Thomas Whittaker Kidd Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
born in Fall River, MA
2015 Artist Residency: Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Education
12/94 San Jose State University, MFA (painting)
5/90 Massachusetts College of Art, BFA (painting)
Award: 2-D Department Honorarium. 1990
1986 Rhode Island School of Design, interior architecture
Solo Exhibitions
2023 I Could Float For Days, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, paintings and drawings
Raw Beach & Apologists, Two person show (with Kata Unger), Galerie ARTAe, Leipzig, Germany, paintings
Die Schattenseite der Sonne, Two person show (with Cornelia Renz), drawings, German Tatami, Berlin, Germany
2016 Fantastic Settings For Real Events, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, paintings, drawings and sculpture
2007 High Tide, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, paintings
Love and Casualty, Kruglak Gallery, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA, paintings
2004 Building and Dumping, ACME. Los Angeles, CA, paintings
2001 New Earth, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA, paintings
1997 Released In The Dark, Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA, paintings
1993 Internal Images, ASI/University Union Gallery, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA, paintings
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Artist Relief Fundraiser Exhibition, Last Projects, Los Angeles, CA, painting
2024 OUT OF THIS WORLD, gallery ALSO, Los Angeles, CA, paintings, curated by Easton Miller
2024 THE YEAR OF LAST YEAR'S TRANSFORMATION Opening June 27, AWOL and Salon Silicon at Horse & Pony, Berlin, Germany, paintings
Tryst, Torrance Art Museum hosting, Torrance, CA, paintings
2023 AWOL at Swab Barcelona Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain, paintings
Tryst, Torrance Art Museum hosting, Torrance, CA, paintings
2022 Indecent Exposure-Exposed and Unconscious, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, paintings,
2021 Nomad, Torrance Art Museum hosting, Torrance, CA, paintings
Shit Art Show 4: School's Out, Shit Art Club, Los Angeles, CA, paintings
2020 GIFC Velvet Ropes at The Hole, New York, NY, drawings
2019 Ten Year Anniversary, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, painting and drawings
Swab Barcelona Contemporary Art Fair, September 26-29, paintings and drawings
B-LA Connect, LAVA Projects at Wolf & Galentz Gallery, Berlin, Germany, painting
GIFC, Traveling works on paper show organized by 0-0 LA, Los Angeles, CA,
curated by Chris Rexroad and Charlie Roberts
Velvet Ropes GIFC, 0-0 LA, Los Angeles, CA
Velvet Ropes GIFC, Shrine Gallery in New York, NY
GIFC Velvet Ropes, Showhouse Jay Jay, Antwerp, Belgium
GIFC, Agnes B Headquarte, Paris, France
GIFC, The Hole, New York, NY
GIFC, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
GIFC, Pilot Project, Philadelphia, PA
Hail Mary, The Church, Troy, NY, drawings
2018 L.A. Looking, LAVA Projects, Alhambra, CA, paintings
Human Shape, Readywipe, Holyoke, MA, painting
GIFC, Traveling works on paper show organized by 0-0 LA, Los Angeles, CA, Chris Rexroad
Charlie Roberts, and Jordan Watson
Patrick Parrish Gallery, New York, NY
Fisher Parish, Brooklyn, NY
Western Exhibitions in Chicago, IL
Hutchinson Arts Center, Hutchinson, KS
GIFC Velvet Ropes edition at Tin Flats/The Street and The Shop in Los Angeles, CA
0-0 LA, Los Angeles, CA
Cum Heaven, Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 24
Marthas Contemporary, Austin, TX, Nov. 24
L'INCONNUE, Montreal, Canada, Nov. 17 & 1
Pt 2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Galleri Golsa, Oslo, Norway
Ocean Park Opening Party, BG Gallery, Santa Monica,CA, painting
BG at the LA Art Show 2018, Los Angeles, CA, painting
5x5: Celebrating Westmont College's 80th Anniversary,Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, drawing
2017 Epiphany/No Instructions Included, El Barrio's Artspace PS109 Gallery, New York, NY, painting,
installation/performance, curated by Antony Dodds
Sense of Things, Durden & Ray with PAPER Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, works on paper,
curated by David Leapman and David Hancock
bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Daydreamers, painting
2016 Grayscale Wonderland II, BG Gallery, Santa Monica CA, drawings
NEW Year NEW Work, BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, paintings and drawings
2015 Within The Cave, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA, paintings, curated by Susan Lizotte
Open Studio, Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, NL, paintings
2014 6018 Wilshire, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, painting
Dirty Minds: Life On Earth, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, paintings, curated by
Thomas Whittaker Kidd
Three Winged Chrysalis, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, paintings
5x5: Celebrating Five Years, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, drawing
2013 HaHa The Art of Humor, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, painting
Objectified II, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, painting
Personal Tales, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA, paintings
MAS: ATTACK, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA, paintings
2012 Created Worlds and Altered Histories, JK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, paintings
curated by Thomas Whittaker Kidd
To Live and Paint in LA, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, painting
2010 A Step Beyond, Creative Arts Center, Manhattan Beach, CA, paintings
7 Rings (web exhibit), The Huffington Post, drawing
2008 The Unruly and the Humorous, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, paintings,
curated by Thomas Whittaker Kidd
Canvas and Cocktails, Narrows Gallery, Fall River, MA, painting and drawings
2007 Mar Vista, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA, paintings and drawings
Aqua Art Miami-Wynwood, Carl Berg Gallery, Miami, FL, paintings
2006 At The Office, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, paintings
Small Wonders, Pharmaka Art, Los Angeles, CA, drawing, juried by Tyler Stallings
Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA, paintings
2005 El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA, paintings
2002 Friends and Family, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York, NY, paintings
2001 Intrinsic Vision, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, paintings
All Systems Go: New Millennium-New Works, Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA,
paintings
1998 Love Hate and the Absence of Either, Museum of Arts Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, paintings
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, paintings
1996-7 LRC Art Gallery, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA, paintings
1995 National Competition Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY, paintings,
curated by Sidney Goodman
Lifelines, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA, painting, curated by James Steward
Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA, paintings
1994 Dark Side, 8th Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, paintings, curated by John Pacheco
1993-4 San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, paintings
1990 Copley Society, Boston, MA, paintings
1989 The Absinth Society, Alchemy Gallery, Boston, MA, paintings
Bibliography
Shana Nys Dambrot, "Within the Cave at Durden and Ray", Huffington Post, Sept. 18, 2015
David Pagel, "'6018 Wilshire' at Edward Cella: Last show before the wrecking ball", Los Angeles Times, Nov. 3, 2014
Wagley, Catherine, “Don’t Take it Too Seriously”, ARTslant, September 22, 2008
Pagel, David, “Ordinary folks in odd situations”, Los Angeles Times, October 26, 2007
Pagel, David, “The Delight Is In The Details”, Los Angeles Times, July 2, 2004
Gottlieb, Shirley, “Open To Interpretation”, Press Telegram, March 2, 2001
La Barbera, Jeanne, “Social Undercurrents Guide Show”, San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune, Jan. 2, 1993