Thomas Frontini 2564 Berkshire Rd. Cleveland Hts., Ohio 44106 Phone (216) 932 - 8664, (216) 338-7502 Fax (866)494-9397 Date of Birth Dec. 10th,1967 Kingston, Ontario Canada Professional Experience Adjunct Professor in Advanced Painting Cleveland Institute of Art  Cleveland, Ohio 2005 Metrapolitan Museum of Art - New York City, New York 1992-1997 Paper Conservation GraduateTeaching Assistant for Life Drawing The Ohio State University  Columbus, Ohio 1991-92 Education The Ohio State University  Columbus, Ohio M.F.A. Painting Degree, 1992 Cleveland Institute of Art  Cleveland, Ohio B.F.A. Painting Degree, 1990 The Institute for Art and Restoration  Florence, Italy 1989 Solo Exhibitions Cat Street Gallery - Hong Kong 2007 Lawrence Asher Gallery - Los Angeles, California 2006 Josaphat Arts Hall Convivium33 Gallery - Cleveland, Ohio 2005 Heights Arts  Cleveland, Ohio 2004 Space 700  New York, NY 1995 2009 Cat Street Gallery- Hong Kong, China MOCA, Cleveland 2008 Cat Street Gallery - Hong Kong, China The Ohio State University, Ohio Tatar Gallery - Toronto, Ontario Canada 2007 Cat Street Gallery - Hong Kong, China Spaces Gallery - Cleveland, Ohio Moca- Cleveland, Ohio Tatar Gallery - Toronto, Ontario Canada Ballard and Fetherston Gallery - Seattle, Washington Lawrence Asher Gallery - Los Angeles, California 2006 Tatar Gallery -Toronto, Ontario Ballard and Fetherston Gallery - Seattle, Washington Lawrence Asher Gallery- Los Angeles, California Spaces Gallery - Cleveland, Ohio 2005 8-Hour Drawings, Bowman and Penelec Galleries, Allegheny College NEO+ONE Show Curated By Ellen Rudolph. Cleveland, Ohio Emily Davis Gallery, Man and Beast. curated by Mark Soppland. Akron, Ohio Lawrence Asher Gallery. LA, CA. Palm Beach Community College, Goup Show. Lake Worth, FL ALL Gallery, Two-Artist Exhibition. New Haven, CT. Heights Arts Group Show of Drawings Curated by William Busta. Ohio 2004 Elevation Art Gallery, Fall Group Show. Cleveland, Ohio Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, California. : "Pareidolia" Curated by Eleanor Antin The Cleveland Foundation Art Gallery, Curated by Joanne Cohen. Cleveland, Ohio, In America Now, Curated by Peter Frank for The Don O'Melveny Gallery. Hollywood, CA. Caladan Gallery, Modern Visionaries: Mind, Spirit, and the Imagination: Beverly, Mass. Spaces Gallery, Its a Wonderful Life: Psychodrama in Contemporary Painting. Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Clinic Shows curated by Teresa Dechant. Cleveland, Ohio 2002-2003 James Graham and Sons Gallery - New York, NY 1998 - 2000 Martin Chasin Fine Arts Gallery  Fairfield, CT 1992  1993 Gen Art - New York, NY 1998 Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art  Cleveland Ohio 1992 - 1994 Artist Space, Drawings - New York, NY 1996 Artist Space, Drawings - New York, NY 1995 Gen Art - New York, NY 1995 Barneys New York Red Windows - New York, NY 1995 Chattahoochee Valley Arts Museum, Lagrange National XVI  Lagrange, GA 1992 The Wichita Center for the Arts  Wichita, KS 1992 Bridgeport University - Bridgeport, CT 1991 Newman Religious Art Show  Cleveland, OH 1991 Columbus Art League  Columbus, OH 1991 Zanesville Art Center, Watercolor Ohio  Zanesville, OH 1990 The Canton Art Institute, All Ohio  Canton, OH 1990 Newman Religious Art Show  Cleveland, OH 1990 James M. Cox Fine Arts Center  Columbus, OH 1990 Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show Exhibition  Cleveland, OH 1990 Bibliograpy: 2006 2/28/06 ArtScene article by by Elenore Welles about Los Angeles solo show at Lawrence Asher Gallery 01/26/2006 WVIZ TV Applause Arts Show on PBS. Interview in the gallery space and in the studio. by Dennis Knowles 01/22/06 Art Lover Transforms Old Church into Gallery by Jesse Tinsley, Cleveland Plain Dealer 2005 January '05 Scene Magazine Issue 24: Convivium33 Review by Douglas Max Utter 12/21/05 Artist on the half-shell: Thomas Frontinis Birth of a Great Balladeer, Scene Magazine by Zachary Lewis 12/16/05 Ironically IconicThomas Frontini's allegorical paintings inaugurate Convivium33 Gallery. FreeTimes By Lyz Bly October '05 Scene Magazine Issue #22 -:The Crying Game by Amy Bracken Sparks 05/08/05 Northern Ohio Live "Man+Beast Review" 05/07/05 Akron University Press 2005 Direct Art Magazine Volume 11 4/15/05 LA Weekly: Calender * Picks of the Week : Peter Franks list of "Also recommended:" shows to see 3/22/05 The Bushtelite : Inner Animal by Rick Vocicka 3/12/05 By Judy Birke review of Recent Works at Arts + Lit Lab Merit Closer Inspection. New Haven Register 1/14/05 Water, Water Everywhere. Plain Dealer By Dan Tranberg 2004 Angle Magazine Second Annual Literary Issue *Featured Artist Cleveland Plain Dealer, Arts & Life, Review of Thomas Frontini Recent Work at the HeightsArts Gallery, by Amy Sparks Cleveland Sun Press, Recent Work, Thomas Frontini's Opening night. Cleveland Plain Dealer, Arts & Life, A Wonderful Show about Alienation Cleveland Scene Magazine, See/Be Seen, When Dreams Die Cleveland FreeTimes, Arts & Pop Culture, Perchance to Dream Awards Direct Art Magazine 2005 Spring Summer issue Volume 11 - Awarded 2 page spread. *see press section for visual. 2005 Pelham Art Center Alexander Rutsch Award and Exhibition for Painting- One of 6 finalists. In America Now, Curated by Peter Frank for The Don O'Melveny Gallery, Hollywood, CA. 2004 - top award Sara Jane Pyne Materials Grant. The Ohio State University 1992 Harold and Bernice Louis Scholarship Award. The Ohio State University 1992 Jurors Award. Chattahoochee Valley Arts Museum 1991 Honorable Mention in Painting. Bridgeport Area Arts Council 1991 OWS Award of Excellence. Watercolor Ohio 1990 Special Mention in Painting. Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 1990 Handmade Book Competition. Jessica R. Gund Memorial Library 1990