Tom Nussbaum Wall Decorations

Tom Nussbaum is known for a variety of works including drawings, paper cuts, prints, sculpture, children’s books, animations, functional design objects and site-specific commissions. His sculpture and works on paper have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States. Since 1987, he has completed over 30 site-specific commissions located in a variety of public settings including public plazas, train stations, schools, hospitals and environmental centers. Nussbaum is also known for his design objects that are valued by collectors. In 1985, he began The Acme Robot Company, a cottage industry producing night-lights and light fixtures of his design. In 1988, he founded Atomic Iron Works, designing and producing iron hat and coat racks and other useful items. In 1992, Children’s Universe/Rizzoli published his activity book, My World is Not Flat. Nussbaum has been a visiting artist and lecturer at colleges and universities and has served on many peer review panels and juries. He has been awarded two New Jersey State Individual Artist Fellowships and has been a three-time MacDowell Colony Fellow. He currently works from his studios in East Orange, New Jersey and Burlington Flats, New York.