Thom Cooney CrawfordThom Cooney Crawford, painter/sculptor/poet, earned his MFA in painting at Syracuse University and did graduate work in sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design. He began his 40-year career in New York with two back-to- back shows at Tibor De Ngy gallery. Of 34 solo shows, 16 of them were in New York City. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. A recipient of an NEA grant, New York CAP Grant, Open Studio Award and Cill Rialaig Residency Award, he has taught at Middlebury College, Parsons School of Design, Binghamton University and Lafayette College. In the early 2000s he left the art world and college teaching to "clear the bramble" from his head, living in Bavaria, then for four years on Ireland's wild west coast on the Ring of Beara. On his return in 2010, he went into his studio and worked in isolation for a decade until his most recent solo exhibit "The Inner Eye of Art / The Outer Spark." His poem "Flutter" appeared in Chronogram 2019; his visual novel Raising of the Heart was published under Thomas M. Cooney. He relocated his studio to California in 2020. Read More Read Less