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Tom Anderson was born in 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of a jazz musician. He received his AA degree from Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, in 1971 and his BA from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, in 1973.
In 1973, he co-founded Mansion Glass Studios in Olympia, winning national and local recognition for the design and fabrication of architectural art glass commissions.
Anderson attended the Pilchuck Glass School from 1986-89, first as a teaching assistant to Henry Halem, then on a scholarship with Susan Stinsmuhlen-Amend, and as a teaching assistant in the advanced graduate program, specializing in glass casting and enamel kiln firing.
In 1990 Anderson established his own studio in Olympia, to pursue his expanding interest in painting, metal fabrication, mixed media construction, and printmaking.
Anderson’s work is represented in galleries in Oregon, Washington, California, Florida, and New Mexico. He exhibits regularly, and his work can be found in more than 500 public and private collections.
