Tom Relth
Born: 1948, Los Angeles, California
Lives and works: Vancouver, Washington
MA in Visual Arts, Drawing and Painting
California State University Fullerton
Technical expertise in drawing and painting, printmaking; including woodcut, etching and lithography as well as digital graphics and package design.
2001-Present Practicing Artist
2008-2013 Professor Art, George Washington Academy, Casablanca
2003-2004 Adjunct Professor Art, Biola University, Los Angeles
1980-2008 Activities in the field of graphics / packaging
After graduating with a MA in Fine Arts at California State University Fullerton, Relth joined the commercial world. For 30 years, Tom Relth worked in a field outside the world of fine arts. First he created a design and graphics group and an advertising agency. Later, he founded an international company in speciality printing equipment. This allowed him to travel throughout the world and explore arts and culture in Europe and Asia.
In 2003, Tom Relth taught in the Department of Arts, Biola University in Los Angeles. His lectures at Biola focused mainly on the relationship forged between East and West and related history of art influence. While at Biola, he created an artistic print studio in which students explored the traditional printing methods such as engraving, etching, woodcut and lithography.
Also in 2003, Relth returned to his true love: painting. He produced new paintings and explored new lands in his own artistic world. Today, Tom Relth is working on larger commercial-space sized works with pigments, acrylic and oil and mixed media, mixing both traditional and contemporary techniques.
In 2008, he left the business world altogether to pursue a career in art teaching. For five years, Relth taught high school students in Casablanca, Morocco and continues to share his passion for art with students and contemporaries alike. During his tenure in Casablanca, Relth curated major exhibitions of contemporary art as well as exhibited is own work. During this time, Relth exhibited in group shows in collaboration with internationally known contemporary Moroccan artists as well as in solo exhibitions.
Today, Relth works mainly in painting, mediums, exploring both representational an abstract styles often mixing the two. He and his wife make their home and studio in Vancouver, Washington.
Tom Relth
(360) 561-4245
Vancouver, WA 98660
Email: tom.relth@gmail.com
Lives and works: Vancouver, Washington
MA in Visual Arts, Drawing and Painting
California State University Fullerton
Technical expertise in drawing and painting, printmaking; including woodcut, etching and lithography as well as digital graphics and package design.
2001-Present Practicing Artist
2008-2013 Professor Art, George Washington Academy, Casablanca
2003-2004 Adjunct Professor Art, Biola University, Los Angeles
1980-2008 Activities in the field of graphics / packaging
After graduating with a MA in Fine Arts at California State University Fullerton, Relth joined the commercial world. For 30 years, Tom Relth worked in a field outside the world of fine arts. First he created a design and graphics group and an advertising agency. Later, he founded an international company in speciality printing equipment. This allowed him to travel throughout the world and explore arts and culture in Europe and Asia.
In 2003, Tom Relth taught in the Department of Arts, Biola University in Los Angeles. His lectures at Biola focused mainly on the relationship forged between East and West and related history of art influence. While at Biola, he created an artistic print studio in which students explored the traditional printing methods such as engraving, etching, woodcut and lithography.
Also in 2003, Relth returned to his true love: painting. He produced new paintings and explored new lands in his own artistic world. Today, Tom Relth is working on larger commercial-space sized works with pigments, acrylic and oil and mixed media, mixing both traditional and contemporary techniques.
In 2008, he left the business world altogether to pursue a career in art teaching. For five years, Relth taught high school students in Casablanca, Morocco and continues to share his passion for art with students and contemporaries alike. During his tenure in Casablanca, Relth curated major exhibitions of contemporary art as well as exhibited is own work. During this time, Relth exhibited in group shows in collaboration with internationally known contemporary Moroccan artists as well as in solo exhibitions.
Today, Relth works mainly in painting, mediums, exploring both representational an abstract styles often mixing the two. He and his wife make their home and studio in Vancouver, Washington.
Tom Relth
(360) 561-4245
Vancouver, WA 98660
Email: tom.relth@gmail.com