Tom McGrath (born 1978 in New Milford, Connecticut, USA), is an artist based in New York City, USA. He received his BFA from Cooper Union in 2000 and his MFA from Columbia University in 2002. McGrath makes paintings from the viewpoint of a car passenger, his canvasses focused on the surrounding landscape rather than any human presence. His style is impressionistic and is based on photo-collages using pictures of his own journeys. He has shown work in exhibitions including Choose Your Own Adventure at LeRoy Neiman Centre for Print Studies in New York, The Triumph of Painting at the Saatchi Gallery in London, UK, After Matisse/Picasso at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York, and at Lia Rumma in Naples. Italy. His work is included in the public collections including, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS, The Art Bank Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C., The Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL, The Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, and The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Purchase, NY.
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