CURRICULUM VITAE
TOMMY WATKINS
United Kingdom
+44 07543 543273 | tommywatkins.art@gmail.com | www.tommywatkins.com
Fine artist painting abstract and pop art works; interior designer; curator.
Selected Solo Art Exhibitions
> THE CHAMPAGNE & ICE-CREAM SOCIAL @ THE LARK ST BID, ALBANY NY - 2010
> THE ABYSS @ THE WINE BAR & BISTRO, ALBANY NY - 2010
> ABSRACT CONFESSIONS @ THE CAPITAL GRILL, ALBANY NY - 2007
Selected Group Art Exhibitions
> SENSORIUM @ THE CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE, OXFORD UK - 2013
> OUT OF OFFICE @ THE OCK STREET OFFICES, ABINGDON UK - 2012
> AHA MUSEUM GALA @ THE ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY & ART, ALBANY NY - 2010
> TOMORROM'S MASTERS TODAY @ THE ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY & ART, ALBANY NY - 2010
> SLICK (FEATURED ARTIST) @ THE UPSTATE ARTISTS GUILD GALLERY, ALBANY NY - 2010
> BUILT @ THE CATHEDRAL OF THE ALL SAINTS, ALBANY NY - 2009
> AHA MUSEUM GALA @ SUNY COLLEGE OF NANOSCALE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, ALBANY NY - 2008
> ROSE GALLERY GROUP SHOW @ THE BERGAMOT STATION, SANTA MONICA CA - 2008
> SCHENECTADY ART NIGHT @ 440 ARTS CENTER AT PROCTORS, SCHENECTADY NY - 2008
> 20TH ANNUAL MOHAWK HUDSON REGIONAL INVITATIONAL @ ALBANY CENTER GALLERY, ALBANY NY - 2008
> ANGELS & DEMONS @ THE UPSTATE ARTISTS GUILD GALLERY, ALBANY NY -2007
> MOHAWK HUDSON REGIONAL @ THE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM (SUNY), ALBANY NY - 2006
> THE INSTITUTE SHOW @ THE ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY & ART, ALBANY NY - 2005
> THE UNDERGROUND ARTIST @ THE NISK-ART GALLERY, NISKAYUNA NY - 2004
> THE BANK SHOW @ HISTORIC HOMES SAVINGS BANK, ALBANY NY - 2004
Design
> SHOGUN 2 ALBANY NY - 2012
> RUBY ALBANY NY - 2010
> SHOGUN 1 DELMAR NY - 2009
Bibliography
> SHAWN STONE, "20TH CENTURY INSPIRATION" METROLAND, ALBANY NY, SEP 25, 2008
> TIM O'BRIEN, "25 PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE" TIMES UNION, ALBANY NY, JAN 6, 2008
> STEVE BARNES, "THE YEAR IN ENTERTAINMENT", UNDERGROUND IN THE DAYLIGHT, TIMES UNION, ALBANY NY, JAN 1, 2006
> JOSEPH DALTON, "ONE ENCHANTED EVENING" TIMES UNION, ALBANY NY, MAR 3, 2005
> SARA FOSS, "ART COMING TO EMPTY STOREFRONTS", DAILY GAZZETE, SCHENECTADY NY, OCT 30 2004
> GREG HAYMES, "MORE GOOD NEWS", TIMES UNION, ALBANY NY, MAY 27,2004
> JOHN BRODEUR, "EVERYTHINGS HAPPY UNDERGROUND", METROLAND, ALBANY NY, FEB 26,2004
> JOSEPH DALTON, "ONE NIGHT STANDS", TIMES UNION, ARTS & EVENTS, FRONT PAGE, ALBANY NY, FEB 22, 2004
Commisions
> PAINTED MURAL @ NORTHERN LIGHTS, CLIFTON PARK NY - 2008
> PAINTED MURAL @ THE DAILY GRIND, ALBANY NY - 2008
Curatorial
> THE UPSTATE ARTISTS GUILD, ALBANY NY 2005 - 2010
> THE MIDTOWN TAP & TEA ROOM, ALBANY NY 2009 - 2010
> THE WINE BAR & BISTRO, ALBANY NY 2008 - 2010
Awards & Grants
> PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD, 2ND PLACE, UPSTATE ARTISTS GUILD, 2008, 2009
> BEST LOCAL ARTIST, 2ND PLACE, ALBANY TIMES UNION, 2010
> BEST LOCAL ARTIST, PLACED IN TOP 3, METROLAND, 2005,2006,2008,2009,2010
> ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ARTIST IN THE CAPITAL REGION IN THE PAST 30 YEARS, METROLAND 2009
> 25 PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TIMES UNION CAPITAL QUARTERLY, 2008
> BEST LOCAL ARTIST, 3RD PLACE, CAPITAL REGION LIVING, 2008
> LOCAL HERO, METROLAND, 2004
> BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, STUDENT WORKSHOP GRANT, NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL, 2004
