, Greece 2004 Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA 2001 Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA 1999 Plymouth University, Exeter, England 1999 University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales 1999 Glamorgan Centre for Art, Cardiff, Wales 1993 University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME 1990 Miami Dade College, Miami, FL |
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Public Art and Commissions - selected
2003 Queen Mary 2, Cunard Line. 1999 College of Technology, Montana State University 1998 Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN -- Four large paintings. 1996 Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN -- 6-1/2 by 32 feet painting. 1991 Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN -- 4 x 8 foot painting. 1990 Centennial State Office Building, St. Paul, MN -- 5 x 11 foot painting. More public commissions listed on Public Art
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