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Tom Pfannerstill
Miller High Life, Trompe L'Oeil Hyperrealism Decay Art

1994

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Tom Pfannerstill was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1951. He earned is bachelor’s degree in 1975 from Western Kentucky University. Pfannerstill has been a full-time studio artist since 1986. He has been awarded prestigious fellowships, including one from The Kentucky Arts Council in 2001. Pfannerstill’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States since 1990, and is part of collections at notable establishments including the Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan, Bellarmine College in Kentucky, and the Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences in Indiana. Pfannerstill currently lives and works in Louisville, Kentucky. He is well known for his recreations of found-objects portraying banal, everyday artifacts including: trash, food, paintbrushes, waste, clothing, and more. His artwork deals with consumerism and generated human waste. Pfannerstill’s work is unconventional, incredibly realistic, and often requires a double-take to realize that these ordinary objects are intentionally and lovingly crafted. 2014 – “Photorealism: The Everyday Illuminated,” Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California 2011 – “A Night at the Circus,” Permanent Installation, Kosair Childrensʼ Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky 2010 – “Blue Wall with Random Thoughts,” Norton-Kosair Childrenʼs Medical Center East, Louisville, Kentucky 2010 – “Thomas Pfannerstill: From the Street,” Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada 2009 – “Small Packages,” Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee 2009 – Gallery at 916, Bowling Green, Kentucky 2008 – “The Grand Illusion: Realistic and Abstract Illusions in Contemporary Art,” Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, New York 2007 – “From the Street,” O.K.Harris Works of Art, New York, New York 2006 – Gallery Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky 2005 – “Blue,” Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky 2005 – “Samplings,” Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky 2004 – “Seeing is Believing: American Trompe lʼoeil,” New Britian Museum of American Art, New Britian, Connecticut 2003 – “Aggregations,” Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky 2002 – O.K.Harris Works of Art, New York, New York 2002 – “Photorealism: The Liff Collection,” Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida 2001 – “Virtual Reality,” Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee 2000 – Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky 1999 – “15 Years on Main Street, Invitational Exhibition,” Kentucky Arts and Crafts Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky 1998 – “The Theater of Self-Invention: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art,” J. B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky 1997 – “Heads,” Inaugural Exhibition in the New Galerie Hertz Location, Louisville, Kentucky 1996 – “Ivan Karp: The Face of Contemporary Art,” Centre College, Danville, Kentucky 1995 – O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, New York 1994 – O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, New York 1993 – Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY 1992 – “From the Street,” Sandler-Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 1991 – Gallery Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky 1990 – “Urban Visions,” Bellarmine College, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Creator:
    Tom Pfannerstill (1951, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1994
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)Width: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
    Minor scuffing.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 27041stDibs: LU38212251462

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