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 Twin Pine II

Tom Killion
Printmaking
2019

Discovery Hall, Second Floor

Born and raised in Mill Valley, California, on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais, the rugged scenery of Marin County and Northern California inspired Tom Killion to create landscape prints using linoleum and wood, strongly influenced by the traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e style of Hokusai and Hiroshige.

He studied History at UC Santa Cruz, has a Masters of Arts degree and Doctorate degree from Stanford University in African History. His dissertation was on the Ethiopian/Eritrean labor movement. Killion taught African History at Bowdoin College in Maine, was a Fulbright Professor at the University of Asmara in Eritrea, and from 1995 to 2001 he was a guest lecturer at San Francisco State University in the Humanities Department. Killion was featured on the PBS television series Craft in America episode "Process."

His work is an engaging combination of traditional Japanese woodblock print techniques and contemporary local settings.

You can watch a conversation discussing his artwork and inspirations with art advisor Danielle Wohl in the Talks with the Artists interview series below.