Tom Duncan is a Scottish-born mixed-media artist and sculptor who lives and works in New York City.
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Biography
Tom Duncan was born in July 1939 in Shotts, Scotland at the start of World War II. Duncan’s interest in model-making and creative studies was fostered from a very early age through the support of his father and Aunt Meg. Both provided him with basic materials and found objects and built small toys and models with him.
In 1947, his mother immigrated with Duncan and his brother to New York City where Duncan has remained since. Duncan began working at the Port Authority creating models after graduating from high school, despite a lack of formal training. Given his inherent talent, his supervisor encouraged him to enroll in art school and in 1959 Duncan enrolled in the Art Students League of New York and the National Academy Design School of Fine Art. Duncan continues to live and work in New York with Lisa Dinhofer.
Work
Duncan draws, models and sculpts using mixed media. War, religion and other themes from his childhood memories shape his artwork. Story narrative is another aspect of Duncan’s works, which he attributes to his mother's storytelling.
Before he creates his sculptures and mixed-media productions Duncan usually sketches his ideas on paper. Many of these drawings are never realized or constructed, considering that Duncan has produced and possesses over 54 volumes of sketchbooks.
Select Solo Exhibitions
2008 In Search of Lost Time, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
2004 Tom Duncan, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
2002 Tom Duncan: A Retrospective-The Art of War and Peace, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
2001 Five Nuns Get Undressed and Other Works, Genovese-Sullivan Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 All the World's a Stage, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
1996 G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York
1992 G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York
1978-87 Four solo exhibitions, Prince Street Gallery, New York
1972 Westbeth Gallery, New York
Select Group Exhibitions
2011 All Folked Up!, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
2010 Art Forum Berlin, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Berlin
NeoIntegrity: Comics Edition, Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York, NY
2009 In Through the Out Door, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
Art Forum Berlin, Andrew Edlin Gallery
Art Brussels, Andrew Edlin Gallery
2008 The Marriage of Art, Science and Philosophy, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Paris
2007 Art Brussels 25th Contemporary Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2006 Five Year Anniversary Show, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
2004 Holy H2O, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2001 The Art of War and Peace, American Visionary Art, Museum, Baltimore, MD
2000 Art Miami 2000, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Miami, FL
Toronto International Art Fair, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Toronto
1999 Privacy, Projects United, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
1991-93 Art and Law, New Visions Gallery of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA [itinerary: Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota; Kennedy Galleries, New York]
1988 The Drawing Center, New York
Honors and Awards
2001 Robert Rauschenberg "Changes Inc." Grant
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Artists and Writers Grant
1996 Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Individual Support Grant