THOMAS BRUMMETT
Thomas Brummett has been working as a professional photographer and artist since 1983 when he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Thomas currently lives and works in Philadelphia.
Selections from Thomas Brummett’s new series Animalis are on view at The North Dakota Museum of Art in a group exhibition titled Animals: Them and Us, until February 7, 2009. His portraits of animals present them as individuals with great psychological depth and intensity. The Series title Animalis is from the Latin term meaning literally “to have breath” and the origin of the our modern word for animal. “This series of animal portraits is my attempt (as in most of my work) to collect specimen’s from the natural world for my own personal “Cabinet of Wonder”. “My goal is for the images from this series to be part photograph and part cave drawing, part document and part dream… “
Exhibitions
2009 Anne Reed Gallery , Ketchum Idaho
2008 North Dakota Museum of Fine Art, Group Exhibition “Animals: Them and Us
2007 Bentley Gallery, Arizona
2007 Anne Reed Gallery , Ketchum Idaho
2007 Common Threads, Fresh Paint Gallery, Culver City, CA
2006 Clamp Art, Group exhibition, New York
2006 Woodmere Art Museum Triennial Of Contemporary Photography
2006 Anne Reed Gallery, Group exhibition, Ketchum Idaho
2006 Limn Gallery Group Show, San Francisco, CA
2005 Solo Museum Exhibition (with C. Conrad) at Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Germany
2005 Philadelphia Museum of Art, “The Silver Garden” Group exhibition.
2005 Solo Exhibition / Nocturne @ Schmidt / Dean Gallery
2004 Solo Exhibition at Gallerie Karsten Greve, Koln, Germany (over 50 works )
2003 Solo Exhibition at Gallerie Karsten Greve, Paris (over 50 works)
Art Chicago / Navy Pier Festival Hall
2002 “Masterworks of Floral Photography” / Gallery Sink, Denver Group exhibition
2002 Solo Exhibition,” Desert Series “@ Schmidt / Dean Gallery
2000 “A New View “, Noyes Museum of Art - Group exhibition.
1999 Solo Exhibition @ Schmidt / Dean Gallery – Sold Out.
1998 “Photo:Synthesis”, Group Show @ Philadelphia Art Alliance.
1998 “Biennial 98″, Delaware Art Museum. Juried by Roberta Smith. Group exhibition
1996 Pennsylvania Photographers “Photography 96 Biennial”. Group exhibition
1996 “Two Up” Group Exhibition at the Philadelphia Art Alliance.
1995 Friends of Photography Museum, San Francisco, Group exhibition and fund raiser.
1994 “Small Works II ” group show at the Swanstock Gallery, Tucson, Arizona Group exhibition
1993 “Biennial 93″, Delaware Art Museum. Group exhibition
1992 “Twenty Twenty Vision”, Survey of the last 20 years in Photography at the Cranbrook Museum of Art. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Group exhibitions
Collections
The Silverman Collection, Detroit, Michigan.
Willmington Trust Collection, Willmington, Delaware
Dechertt, Price & Rhoads Collection, Philadelphia
Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley Collection, Philadelphia
Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers Collection, Philadelphia
The Cranbrook Academy Museum and Library, Bloomfield Hills, Mi.
AAA Collection, Philadlephia,
Collection of Senator Arlen Spector
International Collections:
Joaquim Paiva / Brazil
AXA Insurance / Belgium
Bibliography
2008 2nd Place for the World Photography Awards, Cannes France.
2007 American Photography #23
2005 Museum catalog with essay; Thomas Brummett & Cristiane Conrad, Pfalizagalerie Kaiserslautern
2004 International Photography Awards for Desert Series.
2003 Neo-Impressionism / Artists on the Edge Catalog essay for the exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art by Sabrina DeTurk titled: Points and Pixels: Looking at Neo-Impressionism and Digital Art
2003 International Photo Award Winner
Work featured in the movie: “Animal Husbandry”, Staring Ashley Judd. (2000-2001)
American Photography #11 + #12 This is a hard bound annual honoring the best photography in America.
1998 Nikon / PDN Award
Harpers Magazine Work featured in the Oct/93 Issue.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Sunday Magazine Interview, Dec. 6th 1993
Graphis Photo 88: This is a hardbound annual published in 3 languages honoring excellence in photography from around the world.