Tony Shore is a Baltimore-based artist recognized for his paintings on black velvet that often depict the blue-collar life of his hometown. He received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and his MFA from Yale University School of Art. He also studied at the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. His awards include The Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize, The Bethesda Painting Prize, a Baltimore Artist Rubys Grant, a Franz and Virginia Bader Grant, several Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards, and most recently the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore’s Artist Travel Prize. Tony has exhibited his work at the United Nations, Lincoln Center, the Baltimore Museum of Art, The Delaware Art Museum, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, The Noyes Museum, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, the Kunstalle Beacon, George Adams Gallery, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Gavlak Gallery, and Carlye Packer Gallery as well as many other galleries throughout the U.S. He has also shown internationally in France and numerous Museums in China. He is currently represented by Anna Zorina Gallery in New York City.

Alumni Affiliation

Painting BFA, '93