Thomas Wells Schaller
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→ 2024 : International Artist Magazine - Feature Article
→ 2024 : Art Gallery Magazine - Feature Exhibition
→ 2024 : Visionary Art Collective Magazine : Ed. 10 - Feature and Interview
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Exhibitions 2025:
→ 2025: American Watercolor Society - 158th Annual International Exhibition Salmagundi Art Club - New York City
"Winter Belvedere"→ 2025: Transparent Watercolor Society of America : 49th Annual Exhibition
"Nocturne - Central Park"→ 2025 : 17th International Realist Painting Competition : The Art Renewal Center Winner: Finalist with ten paintings and the Honorable Mention Award for "Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II - Rome"
→ 2025 : Annual Member's Exhibition : Salmagundi Art Club, NYC "After the Rain - Campo de' Fiori"
→ 2025: 48th Annual International Watercolor Exhibition - Houston "City of Edges"
→ 2025: 16th Annual International Signature Watercolor Exhibition - Fallbrook Art Center; Fallbrook, CA 'Light in the Forest"
→ 2025: Fabriano in Acquarello - Fabriano/Bologna, Italy "The Space Between - Havana"
→ 2025: Spring Auction Exhibition - Salmagundi Art Club, NYC " Shanghai Blue" " Still Standing - Havana"
→ 2025: Featured Presenter - Watercolor Live - Streamline Media
→ 2025: Featured Presenter - The World of Watercolor - Terracotta LLC
→ 2025: Featured Presenter - The Foundations of Architectural Art - Online Symposium - Terracotta LLC
→ 2025: Featured Presenter - Daniel Smith Live
Exhibitions 2024:
→ 2024: American Watercolor Society - 157th Annual International Exhibition Salmagundi Art Club - New York City
"Light Patterns - Rome" Winner: Ogden & Mary Pleissner Award→ 2024: National Watercolor Society - 104th International Open Exhibition "KyotoNocturne"
→ 2024: Transparent Watercolor Society of America : 48th Annual Exhibition
"After the Rain - Campo dei Fiori - Rome " Winner: JMW Turner Award→ 2024: 113th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition : California Art Club
"Still Standing - Havana"→ 2024 : Salmagundi Art Club - Annual Members Exhibition 2024 - New York City
"The World Lies Waiting". Winner: Pleissner Memorial Award : "Still Standing - Havana"→ 2024: 96th Grand National Exhibition : American Artists Professional League : Salmagundi Club of New York
"Footbridge - China"→ 2024: San Diego Watercolor Society - 44th Annual International Exhibition
"City of Edges"→ 2024: California Watercolor Association - 55th Annual Exhibition
"Stone Arch - Winter" : Winner: Mojave Award→ 2024: Fabriano in Acquarello : Fabriano / Bologna, Italy
"Evening - Campidoglio: Rome"→ 2024 : The Watercolor Society of Victoria - Melbourne, Australia
"City of Edges"→ 2024: 15th Annual International Watermedia Exhibition : Fallbrook Art Center
"Water's Edge"→ 2024: American Watercolor Society - Traveling Exhibition - 157th Annual International Exhibition
"Light Patterns - Rome "→ 2024 : Biennial International Prize : Fabriano Watercolour 2024
"The World is Waiting"→ 2024: Impressions of Eternity : Villa Falconieri, Frascati - Rome Vivarium Novum International Academy / Municipality of Frascati
"Space Between - Havana" " Street Scene in Cefalu" "From the Campidoglio - Rome"→ 2024 : Allied Artists of America Exhibition 2024
" Light Patterns - Rome"→ 2024: " Strokes of Genius - The Best of Drawing" Artist Network Competition 2024
"Summer" "Rooftops - Rome"→ 2024: Splash 25 - The Best of Watercolor - As Juror of Awards
"Quiet River" "Kyoto Nocturne"→ 2024: Architecture in Perspective 38 / ASAI
"Patterns of Light - Rome" "The World is Waiting"→ 2024: The Lunar Codex - Selected Artist - ARC Salon
→ 2024: Master Artist Designation - San Diego Watercolor Society
→ 2024: Master Artist Designation - California Watercolor Association
→ 2024: Presenter - Watercolor Live
→ 2024: Presenter - The World of Watercolor
→ 2024: Presenter - Fabriano in Acquarello / USA - Texas
→ 2024: Juror of Selection - American Watercolor Society Associates Exhibition
→ 2024: Juror of Awards - Splash 25 - The Best of Watercolor
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→ 2024: Winner - The Arthur Ross Award in Fine Arts : Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, NYC
→ 2024: Winner - Ogden & Mary Pleissner Award : American Watercolor Society 157th Annual International Exhibition
"Light Patterns - Rome"→ 2024: Winner - Pleissner Memorial Award : Salmagundi Art Club 140th Annual Member's Exhibition
"The World is Waiting"→ 2024: Winner - JMW Turner Award : 48th Annual Exhibition - Transparent Watercolor Society of America
"After the Rain - Campo dei Fiori"→ 2024: Winner - The Raphael Award - Hand-Done Architectural Watercolor 2024
→ 2024: Winner - Finalist : 96th Grand National Exhibition : Am Artists Prof.League : Salmagundi Club of New York
"Footbridge - China"→ 2024: Winner - Mojave Award : California Watercolor Association
"Stone Arch - Winter"→ 2024: Winner - Finalist; 13th Annual Plein Air Salon Art Competition
"Light Patterns - Rome"→ 2024 : Winner - Finalist; "Strokes of Genius - The Best of Drawing" Artist Network Competition 2024
"Summer" "Rooftops - Rome"→ 2024 : Winner - Semi Finalist : 17th ARC Salon - The Art Renewal Center Ten Works
→ 2024 : Winner - Jury Award : Biennial International Prize : Fabriano Watercolour
"The World is Waiting"→ 2024: Winner - Best Building Painting - Plein Air Salon Competition, June 2024
"Obsession"→ 2024: Winner - Juror's Observational Award - Architecture in Perspective 38
"Patterns of Light - Rome"→ 2024: Winner - Award of Excellence - Architecture in Perspective 38
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Thomas W Schaller is an acclaimed artist, architect, and author based in New York City. He is a winner of the 2024 Arthur Ross Award by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, Raphael Award Winner , Alpha Rho Chi Medal at OSU, a Graham Foundation Grant, and is a two-time winner of the Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize. He is the author of three books, The Art of Architectural Drawing, and Architecture in Watercolor - winner of an American Institute of Architecture Award of Merit. His new book, Thomas W Schaller: Architecture of Light is published by Penguin Random House. His newest DVD, Watercolor: The Power of Design is published by Streamline Media. And his new interactive online course is hosted by Terracotta LLC.
Tom is in demand internationally as an exhibitor, instructor, juror, and speaker. His recent work has been featured in prestigious international master’s exhibitions in over 25 countries around the world. He was awarded the Best in Show, Architizer Drawing Competition 2022, Best in Show AIP36, 2021, a Finalist for the Architecture Drawing Prize, London 2021, The Abu Rawash Master Award 2019 and was a finalist for the Lynx Prize for Contemporary Art. He has written for many international arts publications, and has been a demonstrator at PACE, Watercolor Live, The Roman Watercolor Society, The Graham Foundation Chicago, Harvard University, the National Watercolor Society, the California Art Club, the Pushkin Museum of Art , Moscow , etc. His work is in many public collections including the Watermark Museum, Fabriano, Italy, The Tchoban Museum, Berlin, The Johhan Museum, Shanghai, The Museum of Watercolor, Mexico City, The Pacific Arts Foundation, Newport Beach and in private collections worldwide.
He is a Signature Member of many arts organizations including the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, and Transparent Watercolor Society of America and elected a member of the International Masters of Watercolor Alliance in 2019. He was recently appointed to the Advisory Board of American Watercolor Weekly and Streamline Publishing, elected Artist Member of the California Art Club and the Salmagundi Art Club, NYC. He is president emeritus of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators and a founding member of the group; North American Watercolor Artists. He is represented by Gallery 71 in New York City
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“Elements of dreams, memory, and pure invention are just as critical in my work as are any components of observed reality. They are another way to see. My aim is to use this unique visual language to interpret the emotional experiences of the world I see within myself as well as those I see around me.
Like life itself, my artwork is a study in contrasts: light and dark, solid and void, vertical and horizontal, warm and cool, the real and the imagined, and glimpses of the past, present, and future. My process is to design with these conflicting energies - allowing them to sometimes find balance and harmony on the surface of the paper.
Rooted in classical drawing and Beaux-Arts style watercolor technique, my artwork has evolved over time to embrace more romantic expressions with an emphasis on personal experience and the power of the imagination.
It is my goal to establish an unspoken connection with the viewer – creating the opportunity for others to see new reflections of their own perceptions of the world within my own.”
