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Tom Torluemke
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Biography
Biographical Notes
Tom Torluemke was born in Chicago in 1959 and raised in inner city neighborhoods. Currently, he lives and works in Hammond, Indiana where he moved with his family in 1992.
A distinguished Midwest artist and educator, he is co-owner of Uncle Freddy’s Gallery and Dorman + Torluemke, an arts facilitation and advocacy business in Highland, IN.
In a career spanning twenty plus years, he has proven to be a vital contributor on a national and local level exhibiting regularly both in Chicago and throughout Indiana. His lengthy solo and group exhibition
list includes Critic’s Choice at Jan Cicero Gallery in Chicago Present at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago In the Company of Strangers at
the Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, Indiana Bounce at the South Bend Regional Museum of Art in South Bend, Indiana the Peace in the Arts
Ba'hai International Peace Conference in San Francisco the Alabama Watercolor Society Exhibition at the Birmingham Museum of Art and the
In Indiana series at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Torluemke is an versatile and prolific artist whose professional accomplishments include work in a variety of mediums - mural painting, stage design, mosaics, acrylic painting, watercolor, and sculpture.
In 2006, Torluemke was commissioned to create 2 terrazzo floor designs for the New Indianapolis International Airport, to be installed in mid 2008.
During his career, he has been represented by several Chicago galleries,including R.H. Love and Abel Joseph, and is currently represented by Ruschman Gallery in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was also invited to sit
on a panel discussion of sexual imagery in art and advertising at Northwestern University in Chicago and is a regular speaker for the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Contemporary Art Society. He has had his
work reviewed favorably by Hilton Kramer, a New York Times art critic, and Chicago-based critic Fred Camper.
As an educator, he has served as a senior faculty member at the American Academy of Art in Chicago for twelve years, as an adjunct painting and drawing instructor at The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago, and as an adjunct painting and drawing instructor at Valparaiso University.
He has taught at University of Chicago as a substitute teacher and at Northwestern University’s Norris Center. Mrs. Maggie Daley and former First Lady Hillary Clinton praised his work in Chicago's Gallery 37 Project, a program for inner city youths aged 14-22.
Torluemke is an advocate for the educational role of the arts and for strengthening the social and civic bonds between young people and their communities. Through multiple public art projects, he has successfully
used the visual arts as a means to train diverse groups of young people in life-affirming skills that allow them to realize their unique potential to improve society.
Artist History
Future Shows
SOLO
2008 (Scheduled) Drawing Retrospective, Indiana University, Gary, IN
2007(Scheduled) Outdoor Installation, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
GROUP
2007 (Scheduled) The Inland See: Contemporary Art Around Lake Michigan, curated by James Yood
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Category: Painting
