Tom Dunn was born in New York in 1979 and raised in Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Victorian College of the Arts (Painting), and an Honours Degree in Fine Art from Monash University, Melbourne. He has recently undertaken residencies in the US at the Vermont Studio Center (VT), Starry Night (NM), Birch Creek Residency (UT) RAID Projects (CA) and 1335MABINI in Manila, Philippines. He currently resides in Los Angeles. Tom is primarily a painter who also conducts project-based sculpture and installation works.

Biography

1979
Born in Melbourne, Australia
Lives and Works in Los Angeles, California

Education

2010
Bachelor of Fine Art Honours, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

2004
Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Victorian Collage of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia

2001
Diploma of Visual Art (Painting), RMIT TAFE, Melbourne, Australia

Exhibitions (2000-2013, selection)

2013
MABINIEXTN, Amazonia Sexy Beast, Makati (RP)
1335MABINI Residency Open Studios + Screening Polanski’s Baby and Robert Downey Jr. Is Dead, in conjunction with Planting Rice, Manila (RP)
Polanski’s Baby, Screening, Loop Bar Melbourne(AU)

2012
Robert Downy Jr. is Dead (performance/site-specific event), Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Robert Downy Jr. is Dead – Part 2 (site-specific installation), the home of Robert Downy Jr., Malibu, CA, USA
Warholed Cow Project (performance/site-specific event), Estrella Arts Space, Truth or Consequences, NM, USA
LA Road Concerts, Mulholland Dérive, Mullholland Drive, Los Angeles, USA
CO/LAB II Alternative Art Fair, at Art Platform LA, Santa Monica, CA, USA
With RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
RAID Artist Residents Exhibition, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Utah Ties, Curator: Max Presnil, Central Utah Art Center, Spring City, UT, USA

2011
Devil’s Workshop, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne(AU)
Milk of Magnesia, Hope St Studios, Melbourne, Australia(AU)

2010
Quentin Tarantino Thinking about Uma Thurman’s Feet, Tarantino’s Bar, Berlin, Germany (EU)

2009
Excuse All the Blood, Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway
More is More, Spacement Gallery, Melbourne(AU)
Ich Commen Spaiter, 91mq Project Space, Berlin, Germany (EU)
Friday the Thirteenth ‘Life is Horrible’ Desperate Art Sale, Vacant House, Melbourne(AU)

2008
Lives of Our Days, Resident Artist exhibition, Northcote Studios, Melbourne(AU)