C.V.
Tony Shore
Born 1971 U.S.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Painting in the Dark, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, New York.
2022 Black Velvet if you please, Carlye Packer Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
2019 Blue Collar Baltimore: New American Realism, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, New York.
The Culture of Class, York College Art Galleries, Marketview Galleries, York, Pennsylvania.
2013 Harry, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.
2008 Violence and Tranquility, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland.
2006 New Paintings by Tony Shore, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
“Back in Black” A Decade of Velvet Paintings, Creative Alliance, Baltimore,
Maryland.
2004 Hidden Truths, New Paintings by Tony Shore, C. Grimadis Gallery, Baltimore,
Maryland.
2000 Tony Shore, New Works, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland.
1998 Tony Shore, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland.
1997 No Place Like Home, Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Summer Exhibition, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, New York.
Art Expo Chicago, Anna Zorina Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2022 A Few of My Favorite Things, Curated by Michael Sherman, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angelos, California.
2020 The Doors of Perception: New Approaches to Realism, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts at Kuhnstalle Beacon,
Beacon, New York.
Darkness Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts at Kuhnstalle Beacon,
Beacon, New York.
Variations in Line: From Baltimore to Beijing, to Abidjan, and Back to New York. Ethan Cohen Fine
Arts, New York, New York.
2019 ART MIAMI, Booth 110, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, Miami, Florida.
Fears of Art, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, New York.
2018 May China International Art Expo,
Fine Arts Museum of Urumq, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
Chinese National Academy of Painting, Beijing, China.
ART MIAMI, Booth 110, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, Miami, Florida.
Inaugural Alumni Biennial Exhibition, Juried by Claire Gilman (Director of the
Drawing Center N.Y.C.) Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.
Sabbatical Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.
2017 May China International Art Expo, Fine Arts Museum of Karamay, Karamay,
Xinjiang China.
Fine Arts Museum of Tian Shan, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
Chinese National Academy of Painting, Beijing, China.
2016 Baltimore Rising, Riggs / Leidy Galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Trawick Prize Exhibition, Gallery B, Bethesda, Maryland.
2015 MICA Then and Now, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey.
2013 MICA Then and Now, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts and Kunsthalle Beacon, New York and
Beacon, New York.
2011 Sabbatical Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore,Maryland.
Power Struggles, Goucher College, Towson Maryland.
2009 The American Scene, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington,
Delaware.
Summer Show, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland.
2008 Cool, George Adams Gallery, New York, New York
Salon, Sloan Fine Arts, New York, New York.
Trawick Prize, Heineman Myers Contemporary, Bethesda, Maryland
Born Bornagain, Five Myles, Brooklyn, New York.
Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize Exhibition , Baltimore Museum of Art,
Baltimore, Maryland.
2007 Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore,
Maryland.
2006 Resident Artist Exhibition, Museum de Rocheforte, Rocheforte-en-terre, France.
Bethesda Art Prize Exhibition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland..
2000 Biennial 2000, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware.
2000 Pogo, Contemporary Arts Collective Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Culture of Class, Curator Will Hipps, Maryland Institute College of Art,
Baltimore, Maryland.
1999 Heaven and Earth, Yale Norfolk School of Painting, Norfolk, Connecticut.
1998 20/XX (Twenty Years/ Twenty Artists), Maryland Institute College of Art,
Baltimore, Maryland.
New Painting: Erin Riley, Tony Shore, and Su-en Wong, Lamount Gallery, Phillips
Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.
A Skowhegan Decade, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, New York.
Gen Art: New Visions ’98: Under Construction, Curated by Annastasia Aukeman
(curator of Curt Marcus Gallery) and Debra Singer (Manager of the Whitney Museum
at Phillip Morris) New York, New York
1997 M.F.A. Thesis Show, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 New American Paintings, South Issue #142
Barry Nemett, Ballets in the Dark: Elegant Displays of Inelegance, The Culture of Class: Charm
City.(48 page catalog) York College of Pennsylvania
Mathew Clay-Robison, A Conversation with Tony Shore, The Culture of Class: Charm City.(48 page
catalog) York College of Pennsylvania
Michael Finney, Out of the Darkness and Towards the Light, The Culture of Class: Horse Country.
(40 page catalog) York College of Pennsylvania.
Ry Fryar, A Conversation with Tony Shore, The Culture of Class: Horse Country.(40 page catalog)
York College of Pennsylvania.
M.Sullivan, [Review] BLUE COLLAR BALTIMORE: NEW AMERICAN REALISM, paintings by
Tony Shore, (November 7th) Pank Magazine.
2016 Tim Smith, “‘Baltimore Rising’ addresses race, rights, and violence in the wake
of Freddie Gray”, (November 4) Baltimore Sun
Kriston Kapps, “ ‘Baltimore Rising’ and the Role of Art in Settling History”,
(November 22) CITYLAB
Cara Ober, “Black Lives Matter: Protest in Red, White, and Blue”, (November 14)
Bmore Art
On The Record with Sheilah Kast, “Baltimore Rising: An Exhibition at MICA”,
(November 4) WYPR 88.1 FM
Marc Stiener Show, “Baltimore Rising : Art in Revolution”, (November 15) WEAA
88.9 FM
Betsy Boyd, “Afraid of the Dark?” (September), Baltimore Style
2013 Michael Farley, “Tracing a Father’s Presence”, March 3 What Weekly Magazine.
Baynard Woods, “Two Shows Demonstrate the Power of Figurative Painting”, City
Paper.
Kerr Houston, “Harry”, March, Catalogue Essay
2008 Michael Anft, “Bringing It All Home” (March) Baltimore Magazine , pages 96-102.
Glen McNatt, “ Violence on Black Velvet” (February 10) Baltimore Sun. page 23A.
Glen McNatt, “ Picturing the Dark Side” (February 6) Baltimore Sun. page C1.
2007 Glen McNatt, “ Pushing the Velvet Envelope” (July 16) Baltimore Sun. page C1.
2006 J . Bowers , “Nap of the Earth” (March 15) City Paper, page 36.
Glen McNatt, “Who Cares How Big Kitsch Quotient Is ?” (August 1) The Baltimore
Sun, pages F1-2.
2003 Blake De Pastino, “Hot Pop” ( July 30) City Paper, pages 23-24.
Carl Schoettler, “Hometown Flair” ( July16) The Baltimore Sun, pages E1, 5.
2000 Allison Klein, “Velvet Touch” (August 6) The Baltimore Sun, pages F1, 8-9
AWARDS and HONORS AND RESIDENCIES
2022 Residency, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia.
2018 May China International Arts Expo, 1 of 8 American artists invited for cultural
exchange in the Xin Xiang Province of China. (invited to participate in 2 museum
exhibitions and panel discussions in the cities of Beijing, Hami and Urumqi.)
2017 Franz and Virginia Bader Fund Grant, Mid-Atlantic.
Residency, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York.
May China International Arts Expo, 1 of 5 American artists invited for cultural
exchange in the Xin Xiang Province of China. (invited to participate in 3 museum
exhibitions and panel discussions in the cities of Beijing, Urumqi and Karamay.
2016 Rubys Artist Grant, Baltimore, Maryland.
2007 Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize, Baltimore, Maryland.
2005 Bethesda Painting Prize, Bethesda, Maryland.
2002, 1998 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award and Grant, Baltimore,
Maryland.
1997 Phelps Berdan Award, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Visiting ARTIST / LECTURER /
Panelist / workshops
2019 Yale University School of Art (Visiting Artist / Critic)
Cranbrook Academy (Visiting Artist / Critic)
New York Academy of Art (Master Class)
New York Academy of Art (Visiting Artist / Critic)
Tyler School of Art (Visiting Artist / Critic)
2018 China National Academy of Painting (Panelist)
2014 Boston University (Visiting Artist / Critic)
EDUCATION
1997 M.F.A. Yale University, School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
1996 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine.
1993 B.F.A. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.
1989 Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, Maryland.