Rosemont College Showcasing Local Artist's Work

ROSEMONT, PA — A local digital artist specializing in photography, sound, and video work will have his work featured at Rosemont College at a new exhibition.

The Patricia M. Nugent Gallery at Rosemont College will host an exhibit called “IMAGE/MOTION/SOUND.”

The exhibit is a collection of recent photographs and video works by Thomas Porett. It will be exhibited Jan. 16, 2020 through Feb. 13, 2020.

An Opening Reception will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Jan. 16, 2020, including a Gallery Talk at 4:30 p.m.

Porett is known for his utilization of cutting-edge technology to create impactful imagery of the natural world and the human condition. His video work creates a mesmerizing combination of observed patterns in nature combined with original soundtracks that he creates using digital and analog synthesis.

The artist, who lives in Ardmore, is a pioneer in digital imagery and has created a half-century of photography, sound, and video work, participating in shows and projects around the world. His video works are shared at online here and his sound works at online here.

Porett has recently shown his work in solo and group exhibitions including “A Survey of Color Photography from its Prehistory to the Present Day,” Haverford College, 2018, “Sun Deck” at the University of the Arts, 2018, “Small Things Considered II” at the Laurence Miller Gallery, NYC, 2016.

His video work "Hà Nội” was selected for inclusion in the Online Digital Gallery D-ART 2016 at the International Conference Information Visualisation iV 2016, and the International Conference “Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization” CGIV 2016. His video work “On China Sea” was selected for inclusion in the ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 2016: RADICAL ATOMS, in Linz, Austria.

He has also recently been included in shows in Portugal, Istanbul, Paris, Berlin and Bulgaria.

His varied education background includes a Bachelor of Science in American Intellectual History, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a Master of Science in Photography from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. In addition, he has made special study of synthesizer techniques and electronic music composition at the Philadelphia Musical Academy and participated in an intensive workshop in holography at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL.

Porett has taught photography and computer art at the School of Visual Arts, New York City, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Moore College of Art, Institute of Design. He has received multiple awards for his work and for teaching including a Guggenheim Fellowship - Photography, UICA research grant, UArts Faculty Grants, and a Lindback award for distinguished teaching.

The Patricia M. Nugent Gallery is in the Lawrence Hall on the campus of Rosemont College, 1400 Montgomery Ave. in Rosemont.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by appointment.

For more information call (610) 527-0200, extension 2967.