Tom Finnegan
ffinnegan24@gmail.com
Education:
2016 BFA in visual arts: sculpture, Boise State University, Boise, ID
May 2016
Professional Experience:
2015-16 Artist’s Assistant Francis Fox, Boise, ID
2014-16 Studio Assistant Boise State University
January 2016, 2015,2014, Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, Boise Art Museum
September 2013-2015, President, Boise Sculptor’s Guild, Boise State University
Fall 2015 Internship, Francis Fox, Professor of Art, Boise State University
Spring 2015 Internship, Lily Lee, Professor of Art, Boise State University
Fall 2014 Internship, Caroline Earley, Professor of Art, Boise State University
Summer 2013 Internship, Richard Walter, Painter/Printmaker, Boise, ID
Exhibitions:
February 2017 BAM Idaho Triennial
Juror: Director and Chief Curator, California State University Fullerton’s Grand Central Art Center, John D. Spiak
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (catalogue)
March 2016 A Curious Reality
Jurors: Illustrator Aaron Miller & Asst. Sculpture Professor at Northern Illinois University. Union Street Gallery, Chicago
Heights, IL
January 1016 Insight: Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Juror: Asst. Professor of Art at Weber State University: Jason Manley
Boise State University
April 2015 Albertson’s Library 50th Anniversary Art Exhibit
Jurors: Art Professors at Boise State University, Brian Wiley & Lily Lee Boise State University
February 2014 Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Juror: Director, Gallery of Visual Arts School of Art, Univ. of Montana, Cathryn MalloryBoise State University
November 2013 BAM Idaho Triennial
Juror: Curator, Portland Art Museum, Bonnie Laing-MalcolmsonBoise Art Museum, Boise, ID (catalogue)
July 2013 3/Thirds, Group ExhibitFlying M, Boise ID
January 2013 Activate 2013 Annual Student Juried Exhibition
Juror: Curator, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Whitney TassieBoise State University
Awards, Grants, Fellowships:
Spring 2016 HERC Fellowship Recipient
Summer 2015 Student Research Program Fellow“Sculpture Exploring Consumer Acceptance of Invasive Technology”Boise State
University
June 2015 Penland Higher Education Partner Scholarship RecipientPenland, North Carolina
February 2014 Honorable Mention, Annual Student Juried ExhibitionBoise State University
Collections:
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Bibliography:
Dana Oland, ArtsBeat, Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID November 15, 2017
Dana Oland, State of the Arts in Idaho, Treasure Magazine, Boise, ID November 2013, p20
Laura Wolstenholme, Triennial Triumph, Greenbelt Magazine, Boise, ID November 2013