TODD MOORE

risd connection: MFA in Painting, 1984; Associate Professor, Foundation Studies

about my work: "Anybody trying to paint in these times operates from a complex of intuition and knowledge. I am not unique in being shaped by the paradoxical forces of modern ironies and romantic inclinations. I am trying to balance elements that are documentary, nostalgic and metaphoric."

what the critics say: "As in some of Edward Hopper’s paintings, the light... [in Moore’s work] seems to turn even the most ordinary scenes and objects into something special." --Bill Van Siclen, Providence [RI] Journal; [His] 'Detail from Notebook'...takes over an entire corner of the gallery, refusing to let us look at the smaller work on either side... . Moore gives this striking painting… a kind of gritty impressionism...the dense, crusty brushstrokes touch off a visual tug of war between the painting's surface and its subject." --Bill Van Siclen, Providence [RI] Journal; "Todd Moore's trômpe-l'oeil bulletin boards, unique for having carefully ordered and toned gray grids for backgrounds, show all there is to show about the techniques of illusionism in painting." --Helen Kohen, Miami [FL] Herald

selected exhibitions
What's Really Real, Thoreau Gallery, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH, 1999
Todd Moore, 18 Views of Rumstick Point, White Gallery, Barrington, RI, 1998
Todd Moore/Jeffrey Fox, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI, 1993
Todd Moore/Ken Speiser, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI, 1991
Six Sculptors, One Painter, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI, 1988
New Images, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, 1987
The Real Thing, North Miami Museum, North Miami, FL, 1985
Todd Moore, OK Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ, 1983

public collections
Nordstrom, Inc., Seattle, WA
American Republic Insurance Co, St. Louis, MO
Hillhaven Corporation, Tacoma, WA
Princess House Corporation, Taunton, MA

representation
Lynch Art Consultants, Issaquah, WA

education
Rhode Island School of Design, MFA in Painting, 1984
Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, BA, 1975

awards
Artists in Education Program, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 1983
Juror’s Special Mention, 46th National Annual Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 1982
Brown Memorial Prize, American Annual at Newport, Newport Art Museum, 1981
Grants to Individual Artists Program, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 1979