Thomas Chimes  (American, 1921-2009) 

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Thomas Chimes Biography
1939   Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1946   Art Students League, New York, NY
1946   Columbia University, New York, NY
1965   First Prize, Chatauqua National Jury, Peter Selz, juror
1967   Mary Butler Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1979   Residency Program, Pennsylvania Council of the Arts
1987   National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts
Selected Exhibitions
2013   Thomas Chimes: Into the White, Galerie der Stadt Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen, Germany (solo)
2013   Thomas Chimes: Into the White, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece (solo)
2012   Thomas Chimes: Symbolic Landscapes (1958-1962), Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011   The Insolent Eye, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010   American Painting 1959-2009, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2010   Private Future, Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY
2010   Wall-to Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010   Anatomy/Academy, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2009   Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
2009   Early Works (1958-1965), Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008   Thomas Chimes: THE IAMBIC PAINTINGS, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (also 2007, 2005, 2003, 1999, 1997, 1992, 1990, 1983)
2008   Looking Back, White Columns, New York, NY (curator: Jay Sanders)
2007   Thomas Chimes: Adventures in 'Pataphysics, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA (retropective)
2004   The Big Nothing, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2004   Joyce in Art: Visual Art Inspired by James Joyce, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2001   Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2000   Biennial, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
1994   Thomas Chimes: Survey, Alexander Onassis Center for Hellenic Studies, New York University, New York, NY
1994   Conversation Pieces, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1992   Transmodern, Baumgartner Gallery, Washington, DC
1991   Philadelphia Art Now: Artists Choose Artists, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1988   Perspectives from Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1986   Philadelphia Collects Art Since 1940, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
1986   Tom Chimes, A Compendium: 1961-1986, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1980   Made in Philadelphia III, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1979   Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY (also 1978)
1978   Tom Chimes, An Exhibition of Portraits: 1973-1978, Museums at Sunrise, Charleston, WV
1976   Three Centuries of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
1975   Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1970   Henri Gallery, Washington, DC (also 1968)
1968   Thomas Chimes: A Retrospective Exhibition, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL