Painting

Tommy White

Title Assistant Professor
Department Painting
Phone 216.421.7000

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Courses  Design I | Drawing II | Freshmen Environmental Elective | Image & Form I | Material Color | Painting Beyond Observation | Role of the Artist as Producer | VAT: Aesthetics, Style,& Content

Tommy White, born in Detroit, received his M.F.A. from Clemson University in the discipline of painting and a B.A. from Michigan State University in ceramics. His work is included in many private collections as well as the permanent collections of the Mobile Museum of Art in Alabama, Binney and Smith, Inc. (former manufacturer of Liquitex products), and the Capital One Corporation. He has exhibited in nineteen states, the District of Columbia, Melbourne, Australia, and Seoul, South Korea. Prior to becoming Assistant Professor of Painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art, he spent three years teaching painting and drawing at the University of Oklahoma and nine years with Virginia Commonwealth University as an educator and administrator. He maintains a professional working studio in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Degree MFA from Clemson University in the discipline of painting and a BA from Michigan State University in ceramics.