Tommy >TC< Carlsson
Important and Shaping Stages in the Life of Tommy >
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| 1958 | born in Långsjö, Sweden during his time in school he already was given the nickname “T.C.”, and thus used it to sign his works |
| 1974 | first award: The price of the Emmaboda Art Society, graduation |
| 1977 | basic artistic education, at the art school of Öland (painting, graphics, drawing, sculpture), inspired by surrealism |
| 1981 | participation in a judged exhibition in the art museum of Kalmar with 2 still lifes |
| 1983 | honorary award in the Swedish national painting-competition of young artists |
| 1988 | 2nd. price in the competition “Vecko Revyn – Dekorima” with a series of still lifes with fishes |
| 1990 | first exhibition in Germany (Hamburg, Village Museum Volksdorf, arranged by Ellen and Gerhard Lippe); further exhibitions in the years 1992, 1994, 1997 and 2001, partly opened by the Swedish consul general in Hamburg, Leif H. Sjöström |
| 1996 | invitation to an exhibition “Still Life Reflection” of the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, U.S.A |
| 1997 | printing of the first coloured lithograph (Lindströms printing shop, Stockholm) |
| 1999 | participation in the judged exhibition in the Liljevachs Art Museum Vårsalongen, Stockholm, with a painting showing a high chair and table |
| 2003 | concentration towards distinct trompe-l’oeil-painting, especially with the illustration of doors as well as different kinds of closets and other receptacles in life-size leading motifs |
| 2006 | advancement of the personal style of painting to a kind of art showing objects on canvas, called “Modern Illusion Art” |
| 2010 | limited edition graphics based on actual oil paintings |