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Born in Fresno, California 1949
Education: California Institute of the Arts, B.F.A. 1973
California Institute of the Arts, M.F.A. 1974
Studied painting at CalArts with Allan Hacklin with classmates Eric Fischl, David Salle, Ross Bleckner
Lives and works in Boise, Idaho
PO Box 582 Eagle Idaho 83616
www.DaveThomasArt.com
DaveThomasArt@gmail.com
208.863.4668



Exhibitions:

2011
March 2011 One Man Show at The OK Hotel Gallery Seattle WA

December 2011 One Man Show at HOUSE Gallery Salt Lake City UT

2010
On-Line International Art Issue 2010: www.artissue.org

Represented in Salt Lake City Utah by House Gallery www.housegalleryslc.com 

St Lukes Eagle Idaho, "4 Paintings from Lake Paintings Series" through 29-May-2010

Dave Thomas, "8 Paintings From Unpainted Psalm Series" Opening Reception 15Apr 2010 5pm - 8pm at Silverstone/Galerie Belle Ame, Meridian Idaho.

Galerie Belle Ame, Eagle Idaho "Two Painters", Fonnie Davidson & Dave Thomas 2-April through 30-April Opening Reception: Friday 2-April 5pm to 9pm.

“SQFT” Traveling group show by curator TJ Norris from Portland OR. Cities: Boise, Spokane, Missoula, Portland…Nov2009 to Sep2010.

"The Artist’s Guide to the LA Galaxy" Group show at West Los Angeles College Art Gallery, Curated by Michael Arata & Qi Peng.  20-Feb through 30-Apr

2009
"SQFT" Traveling show by curator TJ Norris from Portland OR. Cities: Boise, Spokane, Missoula, Portland…Nov2009 to Sep2010.

( www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Dave+Thomas/14710.html  ).

River Locqa, Boise Idaho, “June Salon”.

VengaWorks, Meridian Idaho, August – October 2009, “Three Painters” Karelia Dubowski, Lorin Humphreys, Dave Thomas.

2008
Missoula Art Museum, Missoula Montana 11-Jan - 2-Feb "We Are One"
Saatchi Gallery On-Line
[ www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Dave+Thomas/14710.html ]

2007
J Crist Gallery, Boise Idaho “Fresh Paint” Group Show Aug-9 – Sep-7 [ www.jcrist.com ]
Boise Weekly Open Studios, Boise Idaho Jun-2 – 3 Group Show at VAC, Boise Idaho, month of June.
NW Artist Registry, Jury Member for 2007 [ www.nwartistregistry.com ]
WoS Gallery, Boise Idaho, Group Show Feb-16 – Apr-30
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings Montana [ www.yellowstone.artmuseum.org ] 39th Annual Art Auction & Exhibition Jan-30 - Mar-3
The Saatchi Gallery on-line, [ www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Dave+Thomas/14710.html )]
Cover Art for New CD “Look What I Found” by Seattle Composer Tom Baker, [ www.tombakerquartet.com ]

2006
ArtsWest, Seattle Washington
[ www.artswest.org ] [ Nov-5 - Dec-5 ]
Woman of Steel Gallery, Boise Idaho
[ Nov-10 - Dec-15 ]
J Crist Gallery, Boise Idaho
[ www.jcrist.com ]
Re-Title on-line
[ http://www.re-title.com ]
Boise Open Studios Collective Organization: B.O.S.C.O.
[ www.boiseopenstudios.org ] Jun-1st – Jun-4th
Eagle Rock Art Museum, Idaho Falls, Idaho
[ www.eaglerockartmuseum.org ]
Jul-20th – Sep-2nd

2005
J Crist Gallery
, Boise Idaho [ www.jcrist.com ]
Davis Art Gallery at Idaho State University, Pocatello ID. October 4 “Underneath Idaho”
Projekt Locqa, June Salon, June 24th [ www.projektlocqa.com ]
Projekt Locqa, April Salon, April 29th [ www.projektlocqa.com ]
Basement Gallery, Boise Idaho, Dave Thomas, New Paintings from Unpainted Psalm Series Mar-1 through Apr-29
Boise Open Studios Collective Organization: B.O.S.C.O.[ www.boiseopenstudios.org ] 2005 opening at the Boise Art Museum, June 2nd.
CalArts/Chouinard Alumni Auction, April-May on-line.

2004
Basement Gallery, Holiday Group Show, Boise ID.
Boise Open Studio Collective Organization: B.O.S.C.O. 2004 Opening at the Boise Art Museum, June 3rd.
Basement Gallery, Boise ID “Unpainted Psalm Series” works on paper.

2002 – 2003
Basement Gallery, Boise ID.

1990 – 1992
22nd Invitational, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings Montana.
Montana 3-D, Group Show at the Hockaday Art Museum, Kalispell Montana.
William Traver Gallery, Seattle WA.
Michael Moloney Gallery, Santa Monica CA.
23rd Invitational, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings Montana.
Bridge Street Gallery, Bigfork Montana.
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings Montana. “Dave Thomas, a 10 Year Survey”

1982 – 1988
Bebe Kezar Gallery, Whitefish Montana.
Sea Star Gallery, Bigfork Montana.
Hockaday Art Museum, Kalispell Montana.
Markus Gallery, Las Vegas NV.
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID.

1971 – 1975
Comsky Gallery, Beverly Hills CA. Dave Thomas & Milton Avery
Santa Anna College Art Gallery, 7 Painters from CalArts.
Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX. CalArts Review
Cal State University Northridge Art Gallery. Painters from CalArts
Long Beach State University Art Gallery. “Southern California Up and Coming”
Comsky Gallery, Beverly Hills CA. Group Show
Logiudice Gallery, NYC.

Teaching: Painting Professor, Boise State University (BSU) 2006

Corporate Collections: Jackson Jet Center, Boise ID / Les Bois Partners, Boise ID. Security Pacific LA, United Aircraft New Haven CT, B of A LA.

Private Collections: California, Nevada, Washington, Montana, New York, Washington DC, Texas, Idaho, Colorado, Florida.
 

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