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Shalom Tomáš Neuman (born 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech born American artist, museum founder, and the driving force behind the visual arts concept of fusionism.

Biography
Neuman was born into a Jewish family in Prague in what was then Czechoslovakia. Under the Nazis much of his family was killed and then in Iron curtain era which followed much of the remaining members were given the choice of either Siberia or death. . Subsequently Neuman along with his family moved to Israel. At the age of 12 Neuman then emigrated to the United States with his family. He attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he received his BFA and MFA degrees.

Neuman has taught at Cooper Union and Parsons School of Design and been a visiting lecturer at The School of Visual Arts, the Pratt Institute, and Yale University.

Neuman is a member of the Rivington School. . Neuman is a 2015 recipient of a Premio Galileo award in art.

Work
Neuman is represented by the Van Der Plas gallery in New York Ciyt. Neuman's work has been written about by critics such as Donald Kuspit,.

Museums
Sometime after moving to New York City Neuman bought an abandoned building on Rivington Street for $100,000. Therein Neuman founded the FusionArts museum on the Lower East Side of New York City and subsequently ion tow other locations; Prague, Czech Republic, and Easton, Pennsylvania