EDUCATION
1977-81 University of Washington, Seattle, philosophy and art studies, B.A.
1981-83 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris
Columbia University, New York, M.F.A. Painting
1984-86 Studio Assistant to Leon Golub and Nancy Spero, New York
as of 1998 lives and works in Switzerland
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2021 Aargauer Kuratorium, Primeur
2014 Free Space Stipend, Kanton Zurich
2011 Work Year Stipend, Kanton Zurich
2010 Aargauer Kuratorium, Studio Berlin (3 months)
2008 Berlin (5 months)
2007-17 Studio of the city of Zurich, Red Factory, Zurich, Switzerland
1993 & '97 Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, U.S.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Zurich, Nicola von Senger Gallery
2011 Basel, Evil Bunny, balzer projects
2008 Berlin, Cuisine Macabre, Zagreus Projekt
2006 Basel, Ueker & Ueker Gallery
2002 Basel, Holbeinstrasse 27
Zürich, Imagebase Gallery
1997 Sewanee, Tennessee, University Gallery, The University of the South
1996 New York, Condeso/Lawler Gallery
1995 New York, Condeso/Lawler Gallery
1991 New York, Condeso/Lawler Gallery
Indianapolis, Indiana, In Vivo Gallery
1989 New York, Condeso/Lawler Gallery
1988 New York, Condeso/Lawler Gallery
1985 New York, White Columns
COLLABORATIONS
2020 Brugg, Zimmermannhaus, Dummies (with René Fahrni)
2019 Aarau, Arnold Galerie, You Sexy Thing (with Lorenz Oliver Schmid)
2012 Zürich, Who Fucked up my Painting, Perla Mode, Painting Collaboration/Performance with Alex Herzog and Julia Sheppard
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Zofingen, Stay With Me, Four Generations of a Family of Painters, Kunsthaus Zofingen
2020 Aarau, Auswahl 20, Aargauer Kunsthaus
Baden, Truffes & Trouvailles, Kunstraum Baden
2017 Zürich, Röntgenstrasse 10, Kleine Sonntagsschau
2016 Berlin, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Works from the Collection
2013 Zürich, Werk- und Atelierstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus
Urnäsch, So fremd kann Heimat sein
Basel, Landscape: A Story of Rehabilitation, balzer projects
Budapest, Hungary, What a Wonderful World, Erika Deak Galleria
2012 Miami, Pulse /Impulse, Solo with balzer projects
Leipzig, Twin Peaks , Alabama Sir
2011 Basel, Painting is the Practice of Applying Paint, balzer projects
Aarau, Auswahl 11, Aargauer Kunsthaus
Luzern, Drawn Together, Alpineum Produzenten Galerie
Zürich, Werkschau 11, Werkbeiträge Bildende Kunst, Kanton Zürich, F+F
2010 Auswahl 10, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
2008 Berlin, Substitut
2005 Baden, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Kunstraum Baden
(with Joseph Egan und Maria Magdalena Z’Graggen)
2004 Zürich, Rosa, die Artothek
2001/00/99 Aarau, Jahresausstellung, Aargauer Kunsthaus
1998 New York, Terra Personae, The Painting Center
New York, Five Artists in New York, Robert Steele Gallery
New York, Trace: Painting the Self after Postmodernism, 55 Mercer Gallery
1995 Woodstock, New York, Emerging From New York, Arts Center
1990 Düsseldorf, Summer in the City, ID Galerie
1989 Düsseldorf, Alles neu macht der Mai, ID Galerie
New York, Condeso/Lawler Gallery
Albany, New York, The Prehistoric in Contemporary Art, New York State Museum
1988/87 Sewanee, Tennessee, Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, The University of the South
1986 New York, Small Works, Grace Borgenicht Gallery
Los Angeles, Still Life/Life Still, Michael Kohn Gallery
New York, Invitational Exhibition, Grace Borgenicht Gallery
New York, Update 1985-86, White Columns
New York, An Invitational, Condeso/Lawler Gallery
BIBLIOGRAPHIE / BIBLIOGRAPHY
Schindler, Feli "Tom Fellner, René Fahrni" (Hinweise), Kunstbulletin, Zürich, 1-2 / 2020
Lain Interview, Amateur, vol.10, p. 44, 4 / 2012
Baur, Simon "Tom Fellner" (Hinweise), Kunstbulletin, Zürich, 6 / 2011
Opferkuch, Judith "Kunst zum Hirnen" (interview), Basler Zeitung, Oktober 10, 2006
Grundy, Timothy "Der Blues bestimmt die Bildfarbe", Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, November 5, 2002
Clark, Gregory "The Forest: Paintings by Tom Fellner 1995-1996" (Catalogue),
Sewanee, Tennessee: The University of the South Gallery, April 1997
Silverstein, Joel "Trace: Painting the Self after Postmodernism" (Catalogue),
New York: 55 Mercer Gallery, June 1997
Suter, Noel "Tom Fellner/Condeso/Lawler", The New York Review of Art, vol.II, no.3, p. 17, May-June 1995
McCullough, L.E. "New Voices", Arts Indiana (cover and interview), April 1993
Mannheimer, Steve "Recent Works Show Evolution of Three Artists", The Indianapolis Star, October 31, 1993
Damm, Illya "Alles neu macht der Mai" (Catalogue), Düsseldorf: ID Galerie, 1989
Arning, Bill "Tom Fellner", Update 85-86 (Catalogue), New York: White Columns, 1986
Manning, Miles & "Invitational Exhibition" (Catalogue), New York: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, 1986
Adams, James
McCormick, Carlo "Tom Fellner/White Columns", Artforum 24, no.7, p.122, March 1986
Brenson, Michael "Art: 'Structures,' Exhibition at White Columns", New York Times, December 13, 1985
______ "Thomas Fellner, Condeso/Lawler Gallery", New York Times, April 28, 1989
EXHIBITION CURATOR
“Rosa” (20 participating artists), die Artothek, Zürich, January/February 2004
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Switzerland
City of Zürich
