Tom Ferrara

EDUCATION
1953 Born, Brooklyn, NY
1979 - 1987 Assistant to Willem deKooning, East Hampton, NY
1973 - 1975 Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
1971 - 1972 University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Solo Exhibits
2005
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY (also 2004, 1997)
1993 Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 Ober Gallery, Kent, Connectcut
Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
2003
Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY  (also 2001, 1999, 1993, 1987)
1999 Delaplane Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD.  Regional Juried Exhibition, 1st prize for painting. Jack Rasmussen; juror
1996 Montgomery College 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibit, MD
1995 Albright-Knox Members Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1994 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art,  Loretto, PA
Clark & Co., Washington D.C.
1993 Albright-Knox Members Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1988 Columbus Museum of Fine Art, Columbus, OH
Los Angeles Art Expo, Los Angeles, CA
1987 C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1986 East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, NY
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
1985 Bologna and Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY  (also 1984)
1982 Spring Artists, Ashwagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1981 Loonan Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1980 Willow Gallery, Potomac, MD
1977 Gramley Collection, Potomac, MD
Montgomery County Juried Art Show, MD  Drawing / 3rd Prize
Walter Hopps: Juror
1975 Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
1974 Gallery Voya, Washington DC
l TEACHING/LECTURES
2005-
2006
Adjunct Professor / Studio Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2003 Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (lecture)
2001 SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY (lecture)
2000 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (visiting artist, fall semester)
1997 Washington Studio School, Washington, DC (lecture)
1996 Delaplane Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD (lecture)

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Time-Warner Inc. New York, NY
Republic National Bank, New York, NY
Pepsico, Purchase, NY
Tanagraphics Inc. New York, NY
Lee V. Eastman (estate) New York, NY
Gary Wragg, London, England
Lyle Gramley, Potomac, MD
Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, New York, NY
Ed & Mary Ramsburg, Frederick, MD
Terry & Mary Downs, Annandale, VA
The Four Seasons Hotel, NYC

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Haggerty, Gerard. Review, ARTnews, April 1998
Johnson, Ken Weekend Art Guide, The New York Times, October 17, 1997
Hazelwood, Carl, Review, Review Magazine, October 15, 1997
Hamburger, Susan, "Moving Passages: Tom Ferrara Redefines Lyric Abstraction," Cover Magazine vol 11, No 5, 1997
Harrison, Helen, New York Times, January 1987
Dorsey, John, "DeKooning Assistants Seem Two Parts of a Whole," The Baltimore Sun, January 12, 1987
Slivka, Rose C. S., "From the Studio, " The East Hampton Star, August 12, 1986
Catalogue, "Eleven Painters," Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY 1986