ABOUT
Tom Paiement received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maine and worked in the aerospace industry before deciding that the creative process could offer him an aesthetic outlet that was missing in his mathematical and scientific work. After earning his M.F.A. in Printmaking at the University of Iowa in 1985, under the tutelage of Mauricio Lasansky, and subsequently teaching at Hamline University in St. Paul, Tom returned to Maine to paint full time. In the last 30 years, Paiement has exhibited extensively and his worked is owned by private and public collections alike.
"Tom Paiement's work is vibrant, colorful and powerful. His mechanical engineering background is evident in the detail and craftsmanship of each piece, some of which use aircraft grade safety wire to intricately fasten welding rod or bamboo to plywood surfaces. Paiement modestly explained 'in many ways these are very simple,' and consists of a 'shape here, shape there.' But don't be fooled. Nothing about Paiement's work is simple. Each piece is a testament to the endless possibilities of materials in the hands of a creative visionary." Artscope, May / June 2010
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Greenhut Galleries
Portland, ME
1999, 2001, 2003, 2005,
2008, 2010
Arden Gallery
Boston, MA
2000, 2001, & 2003
Kristina's
Bath, ME
1996
Friede and Strauss Gallery
Livermore Falls, ME
1992
Community Art Gallery
Livermore Falls, ME
1990
University of Maine at Machias
Machias, ME
1988
O'Farrell Gallery
Brunswick, ME
1987
Hamline Gallery
Hamline University
St. Paul, MN
1986
Treat Gallery
Bates College
Lewiston, ME
1985
Drewelowe Gallery
Iowa City, IA
1984
The Mitzi Gallery
Hermosa Beach, CA
1982
JURIED SHOWS
DeCordova Museum
Benefit Auction
Lincoln, MA
2005
Maine Coast Artists Biennial
Juried Exhibition
Rockport, ME
1998 & 2000
Hoyt National Drawing Show
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts
New Castle, PA
1995
The Portrait Show
Jefferson Arts Center
Iowa City, IA
1985
Canine, Equine, Feline Show
Fine Arts Center
Taos, NM
1984
Iowa Printmakers
Drewelowe Gallery
University of Iowa, IA
1984
Maine Drawing Biennial
Portland Museum of Art
Portland, ME
1984
6th Annual Hawaii National
Print Exhibition
University of Honolulu, HI
1983
Of Prints and Drawings
Maine Coast Artists
Rockport, ME
1982
Mississippi Corridor Show
Davenport Museum of
Fine Arts
Davenport, IA
1981
INVITATIONAL SHOWS
War and Remembrance
University of New Hampshire Museum of Art
Durham, NH
2010
Collage Piecing It Together
Portland Museum of Art
Portland, ME
2009
Above and Below
Greenhut Galleries
Portland, ME
2009
Maine Menagerie
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Rockport, ME
2007
Maine Print Project
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Rockport, ME
2006
Maine Printmakers
Maine Art Gallery
Wiscassett, ME
2006
Ways of Working
Greenhut Galleries
Portland, ME
2006
The Bennett Galleries
Knoxville, TN
2005
Hamilton Galleries
Santa Monica, CA
2002
Print Portfolios
Maine Coast Artists
Rockport, ME
2001
Hand Pulled
Maine Art Gallery
Wiscasset, ME
2001
Gallery Off the Wall
Savannah, GA
1998
Gallery House
Nobleboro, ME
1996
The Portrait Show
Icon Gallery
Brunswick, ME
1993
Contemporary Abstraction
O'Farrell Gallery
Brunswick, ME
1992
Prints and Drawings
O'Farrell Gallery
Brunswick, ME
1991
Spruce Point Invitational
Boothbay Harbor, ME
1990
Interstices
Maine Artists Invitational
Farnsworth Museum
Rockland, ME
1988
Farnsworth Invitational
Farnsworth Museum
Rockland, ME
1986
Prints and Drawings
Maine Coast Artists
Rockport, ME
1983
Seven Printmakers
Unity College
Unity, ME
1989
PUBLICATIONS
"Tom Paiement:
Entropy's Garden"
Art New England
June/July/August, 2010
"More Than Pretty"
Artscope Magazine
May/June, 2010
February, 2010
"Art, Angst Intersect"
Portland Maine Sunday Telegram
April 27, 2008
Portland Maine Sunday Telegram
October, 2005
Portland Maine Sunday Telegram
July 15, 2001
Boston Globe
July 13, 2000
Boston Sunday Herald
July 16, 2000
The Beacon Hill/ Back Bay Chronicle
June 30, 2000
The Times Record
July 20, 2000
Portland Maine Sunday Telegram
May 16, 1999