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Tom Christopher (born May 15, 1952) is an American artist known for his expressionist urban paintings, mostly of New York City.

Critics generally have received his work in a positive light; it has been described as “exploring the many aspects of man’s struggle in an urban environment” with “a blaze of expressionistic colors”. The New Yorker described the work as “Monet had his water lillies, Tom Christopher has Times Square”

Early Life and Work
Christopher was born in Hollywood, California. He initially studied at the Pasadena Museum of California Art in 1974. He then went Art Center College of Design in Pasadena to receive his Bachelor in Fine Arts in 1979 where he studied with the noted California artist Lorser Fitelson. He supported himself during school by doing drawing at Disney in Anaheim.

Christopher started his art Career with commercial art in California. His first work was for CBS Records. He received a gold record for his work on promotional posters. He also worked for Motor Trend magazine. In 1981 he moved to New York City, and worked for the New York Times, People, Fortune and Wall Street Journal, as well as a courtroom artist for CBS news, covering trials as diverse as John Lennon's shooter and “The Diet Dock Killer” Jean Harris.

Recent Work
Christopher has recently done work on a line of clothing with Urban Outfitters and Nordstroms. He also recently did a black and white series of paintings in a “New York is Noir Again” collection. He currently is in the Hubert Gallery in New York City, Galerie Barbara von Stechow in Frankfurt Germany, and Galerie Tamenaga in Paris and Osaka, Tokyo.

Lift Trucks Projects
In 2010 Christopher founded Lift Trucks Project in Croton Falls, New York. It is an alternative art space with exhibitions featuring works from Picasso, Christo, Ottmar Hoerl, Walt Disney, and others. Lift Trucks also sells vintage antiques and fine art.

Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions 

Galerie Tamenaga, Paris: 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009,2011  Galerie Tamenaga, Tokyo, Osaka: 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007,2010 Galerie Vomel, Dusseldorf: 2004, 2006, 2010 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt: 1999, 2002, 2004,2007,2009  The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Ohio: May 2008  HSBC, Trinkaus and Burkhardt, Frankfurt: 2007, Hamburg: 2008  J.N. Bartfield Gallery New York: 2008  Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY: 2007  Conde Nast Building, NYC Per Cent for Art Commission, 2007 David Findlay Galleries, New York: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005 Michael Owen Gallery, New York: 1996  Tamenaga Gallery, New York: 1993, 1994  St. Marks Gallery New York 1990  Eastmann Wahmendorf Gallery, Helio Gallery, New York 1990

Selected Group Exhibitions 35 years of Printmaking, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT 2010 Galerie Mada Primavesi, Madrid: 2007 “PRINT- Andy Warhol, Ken Price, Tom Christopher” - Ward Pound Ridge, New York 2006 FIAC, Paris 2005 “At the Crossroads of Desire" The AXA Gallery, New York: 2004 “New Views: Modern NY Cityscapes” The New York Historical Society Museum: 2004 “Hessische Landesvertretung” Berlin: 2004 “Kunstakademie, Kunsthalle Trier, Germany”: 2002 “City Rhythms” Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY: 2002 “Art for America” Benefit: Twin Towers Fund, New York: 2002 Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany: 2001 Art Cologne, Germany, 2000 “New, New York Views” Museum of the City of New York, New York: 1999 “Modern Times” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah: 1993 “Cityscapes” The Roger Smith Gallery, New York: 1993 “Kustom Kulture” The Works Gallery, Los Angeles: 1993 Socrates Sculpture Park, Oil and Steel Gallery L.I.C. NY 1992 “Tools” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco: 1988 East Village Artists, Tokyo, Japan: 1985 The Clocktower Center for Art & Urban Resources, New York: 1980 Selected Collections Allied Irish Bank,PLC Andreas Krone, Gmbh, Germany Absolut Vodka Art in Embassy Program, Malawi and Mauritania Africa Bertelsmann, A.G., New York Burda Group, New York The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio Mrs. Laura Bush CBS Inc., New York Chelsea Murals, London Terrace Gardens, New York Mr. Lee Child, NY China Seas,NY Conde Nast, NY Dassault Falcon Jet, USA Jean-Louis David, Switzerland Eli Lilly Corporation, Illinois ESPRIT Corp.International. Fondation Colas, Paris The Ford Motor Corporation, Detroit Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, NY Goldman Sachs & Co., New York Guinness, p.l.c., United Kingdom The Hearst Corporation, New York The Hechinger Collection, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C. Heineken, The Netherlands HSBC, Dusseldorf Indianapolis Ballet and Opera Association, Indiana The Office of the Mayor, New York Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA Mrs. Joe Ellen Powell, American Consul General, Germany MTA Arts in Transit program, NYC The Museum of the City of New York, New York New York Historical Society Museum, NY The New York Times, Inc., New York NewsCorp Murals, Rockefeller Center, New York Pfizer, New York Mr. Stephen Schwartz Schwartz Pharma, Monheim Thorn Emi, UK Time Warner Inc., New York Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Philadelphia, PA  Vin och Sprithistoriska Museum, Stockholm Wallrich Asset Management AG  Selected Public Installations 2006, 2007 - Times Square Project, Times Square, New York 2004 – The New-York Historical Society Museum, installation of chair, easel, and painting 1998 – MTA, “Art in Transit” Subway Art Series, New York 1997 – Roseland Mural, 30’ x 230’, New York 1992 – Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York “HammerBrush” bronze, dm various “Mason’s Trowel” automotive enamel, 20’ x 65’ "Floating I Beam" automotive enamel,130'x 35'