Got a nice review in Chicago Art Magazine. Very exciting!

I will be showing as a part of a ARTSpace 537's Opening Celebration running from April 9-May 8th at the Fine Arts Builing on south Michigan Avenue. The opening celebration takes place on April 9th from 5-9 pm. Everyone is welcome to come.

My residency and gallery are a featured venue in this year's Chicago Artists Month
I've included a press release by from the residency program.

As part of the fourteenth annual Chicago Artists Month celebration highlighting Chicago's vibrant visual art community organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and made possible through Support Provided by Bank of America, River East Art Center (REAC) presents Interface. The month-long program developed by the resident artist community at REAC in tandem with REpose Gallery and Project 465's Education Department will explore how artists, artworks and the audience interface with one another. Participating artists include: Bouba, Sergio Ceron, Jose Luis Corona, Rory Coyne, Alexandru Darida, Predrag Djordjevic, Tara Fadenrecht (CAAP Grant Awardee), S. Hill-Sanchez (CAM 2009 Featured Artist), Hyeseung Shin, & Tom Walther.

Here's a free opportunity to exhibit at the River East Art Center as well as possibly getting a free painting! See CAR listing for details!

Artists Alexandru Darida, Predrag Djordjevic, and myself will sit for a panel discussion in conjunction with the Paper Works Exhibition. Questions and dialogue by attendees are welcome!

Art Talk Thursday, August 6th
River East Art Center
Gallery 131
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Paper Works
July 2nd- August 27th, 2009

Kristen Carter of ArtSlant Chicago put glowing spotlight on my work in a review of the Paper Works exhibition up until August 27th at the River East Art Center.

The opening reception for paper works takes place at this month's First Thursdays (formerly Gallery Night)
July 2, 2009 5:30-8:30pm
July 2 - August 27, 2009
River East Art Center-Suite 131
This exhibit is free to the public

Its an exhibition featuring works of paper by Project 465's resident artists (I'm one of them)
For more information contact REpose Gallery or call 312.321.1001.

For anyone in Chicago interested, I am teaching for two sessions this summer at the River East Art Center. From "art virgins" to intermediate students, these classes are intended to build up some basics of visual art technique and vocabulary. Plus we have fun as well! You can contact me, e-mail them, or call 312-321-1001 if you have any questions.

REpose Gallery is proud to present Beyond Figuration, a group show featuring the paintings three of Project 465’s resident artists Devin Dobrowolski, Rebecca Moy, and Thomas Jacob Walther. This exhibit addresses the work of these artists within the context of contemporary visual culture and art history. The December 5th opening will include a reception from 6 to 9pm and a brief artist panel discussion from 6:30 to 7pm. The show runs through February 5th, 2009 and will be located in Gallery 131, on the mezzanine level of River East Art Center, 435 E. Illinois Street, Chicago, IL.
...Thomas Walther’s paintings evoke an invented world where images represent “real” places with absurd pairings of subjects and chronologies. His images elicit contradictions that unfold slowly to the viewer, alluding to the spectacle of contemporary media in a shrinking global community. Within his gray-scale paintings, imagery and color are distilled to allow the perceptible realities of the work to be isolated as content. Walther earned an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002 and is a professor at Wright College.
For further information about Beyond Figuration and or the gallery services contact Marcela Andrade, Gallery Manager, at 312.755.2731 or reposegallery@rivereastartcenter.com

On the eventing of October 7th at 7pm, Jill King and I will give brief talks about the ins and out of our works. The event takes place at the River East Art Center. Also, from 3-7 there will be open studios in conjunction with Chicago Artist Month.

I was informed in April that I am to be a part of a two year residency at the River East Art Center. This visitor-friendly studio is certainly an improvement in exposure compared to my dining room "studio". I am moving in next week. Come see me in studio 17; Friday June 13th is Gallery Night where there is going to be food and wine.

Here's a link to Points of Departure: Inner and Outer Journeys in Contemporary Art
Organized by Naomi Beckwith, Shayna V. McConville, and Liliana Milkova