Tom Arthur b. 1946

Also known as W, Thomas Arthur
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Maker (Jewellery Designer),
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
Tom Arthur developed an artistic reputation from a series of intricately, and often theatrically composed installations of the 1970s and early 1980s which pinpoint a period of neo-Dadaists tendencies in Australian sculptural practice.
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Name
Tom Arthur
Also known as W, Thomas Arthur
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Maker (Jewellery Designer)
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
Other Occupation
  • Academic (ANZSIC code: 810) 1975- Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University, Sydney, NSW
Birth date
1946
Birth place
Massachusetts, USA
Active Period
  • 1969-
Arrival
  • 1974
Residence
  • 1946 - 1973 Massachusetts, USA
  • 1974 - Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Majored in jewellery making and silversmithing., - 1969 School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, USA
  • B.S. Art Education, - 1969 Boston Museum School and Tufts University, Boston, USA
Cultural Heritage
  • American
Languages
  • English

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References [<ExternalResource: Gablick, Suzi (10 January 1981), 'Report from Australia', Art in America, vol 69, no. 1, .>, <ExternalResource: Denise Mimmocchi (2008), 'Tom Arthur: The fertilization of Drako Vülen's cheese pizza', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Lindsay, Robert (December 1976), 'W Thomas Arthur', Art and Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Scarlett, Kenneth (1980), 'Australian sculptors', Thomas Nelson, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Lindsay, Robert (1975), 'Project 3 (exh cat)', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Burke, Janine (1978), 'Lost and found: objects and images', Ewing and George Paton Galleries, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Nick Waterlow (1979), 'European Dialogue: the third Biennale of Sydney', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Lindsay, Robert (1979), 'Survey 10: Tom Arthur', National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Bernice Murphy (1981), 'Australian Perspecta', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.>, <ExternalResource: Lindsay, Francis (1987), 'The entire contents of a gentleman's room', University Gallery, The University of Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Eagle, Mary (1979), 'Tom Arthur's other world', The Age, Melbourne.>, <ExternalResource: Denise Mimmocchi (2008), 'Interview with Tom Arthur', unpublished transcript, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.>] [<ExternalResource: Gablick, Suzi (10 January 1981), 'Report from Australia', Art in America, vol 69, no. 1, .>]