PAINTER OF LOWER MANHATTAN’S EVER-CHANGING SKYLINE

Todd Stone (b.1951) is an American master of watercolor & a prolific oil painter; his most renowned work over the last two decades examines both the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, and the ongoing resilience, recovery, and rebound of Lower Manhattan.

 
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Todd’s portfolio boasts an elegiac culmination of 30 years of painting the Downtown Skyline from his studio window in TriBeCa.

 

2016

Rendering the Unthinkable - Artists Respond to 9/11

© September 11 Memorial & Museum

2011

Witness II Downtown Rising

© BlowbackTV

Current Press

Solo Exhibitions

2021 NYC Culture Club, Oculus World Trade Center, NYCRENEWAL

2018-2021 World Trade Center, 71st Floor, NYC Witness Downtown Rising

2017 Conrad Hotel, NYC Studies in Resilience

2015-16 4 World Trade Center, 67th Floor NYC Witness Downtown Rising

2013 Nurture Nature Center, Easton, PA Midstream

2011 7 World Trade Center, 48th Floor, NYC Witness Downtown Rising

2008-2014 Palisades Community Gallery, PA Art for Conservation-Artists of the Gallows Run

2010 Puffin Cultural Forum Teaneck NJ Reclaiming Vistas: Post 9/11 Urban Perspectives

2009 Terna Prize for Contemporary Art 02 Finalist, Rome Italy Energy: Humanity = Future: Environment

2008 Redbone Gallery, Islamorada, Florida Keys Islamorada

2007 Midlantic Gallery Arts Consortium Perkasie PA Midstream at Narrows

2006 James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania Witness

2005 Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NY, NY Art: A Reflection Of Community

2005-2006 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council at C.B. Ellis, NY Downtown Views

2004 Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA Witness

2004 Opeloussas Museum of Art. NY New York Show

2003 Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX Witness

2003 Wichita Falls Museum, Wichita Falls, TX Pools And Reflections

2003 Steinhart Conservatory, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, NY In The Garden- Todd Stone

2003 Waterworks Art Center, Salisbury, NC. June 6-August 24 Pools and Reflections

2003 Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa Texas. March 20-May 25 Fluid Images

2002 MMC Gallery Marymount Manhattan College, NY In Response

2002 Drama Loft Production East Hampton, NY Zona Cena

2002 The Museum of the City of New York, NY Manhattan Skylines

2002 Bronx River Art Center, NY Living In The Shadows

2002 Exit Art Gallery New York, NY Reactions

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021 NYC Culture Club, New York, NY

2018 National 9/11 Memorial Museum, New York, NY

2017 National 9/11 Memorial Museum, New York, NY

2011 LaGuardia College Gallery, Long Island City, NY

2011 Long Island, NY. LaGuardia College Gallery

2010 Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ

2005 Neiman Gallery, Columbia U., New York, NY

2005 Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY

2005 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY

2005 Viet Nam Gallery, NY Tribeca Film Festival Art Awards

2004 Opelousas Museum of Art, Opelousas, LA

2003 National Academy of Design, New York, NY

2003 Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte di Firenze, Italy

2003 Florence, Italy Biennale Internazionale Dell’arte Contemporanea

2002 The New York Historical Society, New York, NY

2002 The Museum of the City of New York, NY

2002 Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY

2002 The New York Historical Society, NY 9/11-One Year Later

2000 Olympic Museum, Lake Placid, NY

1999 Delaware Center of Contemporary Art, Wilmington

1998 Bucknell University Art Gallery, Lewisburg, PA

1997 Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

1997 The State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA

1995 Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA

1994 Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY

1987 112 Greene Street, New York, NY

1984 Internazionale D'Arte, Todi, Italy

1983 Basel Art Fair, Switzerland (1983–-86)

1983 Arte Cologne, Germany (1983–-86)

1983 Sutton Gallery, New York, NY

1982 Arras Gallery, New York, NY

1977 Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY

1974 Museum of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM

Awards & Grants

2011 Pa. River of the Year poster

2009 Terna Prize Finalist

2005 Pew Foundation Finalist

2004 John Anson Kittredge Fund

2003 Abbey Fund Mural Fellowship, National Academy of Art

2003 Puffin Foundation

1999 Mayfair Award in Painting

1997 State Museum of PA. Painting Award

1976 National Endowment Fellowship in Painting

1975 Lawrence Museum Purchase Award

1974 U. of Albuquerque Watercolor Award

Selected Collections

First Manhattan, New York, NY

Art in Embassies Program, Washington, DC

Atlantic Richfield Corporation, SF, CA

Banco Nationale de Lavoro, Rome, Italy

Bankers Trust Corporation, New York, NY

Brown Forman Distilleries, Louisville, KY

Cabrini Hospice, New York, NY

Chubb Insurance, Warren, NJ

Citicorp, New York, NY

Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH

Hypobank, Hamburg, Germany

Hypobank, Lubeck, Germany

James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA

Lake Placid Lodge, Lake Placid, NY

Lufthansa Airlines, Munich, Germany

Museum of the City of New York, NY, NY

Museum of the City of New York, NY

Napa Valley Opera, Napa, CA

Pace Collection, Dallas, TX

Readers Digest Inc., Purchase, NY

RJ Reynolds, Winston-Salem, NC

Stone Energy Corporation, Lafayette, LA

Time Warner Inc, New York, NY

Unilever Corporation, Hamburg, Germany

Williams College Museum, Williamstown, MA

National September 11th Memorial Museum

Bibliography

2021 Finding Daylight Documentary Film

2021 “Images of War in Contemporary Art: Terror & Conflict in the Mass Media” Uroš Cvoro, Kit Messham-Muir

2020 “Art in Conflict’ Kit Meesham-Muir and Urso Cvaro, University of Sydney

2020 “A Century Downtown- A Visual History of Lower Manhattan” by Matt Kapp powerhouse Books

2016 “Beyond Imagination: Artists React to 9/11” Hannah Furfaro, The Wall Street Journal

2016 “9/11 Museum to Open its First Art Exhibition in September” Colin Moynihan, The NY Times

2016 “Artists Do the Unthinkable on 9/11 Anniversary” Will Pavia, The Times UK

2016 “Art in the World trade Center” Darren Ealtrowitz, Downtown Magazine

2014 Summer 2 InQ Todd Stone, who documented the rebirth of the World Trade Center, kicks off ArtsQuest’s new artist series. by Rylee Maron

2014 The Intelligencer: Gwen Shrift A painter keeps pace with the reconstruction of ground zero

2014 The Morning CallWith bird's-eye view of rebirth of World Trade Center, Bucks artist captures 'Downtown Rising' By Tim Higgins

2011 “Witness Downtown Rising” Essays by Nancy Princental, Jan Ramirez

2011 “Witness Downtown Renga”, film by Nikhil Melnechuk, Bowery Arts

2012 Bucks Life Magazine, Avery Greene, September

2011 The Art Newspaper, Bonnie Rosenberg November

2011 Tribeca Trib, Carl Glassman,October

2011 Spiegel TV Germany, Karin Assmann 9/11/11

2011 Sudquest France ,Stephanie Fontenoy 9/11/11

2011 Queens Chronicle, Paula Neudork 9/16/11

2011 Chicago Tribune, Mark Lennihan 9/11/11

2011 Fox CT TV, Anthony DiLorenzo 9/9/11

2011 The Independent UK, Tom Sutcliffe 9/9/11

2011 City Journal, Nicole Gelinas, 9/8/11

2011 About.com Art History, Beth Cersh-Nesic

2011 Assoiciated Press, Ula Ilnytzky, 9/6/11

2011 Bloomberg Radio, The Hayes Advantage, 8/22

2011 Doylestown Intelligencer Amanda Cregan

2011 CBC TV The National David Common 8/17

2011 Huffington Post , Paul Needham, 7/29/11

2011 TV Japan Club, Sawako Fukuchi 6/13/11

2011 NY1, Bobby Cuza 5/21/11

2010 Fox News ,9/16/2010 Rise of Freedom

2009 Tribeca Trib, January

2007 Harpers Magazine, July

2006 Moss-Coane,Marty Radio Times WHYY, 9/11/06

2006 Dormant,Linda. Philly Art Matters Cover 9/06

2006 Publisher’s Weekly Cover 8/21/06

2006 Sozanski, Edward. Philadelphia Enquirer 8/6/06; 9/9/06

2006 Wartenberg,Steve.TheMorning Call 7/21/06

2006 Hess, Rebecca. The Express-Times 7/21/06

2006 Stoekert,Anthony. Princeton Time Off 8/3/06

2006 Enoch-Rex,Cassidy. Princeton US 1 8/16/06

2005 Hann, Christopher. Art & Antiques Magazine, January)

2005 Richardson,Clem The New York Daily News. August 1

2004 Meagher, Tom. Herald News. September 11 (article)

2004 Gehmann, Geoff. The Morning Call. Sept. 11 (article)

2004 Briggs, Stacy. Doylestown Intelligencer. Sept. 9 (repro)

2004 Guhl, Kevin J. Delaware Valley News. August 26

2002 Laura Mirsky. Delaware Valley News. Sept. 5 (article)

1996 A Collection of American Art, US Embassy Guatemala

1995 of Works on Paper Berkshire Museum,

1994 Belden, Michael. Hudson Valley Magazine, March

1994 Raynor, Vivien. Review, The New York Times, 1/23

1988 Plattny, Cornelia, Hamburger Abendblatt, November

1984 Albrecht, Herbert. Review Hamburg Die Welt. 9/21.

1984 Art Cologne Internationier Kunstmarkt

1983 Harris, Susan A. Review, Arts Magazine, May. 112 Greene Street Workshop History, NYU Press

1980 Findsen, Owen. Cincinnati Enquirer, February 20.

1979 Koether, Philip. Review, Art/World Magazine, Nov.

1979 Plummer, Leslie. Review, New York Arts Journal, Nov.

1977 Perrault, John. Ten Downtown Soho News Volume 4

1977 Alloway, Lawrence. Ten Downtown Ten Years

Education

1969 Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA.

1969 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.

1974 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. B.F.A.