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.
Todd’s portfolio boasts an elegiac culmination of 30 years of painting the Downtown Skyline from his studio window in TriBeCa.
Current Press
N/A9/11 Memorial MuseumRENDERING THE UNTHINKABLE - ARTISTS RESPOND TO 9/11
February 2022The Tribeca Trib 'FUTURE DREAMS, PAST NIGHTMARES': A 20-YEAR PASSION FOR PAINTING THE WTC
November 2021Downtown Magazine023 DOWNTOWN MAGAZINE NYC ART ISSUE 2017
October 2021ReutersARTISTS PAINT, & HEAL, HIGH ABOVE LOWER MANHATTAN
September 20219/11 Memorial MuseumTODD STONE: DOCUMENTING DISASTER, DOCUMENTING REBIRTH
September 2021American HeritageWITNESS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
September 2021AMNY9/11 20 YEARS LATER: 20 YEARS OF TRAUMA IN OVER 40 PAINTINGS BY ARTIST TODD STONE IN REMEMBRANCE OF 9/11
September 2021Tribeca CitizenPAINTER TODD STONE CAPTURED THE EVENTS OF 9/11 & EVERY DAY SINCE
September 2021Downtown AllianceRENEWAL AT NYC CULTURE CLUB
September 2021Bucks County HeraldBY THE WAY: AN ELEGY THAT CONTINUES
September 2021Scarsdale InquirerARTIST DOCUMENTS GROUND ZERO DEVASTATION, RECOVERY & RENEWAL
June 2021Tribeca Film FestivalNEW YORK ARTISTS SHARE DOODLES FOR TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
June 2021 Tribeca Film FestivalART IS NEW YORK | NEW YORK IS ART
June 2021 NYC Culture ClubRESURGENCE GROUP SHOW & PRESS RELEASE
June 2021 NYC Culture ClubSEPTEMBER SOLO SHOW PRESS RELEASE
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.