Tom Zizzo
Artist Statement
I am a Bay Area based painter whose work explores color, structure, and emergence through layered oil paintings. My practice draws on a background in science and graphic design, shaping a process grounded in careful observation and visual clarity. Influenced by the rhythms of the natural world my paintings are meant to be experienced slowly. Meaning is not fixed in advance but unfolds through looking, as the eye follows the accumulated paths that brought the image into being.
I have exhibited at many juried art shows, and also received critical recognition including the Judges Award for the Art in the Redwoods exhibit at Gualala Arts Center.
Solo Art Exhibitions:
2026 Point Richmond Gallery
2026 Corte Madera Library Gallery
2025, Mill Valley Arts Commission / M.V. Community Center: “Windows of Color”
2024, Loft - O’Hanlon Center for the Arts: “Moods of Travel”
2022, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts: “Geometry of Color”
2022, Smith Ranch Homes Gallery: “Moments of Transition”
2022, Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce: “Passing Seasons”
Juried Art Exhibitions:
2026, “Abstracting Nature The Gallery / Belvedere Tiburon Library
2025, “Small Works Show” Gallery Sausalito
2025, “Art Inspired by Literature” The Gallery / Belvedere Tiburon Library
2025, “Artists’ Narratives” The Gallery / Belvedere Tiburon Library
2025, “MCF” Art Showcase” Marin Community Foundation, Juried by Micah le Brun (MOS)
2025, “Lyrical”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Orin Carpenter
2025, “Chaos”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Chester Arnold
2024, “Blue”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Sarah Shepard
2024, “Wabi Sabi”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Dart and Ester Cherk
2024, “show Stopper Series” 2358 MRKT Gallery, San Francisco, Juried by Kalie Capadona
2024, “Dualities” O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Bonnie Powers and Jeffrey Levin
2024, “Colors in Art: Voices Soft and Loud” The Gallery / Belvedere Tiburon Library
2024 “A Gathering of Color” Falkirk Cultural Center
2023, “Art & Ecology” O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Obi Kaufmann
2023, “Altered Worlds” Marin MOCA, Juried by Chester Arnold
2022, “Wabi Sabi”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Naomi Kubota Lee
2022, “Red”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Jen Tough of Jen Tough Gallery
2022, “Flora and Fauna II”, Ruby Livingdesign, Juried by Sally Coté
2022, “Strictly Abstract”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Emebet Korn of Desta Gallery
2022, “Monochromatic Exhibit”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Suzanne Gray of Seager Gray Gallery
2021, “Local Inspiration”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Dr. Natasha Boas
2021, “A Moment of Reflection”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Emebet Korn of Desta Gallery
2020, “Art in the Redwoods”, Gualala Arts Center, Judges Award, Juried by Nikki Vismara and Sylvia Paret
2019, “Winter White”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Lorna Stevens
2019, “Fresh from the Studio”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Juried by Cayen Robertson and Kris Gordon
Other Art Shows:
2026 - 2022, Marin Open Studios, Sausalito Center for the Arts
2026 - 2019, Annual Member’s Show, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
2026 - 2022, Club Evexia
2025 - 2023, Mill Valley Artist’s Show at Bank of Marin
2024, “Team Works”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts
2024, 2023, 2022, Marin Open Studios pop-up, Bon Air Center
2023, Moonstruck Fine Jewelry
2023, Mill Valley Recreation Art Show
2022, “Art in the Redwoods”, Gualala Arts Center
2022, “First Thursdays Salon”
2021, “Art in the Redwoods”, Gualala Arts Center, Judge’s Award
2019, “Art in the Redwoods”, Gualala Arts Center
Publications:
2025 - 2022, Marin Magazine, May, Marin Open Studios Tour Guide Insert
2022, Marin Magazine, November 2022, “Out & About – Spotlight”
2022, Marin Independent Journal, Lifestyles Sunday 3/6/22
2021, Marin Independent Journal, Lifestyles Arts 12/30/21
Education and Art Workshops:
2026 - 2021 Facilitator for First Friday Art Fourm at OHAC
2024 Mendocino Art Center, with Mira M. White
2023 ICB Art Center, Sausalito, with Andrew Faulkner
2023 ICB Art Center, Sausalito, with Gordon Studer
2021 Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, with Bernard Healey
2018-2020 College of Marin, including Chester Arnold
U.C. Berkeley, B.S. Conservation of Natural Resources (Microbiology)
