Tom Pfannerstill, Miller High Life, Trompe l'Oeil Hyperrealism Decay Art

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Tom Pfannerstill was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1951. He earned is bachelor’s degree in 1975 from Western Kentucky University. … Read more Tom Pfannerstill was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1951. He earned is bachelor’s degree in 1975 from Western Kentucky University. Pfannerstill has been a full-time studio artist since 1986. He has been awarded prestigious fellowships, including one from The Kentucky Arts Council in 2001. Pfannerstill’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States since 1990, and is part of collections at notable establishments including the Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan, Bellarmine College in Kentucky, and the Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences in Indiana. Pfannerstill currently lives and works in Louisville, Kentucky.

He is well known for his recreations of found-objects portraying banal, everyday artifacts including: trash, food, paintbrushes, waste, clothing, and more. His artwork deals with consumerism and generated human waste. Pfannerstill’s work is unconventional, incredibly realistic, and often requires a double-take to realize that these ordinary objects are intentionally and lovingly crafted.

2014 – “Photorealism: The Everyday Illuminated,” Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

2011 – “A Night at the Circus,” Permanent Installation, Kosair Childrensʼ Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky

2010 – “Blue Wall with Random Thoughts,” Norton-Kosair Childrenʼs Medical Center East, Louisville, Kentucky

2010 – “Thomas Pfannerstill: From the Street,” Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada

2009 – “Small Packages,” Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee

2009 – Gallery at 916, Bowling Green, Kentucky

2008 – “The Grand Illusion: Realistic and Abstract Illusions in Contemporary Art,” Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, New York

2007 – “From the Street,” O.K.Harris Works of Art, New York, New York

2006 – Gallery Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky

2005 – “Blue,” Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky

2005 – “Samplings,” Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky

2004 – “Seeing is Believing: American Trompe lʼoeil,” New Britian Museum of American Art, New Britian, Connecticut

2003 – “Aggregations,” Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky

2002 – O.K.Harris Works of Art, New York, New York

2002 – “Photorealism: The Liff Collection,” Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida

2001 – “Virtual Reality,” Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee

2000 – Galerie Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky

1999 – “15 Years on Main Street, Invitational Exhibition,” Kentucky Arts and Crafts Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky

1998 – “The Theater of Self-Invention: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art,” J. B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

1997 – “Heads,” Inaugural Exhibition in the New Galerie Hertz Location, Louisville, Kentucky

1996 – “Ivan Karp: The Face of Contemporary Art,” Centre College, Danville, Kentucky

1995 – O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, New York

1994 – O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, New York

1993 – Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY

1992 – “From the Street,” Sandler-Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

1991 – Gallery Hertz, Louisville, Kentucky

1990 – “Urban Visions,” Bellarmine College, Louisville, Kentucky See less