ABOUT
Tomás Lasansky (b. 1957) is an American artist and lives in Iowa City, Iowa.
Tomás, the youngest of six artistic children, was trained at the knee of his father, Mauricio Lasansky, arguably the greatest printmaker and art educator of his generation. Following in the age-old tradition of artistic families, the father imparted to his son the meticulous skills and disciplines of his craft, imbuing Tomás with a natural fluency and mastery of drawing evident from his earliest works.
-William Webster, Foreword, Icons and Muses
Since 1980, the iconic portrait paintings, drawings and prints of Tomás Lasansky have been included in more that 120 exhibitions and 30 solo shows, among them The Butler Museum of American Art and The Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame. His uniquely powerful images capture a dignified and empathetic vision of the inexhaustible American spirit, throughout the generations. His works are represented in the collections of U.S. Embassies and museums worldwide.
His contact info can be found below.
Lasansky Gallery & Studio
(319) 330-9227
TLasansky@gmail.com
703 South Clinton St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
Hours by Appointment
The Lasansky Gallery & Studio began in a mission house on Iowa Avenue in 1990 and moved soon thereafter to its current location on South Clinton Street in Iowa City. The space is a combined studio for printmaking and painting as well as a gallery showing the work of Tomás and Charlie Lasansky and several Iowa artists who work or have worked at the studio over the years.
The space originally was a welding and concrete warehouse with a small house attached to the front. For the first few years the front space was rented to a local law firm as Tomás and Charlie converted the industrial warehouse space to studio and gallery space in many phases over the years. In 2002, renovations began on converting the former law offices into gallery space. Completed in 2004, the Lasansky Gallery & Studio hosted many exhibitions over the following decade. Over that time, the size and volume of work created grew. To accommodate this, a major addition broke ground in the summer of 2013. Three floors of studio space were added, bringing the Lasansky Gallery & Studio to its current state of 10,500 square feet. In addition to the vast gallery spaces, it includes a complete intaglio printmaking shop with four American French Tool presses (including one of the largest ever built) and several painting studios. In the Fall of 2016, the property adjacent to the studio was acquired and converted into an open yard and garden space that may one day allow the studio to grow even further.
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EXHIBITIONS
Recent Exhibitions
August, 2023 - Faust Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
August 18th, 2022 - Faust Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
Summer 2021 - Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, IA
August 16th, 2019 - Faust Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
2017-2020 - Embassy of the United States in Beijing, China
August 16th, 2018 - Faust Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
May 16th, 2018 - 'Selections From the Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Rayburn Collections', Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, IA
May 5th, 2018 - Weinberger Gallery, Kansas City, MO
May 5th, 2017 - Lasansky Gallery & Show Spring Show
January 18 to March 22, 2015 - University of Notre Dame - Snite Museum of Art (One Man Exhibition)
August, 2015 - Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole - Jackson, WY
August, 2015 - Ann Korologos Gallery - Basalt, CO
July 2 to August 29, 2010 - Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OH
October 3 to December 5, 2010 - University of Richmond Harnett Museum of Art (One Man Exhibition “ Tomas Lasansky: Selected Works”)
Selected One-man Exhibitions
2023
Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2022
Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2021
Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2011
Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Korologos Gallery, Basalt, CO
Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2010
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
University of Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA
Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2009
Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2008
Magidson Gallery, Aspen, CO
Manitou Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007
“Reflections on Dignity,” Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
“Icons and Muses,” West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ
2006
Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2005
Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2004
Thomas Moxley Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
“Tomás Lasansky: Reflections: Pride and Dignity of the Native American,” West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ
2003
Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2002
Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2001
Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1998
“Tomás Lasansky,” Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA
1995
“Works on Paper,” Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA
1993
“Drawings – Collage – Prints,” Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA
1992
“Tomás Lasansky: Drawings, Paintings, Prints,” Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, IA
1991
“Drawings, Paintings, Prints,” Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA
1988
“Tomás Lasansky: Exhibit of Drawings and Prints,” Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
“Works by Tomás Lasansky,” Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
1987
An Exhibit of 70 Works, Sioux City Art Museum, Sioux City, IA
“Tomás Lasansky: Drawings, Paintings, Prints,” Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
1986
“Tomás Lasansky: Drawings, Paintings, Prints,” Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA
1985
“Tomás Lasansky: Prints, Drawings, and Paintings,” Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
“Prints and Drawings,” Hawkeye State Bank, Iowa City, IA
1983
“Recent Works,” University Athletic Club, Iowa City, IA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
University of Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA
United States Embassy, Dublin, Ireland
2009
Korologos Gallery, Basalt, CO
2008
Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2007
“Glen Town Center Showcase,” Des Moines, IA
Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2006
Manitou Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
2001
Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Faust Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Faust & King Galleries, New York, NY
2000
“Spaces/Faces,” Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA
1997
Heritage Gallery Invitational, Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA
1996
“American Watercolors and Drawings, 15 Artists,” Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1991
“12th Annual Paper in Particular,” Columbia College, Columbia, MO
1989
“Spittin’ Images – 20th Century Non-Traditional Portraiture,” organized by Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, IN
1988
“American Self Portraits Five-Year Traveling Exhibition,” organized by Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1987
“Contemporary American Graphics 1987–88 National Invitational Traveling Exhibition,” Old Bergen Art Guild, Bayonne, NJ
“American Drawing: Realism/Idealism,” organized for the Boca Museum by Jane Haslem, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1985
“Iowa Printmakers’ Invitational Exhibition, Traveling Exhibition,” organized by The Iowa Arts Council, Des Moines, IA
“Contemporary American Graphics 1985–86 National Invitational Traveling Exhibition,” Bayonne, NJ
1982
“Four Printmakers,” organized by the Municipal Metropolitan Gallery, Cedar Falls, IA
1980
“West ’80/Art and the Law, Invitational,” Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Selected Awards and Honors
( from more than 100 competitive and juried exhibitions)
1998
3M Purchase Award: Native American Indian, “The Second Minnesota National Print Biennial,” University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Judge’s Choice Award: Angela
“Annual Thi Beta Kappa Six State Competitive,” McCook, NE
1996
Second Place: “Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal and Wood,” Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
1991
The American Artist Award: “49th Annual Audubon Artist Exhibition,” New York, NY
The PTK Purchase Award: “McCook Community College, Six State Competition,” McCook, NE
Third Prize: “Galex 25th Annual Competitive Art Exhibition,” Galesburg, IL
1990
The PTK Purchase Award: “McCook Community College, Six State Competition,” McCook, NE
1989
The Museum Purchase Award: “Quad Cities Regional Art Show Davenport Art Center,” Davenport, IA
Purchase Award: “Anderson Winter Show,” Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, IN
First Place: “1989 Art Exhibition,” Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
Honorable Mention: “Thirty-third National Print Exhibition,” The Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
Honorable Mention: “39th Spiva Annual Competitive,” Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
1988
Best in Show: “Iowa Artist Competitive Exhibition,” Metropolitan Galleries, Cedar Falls, IA
Best in Show: One Man Exhibition, “Quincy’s 38th Tri-State Juried Art Show,” Quincy, IL
Juror’s Award: “1988 Pacific States National Biennial Print Exhibition,” University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
1987
Purchase Award: “North Shore Art League Midwest Print Show,” Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Purchase Award: “Kirkwood College Invitational Exhibition,” Kirkwood College, Cedar Rapids, IA
The PTK Purchase Award: “McCook Community College, Six State Competition,” McCook, NE
Award of Merit: “The Anderson Winter Show,” Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, IN
1986
Purchase Award: “North Shore Art League Midwest Print Show,” NorthwesternUniversity, Evanston, IL
Third Prize For Drawing: “Tenth Annual Rock Island Fine Arts,” Rock Island Art Guild, Rock Island, IL
Jurors’ Commendation: “The Boston Printmakers’ 38th National Exhibition,” Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Honorable Mention: “44th Annual Audubon Artists Exhibition,” New York, NY
1985
Kershaw Purchase Award: “The 29th National Print Show,” The Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
Purchase Award: “The 35th Annual Tri-State Juried Art Show,” Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
Honorable Mention in Prints: “3rd Annual Maine/Maritime Flatwork Exhibition on Paper,” Presque Isle, ME
1984
Silver Medal: “Forty-Second Annual Audubon Artist Exhibition,” New York, NY
Purchase Award and Juror’s Merit Award: “The Anderson Winter Show,” Anderson Arts Center, Anderson, IN
Frank Proctor Whiting Memorial Award for Graphics: “Annual Show,” Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
Best in Printmaking Award: “Clay/ Paper Show,” the Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
Cash Award: “The Manhattan Kansas National Print Exhibition,” Manhattan, KS
Third Prize: For Painting: “8th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition,” Rock Island, IL
1983
Second Prize: “Winter Art/Manhattan – Streeker Gallery,” Manhattan, KS
1982
Outstanding Print: “Galex 16th Annual Competitive Art Exhibition,” Galesburg, IL
1981
Honorable Mention in Prints: “IV Bienal Americana de Artes Gráficas, Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia,” Colombia, South America
Outstanding Print: “Galex 15th Annual Competition, Art Exhibition,” Galesburg, IL
1979
Honorable Mention in Prints: “IV Bienal Americana de Artes Gráficas,” Museo de Arte Moderno LaTertulia, Colombia, South America
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
3M, Americas Offices, St. Paul, MN
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, IN
Bradley & Riley PC, Iowa City, IA
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
China Printmaking Museum, Guanlan, China
College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
Figge Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI
Foster Law, Iowa City, IA
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Iowa National Bankshares Corp., Waterloo, IA
Iowa State University, University Museums, Ames, IA
Johnson County Court House, Iowa City, IA
Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, NE
Kalamazoo Museum of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Kirke-Van Orsdel, Inc., Des Moines, IA
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
La Salle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL
McCook Community College, McCook, NE
Mercy Foundation, Iowa City, IA
Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, IA
Muscatine Art Center, IA
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
New York Public Library, Prints Collection, New York, NY
Newark Public Library Prints Division, Newark, NJ
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Phelan, Tucker, Mullen, Walker, Tucker & Gelman Law Firm, Iowa City, IA
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
University of Illinois, Lincoln Collection, Champaign, IL
University of Illinois Foundation, Champaign, IL
University of Iowa Foundation, Iowa City, IA
University of Maine, Orono, ME
University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
U.S. Bank N.A.: Iowa City, IA; Cedar Rapids, IA
United States Embassy: Riga, Latvia; Vienna, Austria; Surabaya, Indonesia; Suva, Fiji;
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
ARTICLES
LINKS
Galleries
www.raregalleryjacksonhole.com
Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
www.faustgallery.com
Faust Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ and Santa Fe, NM
www.korologosgallery.com
Ann Korologos Gallery, Basalt, CO
www.weinbergerfineart.com
Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
Artist Links
www.CharlieLasansky.com
Charlie Lasansky
www.AdamRake.com
Adam Rake
www.DiegoLasansky.com
Diego Lasansky
www.lasanskydance.com
Jimena Lasansky (School of Dance)