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.

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"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

soloexhibitions

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

juriedshows

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

invitationalshows

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

PUBLICATIONS

"Tom Paiement:
Entropy's Garden"
Art New England
June/July/August, 2010

"More Than Pretty"
Artscope Magazine
May/June, 2010

Portland Maine Sunday Telegram
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

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