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ARTIST RÉSUMÉ
NAME:
DON O. THORPE
ADDRESS: 1087 SOUTH 1100 EAST, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84105
PHONE: 801-582-6019
CELL PHONE: 801-897-8575
E-mail: donothorpe@gmail.com
PERSONAL SUMMARY
I was born in Southern Utah and grew up in Northern California.
I studied general education and art at North Sacramento Jr.
College and art and photography at The University of Utah,
Brigham Young University and Utah State University. Over the
years, I have been involved with many audio-visual productions
and stage plays, along with art exhibits and publications. From
the very beginning I have followed an on-going experimentation
with Impressionist photography.
EXHIBITS
Selected Solo Exhibits:
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GALLERY 240 – Abstract Impressionism
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PATRICK MOORE GALLERY – Two Exhibits: Vive la France &
Eclectic French
● UTAH ARTS COUNCIL – Photographic Impressionism
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ECCLES COMMUNITY ART CENTER – Don Thorpe Anthology
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LIBBY GARDNER CONCERT HALL – The Middle East: People of
Promise
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SPRINGVILLE MUSEUM OF ART – Joseph, Joseph, Joseph -- 200th
anniversary of Joseph Smith
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SALT LAKE CITY ARTS COUNCIL – Inside Israel
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PARK CITY ARTS FESTIVAL – Rural America
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GALLERY 268 – Black & White Utah
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CARLING GALLERY – Retrospective Exhibit
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INKLEYS PHOTO STORE – Two Retrospective Exhibits
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UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY – Master of Fine Arts Exhibit
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BYU HARRIS FINES ARTS CENTER – One Man B&W Photography Show
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ANDERSON FOOTHILL LIBRARY – Photo Impressionism
Selected Group Exhibits:
● ART
CENTER FACULTY EXHIBIT
● ECCLES
COMMUNITY ART CENTER – Utah Photographers Invitational Exhibit
● LDS
INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBIT – Juried Exhibit
● MORMON
FESTIVAL OF ART – International Invitational Exhibit
● NEW
YORK COLISEUM – International Photography Fair Invitational
Exhibit
● SALT
LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT’S ART SHOW – Juried Exhibit
● SPRINGVILLE
MUSEUM OF ART – Annual Spring Salon Juried Exhibit
● SPRINGVILLE
MUSEUM OF ART – Eyes Wide Open Juried Exhibit
● SUNDANCE
– Hole In The Wall Exhibit with an award from Robert Redford
SELECTED AWARDS
● CALIFORNIA
STATE FAIR - 1st place ribbon
● FESTIVAL
OF MORMON ARTS - featured in the commemorative book
● MORMON
ARTS FESTIVAL - honorable mention – the only photographer given
an award at the festival
● NATIONAL
NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHY – Several awards in Utah, and one in
National competition
● SUNDANCE
HOLE IN THE WALL EXHIBIT - 1st prize (presented by Robert
Redford)
● UTAH
STATE FAIR - awards from Best in Show to numerous 1st, 2nd, and
3rd place ribbons
SELECTED AUDIO-VISUAL ART PRESENTATIONS
● CONFERENCE
ON WORLD HUNGER WITH JOHN DENVER – Large screen photo background
● GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE – Photo production
about the trans-continental railway
● ISRAEL
REVEALED – Co-produced 6 documentary video tapes shown on
broadcast television
● IT’S
MY LIFE – Large screen photographic background for the stage
play by Lex de Azevedo
● LAKE
SEMINOLE VISITORS CENTER FLORIDA – Large screen photographic
audio-visual production
● MUSEUM
OF THE YELLOWSTONE – Large screen photographic audio-visual
production
● PROMISED
VALLEY – Large screen photographic background for the pioneer
celebration stage play
● SATURDAY’S
WARRIOR – Large screen photographic background for the stage
play
● STARCHILD
– Large screen photographic sequences and background for the
stage play
● THREADS
OF GLORY –Award winning large screen photographic production for
the stage play
● TROLLEY
SQUARE – Large screen audio-visual production for the opening of
Trolley Square
● WIZARD
OF OZ – Large screen photographic background for the stage play
● ZION
– Large screen photographic sequences for the LDS Church
Sesquicentennial stage play
PUBLICATIONS
●
Author and photographer for the book, AMPHOTO GUIDE TO AVAILABLE
LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY published in New York.
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Photographer illustrator for the book, ISRAEL
REVEALED
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Photographs featured in books about the Holy
Land: ON HOLY GROUND and THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.
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Published in magazine articles as writer and photographer:
THE ENSIGN and NEW ERA MAGAZINES, CAMERA 35, MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY
and others.
COLLECTIONS
Art prints in several private collections – including two Utah
Arts Council members, a former Salt Lake City mayor, a former
head of the art department at Utah State University, and an
individual art collector in New York City, along with numerous
prints hung in a variety of private homes and businesses.
EDUCATION
● Art
program at Sacramento Junior College in Sacramento, California
● Bachelor’s degree in Art and Psychology at Brigham
Young University, Provo, Utah
● Master of Fines Arts program at Utah State University,
Logan, Utah
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