Thomas Lasansky

Untitled Boy with Cat

Lisa AP

BIOGRAPHY
TOMAS LASANSKY

B.F.A. University of Iowa, 1979 Iowa City, IA 52240
M.A. University of Iowa, 1983 tel (319)330-9227
M.F.A. University of Iowa, 1984

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN

Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY

Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA

Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH

Figge Museum of Art, Davenport, IA

Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI

Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN

Iowa State University, University Museums, Ames, IA

Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, NE

Kalamazoo Museum of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

La Salle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL

Lowe Art Museum, University of Florida, Miami, FL

Muscatine Art Center, IA

New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM

New York Public Library, Prints Collection, New York, NY

Newark Public Library Prints Division, Newark, NJ

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

University of Illinois, Lincoln Collection, Champaign, IL

University of Illinois Foundation, Champaign, IL

University of Iowa Foundation, Iowa City, IA

University of Maine, Orono, ME

University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA

Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ

3M, Americas Offices, St. Paul, MN

Bradley & Riley PC, Iowa City, IA

Foster Law, Iowa City, IA

Iowa National Bankshares Corp., Waterloo, IA

Johnson County Court House, Iowa City, IA

Kirke-Van Orsdel, Inc., Des Moines, IA

Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA

McCook Community College, McCook, NE

Mercy Foundation, Iowa City, IA

Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, IA

Phelan, Tucker, Mullen, Walker, Tucker & Gelman Law Firm, Iowa City, IA

U.S. Bank N.A.: Iowa City, IA; Cedar Rapids, IA

United States Embassy: Riga, Latvia; Vienna, Austria; Surabaya, Indonesia; Suva, Fiji;
Belgrade, Serbia

SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY

Selected One-man Exhibitions

2011 Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Korologos Gallery, Basalt, CO

Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY

2010 The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

University of Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA

Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY

2009 Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY

2008 Magidson Gallery, Aspen, CO

Manitou Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2007 “Reflections on Dignity,” Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

“Icons and Muses,” West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ

2006 Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2005 Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2004 Thomas Moxley Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

“Tomás Lasansky: Reflections: Pride and Dignity of the Native American,”
West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ

2003 Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2002 Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2001 Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1998 “Tomás Lasansky,” Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA

1995 “Works on Paper,” Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA

1993 “Drawings – Collage – Prints,” Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA

1992 “Tomás Lasansky: Drawings, Paintings, Prints,” Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, IA

1991 “Drawings, Paintings, Prints,” Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA

1988 “Tomás Lasansky: Exhibit of Drawings and Prints,” Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL

“Works by Tomás Lasansky,” Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA

1987 An Exhibit of 70 Works, Sioux City Art Museum, Sioux City, IA

“Tomás Lasansky: Drawings, Paintings, Prints,” Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA

1986 “Tomás Lasansky: Drawings, Paintings, Prints,” Polk County Heritage Gallery,
Des Moines, IA

1985 “Tomás Lasansky: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings,” Cedar Rapids Museum of Art,
Cedar Rapids, IA

“Prints and Drawings,” Hawkeye State Bank, Iowa City, IA

1983 “Recent Works,” University Athletic Club, Iowa City, IA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 University of Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA

United States Embassy, Dublin, Ireland

2009 Korologos Gallery, Basalt, CO

2008 Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY

2007 “Glen Town Center Showcase,” Des Moines, IA

Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY

2006 Manitou Galleries, Santa Fe, NM

2001 Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Faust Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Faust & King Galleries, New York, NY

2000 “Spaces/Faces,” Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA

1997 Heritage Gallery Invitational, Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA

1996 “American Watercolors and Drawings, 15 Artists,” Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1991 “12th Annual Paper in Particular,” Columbia College, Columbia, MO

1989 “Spittin’ Images – 20th Century Non-Traditional Portraiture,” organized by
Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, IN

1988 “American Self Portraits Five-Year Traveling Exhibition,” organized by Jane Haslem Gallery,
Washington, D.C.

1987 “Contemporary American Graphics 1987–88 National Invitational Traveling

Exhibition,” Old Bergen Art Guild, Bayonne, NJ

“American Drawing: Realism/Idealism,” organized for the Boca Museum by Jane Haslem,

Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1985 “Iowa Printmakers’ Invitational Exhibition, Traveling Exhibition,” organized by The Iowa
Arts Council, Des Moines, IA

“Contemporary American Graphics 1985–86 National Invitational Traveling Exhibition,”
Bayonne, NJ

1982 “Four Printmakers,” organized by the Municipal Metropolitan Gallery, Cedar Falls, IA

1980 “West ’80/Art and the Law, Invitational,” Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN

Selected Awards and Honors

( from more than 100 competitive and juried exhibitions)

1998 3M Purchase Award: Native American Indian, “The Second Minnesota National Print

Biennial,” University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Judge’s Choice Award: Angela,

“Annual Thi Beta Kappa Six State Competitive,” McCook, NE

1996 Second Place: “Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal and Wood,” Octagon Center for the Arts,
Ames, IA

1991 The American Artist Award: “49th Annual Audubon Artist Exhibition,” New York, NY

The PTK Purchase Award: “McCook Community College, Six State Competition,”
McCook, NE

Third Prize: “Galex 25th Annual Competitive Art Exhibition,” Galesburg, IL

1990 The PTK Purchase Award: “McCook Community College, Six State Competition,”
McCook, NE

1989 The Museum Purchase Award: “Quad Cities Regional Art Show Davenport Art Center,”
Davenport, IA

Purchase Award: “Anderson Winter Show,” Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, IN

First Place: “1989 Art Exhibition,” Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA

Honorable Mention: “Thirty-third National Print Exhibition,” The Hunterdon Art Center,
Clinton, NJ

Honorable Mention: “39th Spiva Annual Competitive,” Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO

1988 Best in Show: “Iowa Artist Competitive Exhibition,” Metropolitan Galleries, Cedar Falls, IA

Best in Show: One Man Exhibition, “Quincy’s 38th Tri-State Juried Art Show,” Quincy, IL

Juror’s Award: “1988 Pacific States National Biennial Print Exhibition,” University of Hawaii,
Hilo, HI

1987 Purchase Award: “North Shore Art League Midwest Print Show,” Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL

Purchase Award: “Kirkwood College Invitational Exhibition,” Kirkwood College,
Cedar Rapids, IA

The PTK Purchase Award: “McCook Community College, Six State Competition,”
McCook, NE

Award of Merit: “The Anderson Winter Show,” Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, IN

1986 Purchase Award: “North Shore Art League Midwest Print Show,” NorthwesternUniversity,
Evanston, IL

Third Prize For Drawing: “Tenth Annual Rock Island Fine Arts,” Rock Island Art Guild,
Rock Island, IL

Jurors’ Commendation: “The Boston Printmakers’ 38th National Exhibition,”
Emmanuel College, Boston, MA

Honorable Mention: “44th Annual Audubon Artists Exhibition,” New York, NY

1985 Kershaw Purchase Award: “The 29th National Print Show,” The Hunterdon Art Center,
Clinton, NJ

Purchase Award: “The 35th Annual Tri-State Juried Art Show,” Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL

Honorable Mention in Prints: “3rd Annual Maine/Maritime Flatwork Exhibition on Paper,”
Presque Isle, ME

1984 Silver Medal: “Forty-Second Annual Audubon Artist Exhibition,” New York, NY

Purchase Award and Juror’s Merit Award: “The Anderson Winter Show,” Anderson Arts
Center, Anderson, IN

Frank Proctor Whiting Memorial Award for Graphics: “Annual Show,” Cooperstown Art
Association, Cooperstown, NY

Best in Printmaking Award: “Clay/ Paper Show,” the Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA

Cash Award: “The Manhattan Kansas National Print Exhibition,” Manhattan, KS

Third Prize: For Painting: “8th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition,” Rock Island, IL

1983 Second Prize: “Winter Art/Manhattan – Streeker Gallery,” Manhattan, KS

1982 Outstanding Print: “Galex 16th Annual Competitive Art Exhibition,” Galesburg, IL

1981 Honorable Mention in Prints: “IV Bienal Americana de Artes Gráficas, Museo
de Arte Moderno La Tertulia,” Colombia, South America

Outstanding Print: “Galex 15th Annual Competition, Art Exhibition,” Galesburg, IL

1979 Honorable Mention in Prints: “IV Bienal Americana de Artes Gráficas,” Museo de Arte
Moderno LaTertulia, Colombia, South America