Education

       M.F.A., 1993

       Painting, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

       B.A., 1989

       Ceramics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Solo Exhibitions

2011

Simple ≠ Easy, Foundry Art Centre (upcoming)

St. Charles, Missouri

2010

Recent Work, Kansas City Artists Coalition - Mallin Gallery

Kansas City, Missouri

Amarillo College

Amarillo, Texas

2008

Dialogue and Optimism, Main Art Gallery

Richmond, Virginia

2004

Moving Pictures, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia

2001

Faculty Focus – Eight Solo Exhibitions by VCU Faculty,

Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University,

Richmond, Virginia

1995

Triennial 95, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC;

Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC;

Stanback Museum, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg,

SC; McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina,

Columbia, SC; Halsey Gallery, College of Charleston,

Charleston, SC; Rudolph E. Lee Gallery, Clemson

University, Clemson, SC (Curated)

1993

Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Rudolph E. Lee Gallery,

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

Juried and Group Exhibitions

2011

Chroma, Space 301 (upcoming)

Mobile, Alabama

Formed and Informed, The Art Store, Charleston, WV

2010

Texas National 2010, The Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University

Nacogdoches, Texas

Juror: Judy Pfaff, Artist

Galex 44, Galesburg Civic Art Center

Galesburg, Illinois

Juror: Jim Richerson, President/CEO Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences

23rd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, Abercrombie Gallery

McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Juror: Peter Frank, Senior Curator at the Riverside Art Museum

Texas Oklahoma Art Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art

Wichita Falls, Texas

Juror: Janis Goodman, Professor of Fine Art, Corcoran College of Art and Design; Art Reviewer for PBS/WETA Around Town, Washington, DC

Selected Paintings, National Weather Center

Norman, Oklahoma (Curated)

2009

Skylark Prize Award Winners Group Exhibition

Skylark Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, California (International Juried)

Juror: Peter Frank, Senior Curator at the Riverside Art Museum

GrOUp, Wells Fine Arts Center Gallery

Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas

The Sketchbook Project Exhibition

Art House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

Museum of Contemporary Art DC, Washington, DC

Laconia Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

Antena Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Soulard Art Market, St. Louis, Missouri

3rd Ward Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

Museum of Design Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia

Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

No, Seriously: Humor and Happiness in Contemporary Art

Space 301, Mobile, Alabama

Curator: Jason Guynes, Chair of Dept. of Art, University of South Alabama

Small Works 09

Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

12 x 12, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Art in Academia:12th Annual SECAC Member’s Exhibition

Space 301, Mobile, Alabama

Juror: Paul Richelson, chief Curator at the Mobile Museum of Art

ThinkSmall 5, Art6 and Artspace Galleries

Richmond, Virginia

Small Wonder, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia

2008

Diamonds in the Rough, Piedmont Arts, Affiliate of Virginia Museum

of Fine Arts, Martinsville, Virginia (Curated)

The Other Show, Piedmont Virginia Community College Gallery

Charlottesville, Virginia (Curated)

Third Coast National, K Space Contemporary

Corpus Christi, Texas

(National Juried) Juror: Josh MacPhee, Artist and Author

Painting, Foundry Art Centre

St. Charles, Missouri

(National Juried) Juror: Ron Thomas, Artist and Professor

Not So Silent Night, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia

2007

The Circular Exhibition, Hun Gallery

Term I: New York, New York (curated)

The Circular Exhibition, Gallery Ho

Term II: Seoul, South Korea (curated)

Think Small 4, Art6 and ArtSpace Galleries

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

By Way of Example, Lightwell Gallery at the University of Oklahoma

Norman, Oklahoma

…And the Levee Broke: Meditations on the Power of Water,

Mims Gallery, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount,

North Carolina (Final installment of National curated -

Traveling Exhibition)

2006

Silent Night, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

FISHHOUSE, Secret Garden Gallery

Ocracoke Island, North Carolina (curated)

Aha! Epiphanies and Breakthroughs, Union Street Gallery

Chicago Heights, Illinois (National Juried)

Juror: Byron Roche of Byron Roche Gallery Chicago

ANJE, 621 Gallery

Tallahassee, Florida (National Juried)

Jurors: Roald Nasgaard of Florida State University Department of Art and Omar Thompson of Florida A&M University Visual Arts Program

Ten Reasons to Collect Art, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

The Fox School, Plant Zero

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

…And the Levee Broke: Meditations on the Power of Water,

C3 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia; Metcalf Gallery at California Baptist University, Riverside, California; Youth Art Connection Gallery supported by Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia;

Newark Gallery, The Ohio State University at Newark, Newark, Ohio

(National Traveling curated Exhibition)

2005

Big Ideas, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

Think Small 3, Art6 and ArtSpace Galleries

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

Thumbnails, Main Art Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

Off the Wall, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

2004

Annual Small Works Invitational, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Montpelier Fine Arts Center

Montpelier, Virginia (National Juried Exhibition)

Indulge, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

2003

Think Small 2, ArtSpace Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

25x25, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

Art to Go, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

2002

1708 Small Works Invitational, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

Eliminate Art, 1708 Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

2001

Think Small, Artspace Gallery

Richmond, Virginia (curated)

The Enduring Landscape, Greater Reston Art Center

Reston, Virginia (Tri-State Juried)

Juror: J. W. Mahoney, Free Lance Writer and Registrar of the Smithsonian-Hirshhorn Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC.

2000

In Dreams: The New Surrealist, Altamira Galleries

Raleigh, North Carolina (National Juried)

1999

Juried Exhibition 1999, Peninsula Fine Arts Center

Newport News, Virginia (National Juried)

Juror: Kinshasha Holman Conwill, Director of The Studio Museum of Harlem

Juried Regional Exhibition, Staunton Augusta Arts Center

Staunton, Virginia (Six State Regional Juried)

1996

15th Annual September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art

Alexandria, Louisiana (International Juried)

Juror: Eleanor Heartney, Art Curator and Critic, Contributing Editor for Art in America magazine.

Picture This – The Narrative Power of Art, A.C.T. Gallery

Detroit, Michigan (National Juried)

Southeastern Juried Exhibition (Triennial), Mobile Museum of Art

Mobile, Alabama (13 State Regional Juried)

Juror: Donald E. Knaub, Director of the Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art Wichita State University

1995

25th Anniversary Exhibition, Rudolph E. Lee Gallery

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina (Curated)

The Upstate Invitational, Greenville County Museum of Art

Greenville, South Carolina (Curated)

Liquitex Excellence in Art Student Grant Program’s Purchase Award

Recipients Exhibition, American Council for the Arts,

New York, New York (International Juried)

1994

Punch Line - Artist Rendered Humor, Galleria Mesa

Mesa, Arizona (National Juried)

1993

18th Annual Juried Exhibition, Anderson County Arts Center

Anderson, South Carolina (State Juried)

Artista Vista, Vista Studios Gallery

Columbia, South Carolina (Curated)

Awards/Honors

2009

Highly Commended - Painting (Joint Winner) Small Works 09

Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2008

Solo Exhibition Award - Painting National Juried Exhibition

Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri

2007

“Best of” Selection - ...And the Levee Broke: Meditations on the Power of Water Mims Gallery, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

2006

Third in Show - ANJE, All-Media National Juried Exhibition

621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

2004

Third in Show – 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition

Montpelier Fine Arts Center, Montpelier, Virginia

1996

Museum Purchase Award, Southeastern Juried Exhibition

Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama

1994

Liquitex Excellence in Art Student Grant Program Purchase Award

1993

Second in Show – 18th Annual Juried Exhibition

Anderson County Arts Center, Anderson, South Carolina

Corporate and Public Collections

Mobile Museum of Art

Mobile, Alabama

Capital One Financial Corporation

Richmond, Virginia

Binney and Smith, Inc.

Susidiary of Hallmark, Inc

Easton, Pennsylvania

Rudolph E. Lee Gallery

Clemson, University

Clemson, South Carolina

Reviews/Articles

Thomas B. Harrison, “‘No, Seriously:’ Space 301 exhibit examines Humor and HAppiness in Contemporary Art”, Article about exhibit, Press-Register,

Mobile, Alabama, July 12, 2009, Living Section, Page 1.

Peter Frank, “The Juror’s Viewpoint: The Skylark Prize”, article about the artists chosen for the Skylark Prize Competition and Group Show, Fabrik Magazine, Los Angeles, California, Jan/Feb 2009, Pages 16-22.

Brendan Fitzgerald, “And now for something completely different…

Your guide to the wildest art show in town”, article about the Other

Show at PVCC, C’ville, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 27, 2008.

Holly Kozelsky, Six Artists, Six Styles”, article about the Diamonds in the Rough exhibition at Piedmont Arts, Martinsville Bulletin, Martinsville, Virginia, January 13, 2008, Page B1.

Jason Coates, “Kid and Play - Two artists embrace their inner child,” Article regarding the solo exhibitions of Tommy White and Benjamin Jones held at the 1708 Gallery of Richmond, Virginia. (Photographs of artist’s work included.) Style Weekly Magazine, Richmond, Virginia, November 17, 2004. Arts & Culture section, page 29.

Elizabeth Bland, “A Penchant for Creativity,” Article on Christopher Westhoff’s winning the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship award. Christopher Westhoff was a former student of mine. I was interviewed and quoted for the article. The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Wednesday, July 9, 2003, Page C1.

Will Jones, “Civic Boosters Cast Nets for Art,” Article about “Go Fish” project sponsored by 1708 Gallery along with photograph of artwork in progress, Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, May 25, 2000, Front Page.

Max Helperen, “Surrealism Shows Many Faces,” The News & Observer, Issue 11, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 17, 2000, Page 23.

Alice B. Story, “September Competition – ‘Juror: Contemporary Art Plays a Game with the Art of the Past’,” The Town Talk, An article about the exhibition including a photo of artwork, Alexandria-Pineville, Louisiana, September 6, 1996, Pages C1 and C3.

www.Liquitex.com/gallery_images/twhite, website displaying award winning artists for Liquitex Excellence in Art Student Grant Program, 1995 – Present.

Jeffrey Day, “Greenville Museum Scores with Trio of Diverse Exhibits,” The State, Issue 205, Section F, Columbia, South Carolina, July 23, 1995, Page 2.

Staci Sturrock, “Upstate Invitational Review,” The Greenville News, Issue 151, Article and photograph of painting displayed on front page of Arts Section, Greenville, South Carolina, June 11, 1995, Page F1.

Artifacts, photograph of artwork on cover and articles about artists in the Triennial 95 exhibition, Columbia, South Carolina, Jan-Feb-Mar 1995, Volume III, 1 - 2.

Art in America, award winning artwork displayed in “Excellence in Art – Liquitex Purchase Award Recipients,” Volume 82, Number 2, New York, New York, February 1994, Pages 94 - 95.

Teaching Experience

Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

2010 - Present

Assistant Professor - Painting

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

2007 - 2010

Assistant Professor

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

2006 – 2007

Adjunct Faculty

2003 – 2006

Assistant Professor (12-month non-tenure track appointment)

2001 – 2003

Adjunct Faculty and Advisor

1998 – 2001

Adjunct Faculty

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia

1997 – 1999

Adjunct Faculty

Averett University, Central Virginia Campus, Richmond, Virginia

1996 – 1998

Adjunct Faculty

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

1991 – 1993

Graduate Assistant

Service and Administrative Experience

University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

2007 - Present

Assistant Professor

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

2005 --- 2006

Interim Director of the Art Foundation Program

2004 --- 2005

Administrative Director of the Art Foundation Program

2003 – 2004

Academic Coordinator of Art Foundation Program and Director of Pre-Art

Foundation Program

Professional Related Experience

2010

Visiting Artist and Lecturer

Syracuse University, Syracuse. New York

2009

Session Chair/Panelist, Maybe your students don’t want to be like you

Southeastern College Art Conference, Mobile, Alabama

Advanced Painting Studio (workshop) with Peter Halley

Anderson Ranch Arts center, Snowmass, Colorado

2008

Guest Lecturer

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

2007

Speaker/Panelist, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE)

Open Session, College Art Association National Conference,

New York, New York

2006

Contributor, THINKTANK Symposium (FATE sponsored)

Chicago, Illinois

Juror, Carytown Artwalk

Richmond Public Schools, Richmond, Virginia

2005

Juror, June Competition

Petersburg Regional Art Center, Petersburg, Virginia

Juror, Inaugural Student Exhibition

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, Virginia

2004

Curator, Associate Artists Members Exhibition – Off Center

1708 Gallery, richmond, Virginia

Professional Organizations/Affiliations

2008 - Present

Mid America College Art Association (MACAA), Board Member

1996 – Present

College Art Association (CAA), Member

2006 --- 2008

Foundations in Art: Theory & Education (FATE), Member

2006

Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC), Member

2005 – 2006

National Council of Art Administrators (NCAA), Member

2000 – 2006

1708 Gallery, Non-Profit Contemporary Art Space, Artist Member, Member of Board of Directors and Exhibition Committee, Richmond, Virginia

(www.1708gallery.org)

1996 – 2007

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Member

Richmond, Virginia