EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts degree, Studio Art, emphasis in Painting and Photography, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; studied with Dan Douke, Sabina Ott, Jack Butler, and Elizabeth Bryant.
Bachelor of Arts degree, Art, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Duets|With, October 25 to December 3, 2022, Coastline College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA. A hybrid solo/group show of my artist photo portraits (that’s the solo show) paired with work by each artist, 28 in all (that’s the group show). Artists I photographed for the show: Jane Bauman, Cathy Breslaw, Ben Brough, Amy Caterina, Tom Dowling, Rebecca Erbstoesser, Jeff Gillette, Lawrence Gipe, Jimi Gleason, Laurie Hassold, Eric Leonard Jones, David Michael Lee, Eric Leffler, Valentina Aproda Maurer, Don Ray McKinney, Serena Potter, Bret Price, Ann Marie Rousseau, Amy Runyen, Kerri Sabine-Wolf, Bradford J. Salamon, Kristine Schomaker, Tim Schwab, Kevin Scianni, Natasha Shoro, Katie Stubblefield, Holly Topping, and Joel Woodard.
2022
Artist Seen: Brewery Edition, Red Post Gallery, Brewery Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Modern History, Coastline Community College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2018
Artists Seen, Art Institute of California/Orange County, Santa Ana, CA
2017
Artists Seen, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA
1991
Artifacts, MFA Thesis Show, COMA Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1991
Five Heads, COMA Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Spring Invitational, The Makery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
“2-Day/$400 Sale” Group Show, Rory Devine Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2020-2023
Perceive Me, Curated by Kristine Schomaker. A major exhibition travelling to multiple galleries and museums. Other artists in the show include Catherine Ruane, Bibi Davidson, Kate Kelton, Monica Sandoval, Dani Dodge, Austin Young, Jane Szabo, and many more. Locations thus far:
- Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA. January 25-February 22, 2020
- Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA. August 7-September 25, 2021
- MOAH Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA. October 9-December 12, 2021
- Coastline Community College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA. August 2022
- Mesa Community College, San Diego, CA. March 2023
- The Other Art Fair, Santa Monica, CA. April 4-7, 2024
2019
Districtly Speaking, A collection of folks from the Coast District’s Art Departments, Coastline College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA. Curated by David Michael Lee. Other artists in the show include Leland Means, Laurie Hassold, Kerri Sabine Wolf, Joel Woodard, Tyler Stallings, Evan Senn, and many more.
2019
Makings, Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Dr. Mika Cho. Other artists in the show include Kim Abeles, Tim Ebner, Cole Case, Mark Steven Greenfield, and many more.
2019
Kitsch-In-Sync: Art and its Opposite, Coastline College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA. Curated by Bradford J. Salamon. Other artists in the show include Kim Abeles, Craig Skibs Barker, Jane Bauman, David Buckingham, Tom Dowling, Jeff Gillette, Eric Johnson, Keane, Mark Kostabi, Mark Ryden, Leigh Salgado, Kristine Schomaker, Kent Twitchell, Jeffrey Vallance, William Wray, and many more.
2018
The Art of The Self, Golden West College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA. Curated by Evan Senn. Other artists in the show include Kent Twitchell, F. Scott Hess, Kerri Sabine-Wolf, Kristine Schomaker, Catherine Kaleel, Serena Potter, and Bradford J. Salamon.
2017
Text Me, MODA: Museum of Design, Atlanta, GA. Curated by Debbie Millman. Other artists in the show include Jean-Michel Basquiat, Shepard Fairey, Jenny Holzer, Neil Gaiman, and Ed Ruscha.
2016
Like Mark, Facebook-themed art exhibition, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA. Other artists in the show include F. Scott Hess, Kerri Sabine-Wolf, William Wray, Serena Potter, Ray Turner, and Bradford J. Salamon.
2015
MAS Attack 13, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2016
Birdie, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA
2016
Faculty Show, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA
2015
MAS Attack 12, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
2015
Blank Canvas, Washington Reid Gallery, Culver City, CA
2015
SFO/SNA, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Other artists in the show include Jane Bauman, David Michael Lee, and Tom Dowling
2015
SFO/SNA, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA
2015
Andi Campognone Birthday Exhibit, Royale Projects, Palm Desert, CA Other artists in the show included Alex Couwenberg, Bradford J. Salamon, Ray Turner, Austin Young, and Kent Anderson Butler
2014
Faculty Show, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA
2014
Dog Days of Summer, The Frostig Collection, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA Other artists in the show included Kent Twitchell, Brad Howe, Bradford Salamon, David Trulli, Dave Lovejoy, Ned Evans
2014
RIBBA|500, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA
2009
Orange Open, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2009
Orange County Fair, Acrylic Paintings, Costa Mesa, CA
1996
First Annual Alumni Invitational Art Exhibition, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1992
FAR Bizarre, The Old Federal Reserve Bank Building, Los Angeles, CA
1992
From The Basement, Student Union 2nd Level Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1991
Natural Reason, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
1990
Four Mid-Alphabet Artists, Student Union Exhibition Center, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
LECTURES, PANELS, etc.
2022/23
2023 PRINT Awards, Judge in the Photography Category, Print Magazine, https://www.printawards.co/
2022
Lunchtime Art Lecture Series, “Tony Pinto on Duets|With”, October 26, 2022, Coastline College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA, in conjunction with my show, Duets|With; view video here: https://tinyurl.com/5eff7kmc
2021
“What Matters: Tony Pinto on Being in the Flow and the Curse of Creatives”, interview by Debbie Millman, Print Magazine, May 20, 2021. https://tinyurl.com/h3y55jfj
2019
“Photo Essay: Annie Leibovitz at Hauser & Wirth” by Kristine Schomaker (photos of the work) and Tony Pinto (photos of Annie Liebovitz presenting the exhibition). Art & Cake Magazine, February 2019. https://tinyurl.com/2p8m9cuj
2018
“Modern History”, exhibition catalog, Coastline Community College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2018
Lunchtime Art Lecture Series, “Tony Pinto”, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA, in conjunction with my solo show, Modern History
2018
Tony Pinto in Conversation with Katie Stubblefield, Art Institute of California/Orange County, Santa Ana, CA, in conjunction with my solo show, Artist Seen.
2016
California State Community College Faculty Lecture, sponsored by California State University, Fullerton, I spoke on a panel with David Michael Lee and Katie Stubblefield, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA
2015
Lunchtime Art Lecture Series, “Tony Pinto”, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach, CA
2011
Design Lecture Panel, AIGA National Leadership Retreat, Minneapolis, MN
1996
First Annual Alumni Invitational Art Exhibition, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, with panelists Mat Gleason, writer and publisher of Coagula art magazine, and Kim Dingle, artist