Tom Howard
Tom Howard (1957), of Kearns, Utah, is a painter in oils and watercolor. Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised in northern Utah, Tom earned a BFA at the University of Utah in 1984 and an MFA at Brigham Young University in 1995. He is known for his landscape images of the American West.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Master of Fine Arts, Brigham Young University, April 1995.
Area of emphasis was painting and drawing, with the focus and direction of my work being landscape painting in both the oil and watercolor mediums.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Utah, 1984.
Area of emphasis was painting and drawing, including landscape painting. Classes in Renaissance and Northern Baroque art were also taken. Other subjects studied included the following: photography, printmaking, sociology, and psychology.
Salt Lake Community College, 1979 through 1981
Completed commercial art program with an emphasis in graphic design. Other subjects studied were illustration, photography, art history and English writing.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, 2005 – present
Adjunct Instructor Ð Duties include teaching watercolor and drawing courses in the Visual Arts Department; Perspective and Rendering, Architectural Rendering in the Interior Design Department
Visual Arts Institute, Salt Lake City, 1999 – 2000
Duties included teaching various art classes to children. Representative courses taught include oil painting, watercolor painting, drawing, architecture.
Instructor, Granite School District Community Education Program, 1998
Duties included teaching adult students the principles of the art of oil and watercolor painting. Helped students develop skills and techniques in the use of the medium from the beginning level through advanced levels.
Adjunct Faculty, Brigham Young University, Visual Arts Department, Spring 1995 Duties included writing course outlines and lesson plans, working one on one with students, giving assignments, and grading. Taught introduction and intermediate level watercolor painting.
Graduate Assistant, Brigham Young University, Visual Arts Department,
Spring 1993 through Winter 1995
Duties included writing course outlines and lesson plans, working one on one with students, giving assignments, and grading. Taught introduction/intermediate level watercolor painting and introduction/intermediate level drawing.
Instructor, Granite School District Community Education Program, 1990-92
Duties included teaching adult students the principles of the art of watercolor painting. Helped students develop skills and techniques in the use of the medium from the beginning level through advanced levels. One on one instruction was primarily used.
COLLECTIONS
Rowland Hall St. MarkÕs Private School, Salt Lake City, UT
Antelope Island VisitorÕs Center, Davis County, UT Adam and Stacy Coyle, Denver, CO
Ed Davies, Ogden, UT
Peter and Deann Strub, Phoenix, AZ
Bonnie Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
Mesa Contemporary Art Museum permanent collection, Mesa, AZ
Nu Skin Enterprises, Provo, UT
Brent and Bev Robinson, Ketchum, ID
Salt Lake Community College, Taylorsville, UT
Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, UT
JUROR
Served as juror for Ogden City Plein Air Competition, October, 2006
EXHIBITIONS
Juried
Wasatch Plein Air Paradise, June 2007, Award of Merit
Springville Museum of Art “National Spring Salon”, Spring 2007.
Salt Lake Community College PresidentÕs Art Show, Salt Lake City, Utah, February, 2007, PresidentÕs Choice Award and Purchase Award
Deseret News Annual Landscape Art Show, Salt Lake City, Utah, September, 2002
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, August, 2002, ANA 31 Exhibition
Honorable Mention
Utah Art 2002, Salt Lake City, Utah, February, 2002 (A critically juried exhibition of contemporary Utah art)
Deseret News Annual Landscape Art Show, Salt Lake City, Utah, September, 2001. Merit Award Recipient
Desert News Annual Landscape Art Show, September 2000.
Springville Museum of Art “National Spring Salon”, Spring 2000.
Springville Museum of Art “National Spring Salon”, Spring 1998.
Provo Freedom Festival Art Show, July 1997.
First Annual Old Capitol Centenial Fine Arts Show, Delta, Utah, July 1996.
Third Place Award
Springville Museum of Art “National Spring Salon”, Spring 1996.
Bountiful Davis Art Center, Utah Centenial: Utah as Seen by Its Artists, February 1996.
First Place Centennial Award
The Alliance for the Varied Arts “Celebrate the Arts” annual regional fine arts exhibition, Spring 1994. Merit Award Recipient
Eccles Community Art Center 19th Annual State wide Competition, Ogden, Utah, Summer 1993.
Springville Museum of Art “National Spring Salon”, Spring 1991.
Eccles Community Art Center Black and White competition, Ogden, Utah, Summer 1990.
Springville Museum of Art “National Spring Salon”, Spring 1989.
“Mountain West Paper Works Biennial” art competition held at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University, Summer 1988.
Invitational
Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, Two Person Show, December, 2006
Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Two Person Show, February 2006
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, One Person Show, June 2005
2002 Revisited, Salt Lake City, Utah (a reunion of the Utah artists chosen to represent the state of Utah during the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City), May-June 2005
Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Group Landscape Show, April 2005
Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, One Person Show, October 2004
Gallery 303, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, One Person Show, May 2004
Golden Rule Project, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, Community Service Project in cooperation with public and private secondary schools, Spring/Summer 2004
Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, One Person Show, November 2003
Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, Group Show, April 2003
Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, One Person Show, March 2003
Willard Arts Center, Idaho Falls, Idaho, Two Person Show, November 2002
Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, One Person Show, September 2001
Distinguished Alumni Art Invitational, Portraiture Exhibit, September 2001, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Phillips Gallery, Two Person Show, February 2001 – March 2001.
Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, Two Person Show, February 2001
Phillips Gallery, Annual Holiday Show, Group Show, November 2000 – January 2001
Riverton Library, Riverton, Utah, One Person Show, September 2000
Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, One Person Show, February 2000
Herrett Center/Jean B. King Gallery, College of Southern Idaho, Group Show, December 7, 1999 – January 22, 2000
Phillips Gallery, Landscapes, Group Show, October 1998
Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bountiful, Utah, A Recent Works, Group Show, May 1998
Atrium Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, One Person Show, March 3, 1997 – April 12, 1997.
Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah, One Person Show, January 1997.
The Gallery Etc., Group Miniature Art Show, Ogden, Utah, September 1995