BRUCE THORN


 

ABOUT

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Bruce Thorn was born in Chicago in 1952, a first generation American with a multi-cultural background. He knew that he would be an artist from the first time he picked up a crayon.

The pictures kept coming, jumping out of his imagination onto paper, and drawing became a necessary constant companion and anchor. He went on to earn a BFA. in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1975.

 

In 1982, while still only 29 years old, Thorn’s artwork was taken on by the prestigious Zaks Gallery in Chicago. He earned an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1987. His MFA. thesis was titled “Ethereal Vibrations in the Visual Arts.”  He works primarily with oil paint, which offers the accuracy, transparency and color luminescence that are so important to him.

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Bruce Thorn has maintained a vibrant art practice throughout his entire life. A previous recipient of a Pollock-Krasner award, his work is in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Ukrainian Institute of Art, Chicago, the Roger Brown Study Collection, Chicago, and the Flaten Art Museum in Northfield Minnesota.

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Bruce Thorn, March 25, 2023

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