Tomás Lasansky

"Tomás Lasansky (American, born 1957) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Iowa City. In his paintings, prints, and drawings, he creates large, expressive, and colorful portraits of iconic figures from history and popular culture, such as Albert Einstein, Geronimo, Abraham Lincoln, Pablo Picasso, and his own personal muses. Son of the renowned printmaker Mauricio Lasansky, the artist has been profoundly influenced by his enthusiasm for history and for significant figures of the past, in particular great leaders, Native Americans, artists, and thinkers." (from the invitation to Tomás Lasansky: Icons and Muses, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, 2010.

B.F.A. University of Iowa, 1979; M. A. University of Iowa, 1983; M.F.A. University of Iowa, 1984

"By the time he turned eighteen, Tomás had established his own studio at a different site [from Bucknell University]in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where his brother William had a studio], where he worked while an undergraduate and graduate student. He also undertook intensive study in clay during these years at Alfred University in New York.”—Charles R. Loving, “Tomás Lasansky,” Mauricio and Tomás Lasansky: Father and Son. (Notre Dame, Indiana: Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 2014): 12. This book was produced in connection with the exhibition Mauricio and Tomás Lasansky: Father and Son, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana January 18-March 15, 2015.