ARTIST’S STATEMENT

     “My work deals with problems in Art History and those of artistic representation. I had the opportunity over the years, while living in close proximity to Venice, to study in depth and experience first-hand the art of the Venetian Schools in their original context. I am particularly interested in the Mannerist Period as an analogy of our own times and as a metaphor of art in self-conscious introspection. My work in this area is a ludic reflection on the work of such artists as Tintoretto, Titian, and Lotto. My particular focus is on the physical presence of the works themselves as historical fragments in relation to the present.”

PROFILE

 

     Tom Garner was born in Boston in 1954 and raised in San Diego. He lived for 24 years in Padua, Italy. He studied visual art at UCSD and painting at the Accademia di Belli Arti in Venice, Italy. He was a member of the Italian art group, “Arte Ludica Tata, form 1980-83 where he produced paintings, marble sculpture, casting, and screen printing. In 1991 he did mural work in Paris. He is widely recognized in the fashion world as an industrial and graphic designer, in Italy since 1979 and Los Angeles since 2000. He is also an internationally published illustrator and has produced experimental and commercial film animation.

     His fine art work has been widely published throughout Italy and he has appeared on Italian television. He first exhibited his art in La Jolla, California in 1976 and 1977. Later from 1980 till 2001 his art has been shown in innumerable exhibitions throughout Italy from Rome to Venice and throughout Europe from Bucharest to Germany. He is currently a member of the San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild.