Tom Relth
808 Main Street, Vancouver, WA
www.relth.org
tom.relth@gmail.com
360 561-4245
Tom Relth was born in Los Angeles and currently lives and works in downtown Vancouver, Washington. Relth is a contemporary abstract expressionist painter, generally working on larger format linen, canvas, paper and wood panels. He uses both tube paints and dry pigments, such as minerals and dried herbs and spices found in Mediterranean cuisine.
Relth offers a potent look at abstraction and use of color. The images depict a kind of atmospheric light and a suggestion of matter at its inception. His works are often fluid and rarely focus on form, but rather imply an intangible depth. The works have both a vibrancy of color and a paradoxical calmness.
The artist has developed a special process that includes the use of ground minerals (blues and pinks) and dry cooking spices like turmeric (yellows), paprika (reds) and cumin (earths), mixing his own paints with special glues and resins. The process suggests early European paint methods and the Japanese process of Nihonga.
Exhibition Experience:
2015 Exhibitions and Installations:
• Lower Columbia College - Rose Center for the Arts Gallery - Joint Exhibition
• Fort Vancouver Library Foundation, WA, Solo Exhibition "Meet the Artist"
2014 Exhibitions and Installations:
• 50 Artists in Clark County Washington – Open Studios Juried
• departures: Diana Relth & Tom Relth
North Bank Artists Gallery, Vancouver WA – Joint Exhibition
• Power of Words / Poetry and Mixed Media event, Juried
North Bank Artists Gallery Vancouver, WA – Group Exhibition
• LSW Architects Vancouver, WA, Solo Installation
• Boomerang Vancouver, WA, Solo Installation
• Hokusei Sushi East Portland, OR, Solo Installation
• Fort Vancouver Library Foundation, WA, Solo Exhibition
• Vancouver Community Library, Vancouver WA, Group Exhibition
• Light & Pigment, WSU Vancouver WA, Solo Exhibition
• Compass Church Vancouver WA, Solo Exhibition
2013 Exhibitions and Installations:
• Drew-Jones Gallery Recent Work, Vancouver, WA, Solo Exhibition
• North Bank Artists Gallery, Vancouver, WA
2012 Exhibitions and Installations:
• Reg’ Art, Mine d’Art, Art Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco, Group exhibition
• Heaven & Earth, Passion & Penchant, Les Ateliers Libres, Casablanca, Solo exhibition
2011 Exhibitions and Installations:
• Precious Waters – Troubled Waters, GWA Casablanca, Morocco, group exhibition, Curator/Organizer
2010 Exhibitions and Installations:
• Arkane, Ex Cathédrale du Sacré Cœur, Casablanca, Morocco, Group exhibition
• Keep Morocco Beautiful II, L’Ancien Abattoir, Casablanca, Morocco, Group exhibition
• Keep Morocco Beautiful, Casablanca, Morocco, Group exhibition, Curator/Organizer
2006
• Exhibition Seeds, St Johns Lutheran Church, Orange, CA group exhibition
2005
• Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, California, USA, group exhibition
2003
• Biola University, Los Angeles, California, United States, solo exhibition
Professional Educator Experience:
Visual Art /Fine Art classes at the largest American International school in North Africa
• Established new classes and curriculums: Within first year built-up the non-existent Visual Arts Department, prospered it into flourishing Fine Arts and Digital Graphic Arts departments including new class offerings.
• Advanced art class offerings to international and or collegiate levels. Built a full curriculum and structure for all new classes. Established and taught solid curriculum for semester-long classes in: 2-D Drawing and Painting, 3-D Architecture & Sculpture, Fundamentals of Art & Design, Publications & Digital Art
Education:
• Masters of Arts, Fine Art: California State University – Fullerton, CA
• Bachelors of Arts, Fine Art: California State University – Fullerton, CA
808 Main Street, Vancouver, WA
www.relth.org
tom.relth@gmail.com
360 561-4245
Tom Relth was born in Los Angeles and currently lives and works in downtown Vancouver, Washington. Relth is a contemporary abstract expressionist painter, generally working on larger format linen, canvas, paper and wood panels. He uses both tube paints and dry pigments, such as minerals and dried herbs and spices found in Mediterranean cuisine.
Relth offers a potent look at abstraction and use of color. The images depict a kind of atmospheric light and a suggestion of matter at its inception. His works are often fluid and rarely focus on form, but rather imply an intangible depth. The works have both a vibrancy of color and a paradoxical calmness.
The artist has developed a special process that includes the use of ground minerals (blues and pinks) and dry cooking spices like turmeric (yellows), paprika (reds) and cumin (earths), mixing his own paints with special glues and resins. The process suggests early European paint methods and the Japanese process of Nihonga.
Exhibition Experience:
2015 Exhibitions and Installations:
• Lower Columbia College - Rose Center for the Arts Gallery - Joint Exhibition
• Fort Vancouver Library Foundation, WA, Solo Exhibition "Meet the Artist"
2014 Exhibitions and Installations:
• 50 Artists in Clark County Washington – Open Studios Juried
• departures: Diana Relth & Tom Relth
North Bank Artists Gallery, Vancouver WA – Joint Exhibition
• Power of Words / Poetry and Mixed Media event, Juried
North Bank Artists Gallery Vancouver, WA – Group Exhibition
• LSW Architects Vancouver, WA, Solo Installation
• Boomerang Vancouver, WA, Solo Installation
• Hokusei Sushi East Portland, OR, Solo Installation
• Fort Vancouver Library Foundation, WA, Solo Exhibition
• Vancouver Community Library, Vancouver WA, Group Exhibition
• Light & Pigment, WSU Vancouver WA, Solo Exhibition
• Compass Church Vancouver WA, Solo Exhibition
2013 Exhibitions and Installations:
• Drew-Jones Gallery Recent Work, Vancouver, WA, Solo Exhibition
• North Bank Artists Gallery, Vancouver, WA
2012 Exhibitions and Installations:
• Reg’ Art, Mine d’Art, Art Gallery, Casablanca, Morocco, Group exhibition
• Heaven & Earth, Passion & Penchant, Les Ateliers Libres, Casablanca, Solo exhibition
2011 Exhibitions and Installations:
• Precious Waters – Troubled Waters, GWA Casablanca, Morocco, group exhibition, Curator/Organizer
2010 Exhibitions and Installations:
• Arkane, Ex Cathédrale du Sacré Cœur, Casablanca, Morocco, Group exhibition
• Keep Morocco Beautiful II, L’Ancien Abattoir, Casablanca, Morocco, Group exhibition
• Keep Morocco Beautiful, Casablanca, Morocco, Group exhibition, Curator/Organizer
2006
• Exhibition Seeds, St Johns Lutheran Church, Orange, CA group exhibition
2005
• Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, California, USA, group exhibition
2003
• Biola University, Los Angeles, California, United States, solo exhibition
Professional Educator Experience:
Visual Art /Fine Art classes at the largest American International school in North Africa
• Established new classes and curriculums: Within first year built-up the non-existent Visual Arts Department, prospered it into flourishing Fine Arts and Digital Graphic Arts departments including new class offerings.
• Advanced art class offerings to international and or collegiate levels. Built a full curriculum and structure for all new classes. Established and taught solid curriculum for semester-long classes in: 2-D Drawing and Painting, 3-D Architecture & Sculpture, Fundamentals of Art & Design, Publications & Digital Art
Education:
• Masters of Arts, Fine Art: California State University – Fullerton, CA
• Bachelors of Arts, Fine Art: California State University – Fullerton, CA