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Website:  www.tomchambersphoto.com
 
  
American contemporary photographer who visualizes a final work and then photographs the components that are required to realize the original vision. 
  
Artist statement: 
  
"During a trip to Mexico I was intrigued by small traditional paintings called ex votos. Ex votos are Mexican folk art paintings often created on tin, copper or wood. They illustrate an occasion when in response to a prayer for help or guidance, the prayer was answered or a miracle occurred. These miracle paintings honor the power and mercy of the saints. Ex voto subjects range from common daily occurrences to truly dramatic events. All ex votos contain a picture of the miracle, an image of the saint to whom the ex voto is dedicated, and a brief description of the miracle.
 
Through digital photography I have taken a different approach to the ex voto art form. Normally photography is a method of documentation or a means of recording specific physical moments in time. My work is not used to document, but to illustrate photographically the fleeting moods that can’t be captured by a traditional camera or seen by the naked eye. With my illustrations, I create ex votos that also honor a deity – the one for imagination." (June 2006)

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Tom Chambers

Solo Exhibitions
 
2006 Staunton-Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA
2005 OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2005 ArtSpace Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2005 Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
2003 Gallery at Corporate & Museum Frame, Richmond,VA
2001 Main Art Gallery, Richmond, VA
2000 OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Coincidence Gallery, Richmond, VA
1998 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
 
Group Exhibitions
 
2006 wall space, Seattle, Washington
2005 O2 (Oxygen), St. Paul, Minnesota
2005 Photo Eye Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico
2004 Advance/Recede, 8 person show, Glenn Allen Cultural Arts Center, Glen Allen, Virginia
2004 Biennial 2004, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
2004 National Photography Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY (3rd place)
2004 Critical Mass, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2003 1st International Exposition of Electronic Art, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico
2003 Electronics Alive II, National Computer Artists Invitational, University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida
2003 Texas National, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX (Award of merit)
2002 3 person show - 40 amp Gallery at Conduit, Austin, TX
2002 Digitalism Tour by Procreate™, The Corel Corporation and Museum Without Walls (Touring exhibition)
2002 Digitally Born, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
2002 Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Corporate & Museum Frame Gallery, Richmond,VA
2002 DPI (Digitally Propelled Ideas), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA (awarded First Place and two purchase awards)
2002 Photo National 2002, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2002 Works on Paper 2002: Recent Drawings, Prints and Photographs, LSU Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2002 Deus Ex Machina Digital Photography Exhibit, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
9th Annual New York Digital Salon, Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2001 Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Corporate & Museum Frame Gallery, Richmond, VA
2001 Photo Metro Exhibition, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 National Photography Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
2000 10th Annual Photography Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2000 Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Corporate & Museum Frame Gallery, Richmond, VA
2000 10th Annual New Images Exhibition, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2000 DPI (Digitally Propelled Ideas), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
1999 Annual Juried Photography Exhibition, Corporate & Museum Frame Gallery, Richmond, VA

 
Awards
 
2004 Photographer’s Forum Magazine’s 24th Annual Spring Photography 2004 Contest sponsored by Canon, “Honorable Mention”
2004 National Photography Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY, June 2004, “3rd Place”
2003 Texas National 2003, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX, April 2003, “Award of Merit”
2002 DPI (Digitally Propelled Ideas-2002), California State Polytechnic University: “First Place and Two Purchase Awards”
- Deus Ex Machina Digital Photography Exhibit, Bradley University, Peoria IL: “First Place, Multimedia Category”
- Photo Metro Magazine’s 18th Annual Competition: “Honorable Mention”
- TheArt of Photography, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL: “Award of Merit”
2000 DPI (Digitally Propelled Ideas-2000), California State Polytechnic University: “Purchase Award”
- 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA: “Honorable Mention”
- Juried Exhibition ’97, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News VA: “Award of Distinction”
 
Fellowships
 
2005-2006 Arts Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
2000-2001 Visual Artist Fellowship, Virginia Commission For The Arts
 
Publications
 
DigitalPhotographer, Ukrainian edition, Summer, 2006
Blend Magazine, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May, 2006
Photography Reborn, by Jonathan Lipkin, Harry Abrams, 2005
Photo Sélection Magazine, Interview, Quebec, Canada, September, 2005
The New Yorker Magazine, December 6, 2004, (Calendar Insert)
The Best of Photography Annual 2004, Photographer’s Forum Magazine (Honorable Mention Section)
Shots, Pairs Issue, Summer 2002, (Front Cover Photo), also, Winter 2000 and Spring 2006
Popular Photography, Digital Guide, Summer 2001
 
Education
 
Ringling School of Art and Design, 1985
BFA, graduated with honors and recipient of Selby Foundation scholarship. 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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