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Tom of Finland Biography
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1920 |
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Born in Kaarina, Finland
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1991 |
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Died in Helsinki, Finland
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Feature Inc Tom of Finland and then some, New York City, USA
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2010
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Maloney Fine Art + Kim Light / Lightbox The Boneyard, Los Angeles, USA
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2010
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Galería Espacio Mínimo ARCO, Madrid, Spain
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2010
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Central Connecticut State University Art Galleries Revealed: The Tradition of Male Homoerotic Art, New Britain (Connecticut), USA
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2009
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53rd International Art Exhibition – Nordic & Danish Pavilions The Collectors, Venice, Italy
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2009
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Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts Tattoo, New York City, USA
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2009
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MoMA Compass in Hand: Selections From the Rothschild Foundation Collection, New York City, USA
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2009
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Tom of Finland, Schlechtriem Brothers, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2008
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Galería Espacio Mínimo, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2008
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The Kinsey Institute, Pre-Revolutionary Queer, Bloomington (Indiana), USA
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2008
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Homotopia CUC Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, England
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2008
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Phil Ma Bête Noire, Los Angeles, USA
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2008
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MoMA Glossolalia: Languages of Drawing, New York City, USA
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2008
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Phil Trade, Los Angeles, USA
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2008
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Galería Espacio Mínimo ARCO | Madrid, Spain
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2007
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Inman Gallery, Houston, USA (solo)
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2006
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Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France (solo)
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2006
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Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
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2006
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Western Project Rough, Culver City (Los Angeles), USA (solo)
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2006
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Charles Cowles Gallery Coming of Age, New York City, USA (solo)
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2006
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Miami Art Fair Scope,Miami, USA
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2006
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Portland Museum of Art, Portland (Oregon), USA
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2005
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Galeria Espacio Minimo Tom of Finland, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2005
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Maes & Matthys Gallery Tom of Finland, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
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2005
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Art@Large, New York City, USA
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2004
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James Kelly Contemporary Museum, Santa Fe, USA
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2001
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Mark Moore Gallery The Armory Show, New York City, USA
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2001
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Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (solo)
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2000
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Whitechapel Gallery, London, England
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2000
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art Made in California, Los Angeles, USA
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2000
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Mark Moore Gallery The Armory Show, New York City, USA
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2000
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Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation 10th Anniversary Exhibition, New York City, USA
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1999
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James Van Damme Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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1999
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Mark Moore Gallery The Adventures of Kake, Santa Monica, USA (solo)
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1999
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Finnish Institute - retrospective The Most Famous Finn, Paris, France (solo)
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1999
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Jyvaskyla Art Museum (retrospective), Jyvaskyla, Finland (solo)
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1999
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YYZ Artist Outlet (retrospective), Toronto, Canada (solo)
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1999
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TBA (retrospective), Chicago, USA (solo)
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1999
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Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
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1999
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Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
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1998
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Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, USA
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1998
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Wessel + O‘Connor Fine Art, New York City, USA
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1997
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Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
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1997
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art Master Drawings, Los Angeles, USA
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1997
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The Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
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1997
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Meyerson-Nowinski Gallery, Seattle, USA
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1997
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Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
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1997
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Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (solo)
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1997
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Galleri Lars Boman, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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1995
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Galerie Emanuel Perrotin, Paris, France (solo)
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1994
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Feature Inc., New York City, USA (solo)
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1994
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Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1994
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Museum des Erotik Kunst, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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1994
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Club Champion, Canberra, Australia (solo)
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1993
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Gallery Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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1992
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Galerie Pelin, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
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1992
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Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation A Memorial Retrospective, New York City, USA (solo)
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1992
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Casco Gallery, Utrecht, Belgium
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1992
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Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation Summer Group Exhibition, New York City, USA
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1992
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Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
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1991
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Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
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1991
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Feature Inc., New York City, USA (solo)
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1991
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Rutgers State University, New Brunswick, USA
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1991
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Amos Andersonin Taidemuseo, Helsinki, Finland
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1991
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Feature Inc., New York City, USA
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1991
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Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
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1991
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National Leather Association Fetish Art, Los Angeles, USA
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1991
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Galerie Mosabaka, Helsinki, Finland
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1991
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, USA
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1991
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Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation Private Collections, New York City, USA
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1991
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Matrix Gallery, University of Berkeley, USA
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1990
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Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
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1990
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Wessel O‘Connor, New York City, USA
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1990
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Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, USA
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1989
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Matrix Gallery, University of Berkeley, USA
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1989
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WIWA International, Cologne, Germany
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1989
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New Museum, New York City, USA
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1989
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Feature Inc. New York City, USA (solo)
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1988
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Feature Inc., New York City, USA (solo)
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1988
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Leonardo da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
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1987
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Rob Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
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1986
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Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, USA
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1986
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International Gay & Lesbian Archives Naked Eyes, West Hollywood, USA
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1985
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Rob Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
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1984
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Galerie Jansen, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1984
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Andres Ufer, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1983
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Rob Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
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1983
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The Basement, New York City, USA
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1982
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I.E.M., Paris, France
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1982
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Score (bar), Los Angeles, USA (solo)
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1982
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Rob Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
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1981
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Rob Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
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1981
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Rob Gallery, New York City, USA (solo)
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1980
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Rob Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
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1980
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Robert Samuel Gallery, New York City, USA (solo)
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1978
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Rob Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (solo)
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1978
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Feyway Studios, San Francisco, USA (solo)
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1978
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Eons Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
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1978
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Stompers (boot shop), New York City, USA
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1973
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The Revolt Press Bookstore, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Portland Museum of Art, Portland (Oregon), USA
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
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Suontausta Museum, Eura, Finland
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Tom of Finland Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
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The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington (Indiana), USA
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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Kaarina Township, Kaarina, Finland
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Leather Archives & Museum, Chicago, USA
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Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York City, USA
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
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MSC Finland - Tom‘s Club, Helsinki, Finland
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Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA
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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, USA
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Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
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| Literature |
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2005
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Dian Hanson, Ed., Tom of Finland: The Comic Collection, Vol. 1-5, London: Taschen, 1995 (monograph)
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1993
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Valentine Hooven III, Tom of Finland - His Life and Times, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.
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