Solo Exhibitions
2014 An Edge in the Ocean Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2011 How The Light Gets In Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California
2010 Particular Moment Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2008 Primal Logic Traver Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
2007 Light + Latitude SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC, Canada
2006 New Paintings Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Featured Artist Exhibition Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Washington
2004 Falls Traver Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
Recent Work Zeitgeist Art and Coffee, Seattle, Washington
2003 Fingerprints Torrefazione Italia, Seattle, Washington
2002 Unhuman Zeitgeist Art and Coffee, Seattle, Washington
StoneFree Shoreline Community College Gallery, Shoreline, Washington
Tom DeGroot Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
2001 Metroglyphs Torrefazione Italia,Seattle, Washington
Tom DeGroot Smith Tower Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Group Exhibitions
2016 American Painting Today V-2, curated by Matthew Offenbacher, Seattle, Washington
2014 Annual Abstract Exhibition Evergreen Association of Fine Arts, Seattle, Washington
10x10x10 Tieton Arts & Humanities, Tieton, Washington
2013 Arts Alive La Conner, Washington
10x10x10 Tieton Arts & Humanities, Tieton, Washington
2012 10x10x10 Tieton Arts & Humanities, Tieton, Washington
2011 Three Artists Rainier Club Seattle, Washington
The Chair Project Seattle Design Center, Seattle, Washington
2010 Toomey Tourell Fine Art Aqua Art, Miami, Florida
2009 By Degrees SOPA Fine Art, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Featured Artist Exhibition Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Northwest Artists Spokane Arts Commission, Spokane, Washington
Online exhibition Audiobulb Records, www.audiobulb.com
2008 Play Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Substance and Color Costello/Childs Contemporary, Phoenix, Arizona
2007 Common Threads Fresh Paint Art Advisors, Culver City, California
Life, Dot, Dot, Dot Artisans On Taylor, Port Townsend, Washington
2006 New Faces/New Work Costello/Childs Contemporary, Phoenix, Arizona
Expressions Northwest Port Townsend Arts Commission, Port Townsend, Washington
Recycled Art Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University Salem, Oregon
Border Crossings Sopa Fine Arts Kelowna, BC, Canada
2005 Featuring William Traver Gallery Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Summer Group Exhibition Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2004 Fresh Paint Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Material Witness Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington
2003 Northwest Annual Phinney Neighborhood Gallery, Juror Francine Seders, Seattle, Washington
Currents Chase Gallery, Spokane, Washington
2002 Artful Environments Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection, Federal Way, Washington
Anacortes Arts Festival Jurors Alden Mason, Mary Randlett, Anacortes, Washington
Gallery Artists Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
Awards
Grant for Artist Projects (GAP Grant), Artist Trust, 2008
Poncho Artistic Merit Award, 2008
Poncho Artistic Merit Award, 2006
Press
Traver Gallery Artists Transform Ordinary Materials Into Extraordinary Objects, Davison, Dave R.; Tacoma Weekly.
One Shot, published by Visual Codec, 2007
In Seattle Galleries, Hackett, Regina; Seattle Post Intelligencer, January 24, 2006
” Tom DeGroot is not true to his materials. He makes corrugated cardboard look like porcelain, spray paint and resin pooling in colored layers along irregular surfaces. There's a cool urban edge to his timeless elegance, and that's what gives it focus. ”
Collections
Microsoft Art Collection
Tacoma Art Museum
King County Portable Works
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Michael and Cathy Casteel
Russell Investment Group
Greg Robinson, Director, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Meridian Partnership Management