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Education

M.F.A University of California Santa Barbara, 2016
B.F.A. Western Carolina University, 2012


Represented by

Patrick Painter – Los Angeles, California
Bender Gallery - Asheville, North Carolina


Solo Exhibitions

2021
One Day I Will Disappear - Bender Gallery, Asheville, NC
2019
Anamnesis: I came as a dreamer and left as a dream – Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Everything is True, Nothing is Permitted, Bender Gallery – Asheville, NC
2018
The End is the Beginning – Santa Barbara Center for Art Science and Technology, CA
Bright Abyss: Sunrise in the West – The Basic Premise, Ojai, CA
2017
American Gothic – Red Barn Project Space, UC Santa Barbara, CA
Into Nothing – Architectural Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA
2016
The Darkest Day – Red Barn Project Space, UC Santa Barbara, CA
Montani Semper Liberi – Glass Box Gallery Room 1330, UC Santa Barbara, CA
2015
Histories of Ambiguity – with Patrick Gilbert, Napa Gallery, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Cabin Fever – Glass Box Gallery, UC Santa Barbara, CA
2014
Twenty Years of Progress – Pink Dog Creative, Asheville, NC
Twenty Years of Progress – Trafo Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2013
apotheosis - The Artery, Asheville, NC
2012
Americarcana - Push Gallery, Asheville, NC
Untitled Show - The Skinny, Sylva, NC
2011
Prophecy - Grace Centre Gallery, Mills River, NC
2008
New Paintings - Pump Gallery, Asheville, NC.


Group Exhibitions and Fairs

2023
Lamp Show – Sporespace, Ojai, CA
Mixed Up – Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Montecito, CA
Looking West – Santa Monica Art Museum, Santa Monica, CA
2022
100 Grand – Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Tipping Point – Ann Foxworthy Gallery, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
Vita Art Editions – Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA
2021
100 Grand – Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Vita Art Editions – Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA
Informationary – Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Local Treasures – Architectural Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA
2020
Cave Painting, Painted Cave – The Gallery at Hotel Indigo Santa Barbara with The Ojai Institute
Visions in Light – Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, CA with TZ Projects
Cultivating Collections - Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center, Cullowhee, NC
Words on Printed Page – Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Cube Art Fair – Brussels, Belgium
Out There – Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
UCSBMFA 20/20 - Sullivan Goss, CA
100 Grand – Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2019
Wit and Whimsy: Selections from the Collection of Nancy and Michael Gifford – Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
100 Grand – Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Satan’s Perimeter – ArtShare LA, Los Angeles, CA
In Times Like These – Pink Dog Creative, Asheville, NC
Full Bodied – Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Art Without Limits – Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
POV – Santa Barbara Center for Art Science and Technology, CA
Blue: An Homage to Picasso – Glenn Dallas Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2018
Wasted on the Banks of Lethe – The Basic Premise, Ojai, CA
Infinite Shades – Glenn Dallas Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Protest – ArtShare LA, Los Angeles, CA
Incendiary Devices – POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Barry McGee: SB Mid Summer Intensive – Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA
The Artists of UCSB – Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
The Crew: Underpinnings - Santa Barbara Center for Art Science and Technology, CA
The Future Can Only Be Told In Reverse - CCS Gallery, UC Santa Barbara, CA
Open Show – curated by Anna Katz, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Alumni Exhibition – Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC
100 Grand – Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Art Without Limits – Art From Scrap, Santa Barbara, CA
2017
Personal Vacation – curated by Chris Davies, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Open Studios and Exhibition – Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
100 Grand – Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Stepping Into the Unknown – Silo 118, Santa Barbara,CA
Black and White (Mostly…) – Silo 118, Santa Barbara, CA
Out of Place – Ridley-Tree Art Museum, Westmont College, Montecito, CA
Expo Contemporary – The Reef, Los Angeles, CA
Artists Without Limits – Wildling Museum, Solvang, CA
Artists Without Limits – Art From Scrap, Santa Barbara, CA
2016
Beyond Walls – Casa Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
UCSB 2016 MFA Exhibition – AD&A Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
LightWorks – Isla Vista, CA
2015
Unintended Consequences – The ArtsFund, Santa Barbara, CA
Surface Tension – Saatchi Art at Parasol Projects, New York, NY
Open Studios – MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic
UCFZ – Gone Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Current Focus – Red Barn Project Space, UC Santa Barbara, CA
2014
Look Again – The Artery, Asheville, NC
2013
Seeing is Believing – Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2012
Parallax - Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC
44th Annual Juried Art Exhibit – Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC
2011
Color Study - Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
State of the Art, Art of the State - Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
2010
Alchemy Art Salon - Sante Fe, NM
Line in Landscape - Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC,
2009
Oh Kaos! - Flood Gallery, Asheville, NC.
Bring Us Your Best - Transylvania Arts Council, Hendersonville, NC.
Sightings - Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC.
2008
Group Exhibition - Three Flights Up Gallery, Knoxville, TN.
The Doors of Asheville - Exhibition and Auction, Asheville, NC.
Group Exhibition - Front Gallery, Asheville, NC.
Landscape and Location - Statesville, NC.
2007
The Doors of Asheville - Exhibition and Auction, Asheville, NC.
2006
Transformations in Form - The North End Gallery, Asheville, NC.
The Doors of Asheville - Exhibition and Auction, Asheville, NC.
The NCCCS Art Show - NCCCS Headquarters, Raleigh, NC.
2005
Underground Art Show - LAAFF Festival, Asheville, NC.
Student/Faculty Art Show - A-B Technical Community College, Asheville, NC.
2004
For The Birds - Transylvania Arts Council, Brevard, NC.


Curated Exhibitions and Public Projects

2018 The Crew: Underpinnings – co-curated with Debra Herrick, Ph.D,
Santa Barbara Center for Art Science and Technology, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 Somewhere or Nowhere At All - Red Barn Project Space, UC Santa Barbara,CA
2016 Outpost –Public art installation, Perfect Park, Isla Vista, CA


Relevant Professional and Teaching Experience

Current
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
Senior Preparator and Collections Photographer

Current
Santa Barbara Office of Arts and Culture, CA
Lead Preparator and Exhibitions Designer

2017-2020
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, CA
Museum Preparator

2018
Carpinteria Arts Center, Carpinteria, CA
‘Working from Photographs’ workshop

2016-2017 Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA,
Lecturer of Visual Art - Drawing

2015-2016 UC Santa Barbara, CA
Graduate Teaching Assistant,
Visual Literacy, Printmaking, Painting, Photography, Drawing, Reader for 1C Visiting Artist Lecture Series

2011-2012 Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University
Museum Intern


Residencies

2018 Community Artist – Squire Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 Chateau d’Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
2016 Red Barn Project Space, AiR for 2016/17, UC Santa Barbara, CA
2015 MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic
2014 Studio Trafo – Trafacka Projects, Prague, Czech Republic


Public Lectures and Media Appearances

Apr 15, 2022 Art and Antiques Talk Show with Elizabeth Stewart, KZSB 1290 AM
May 21, 2019 – BizArts Workshop, speaker, AWOL, Santa Barbara
Januray 16, 2019 – Art in Environmental Activism, panel discussion, Santa Barbara Public Library
December 13, 2018 – The Unrealized Immigrant, panel discussion, SBCAST, Santa Barbara
April 28, 2018 – ACDC Conference round table organized by Artists Without Limits, SBCC, Santa Barbara
March 16, 2018 – Art and Antiques Talk Show with Elizabeth Stewart, KZSB 1290 AM
March 18, 2017 – ‘Art(ists) of Survival’ with curator Maiza Hixson, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOTg_MrXb0s&t=1s
November 3, 2016 – From Concept to Career, panelist, CSU Channel Islands, CA
May 27, 2016 – Art and Antiques Talk Show with Elizabeth Stewart, KZSB 1290 AM
February 25, 2016 – Towned Podcast
March 11, 2015 – Cabin Fever, Visual Literacy series, UC Santa Barbara, CA


Performances

November 2, 2017 – Window to the Arts, live painting pop up event sponsored organized by Silo 118 and Squire Foundation, 927 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA
April 7, 2012 – (Re)Happening at Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, NC
December 3, 2011 - Variations on the Long Note in conjunction with exhibition John Cage: A Circle of Influences – Black Mountain College Museum, Asheville, NC


Collections

John Mike Cohen, Santa Barbara, CA
Carol Brumer, Denver, CO
Projekt Atol, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Santa Barbara Office of Arts and Culture, Santa Barbara, CA
Richard and Cissy Ross, Santa Barbara, CA
Nancy Escher, Ojai, CA
Western North Carolina Museum of Fine Arts, Cullowhee, NC
The Ray Griffin/Thom Robinson Collection, Asheville, NC
Lisa Belcher, Glencoe, IL
Paul and Cherry Saenger, Asheville, NC
Trip Huxley, Asheville, NC
John Geck, Greenville, SC
Laurie and John Meyer, Asheville, NC
Lynn Cunningham Brown, Santa Barbara, CA
Virginia Chomley, Vancouver, BC, Canada


Awards and Fellowships

2023
Honorable Mention, Mixed Up, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
2017
Golden Ticket Fellowship, Chateau d’Orquevaux, France
2016
Artist in Residence Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara, CA
2015
Florimbi/Simon Award, UC Santa Barbara, CA
Howard Fenton Award for Painting, UC Santa Barbara, CA
Department of Art Block Grant, UC Santa Barbara, CA
UCIRA Grant, University of California, CA
New American Paintings Artist, MFA Edition
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, UC Santa Barbara, CA
2014
Regents Special Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara, CA
Regional Artists Project Grant, Toe River Arts Council, NC
2012
Undergraduate Research Grant awarded by the Honors College of WCU, research “A Study of Issues Concerning the Production of Photographic Collagraphs”
Philosophy essay “The Reversal of the Noir Hero” accepted to NCUR 2013
Member Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society
Independent Study and Research Abroad, Czech Republic, Summer
Best in Show, 44th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Fine Art Museum of WCU, juror Stephen Wicks, Cullowhee, NC
Dean’s List, Western Carolina University School of Art
2011
WCU School of Art and Design Scholarship
2010
Michael Patrick Metcalf Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Honorable Mention, 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Grace Gallery, juror Craig Drennen, Mills River, NC,
Honorable Mention, A-B Tech Student Art Show, juror Richard Tichich, Asheville, NC. Dean’s List, AB Technical Community College, Fall, Asheville, NC
2009
Best 2-D work, A-B Tech Student Art Show, juror Robert Tynes, Asheville, NC.
2008
Honorable Mention, Bring Us Your Best Juried Exhibition, Hendersonville, NC.


Press

Woodard, Josef. “Mixed Up Highlights Talents of Tri-County Artists.” Santa Barbara Independent. June 15-22, 2023. Vol. 37 No. 909 Pg. 40
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “City of Art Fairs: Arts Calendar February 16-22.” LA Weekly. Feb 15, 2023. https://www.laweekly.com/city-of-art-fairs-arts-calendar-february-16-22/
Sledge, Victor. “Santa Monica Art Museum Debuts During Frieze Week.” White Hot Magazine. February 2023. https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/museum-debuts-during-frieze-week/5680

Hallowell, Bay. “A Secret Plot: In Conversation with Tom Pazderka” LUM Art Magazine. No. 4. Summer/Fall 2021
Uncredited. “Meet Tom Pazderka: Artist and Writer” Shoutout LA. December 21, 2020. https://shoutoutla.com/meet-tom-pazderka-artist-and-writer/
Waldrep, Megan. “Immigration and Artistic Representation.” Santa Barbara Sentinel. February 2, 2019
http://santabarbarasentinel.com/blog/2019/immigration-and-artistic-representation-a-panel-discussion-featuring-artist-tom-pazderka-presented-by-lum-art-zine/
Herrick, Debra. “Tom Pazderka: Interview With an (Inward) Immigrant.” LUM Art Zine. November 27, 2018. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/tom-pazderka-interview-with-an-inward-immigrant
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Santa Barbara Painter Tom Pazderka Makes Art From the Ashes.” LA Weekly. April 25, 2018. http://www.laweekly.com/arts/in-the-wake-of-the-thomas-fire-santa-barbara-painter-tom-pazderka-makes-art-from-the-ashes-9399255
Woodard, Josef. “The World is a Campus.” Scene Magazine. May 18-24, 2018. P. 27-28
Botts, Jackie. ‘’Stepping Into the Unknown’ Explores Political Anxiety.’ August 9, 2017. http://www.independent.com/news/2017/aug/09/stepping-unknown-explores-political-anxiety/
Silo 118 Presents Black and White “(Mostly)” May 24, 2017. http://sbseasons.com/2017/05/silo118-presents-black-and-white-mostly/
Dark Mountain. Dark Mountain Project. Issue 11. Spring 2017. P. C3
Anamesa Interdisciplinary Journal, New York University. Fall 2016. Vol. 14. No. 2. p. 99
Calitri, Joanne A. “Pazderka Curates Group Showcase.” Montecito Journal. March 16-23, 2017. Vol. 23. Issue 11. Pg. 41
Donelan, Charles. “Into Nothing.” Santa Barbara Independent. March 9-16, Vol. 31. No. 582. Pg. 49
Donelan, Charles. “UCSB MFA Exhibition 2016.” Santa Barbara Independent. May 25, 2016.
Woodard, Josef. “Forging New Pathways.” Scene Magazine. May 27, 2016.
Lazo, Gabriel. “Grads Present Theses at AD&A.” The Daily Nexus. May 26, 2016
Trafology. Prague: Astron a.s. 2015. p. 80
Anamesa Interdisciplinary Journal. New York University. Fall 2015. Vol 13. No. 2. p. 23-25
Calitri, Joanne A. “Unintended Consequences.” Montecito Journal. Nov 19-26, 2015. Vol. 21 Issue 46. Pg. 26
Woodard, Josef. “Art: Rough, Ready and Meditative” Scene Magazine. Nov 13, 2015
Osborn, Lisa. “Unintended Consequences” Edhat. Nov 14, 2015. http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=161549
Caldwell, Ellen. “On Monuments and Memories, Flags and Fire: the Art of Tom Pazderka” New American Paintings Blog. July 29, 2015.
http://www.newamericanpaintings.com/blog/monuments-and-memories-flags-and-fire-art-tom-pazderka
New American Paintings. MFA Edition. 2015
“Review: UCSB Open Studios”. Santa Barbara Independent. Nov 11, 2014. http://www.independent.com/news/2014/nov/11/review-ucsb-mfa-open-studios/
Sherard, Kyle. “State of the Arts: Past and Present Tense.” Mountain Xpress, Aug. 12, 2014, http://mountainx.com/arts/state-of-the-arts-past-and-present-tense/
Motsinger, Carol. “Turning the Page.” Asheville Citizen-Times. July 28, 2014
Brown, A. Will. “Fan Mail: Tom Pazderka.” Daily Serving. Jan 31, 2014. http://dailyserving.com/2014/01/fan-mail-tom-pazderka/
Art Bets. Mountain Xpress. Vol 19. No. 34. March 13-19,2013
The Laurel of Asheville. March 2013. pg. 65
“Talking the Walk”. Mountain Xpress. Vol 19. No. 2. Aug. 1-7, 2012
Nomad, WCU’s Journal of Art and Literature, 2012
TV Appearance. WLOS. Summer, 2011
Clark, Paul. “A Mid-Century Modern Tale”. Asheville Citizen-Times. February 25, 2011
Tech Talk. ABTCC. May 2010. Vol 16. Issue 5.
Doors of Asheville 2010 Calendar
AB Technical Community College Annual Report. 2008-2009
Tech Talk. ABTCC. February 2006. Vol 12. Issue 2.

Authored Articles and Essays

“Culture Shock Therapy: On the Use and Abuse of Language in Small Town Politics.” The Ojai Vortex. July 11, 2023. https://www.theojaivortex.com/pazderka
“Debord and Tik Tok: Society of the Spectacle Redux.” Sublation Magazine. May 30, 2023. https://www.sublationmag.com/post/debord-and-tik-tok-society-of-the-spectacle-redux
“A Crisis of Meaning? The Polemics of Curating-as-Art.” LUM Art Magazine. Issue No. 5. Winter/Spring 2022. Print
“Robert Longo in ‘A Storm of Hope.’” LUM Art Zine. March 4, 2021. Online https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/robert-longo
“Beyond the Digital: Future Nostalgia and the Family Photograph.” The Philosophical Salon. Feb 22, 2021. Online. https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/beyond-the-digital-future-nostalgia-and-the-family-photograph/
“Annual Report of Online Art Sales.” LUM Art Zine. Jan 24, 2021. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/2021/1/24/annual-report-of-online-art-sales
“The Long Wait for Fall: Elizabeth Herring at Ojai City Gift a.k.a. The Basic Premise.” LUM Art Zine. Sep 24, 2020. Online and Print. Issue No. 3. Spring 2021. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/elizabeth-herring-ojai-city-gift-the-basic-premise
“On Algolonialism: From Independent Media to Monetized Friendships.” 3 AM Magazine. August 27, 2020. Online. https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/on-algolonialism-from-independent-media-to-monetized-friendships/
“From Stalin to TipiGate: Public Art and Its Discontents.” LUM Art Zine. August 18, 2020. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/publicart-pazderka
“The Art World’s Grim Fate Online.” LUM Art Zine. July 9, 2020. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/covidartworld
“On Art: What Is the Alternative When There Is No Alternative?” The Philosophical Salon. June 29, 2020. Online. https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/on-art-what-is-the-alternative-when-there-is-no-alternative/
“Technological Slavery 2.0: Ghosts of Hypernormalization and the Role of Art in a Pandemic.” 3 AM Magazine. April 13, 2020. Online.
https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/technological-slavery-2-0-ghosts-of-hypernormalization-and-the-role-of-art-in-a-pandemic/
“Mark Churchill: Building Dwelling Thinking.” LUM Art Zine. March 9, 2020. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/markchurchill
“Can Landscape be Contemporary? – 22 Miles: Ojai Valley Landscapes.” LUM Art Zine. March 5, 2020. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/ojaimuseum
“Jane Mulfinger: West is South, The Atkinson Gallery”. LUM Art Zine. December 6, 2019. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/janemulfinger
“The Oxnard Plain at The Basic Premise.” LUM Art Zine. Oct 3, 2019. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/2019/10/3/the-oxnard-plain-at-the-basic-premise
“HK Zamani Revisits Prague with Tom Pazderka”. LUM Art Zine. No 1. Winter 2020. November 5, 2019. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/2019/11/5/6d77a6is3cch7lakezitmtil9o7jm9
“Dug Uyesaka: pulp n’glue – remix vol. 1, Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara.” LUM Art Zine. No 1. Winter 2020. November 5, 2019. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/2019/11/5/6d77a6is3cch7lakezitmtil9o7jm9
“HK Zamani in Dialogue with Tom Pazderka.” LUM Art Zine. September 11, 2019. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/2019/9/11/hk-zamaninbspin-dialogue-with-tom-pazderka
“James Benning at MCASB: An Insider’s Review.” LUM Art Zine. July 3, 2019. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/jamesbenning
Catalog Essay for “Vessel: New Paintings by James Petrucci.” April, 2019. The Basic Premise.
“Jimmy Miracle, a Story Teller.” LUM Art Zine. April 4, 2019. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/2019/4/4/jimmy-miracle
“Enter a Hele Rae Show a Blank Slate, The Good Luck Gallery.” LUM Art Zine. March 14. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/helenrae
“LA Art Show and Its (Dis)contents.” LUM Art Zine. February 7, 2019. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/2019/2/7/la-art-show-and-its-discontents
“Black Metal Art Critic’s Take on “Paper and Clay,” Vita Art Center, Ventura.” LUM Art Zine. December 28, 2018. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/2018/12/28/black-metal-art-critics-take-on-paper-and-clay-vita-art-center-ventura
“Jane Handel: Unrepentant Sensualist at The Basic Premise, Ojai.” LUM Art Zine. October 2, 2018. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/jane-handel-unrepentant-sensualist-at-the-basic-premise-ojai
“Sally England and China Adams, Porch Gallery, Ojai. LUM Art Zine.” October 1, 2018. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/sally-england-and-china-adams-porch-gallery-ojai-review
“Dug Uyesaka: pulp n/glue – remix vo. 1, Architectural Foudnation of Santa Barbara.” LUM Art Zine. September 1, 2018. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/dug-uyesaka-s-pulp-n-glue-remix-vol-1-at-the-architectural-foundation-a-review
“Contemporary Bear Area Artists, Sullivan Goss.” LUM Art Zine. August 13, 2018. Online. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/contemporary-bear-area-artists-at-sullivan-goss-a-review
“Studio visit: New Paintings by Mike Nava, The Basic Premise, Ojai”. LUM Art Zine. July 21, 2018. https://www.lumartzine.com/articles/coming-soon-mike-nava-studio-visit-at-the-basic-premise
“Ideology of the Cabin.” Dandelion Journal. Birkbeck University of London. Vol 7. No. 1. 2016. www.dandelionjournal.org
“Nostalgia and the Cabin.” Dandelion Journal. Birkbeck University of London. Vol7. No. 1. 2016. www.dandelionjournal.org