Tom Wegrzynowski
Curriculum Vitae
tom@portsilver.com ● www.portsilver.com/tom
Education
2023: MA, Art History, University of Alamaba, Tuscaloosa, AL (expected 2023)
2006: MFA, Painting, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (faculty advisor: Brian Bishop)
1995: BA, Art Studio (concentration in drawing), University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
1994: BA, History, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
1992-1993: Study abroad, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Teaching Experience
2020-
Senior Instructor, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2006-2020
Instructor, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2012-2015
Appointed to Graduate Faculty, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2009-2010
Adjunct Instructor, Judson College, Marion, AL
2006
Adjunct Professor, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL
2004-2006
Graduate Instructor (instructor of record), University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
2017
Best in Show, Monster Makeover VIII, Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL
People’s Choice Award, Monster Makeover VIII, Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL
2014
Best in Show, Monster Makeover V, Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL
2012
Howard & Michael Goodson and Richard Zoellner Purchase Award, Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL
2011
Honorable Mention, 38th Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
Trudy Williamson Award for Excellence in Two Dimensional Work, St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA
Emergency Support Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation
2003-2006
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
1992-1993
Warwick Fellowship for study abroad, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Exhibitions
2020
Studio Art Instructors Exhibition, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Convergence: UA Studio Art Faculty, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, AL.
46th Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS (Juried by Stephanie Smith, Artist)
The Figurative Impulse, Bagwell Center for Media and Art, Pellissippi State Community College, Knoxville, TN (curated by Herb Rieth, Assistant Professor, Pellissippi State Community College)
2019
23rd Annual No Dead Artists International Juried Exhibition, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA (juried by Robin Dunn Schwarz of Matthew Clayton Brown Fine Art Appraisers, Carmon Colangelo, Dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University, and Nick Korniloff, Executive Vice President, Partner, and Show Director for Art Miami)
Testament, Kentuck Museum Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL (solo)
2018
B18: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL (juried by Elizabet Elliott, Curator of Programs at the Mobile Museum of Art, and Jackie Clay, Director of the Coleman Center for the Arts)
Apocrypha, Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment, Huntsville, AL (solo)
Alumni Exhibition, The University of Alabama Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, AL (curated by Anne Herbert, Visual Arts Instructor, Alabama School of Fine Arts)
2017
Monster Makeover VIII, Drish House, Tuscaloosa, AL
Exhibition of Recent Works Featuring University Art Professors, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
2016
Blessed are the Seekers of Truth, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD (solo)
43rd Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS (juried by Bill Kitchens, Professor of Printmaking, Loyola University)
2015
Apocrypha, The Arts Council Gallery, Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Tuscaloosa, AL (solo)
Instructors & 2-Year Grad Students Showcase, Sella-Granata Art Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
From the Letters of Saint Jones to Lucky, Park National Bank Art Gallery, UC Clermont College, Batavia, OH (solo)
2014
18th Annual No Dead Artists International Juried Exhibition, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA (juried by Bill Arning, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Stephanie Ingrassia, Board of Directors, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Nick Mayor, Board of Directors, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans)
Monster Makeover V, Transportation Museum, Tuscaloosa, AL
41st Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS (juried by Kim Bernadas, Artist)
25th Annual Juried Show, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV (juried by John Seed, Professor of Art and Art History, Mt. San Jacinto College)
3rd Annual Armstrong National 2D Competition, Armstrong Fine Art Galleries, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA (juried by Courtney McNeil, Curator of Art, Telfair Museum of Art)
Art Histories, Bagwell Center for Media and Art, Pellissippi State Community College, Knoxville, TN (two-person exhibition with S. L. Dickey) (curated by Herb Rieth, Instructor of Fine Art, Pellissippi State Community College)
Art of the State, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia, AL (juried by Jere Allen, Professor of Art, University of Mississippi (retired), and Ron Dale, Professor of Art, University of Mississippi (retired))
2013
Monster Makeover IV, Junior League Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
40th Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS (juried by Mark Grote, Professor of Sculpture, Loyola University)
Armed Medium: The Military Vehicle as Subject, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA (curated by Cameron Brian and Ruth Santee, Directors) (catalogue)
2012
West Alabama Juried Show, Junior League Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL (juried by Jeffrey Haupt, Professor, Mississippi State University)
Monster Makeover III, Junior League Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
Two-person exhibition with Palo Pallas, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS (curated by Kate Cherry, Executive Director)
2011
Monster Makeover II, Junior League Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
38th Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS (juried by Niles A. Wallace, Professor, University of Memphis)
46th Juried Artists Exhibition, St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA (juried by Dr. Lee Gray)
Are You Not Entertained?, Ferguson Center Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (solo)
2010
19th Annual People’s Choice Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS (juried by committee)
Werk, The Visual Arts Gallery, UAB, Birmingham, AL (curated by Clayton Colvin, Independent Curator))
Art of the State, Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia, AL (juried by Jill Chancey, Assistant Professor, Nicholls State University)
(TW) IN SITE (S), 2010 Biennial All Faculty Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2009
36th Annual Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS (juried by Randy Gachet, Art Instructor, Alabama School of Fine Arts)
2008
Intaglio, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO (juried by Alicia Bailey, Owner, collaborative book art project with Charlotte Wegrzynowski)
In the Temple of the Masters, Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, AL (solo)
Hand to Hand (curated by Cecelia Kane, Artist), Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA (March, 2008); Carol Henry Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (June, 2008); Corridor Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY (October, 2009); Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA (August-September, 2010); The Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT (October-November 2010)
Department of Art All Faculty Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2007
Room 002, Glitch9 Studio Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo)
War or Peace: Art that confronts the realities of the present, Space 301, Mobile, AL (curated by Clayton Colvin, Curator, Space 301, and David McCann, Curator, Space 301)
The Second Birmingham Biennial, Amanda Schedler Fine Art, Birmingham, AL (juried by panel)
2006
It Came from Tuscaloosa, The Art Gallery, Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL
Blessed are the Seekers of Truth, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (solo)
Myth, Dream, Self and Story, Temple Gallery, Atlanta, GA (curated by Jerry Cullum, Art Critic and Senior Editor of Art Papers) (catalogue)
Room 001, Stealtharts, Birmingham, AL (solo)
Pink Days, Azure Nights, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA (curated by Lisa Alembik, Director of Dalton Gallery)
Crimson, White, Blue and Gray, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
2005
Mythology of War, Ferguson Center Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (solo)
ASL Annual Juried Show, Woods Hall Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (juried by Jerry Cullum, Art Critic and Senior Editor of Art Papers)
Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition, Woods Hall Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (solo)
2004
5 from 4, Birmingham Art Association Gallery, Birmingham, AL (catalogue)
2003
ASL Annual Juried Show, Woods Hall Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (juried by Terri Jones, Artist)
Fear and Consumption, Woods Hall Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (curated by Lisa Michitti, Artist)
Group Exhibition, Design 360 Gallery, Savannah, GA
2002
Return of the Widget Devil, Temple Gallery, Atlanta, GA (curated by Troy Eittreim, Director, Temple Gallery, two-person exhibition with Charlotte Wegrzynowski)
Montage, New Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Group Exhibition, Right Brain Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Past, Present, Future, Gallery 80808, Columbia, SC
2001
Wegrzynowskiworks, Idylwilde Arts, Columbia, SC
Four Walls, Hastings Seed Building, Atlanta, GA (curated by Joey Orr, Independent Curator)
2000
Shedspace, Atlanta, GA (curated by Joey Orr, Independent Curator, two-person exhibition with Charlotte Wegrzynowski)
Something Under The Bed, Concept Union, Atlanta, GA
Creating The Circle, Concept Union, Atlanta, GA
Bibliography
Mark Hughes, “Monster Makeover returns to Drish House”, The Tuscaloosa News, October 15, 2017.
Caroline Smith, “Nights at Maxwell hosts action painting event”, The Crimson White, March 26, 2017.
Sam West, “Artist combines modern and classical art techniques for ‘Apocrypha’ exhibit”, The Crimson White, September 1, 2015.
Greg Ward, “Auction, festival raises money for local art education charity”, The Tuscaloosa News, October 26, 2014.
D. Eric Bookhardt, “Review: No Dead Artists, D. Eric Bookhardt on the 18th Annual expo of contemporary art”, Gambit Weekly, September 8, 2014.
Carol Cling, “CAC’s 25th annual Juried show stimulating push to keep nonprofit alive”, Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 17, 2014.
Laura Testino, “Gallery to host Morgan Collection”, The Crimson White, January 16, 2014.
Alex Cohen, “Art department suffered human loss during storm”, The Crimson White, April 27, 2012.
Thomas B. Harrison, “Meridian Museum exhibit reveals contrasting artists’ ‘elemental’ connections”, Press-Register, April 27, 2012.
Linda Dautreuil, “Artist intrigues at St. Tammany Art Association Summer Show”, Nola.com, July 19, 2011.
Debbie Glover, “Summer art sizzles, STAA summer show sparks imagination, symbolism”, St. Tammany News, July 10, 2011.
Jake Berry, “Notes toward an Apocryphal Text [poems by Alan May, Images by Tom Wegrzynowski], Port Silver Press, 2006,” New Orleans Review, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 186-189, 2007.
Thomas B. Harrison, “War or Peace? Space 301 exhibit raises issues about our world and us,” Press-Register, July 2, 2007.
James R. Nelson, “Variety of forms, media define Biennial,” Birmingham News, June 10, 2007.
Dwayne Fatheree, “Tom Wegrzynowski is in the Realm of Expressionism,” Tuscaloosa Magazine, Fall 2006.
Jerry Cullum, The First Walker Street Biennial, Conceptual Exhibition Catalog, 2006.
Cathy Bird, “4X4,” Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA, March 14, 2001.
Felicia Feaster, “Out in the Shanty, A Humble Shed Becomes a Tool for Artist Exposure,” Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA, August 19, 2000.
Publications
“Whole Cloth: A mid-career retrospective of contemporary fabric artist Herb Rieth”, Number, Winter 2017, p. 20.
More Unknowns (cover). Dead Academics Press, 2014.
Dead Letters (illustrations). BlazeVOX, Kenmore, NY, 2009.
“Reality Is The Horse You Rode In On” (illustrations), Spell Magazine, Issue 4, March, 2008, House Press, Chicago, IL.
“Rock” (image), “Rk” (image), Mad Hatters Review, Issue 9, February, 2008, published online at http://www.madhattersreview.com/issue9/index.shtml (illustration for Yuriy Tarnawsky)
“Epic Lucky” (image), Apocryphal Text, vol.2, issue 1 (cover), published online at http://apocryphaltextpoetry.com/apocryphal_text_v2_no1.htm, 2007.
Notes Toward An Apocryphal Text [poems by Alan May, images by Tom Wegrzynowski] (illustrations). Port Silver Press, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2006.
“Lord of the Trench II” (image), Birmingham Arts Journal, vol. 2, issue 4, September 2005, printed in Active Culture, Fall 2005, p. 113.
Conferences, Lectures, and Workshops
2017
“Action Painting”, instructor, Creative Campus, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, March 23
2015
Warpolitics and Art, session chair, Southeastern College Art Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October 22
2008
Visiting Artist Lecture, Troy University, Troy, AL
2006
Visiting Artist Lecture, Virginia College, Birmingham, AL
Arts Exchange, College Art Association National Conference, Boston, MA
Collections
Arts Council of Tuscaloosa Permanent Collection, Tuscaloosa, AL
Black Warrior Council, Boy Scouts of America
Druid City Brewing Company, Tuscaloosa, AL
Ohio State University, The Avant Writing Collection, Columbus, OH
Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia, AL
Numerous private collections
Courses Taught
Introduction to Art, Drawing I, Art History Survey I, Drawing II, Art History Survey II, Life Drawing, 19th Century Art, Painting I, Early 20th Century Art, Advanced Painting, Art Since World War II, Art Theory and Criticism, American Modernism
Professional Service
2017-2022
Recruitment and Retention Committee, Department of Art and Art History, University of Alabama
2018-2022
Faculty Advisor, General Art Club, University of Alabama
Exhibitions Curated
2013
Points of Departure, Ferguson Center Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Additional Professional Experience
2002-2003
Planit Solutions, Tuscaloosa, AL: Data Analyst
2000-2002
Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA: Applications Architect
1999-2000
Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA: Director Database Marketing
1997-1999
Arthritis Foundation, Atlanta, GA: Database Manager
1995-1996
Pinnacle Data Corporation, San Francisco, CA: Operations Administrator