Tom Killion (artist)

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Tom Killion
Born1953 (age 66–67)
Mill Valley, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of California, Santa Cruz
Stanford University
Known forFine Art, Printmaking
Website https://tomkillion.com/

Tom Killion (born 1953) is an American artist, author, African historian and educator. He is internationally known for printmaking linocut, woodcut and letterpress techniques. [1] The subject matter of his artwork is often the landscapes of Northern California. His art studio is in Inverness Ridge, on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California. [2] Three of his books were co-authored by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beat poet Gary Snyder. Killion has taught African history classes at Bowdoin College, University of Asmara and San Francisco State University.

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Biography

Killion was born in 1953 in Mill Valley, California, and has two siblings, a brother Paul and a sister, journalist Ann Killion. [3] He attended Tamalpais High School. [4] [5] Killion graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz in 1975 from Cowell College in History. [2] He has a Master of Arts degree from 1980 and a Doctorate degree from 1985, from Stanford University in African History, with his dissertation on the Ethiopian/Eritrean labor movement. [2] [6] [7] From 1990 to 1995, Killion taught African History at Bowdoin College. Between 1993 and 1994 he was a Fulbright Professor at University of Asmara in Eritrea. [7] [8] And in 1995 to 2001 he was a guest lecturer at San Francisco State University (SFSU) in the Humanities Department. [7]

While attending University of California, Santa Cruz, Killion learned printmaking and bookbinding from Jack Stauffacher in 1975. [5] In the same year 1975, he created his first printed book of landscapes, 28 Views of Mount Tamalpais. [9] By 1977 he founded his own Quail Press. [8] His printmaking is inspired by Japanese woodblock printing but it is different in technique, because he uses oil-based inks, linoleum block and a printing press. [10]

Killion was featured on the PBS television series Craft in America , episode "Process" airing October 7, 2009, also featuring 92nd Street Y, Kansas City Art Institute, North Bennet Street School, Julie Chen and others. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Woodcut Artist Tom Killion Captures the Magic of the California Coast". 7x7 Bay Area Magazine. 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tom Killion: A life in color". UC Santa Cruz News. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  3. ↑ "9 Questions for Ann Killion". Marin Magazine. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  4. ↑ "California's Wild Edge; Prints by Tom Killion". Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  5. 1 2 "Oral History of Tom Killion". Mill Valley Library, Archive Record. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  6. ↑ "Treasured Landscape Artist Honored". Stanford Alumni Magazine. Stanford Alumni Association. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  7. 1 2 3 "Register of the Tom Killion papers, Hoover Institution Archives". Online Archive of California, California Digital Library. 2017. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  8. 1 2 "Topic: Justice: Retribution Or Restitution? | Arts Interview: Tom Killion". It's A Question of Balance with Ruth Copland. 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  9. ↑ Killion, Tom (1975). 28 views of Mount Tamalpais: sky, earth, sea. Mill Valley, Calif.: Killion. OCLC   2318565.
  10. ↑ Juxtapoz Presents: Tom Killion's Woodcut Printmaking (video), Juxtapoz magazine, 2015-07-15, retrieved 2018-06-18
  11. ↑ "Episode: PROCESS". Craft in America. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  12. ↑ "MV Native Tom Killion Garners County's 2017 Marin Cultural Treasure Award". Enjoy Mill Valley Magazine. Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  13. ↑ "85th Annual California Book Awards". Heyday. 2016-05-12. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  14. ↑ "35th Annual Northern California Book Awards". Heyday. 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
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