Tyrome Tripoli
BORN: Los Angeles California

EDUCATION:

1986-1990 University of California at San Diego Bachelors, May 1990 Major: Biochemistry Minor: Visual Arts

SUMMARY OF WORK:

2003-Present
Living and working in Brooklyn NY, making mixed material sculpture and architectural metal work. Interested in the integration between unlikely elements and their blending into any environment. www.TyromeTripoli.com

1994-Present
Melting Point Art Studios San Francisco, CA
Co-owner of Melting Point Gallery, Studios and Sculpture Garden, located in the historic Hamm’s Brewery building in the mission district of San Francisco. Melting Point Gallery provides exhibition, performance and event space for hundreds of local Bay Area artists throughout the year. Melting Point Studios consists of fifteen individual artists’ work studios

1990-Present
Design and build, metal sculpted furniture, architectural metal and blown glass. Designs are inspired from the ocean. Also produce a jewelry line using the lost wax casting method. www.TripoliDesigns.com

ARTIST RESIDENCY:

2001
Recology: San Francisco Refuse and Recycle Artist-in-Residence Program. This is a three month, stipend program awarded to 4 artists a year. Each artist is given 24 hour access to a fully equipped workshop and free reign of materials scavenged within the 40 acre refuse sorting facility. During the residency the artist’s main commitment was to make art and give talks to the many groups that tour the facility. www.recology.com/ index.php/recology-art

EXHIBITIONS:

“Appropriations”, Denise Bibro Fine Art, three person show, Nov, 2015
“My Art Is Irrelevant” Solo show Gallery Petite, Brooklyn 2015                                          
“Combinatoria” Galleria Pinta, Genoa Italy, 2015
“Deconstruction” Lesley Heller Project Space, NYC2014
“New and Now”, Bergen PAC, New Jersey, 2014
“Real on the Rock”, Bushwick open studios, 2014″
“Puzzles”, Galleria Capoverso, Solo show Genova Italia 2014
“Plastic Compossible Puzzles, Solo show Galleria Oblom, Torino, 2014
“Peripezie”, Sala 1, Rome Italy, 2014
Centotto, Bushwick Open Studios, June 2013
“Combinatoria” Torino, Italy, April 2013
“Project Vortex” Monmouth University Ice House Gallery Jan. 2013
“Art from the Boros” Denise Bibro Fine Art, Dec. 2012
“Bushwick Basel”, Intervention on Juls DeBalincourt’s gate June 2012
“Toy Stories”, West Port Art Center, Connecticut January 2012
“Itinerate Ones”, Curated by Juls de Ballincourt, Store Front, Sept 2011                                      
Brooklyn Bridge Park Sculpture Show, July 2011
Factory Fresh, Bushwick Brooklyn June 2011
Tribeca Project Space, Beth McNiell Art Group, April 2011
“Contained Excitement”, Cavin-Morris, NYC Dec.2010
“Appropriated Objects”, Michael Mut Gallery. NYC Dec. 2010
“ Upcycled”, Educational Alliance, NYC Dec. 2010
Project Vortex, “Convergence” Lumen House, Nov. 2010
Art Hamptons, Sculpture Garden, July 2010
Governor’s Island Outdoor Sculpture Show, June 2010
English Kills Art Gallery, April, 2010
Mc Neill Art Group, “The Garden”, March 2010
Pool Art Fair, Curiosity Room, March 2010
Tribeca Project Space, Mc Neill Art Group, Jan. 2010
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Outdoor Sculpture show, Aug. 2009
Art Hamptons Mc Neil Art Group July 2009
Bushwick Open Studios, June 2009
Found Architecture, Solo Show, M55 Art, LIC NY April 2009
“Y” Gallery, Queens NY, Solo Show, November 2008
Galeria Peccolo, Livorno Italy Solo Show, Sept. 2008
Brooklyn Park Outdoor Sculpture show, July-Sept. 2008
Scope Hamptons Mc Neil Art Group July 2008
Bushwick Open Studios, June 2008
New York Art and Design show, Park Ave Armory April 2008
Scope Miami Florida, Mc Neill Art Group 2007
“No Wake”, Diesel Gallery, Red Hook New York, Oct.2007
VERN in Tahoe, Sierra Tahoe College Gallery, Nevada, Oct.2007
Scope Hamptons NY, Mc Neil Art Group, July 2007
“Gas” Integrated Negative Space, Solo,55 Mercer Gallery NYC. 2007
“Schanze8”, Hamburg Germany, Opening Sept 23, 2006
“Hypertexturalities” Florence Lynch Gallery, Opening Sept. 8, 2006
“TransFormal”, Broadway Gallery, New York, 2006
“Vern in Heat”, New York, July 2006
“Inner Spaces/Outer Limits”,Walker’s Pt Ctr Arts, Milwaukee, March 06
“Blender” Sundaram Tagore Gallery, February 2006
“Transvisual”, Organization of Independent Artists, Jan 2006
“Something Beautiful” Soul Arch Gallery, San Francisco, Dec.10 2005
“Tiger Rain” Jaxon House Gallery ,Los Angeles, Dec. 8 2005
“Interjacent” Vern in Los Angeles, Oct1 2005
Rifiutto Riusato Ad Arte, Brescia Italy Oct.8 2005
“Unrestricted Visions”, Concepto Gallery Brooklyn, Sept.15 2005
Symposio, Cessalto, Italy June 5 2005
“Hand Sought” Los Angeles, May 13 2005
Caltrans Refuse, Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco April 21, 2005
“Temperature” Artist Network, New York March 18 2005
“Contrast in Context”Solo Show 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC 2004
Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA October 2004
Galleria Maria Cilena, Curator Roberto Peccolo, Milan Italy, Sept. 2004
Roshambo Winery Gallery, Sonoma CA Sept. 2004
Gallery @49th, New York, NY, Sept., 2004
22nd Annual BWAC Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY 2004
Canvas Gallery, San Francisco CA, June 2004
Espejo Gallery, Madrid Spain, May 2004
Vern at Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA, December 2003
Gallery @49th, New York, NY, November 2003
Tacheles, Vern is a“Perf 10”, Berlin, Germany, September 2003
111 Minna, “Surf Style”, San Francisco, CA, July 2003
X-Zincografia, “Open Space”, Venice, Italy, June 2003
Arte Contemporana Genova, “VERN”, Genoa, Italy, May 2003
Galleria Claudio Ruggieri, “Oil and water” Solo show Genoa, Italy 2003
473 Broadway Gallery, Vern has“Split Dreams”, NY, NY, April 2003
Museum of Romanian Literature, Bucharest, Romania, March 2003
SMOVA, Vern at ”The curatorial Eye”,Sonoma CA 2003
Melting Point, Vern is “Order Bipolar” San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2002
Culture Cache, “Skateboard Show” San Francisco, CA, 2002
Urban Lab, ”Explosions”, Chicago, IL, September 2002
Soap Box Gallery, “Reorganica” Los Angeles, CA, August 2002
Galleria Pinta puina, “Reorganica” Genoa, Italy, May 2002
Melting Point Gallery, “Reorganica” San Francisco, CA, April 2002
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco, CA, March 2002
San Francisco Refuse and Recycle Artist Residency Exhibition Jan. 2002
Southern Exposure Gallery “Think Again” San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2001
Istanbul Bienali, “Re: Duchamp” Travelling Exhibition, Turkey Sept. 2001
Southern Exposure Gallery, “Post Card show”, SF, CA, June 2001
Clos Pegase Winery, Calistoga, CA, June 2001
Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April 2001
Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford, Napa, CA 2000-2001
Garden de Vivre, Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999
San Francisco Garden Show, San Francisco, CA 1998
San Francisco Design Show, San Francisco, CA 1998
Chicago Design Show, Chicago, IL 1998
Melting Point Gallery Premiere, San Francisco, CA 1997
San Francisco Portfolio Group at LIMN, San Francisco, CA 1997
International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York, NY 1996
International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York, NY 1995
LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1994
Clyde Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1994
LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1993
Galleria Coltaire Mastaire, San Francisco, CA 1993
Clyde Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1993

PUBLISHED / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:

James Kalm Rough cuts, BOS 2014
Oblom, Torino, Dimmidi 2014
Oblom, Torino, Undo.net, 2014
Oblom, Torino, Oscrablog, 2014
Oblom, Torino, Tutto Citta, 2014
Oblom, Torino, Sun Salvario, 2014
Oblom, Torino, La Repubblica, 2014
Oblom, Torino, LaStampa, 2014
Sala 1, International Art Center Press 2014
Artnet.com Cavin-Morris, Jan. 2010
www.Cilchili.CZ, feature article print 6/09
ArtSlant.com, Exhibition “Y” Gallery, NYC, 2008
guide.supereva.it/creativita/interventi/2008/09/337723.shtml, 2008
Il Tirreno, Livorno Italy (newsprint) Sept. 8 2008
The Collection, Summit NJ Chamber of Commerce publication July 2007
The Brooklyn Eagle, “A Fender Bender, Not Quite”, BWAC Sculpture Show, July 2007
The Sun, “Taking Flight”, BWAC Sculpture show, July 2007
IN Brooklyn, “Still Flying”, BWAC Sculpture show, July 2007
Art News, Scope Hampton, July 2007
New York Arts Magazine, “Blender” April, 2006
KROV, channel 3 Sacramento TV, Caltrans campaign, April 21 2005
Sacramento Bee,“Campaign targets trash on the highways”. April 22 2005
Artshow.It, Sept. 2004
Extra Art, Italy, July-Sept 2004
www.GoBrooklyn.com, July 2004
Gaden Presents, www.gaden.jp, July 2004
Long boarder Quarterly, summer issue 200
3 The Bear Deluxe #20, The Art Issue, Fall 2003
PBS, “Spark,” July 2003 www.Artmargins.com, June 2003
Metro Active Art, metractive.com, Feb 200
3 North Bay Bohemian, January 2003
New Haven Register, September 2002
San Francisco Chronicle, August 2002
www.nyartsmagazine.com, November 2001
Click Magazine, March 2001
KUSF radio station, April 2000
San Francisco Chronicle, October 2000
Yerba Buena Guide, October 2000
SOMA Magazine, November 1999
www.casamagazine.com/travel.sanfrancisco.html, Nov.1999
Design Times, August 1999
San Francisco Weekly, June 23, 1999
www.bayarea.citysearch.com, June 10, 1999
Design Journal, November 1998
Furniture Style, September 1998
Cover of San Francisco Design and Furniture Show Directory, July 1998 www.bayarea.citysearch.com, February 16, 1998
Custom Woodworking Business, July 1996
Los Angeles Times, May 11, 1996
Italian Interni, June 1995