On view August 28

About the Artist
Tom Reed received his MFA in printmaking from the University of Iowa in 1998, studying under Keith Achepohl and Virginia Myers. After graduation, he moved to Chicago to work as a printer for Tony Fitzpatrick’s Big Cat Press. Through collaborations with Steve Campbell, he was invited to join Jack Lemon’s renowned Landfall Press, where he spent several years as lead intaglio printer. There, he collaborated on editions with artists including Peregrine Honig, Ed Paschke, David Levinthal, John Buck, and Sol LeWitt. Reed later relocated to St. Louis, his wife Amy’s hometown, and since 2003 has served as master printer at Island Press in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Working closely with colleague Lisa Bulawsky, he has helped build and sustain Island Press’s reputation as a premier contemporary print publisher. Alongside his collaborative publishing work, Reed maintains an active studio practice, with exhibitions throughout the St. Louis region and group shows at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and the Elmhurst Art Museum in Illinois. Outside the studio, he is an avid fly fisher, fly-tier, and rod builder.