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Résumé Tom Blaess
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Name
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Blaess,
Thomas
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Address
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Werkgasse
58, 3018 Bern, Switzerland
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Telephone
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+41
031 991 00 94 Home phone
+41 079 222 46 61 Cellphone
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Birth
Date
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July
8, 1956
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Nationality
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USA,
Swiss landed immigrant
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Education
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1992-1994
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Jost
Druck AG, Hünibach, CH
2 1/2 year apprentice-ship and certificate as Swiss offset
printer.
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1979-1984
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Ernest
F. de Soto Workshop,
San Francisco, USA
5 year apprenticeship to Masterprinter Ernest F. deSoto
and letter of certificate as Masterprinter in stone lithography.
Edition printer of stone lithographs, with an emphasis on
Latin art, working with visiting artists from Mexico.
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1978
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Nova
Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, N.S Canada
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in printmaking under Masterprinter
Robert Rogers.
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1978
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University
of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Summer classes in 20th century art history.
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1976-1977
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Rhode
Island School of Design,
Providence, R.I., USA
Painting, drawing, lithography, etching, graphic design.
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1975
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University
of London, London, England
Classes in Greek and Roman art history.
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1974
- 1975
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Michigan
State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Liberal arts curriculum
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Anchor
Bay High School, New Baltimore, MI, USA
High school diploma with honors.
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Professional
Experience
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1999
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Printshop
- Galerie Tom Blaess
Uferweg 10, 3013 Bern, Switzerland
Publication and exhibition of prints by invited artists..
Lithography, drypoint, and monotype. Edition printing from
stone or singular mixed media experimentation. Workshops
in monotype.
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1998
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Helio-Rekord
Kala AG, Bern: Partime job as offsetprinter
Layout, platemaking, printing and cutting.
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1990
- 1999
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Lithography
Atelier Tom Blaess, Merligen, CH
Print and publication of stone lithographs. Monotype classes
at the school of painting, Thun Switzerland.
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1987 - 1989
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Printshop,
Amsterdam, Holland
Handprinter of stone lithographs in a traditional European workshop
for 2 1/2 years. Collaborated with artists form Germany, Belgium,
and Holland.
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1984
- 1987
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Trillium
Graphics, San Francisco, California, USA
Edition printer of largescale lithographs drawn on aluminum
plates, artists primarly from California.
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Grants
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1997
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Department
of Culture, Bern, CH
SFr. 3'000.-Funding to start a monotype atelier.
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1990
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Department
of Culture, Kanton of Bern, CH
SFr. 7'500.-, Funding to obtain rare lithographic limestones.
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1982
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National
Endowment for the Arts, USA
Craft
Apprenticeship Grant.
One year grant of $6,000 as apprentice to Masterprinter
of lithographs, Ernest f. deSoto.
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