Tommy Coleman

In residence:

Erie, Pennsylvania – January,2021

Jacksonville, Florida – February, 2021

Tommy Coleman is a Florida grown, Brooklyn based interdisciplinary Artist, Designer, and Educator who produces masterfully crafted objects, and staunchly sincere albeit witty images. Coleman’s practice implores investigations of honesty and intimacy while observing the perceptional break downs that accompany anxiety and identity in the contemporary climate- all done by way of navigating nuances of control and what is considered permissible within the internal and external boundaries of public and private space. His work has been exhibited and published internationally through institutions like The Museum of Art and Design, The Atlanta Contemporary, Homesession, Cranbrook Academy, The Museum of Modern Art and UCLA.

EDUCATION:
MFA Sculpture / Yale School of Art New Haven, CT
Summer Fellow / Ox-Bow School of Art Saugatuck, MI.
BFA / Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art New York, NY.

AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES:
2018
Visiting Artist, In-Class Lecturer, MASSART, Boston, MA.
Visiting Speaker, Public Lecture, Path To College Foundation, Lake Worth, FL.
2017
Private/Public Feelings, Public Lecture, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.
Homesession Artist in Residence, Barcelona, ES.
The Windor (Visiting Artist in Residence), Madrid, ES.
2016 - 2017
The Artha Project, 1 of 4 Resident Artists, L.I.C., NY
2015
PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM: Trauma, Humor, & Anxiety, Ft. Artist Panel Speaker. Yale
School of Art, New Haven, CT.
Graphite Journal VI, Catalogue Release Public Panel. The Hammer Museum, L.A., CA
W.A.R.P at ARTPARK, Site Specific Public Sculpture Res. Buffalo, NY
PERFORMANCE ANXIETY: A Discussion on Collaboration, Public discussion with
Collaborator Devin Kenny. La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY.
MY GOOD GRIEF, Public Lecture. La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY.
2009
Cooper Union Fellowship for Ox-Bow School of Art at The Art Inst. of Chicago
Michael S. Vivo Memorial Prize

PUBLICATIONS | INTERVIEWS
-Improvisation/Rules
(Book/Critical Discourse) Featured Artist: Essays, Interview, Sculpture and Painting in
Practice, MACBA/Homesession (Publisher: Homesession Press) 2019
-POLARITATS 2016-2017
(Exhibition Catalogue) Featured Artist: Showing sculptural and drawing work with essay
and interviews, Institut Ramon Llull/MACBA/Homesession (Publisher: Institut Ramon
Llull) 2018
-Liminal Encounters
(Exhibition Catalogue) Featured Artist: Showing sculptural and drawing work, Fritz
Gallery
(Publisher: Wendy Fritz) 2017
-Graphite Journal VI
(Exhibition Catalogue) Featured Artist: Showing sculptural and drawing work, UCLA,
(Publisher: The Hammer Museum) 2015
-Graphite Journal: A Conversation with Tommy Coleman
(Online Interview) An interview published online coinciding with the release of Graphite
Journal VI
2015
http://www.graphitejournal.com/a-conversation-with-tommy-coleman/
-Emergency Index Vol. 4: Performance Practice Document
Featured Artist, An Annual Catalogue. Ugly Duckling Press, Brooklyn, NY, 2014
-MAD BIENNIAL
(Exhibition Catalogue) Featured Artist, Museum Catalogue. MADPress, NYC., 2014
-ALL DAY
(Magazine) A collection of drawings by Tommy Coleman, ALLDAYEVERYDAY, NYC.
(Publisher: ADED) 2014
-INDEX
(Exhibition Catalogue) Featured Artist: Tommy Coleman, Café Royal Press, UK.
(Publisher: Craig Atkinson) 2014
-Stealing Feelings & Apologizing, The Body Library (Tommy Coleman)
(Artist Book) ALLDAYEVERYDAY, NYC. (Publisher: ADED) 2014
-WANT (Public Sculptures By Tommy Coleman)
(Online Interview) Featured Artist, Perversion Mag, 2013
http://www.perversionmag.com/2013/08/21/want-public-sculptures/
-International Drawing Project No. 3 & No. 6
(Artist Book) Featured Artist: Tommy Coleman, Café Royal Press, UK.
(Publisher: Craig Atkinson) 2012
http://www.caferoyalbooks.com/index.php/project/international-drawing-project/
-Franklin Bernard-White
(Artist Book) Collaborative Project between Tommy Coleman/Devin Kenny,
Wild Isle Press, Brooklyn, NY.
(Publisher: J. Popalawski) 2012
http://wild-isle.com/shop/franklin-bernard-white-zine/

Artist's Website: https://tommycoleman.info/Info