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Tommy Hoppe | Curriculum Vitae

Atlanta, Ga, USA | hoppe@tommyhoppe.com | www.tommyhoppe.com | @tommyhoppeart

Artist and theorist specializing in the fusion of color, music, and geometry; creator of CR1, a unified language for color and music developed over three decades of independent research. Working in both finely detailed pencil drawings and large-scale abstract color paintings.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025 – Abstraction of the Porcelain Forest, Dunwoody Farmhouse, Atlanta GA

           – Instrumental Color Studies — Canaltown Gallery, Rochester NY

2024  – The Blu Giraffe, Dunwoody Gallery, Atlanta GA

           – Surreal Reveries – Abstraction of Dreams, 1 West, New York NY

            – Dorian’s Dream, Canaltown Gallery, Rochester NY

2007  – Adoration of the Female Form, 717 Gallery, New York NY

2006 – Ambrielle, Chelsea Art Museum, New York NY

          – The Split of the Structure — Jan Larsen TheXpo at Gallerie, New York NY

2005 – The Story of Dorian Orange, Jan Larsen TheXpo at Gallerie, New York N

           – Introducing the Private Collection of Thomas Hoppe, Rochester NY

 

Selected Duo & Group Exhibitions

2025 – Prelude (with Linda OHBoN), Dunwoody Farmhouse, Atlanta GA

2024 – Opening Night Exhibition, Dunwoody Gallery, Atlanta GA

           – Lines and Hues (with Linda OHBoN), Atlanta GA

2004 – Numbers, The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria VA

2002 – Barometer, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York NY

 

Selected Lectures & Publications

2017 – Stone Canoe, Vol. 12, Syracuse University Press

2013 – Lectures on: Fusion of Color, Music, & Geometry, St. Bonaventure College NY

         – Featured interview and spotlight segment, SBU-TV

2007 – Symphonic Chromatic Theory, (monograph, self-published edition of 2000)

 

Awards & Honors

1995 – Presidential Scholar, Maryland Institute College of Art

1996 – Hallmark Scholastic Art Award – Gold Key

1999 – International Airbrush Action – 1st Prize

 

Education & Independent Study

1995 - 1996  – Maryland Institute College of Art, Presidential Scholar

1996 - 1997  – Syracuse University, Illustration (Full Scholarship)

1997 - 2001  – Independent Barn Studio Period, Upstate NY: foundations of CR1

2002 - 2025 – Independent scholarship, color–music theory & geometric composition

 

Residencies

Pending: MacDowell, New Hampshire, USA (Under Review)

Applying: Hambidge Center, Georgia, USA

Applying: Stochastic Labs, Berkeley CA, USA

 

Collections

2024 – Private Collection, New York NY (largest acquisition of 40+ works)

2015 – Permanent Collection, Shanghai CN

 

Professional Experience

2000 - 2017 – Co-founder of Dorian Orange, Motion Design Studio, New York NY