Tony Bouillon

About the Artist

I am a regular guy gifted with an urgent passion and desire to create which has been enhanced by my life experience. Growing up during the turbulent sixties and as a child witnessing the assassinations, beatlemania, the anti-war protests, the violence, the civil rights movement, psychedelic music, going to the moon, and having a home environment in frequent upheaval all had a profound effect on who I was and who I became; a deeply emotional, passionate, spiritual and creative little boy and man. Being an artist for me was not only a matter of learning to be one, but also as a matter of learning that I was born with that gift of the desire to be one. What is also important to me as a human being is the responsibility of being human; of recognizing that we all have crosses to bear on our journeys. We need to talk and listen with one another rather than condemning and interfering with another's path.
I started my path in Fort Wayne, Indiana (July 31,1957). I attended three elementary schools, two middle schools, but managed to stay in one high school (Northrop High School, class of "˜76). I received my Bachelor of Arts in Art Education from Saint Francis College (now known as the University of Sain...

Education:

Master of Fine Arts - Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio May, 1987.

Bachelor of Arts in Art Education - Saint Francis College, Fort Wayne, Indiana May, 1981.
(University of Saint Francis)

EXHIBITIONS
TONY BOUILLON


Thirteenth Annual Faces Juried Online Exhibition, www.UpstreamPeopleGallery.com, March 1,2011-February 28, 2012 (curated through Upstream People Gallery, 5607 Howard Street, Omaha, NE 68106

Emerald Spring Exhibition National Juried Show 2011, Emerald Art Center, 500 Main Street, Springfield, Oregon 97477. May 3-May 27, 2011. (www.emeraldartcenter.org)

Thirty-Second Annual Mini-Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, Jacksonville State University, Hammond Hall Art Gallery, 700 Pelham Road North, Jacksonville, Alabama 36265,May 5-June 2, 2011. Purchase Award.

Three Rivers Invitational, University of Saint Francis, School of Creative Arts, John P. Weatherhead Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 10 - August13, 2010.

Potter's Wife Gallery 1421 Broadway, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Summer Show July 9 - September, 2010, Group Show with 5 other artists.

Lots of Little Art Juried Exhibition, Artlink Contemporary Gallery, 437 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana, October 16 - December 2, 2009.

Guitar Show, Artlink Contemporary Gallery, 437 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana, August 22 - October 8, 2008. (Guitar as su...