Thomas Torak
  • Born in Pottstown, PA September 17, 1953

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions:

  • 2003 Gallery North Star, Manchester, VT
  • 1995-’99, 2000-‘01 G.C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
  • 1997 Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
  • 1995 Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
  • 1993 Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD
  • 1992 The New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, New Brunswick, NJ
  • 1992 Present Day Club, Princeton, NJ
  • 1992 Clapp & Tuttle Gallery, Woodbury, CT
  • 1987 Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY

Awards:

  • 2004 The Gene Magazzini Memorial Award - Salmagundi Club Winter Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 2003 Honorable Mention - Northern Colorado Artist Association 12th National Exhibition, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
  • 2002 The Philip Isenberg Memorial Award - Salmagundi Club Annual Summer Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 2002 Certificate of Merit -Flowers, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 2002 Honorable Mention – American Artists Professional League Members Exhibition 2002, Pen and Brush Club, New York, NY
  • 2002 Georgie Inness, Jr. Award – Salmagundi Club Spring Auction Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 2001 Audubon Artists Gold Medal of Honor – Audubon Artists 59th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 2001 Georgie Read Barton Memorial Award – Hudson Valley Art Association 70th Annual Exhibition, Newington-Cropsey Foundation Galley, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
  • 2001 Academic Artists Association Award – Academic Artists Association 51st National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism, First Church Gallery, Springfield, MA
  • 2000 Jane Peterson Memorial Award – Salmagundi Club Winter Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 2000 Honor Award for Oil – Academic Artists Association 50th National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism, First Church Gallery, Springfield, MA
  • 1999 The Directors Award – American Artists Professional League 71st Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 1999 Winsor and Newton Award – Audubon Artists 57th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 1998 Juror’s Choice Award – Southern Vermont Art Center 42nd National Fall Open Exhibition, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
  • 1998 Emil Carlsen Award - Salmagundi Club Fall Auction Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 1997 Morton D. & Victor M. Catok Memorial Award – Academic Artists Association 47th National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism, First Church Gallery, Springfield, MA
  • 1997 Helen G. Oehler Memorial Award – American Artists Professional League 69th Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 1997 Mary and Paul Ortlip Award – Salmagundi Club Winter Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 1996 John N. Lewis Memorial Award – Salmagundi Club Summer Thumb Box Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 1996 Juror’s Award – Schoharie County Arts Council National ’96 Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
  • 1996 Springfield Art League Merit Award – Springfield Art League 77th National Exhibition, Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, MA
  • 1995 The Richard Noyes Award – The American Artists Professional League 67th Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 1995 Arlington Heights and La Grange Art Leagues Award – and – Dillmans’ Creative Art Foundation Award – Oil Painters of America Fourth National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, The Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
  • 1994 AAPL Medal of Honor for Oil – American Artists Professional League 66th Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 1994 D. Wu & Elsie Ject-Key Memorial Award – Salmagundi Club Annual Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
  • 1993 First Honorable Mention – New Orleans Fine Arts Festival 2nd Juried Exhibition, World Trade Center, New Orleans, LA
  • 1992 Honorable Mention – Salmagundi Club Annual Members Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NY
  • 1991 The Mrs. E.J.Bellinger Memorial Award – 34th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Art Association Galleries, Chautauqua, NY
  • 1990 Juror’s Special Award – 2nd Annual Recent Realism Exhibition, Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, NY
  • 1989 Second Place – 35th Annual National Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
  • 1989 Juror’s Special Award – W & J 21st National Painting Show, Olins Fine Arts Center Gallery, Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, PA
  • 1988 Best of Show – and – Mr. & Mrs. Jay H. Galloway Patron Purchase Award – 8th Annual National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KA

Group Exhibitions:

  • Allied Artists of America, National Arts Club, New York, NY (1989,’96,’99,2000-‘03)
  • American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (1991,’93-’94, 2000,’02-’03)
  • Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA (1991-’92, ‘94’98)
  • Ariel Gallery, New York, NY (1987-’88)
  • The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY (1991)
  • Audubon Artists, National Arts Club, New York, NY (1991, ’95’96), Federal Hall, New York, NY (1997), Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (1998-’99,2000-’04)
  • Belanthi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (1986)
  • Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT (1991)
  • Bergstrom-Mahler Museum (2004)
  • The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (1994-’95, ’97-’99, 2000-’02)
  • Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, MD (1998)
  • Charter Oak Gallery, Fairfield, CT (2001-’02)
  • Chautauqua Art Association Galley, Chautauqua, NY (1991)
  • Christopher Gallery, Cohasset, MA (1997-’98)
  • Clapp & Tuttle Gallery, Woodbury, CT (1991-’92)
  • Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, NY (1990)
  • Colorado Springs Art Guild, Colorado Springs, CO (1989)
  • Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, Springfield, MA (1996)
  • Foxhall Gallery, Washington, DC (2003-’04)
  • Friendship Hall Gallery, McPherson College, McPherson, KA (1991)
  • Gallery 128, New York, NY (1994)
  • Gallery Americana, Carmel, CA (2000)
  • Gallery North Star, Manchester, Grafton and Stratton, VT (1999, 2000-’04)
  • Gardner Colby Gallery, Edgartown, MA (2001-’04)
  • Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY (1986-’87)
  • Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX (1995, 2003)
  • The Hammond Galleries, Lancaster, OH (1996)
  • Howland Art Center, Beacon, NY (1989)
  • Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL (2004)
  • Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York, NY (1992)
  • Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA (2000-’02)
  • Lever House, New York, NY (1996)
  • Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO (2003)
  • G.C. Lucas Gallery, Indianapolis, IN (1996-’99, 2000-’04)
  • Lyme Art Association Gallery, Old Lyme, CT (2002)
  • Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA (1993)
  • Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA (2003-’04)
  • Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (1989)
  • Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (2003)
  • National Academy Museum, New York, NY (1990, 2000)
  • New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, New Brunswick, NJ (1992)
  • New Orleans Art Association, New Orleans, LA (1993)
  • Newington-Cropsey Foundation Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY (2001-’02,’03)
  • Olins Fine Arts Center, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA (1989,’91)
  • Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV (1990)
  • Pen & Brush Club, New York, NY (2002)
  • Poudre Valley Art League, Fort Collins, CO (1994)
  • Present Day Club, Princeton, NJ (1992)
  • Prince Gallery, Chicago, IL (1992)
  • Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (1990-’99, 2000-’04)
  • San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA (1989)
  • Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY (1997)
  • SFA Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX (1998)
  • Sheraton Suites Cuyahoga Falls, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (1991)
  • Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT (1995-’99, 2000-’04)
  • Springfield Museum of Fine Art, Springfield, MA (1997)
  • J. Wayne Stark Gallery, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2003)
  • Studio of Long Grove, Long Grove, IL (1993-’94)
  • Sylvan Gallery, Clinton, CT (2001-’04)
  • Vanier Fine Art Ltd., Scottsdale, AZ (1999)
  • Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KA (1998-’91)
  • Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL (1996)
  • Zantman Art Galleries, Palm Desert, CA (2001), Carmel, CA (2003,’04)

Corporate Collections:

  • Pierre Hotel
  • Sherman & Sterling
  • The Wallace Foundation

Bibliography:

  • Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers of the U.S.: Colonial to 2002

Education:

  • Studied at The Art Students League of New York under Robert Beverly Hale and Frank Mason

Professional Memberships:

  • Academic Artists Association
  • Allied Artists of America
  • American Artists Professional League
  • Audubon Artists
  • Oil Painters of American, Signature Member
  • Salmagundi Club