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About Tom Bolles

Tom Bolles received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, he currently lives and works in Marin County, California. Besides being an architect, Bolles' father owned one of only three contemporary galleries in San Francisco, so art was ever present in his early life. During the mid-sixties, Bolles was attracted to op and psychedelic art. Despite being very different styles, both genres were similar in their use of saturated, brilliant colors. Bolles characterizes his art as, "an elusive balance of color, light and texture.” He begins his artwork with a digital sketch which leaves traces of binary code on the artwork. He then applies layers of color which fade to the end of the image with machine-like line making and precision.

Selected Exhibitions

2023   Wild Mood Swings. Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2022   Vibrant, Five Walls Gallery, Footscray, Victoria, Australia

2021    Luminous, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019    Restless, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

​2018    555 California Street Lobby, San Francisco, CA

2017    Reverence, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2015    Stripes, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2014    Tom Bolles/Matthew G. Craig, Hooloon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013    Tom Bolles/Andrew Burgess, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011     Little People, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Collections

San José Museum of Art, San José, CA

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA

Ellie Mae, Inc. Art Collection, Pleasanton, CA

Fenwick and West, LLP., San Francisco, CA

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