Mym Tuma

Painting, Visual Artist

1940 –

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Who is Mym Tuma?

Born in Berwyn, Illinois, Mym Tuma aka Marilynn Thuma, studied at Northwestern University in Evanston; at Stanford University in California and at New York University. After graduation, she experimented with three-dimensional works in her studio that she set up in Lake Chapala, Mexico.

An exhibit of her work hung in Edens Gallery Nov. 6-30, 1987 during Columbia College’s “Georgia O'Keeffe Centennial Celebration.” Tuma first met O’Keeffe in 1964 and during the following decade the two artists discovered several common interests, including an enthusiasm for each other’s art. This is shown from the various handwritten letters between Georgia O'Keeffe and Tuma which was found on OkeeffeAndMe.com

A pastel exhibition curated by Henry Geldzahler, former Curator of 20th Century Painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, hung at the Clayton Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton. In 1992 she lectured at the Brooklyn Museum. Tuma is a charter member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and exhibits her unique synthesis of sculptured paintings. She works on the East End of Long Island, NY and some examples of her work are on display at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, DC.

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Born
1940
Berwyn
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Northwestern University
Lived in
  • Berwyn

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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