selected bibliography

Abeledo, Guillermina. Espíritu Vitreaux. Debut: Antología del Diseño (Argentina), 29 May, 2011

Anderson, Michael. Tom Fruin @ Y Gallery: LES NYC. Whitehot Magazine, May 21, 2011

Abate, Daniel, et al. Arte emergente en el Barrio Joven Chandon. Diario de Cultura (Argentina), May 19, 2011

Mazzei, Marcela. El artista emergente que vino del Norte. Revista Ñ (Argentina), May 19, 2011

Arte contemporáneo para mirar y admirar, La Nacion (Argentina), May 19, 2011

Bee-Shyuan Chang. Scene City: Where Neon was the New Black, The New York Times, May 18, 2011

Sidell, Misty White. The Fluoro Ball Was Kind of Like Prom Night For Fashion’s Scenesters. Fashionista, May 18, 2011

HFL Staff. Flourescent Ball: Modern Museum of Arts & Design Center. Hotel Fashionland, May 17th, 2011

Studeman, Kristin. Social intelligence: Day-Glo Goes Nighttime. Style, May 17, 2011

Campbell, Rebecca. Kaleidoscope of light by Tom Fruin. Let’s Colour Project, May 10, 2011

Silver, Rebecca. Tom Fruin. 10 Answers, May 3, 2011

Gershkovich, Evgenia. _________Mezzanine magazine (Russia), May, 2011

Knafo, Robert. Tom Fruin. Contemporary Art - NewArtTV [internet television], April 30, 2011

Ferreyra, Carmen. Neon Rumbles of War. Arte al Dia International. April 23, 2011

Eyeswoon, Tom Fruin uses reclaimed plexiglass to build a refuge from urban life. Made In Slant, April 14th, 2011

Utopians. Dir. Zbigniew Bzymek. Perf. Jim Fletcher. Made Up Language, 2011. Film.

Tom Fruin – Kolonihavehus, 2010. ARHITEXT Magazine (Romania), April, 2011

KIADÓ ÉKSZERDOBOZ. Octogon Architecture and Design (Hungary), April 2011

Aluga-Se esta Casa. Gloss Magazine (Brazil), April 2011

Review. Misplaced Modernist, March 25, 2011

Muis, Robert. Theatraal Tuinhuis. AWM Architecture Magazine (Netherlands), Magazine (Netherlands), March 22, 2011

Foreste in ufficio e moda firmata dalle eco-celeb. Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy), March 7, 2011

Kolonihavehus: O Simples Colorido de Tom Fruin. Obvious Magazine (Brazil), March 1, 2011

The Stained Glass Art House by Tom Fruin. Juxtapoz, February 14, 2011

Sinead. Kolonihavehus | Tom Fruin. UAP Urban Art Projects, February 7, 2011

___________Tom Fruin’s Outdoor Sculpture - Kolonihavehus. Goooood (China), January 29, 2011

Kolonihavehus, Tom Fruin. WeHeart, January 28, 2011

Relaxnews. Weekly Design Dictionary. The Independent (UK) January 7, 2011

Tikos, Bill. Tom Fruin’s Outdoor Sculpture - Kolonihavehus. The Cool Hunter, January 6, 2011

Meinhold, Brodgette. Candy Colored Copenhagen Pavilion Made of Reclaimed Plexiglass. Inhabitat, October 28, 2010

__________Luxist (Japan), October 27, 2010

Tristan. Kolonihavehus par Tom Fruin. Journal du Design (France), October 21, 2010

erica db. Tom Fruin: Kolonihavehus. Designboom, October 18, 2010

O’Brian, Glenn. Miami Art Week Wrap-Up. The GQ Eye, January 12, 2010

Humphrey, David and Geoff Kaplan. Blind Handshake, Periscope Publishing (2009)

Holt, Steven Skov and Mara Holt Skov, Manufractured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects, Chronicle Books, New York (2009)

Travel Channel. (2008). Samantha Brown’s Passports to Great Weekends: Brooklyn [Television series episode]. Atlanta: Cox Communications Company

McQuaid, Cate. Not-so-cozy quilts, The Boston Globe, July 6, 2006, p. C6

Cook, Greg. Tom Fruin’s Bad Habits, The Phoenix, July 11, 2006

Miokovic, Alex and Heidi Nichisher. The extremes of “extreme,” Rochester City News, April 6, 2006

Hubrecht, Jane van Lanschot. Geneva, Contemporary, no. 78, 2006, p. 14

Polston, Pamela. Finding Her Place, Seven Days, July 13, 2005

Galloway, Anne. Their Own Terrain, The Times Argus, July 8, 2005

Johnson, Richard. Drug Art Sails by Inspectors, The New York Post, April 9, 2005

Astudillo, Godofredo (Director). (2004). Fruin [Documentary film]. New York, NY

Michael Paglia. Prescription for Success, Westword, November 11, 2004

Sider, Sandra. Tom Fruin’s “Flags”, Surface Design, Fall 2004, p. 30

Mendelsohn, Meredith. Tom Fruin at Mike Weiss Gallery, Artnews, May 2004, p. 151

Paine Bradbury, Andrew. Tom Fruin - “Starfucker,” Free Williamsburg, February 2004

Savannah, Gae. Tom Fruin at Mike Weiss Gallery, Flash Art, March-April 2004, p. 62

Parker, Lauren. Addicted to Fashion, Accessories, March 2004

Fruin, Tom (2003). Starfucker (Board book). With an essay by Mark Van de Walle. New York, NY: Mike Weiss Gallery.

Corporal Identity: Body Language, 9th Triennial for Form and Content, Frankfurt: Musuem Fur Angewandte Kunst, 2003

McGlazer, Ramsey. Rehashing the Grid, or How to Make an Urban Quilt, Museo 6, Spring 2003

Garry, Gregory. High Art, Flaunt, December 2002

Kostabi, Mark. Mark Kostabi on Tom Fruin, Shout, April/May 2002, p.14

Bach, Deborah. Finding The Stuff of Art in the Gutter, The New York Times, April 2002

Honigman, Ana. Review, Time Out NY, April 11-18, 2002

Johnson, Richard. Star Buys Some Real Art, The New York Post, April 2002, p.6

Robinson, Walter. Weekend Update, Artnet.com, April 2002

Scott, Debra. Getting In With The Art Crowd, New York Post, January 2002, p.50

McCormick, Carlo. Nickel Bag Art, High Times, September 2001, p. 28.

Kalm, James. City Rhythms @ the Pelham Art Center, NYARTS, April 2001

Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. Thomas Fruin’s Quilt, Black Book, Winter 2001, p.33

Lehrer, Vivian. WKCR, Art Attack [Radio], 2000

Trujillo, Daniel. Shadow Boxer: Stage Sculptor Tom Fruin, Shout, December 2000

Readers, Harper’s, November 2000, p.24

Plasse, Dana. NEWS-ART indieplanet.com, November 17, 2000




permanent collections

The Hanck Collection at the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Richard J. Massey Foundation for Arts and Sciences, New York, NY
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York, NY
The Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Chambers Hotel, 13 West 56th Street, New York, NY
Buenos Aires Design Center (Centro Metropolitano de Diseño), Buenos Aires, Argentina



grants and awards

Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Grant (2012)
Selected Artist, Barrio Joven Chandon, ArteBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2011)
Visiting Artist at the Danish Statens Vaerksteder for Kunst (2010)
Project grant from the Richard J. Massey Foundation for Arts and Sciences (2010)