Thomas D. Jenkins
Lewisville, NC USA

Curriculum Vitae

Born: 4/20/1949 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; he, him, his, cis, het

B.S., Political Science, 1971, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee
B.B.A., Accounting, 1983, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

B.F.A., Painting, 2013, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee

University of Tennessee-Nashville – art history, drawing and painting, 1978-80
Nashville Parks and Recreation – sculpture, watercolor, figure drawing, 1979-80
Middle Tennessee State University – Painting I and II. 1980-82
Indianapolis Art League - figure drawing, color theory, enameling, welding, foundry, various from 1989-2008
Kent State University, large-scale enameling, 1991
Heron School of Art, Indiana University – 3D design, 1989
Art New England at Bennington College - painting, drawing, sculpture 8 weeks total between 1989 and 1993
Appalachian Center for Craft (ACC) – papermaking, bookmaking, metalcraft and enameling, 2010-2019
Arrowmont School of Art - drawing, metalcraft, enameling, encaustic painting, and mural painting, 2010-2023
Seattle Art Institute – printmaking, 2011
Sawtooth School of Art – metalcraft, enameling, figure drawing, pastel painting, 2021-2024

Primary School self-portrait, the Parthenon (replica), Nashville, TN, c 1960
“Demon Hand” plaster cast, Tennessee Art League 1980, cast in aluminum 2008 and deposited in the ACC art graveyard, 2021
one-person show, Utrillo’s Gallery, Indianapolis, 1996
Peace in the Park, and other festivals in Indianapolis, 1996-1998 and Gainesboro, TN, 2009-10
Tennessee Technological University, juried student show 2010-2013, 2 paintings and 1 enameled pendant
"High Contrast," an invitational show of drawings including my "Veritas," 2011
Tennessee Technological University, “Free Style”, Senior thesis, non-representational oil paintings, 2013
Fall Creek Falls State Park, enameled jewelry, 2014
Think Pink exhibit, “Line 1,” sandpaper, 606 Trade Street Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC, 2023