1950
Born in Dallas, TX
1973
BFA Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999
H2O and Other Elements, Turner & Runyon Gallery, Dallas, TX
1998
Installation, Tulsa Artist Coalition, Tulsa, OK
1994

Installation, Amarillo Museum, Amarillo, TX

Tom Orr - Recent Work, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

1993
Tom Orr, One Person Exhibition, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
1991
Tom Orr, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
New Constructions, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas,TX
1979
Tom Orr, Recent Work, 500 Exposition Gallery, Dallas, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 100 Drawings, Haggerty Gallery, The University of Dallas, TX
2004
2004 Mavens, Three Person Invitational, Haggerty Gallery,The University of Dallas, TX
2003
Opposite Attraction, Untitled Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK
Invitational, 500 X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002
Essential Space, Belo Sculpture Series, The McKinney Ave. Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Drawn II, Barry Whistler Gallery , Dallas, Tx
New American Talent, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
Modalities of the Visible: A Survey of Contemporary Art in North Texas, Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX
Percent for Art Dallas II, The Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
2001
Hung, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Tx
2001
Biennial Exhibition, McKinney Ave Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Braille, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX
2000
Living and Working in Texas, Park Central, Dallas,TX
Art-Man-Nature, Anniversary Invitational, Connemara Conservatory, Allen, TX

Vision and Movement 2000: Public Art/Public Transit, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington TX.
1999 Mount Rushmore, Turner & Runyon Gallery, Dallas, TX

Percent for Art, City of Dallas, Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
1998 20 x 500, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
9th International Osaka Triennial, Osaka Foundation of Culture, Osaka, Japan.
Installation: Within the Floating World, Tom Orr and Frances Bagley, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI.
To Float: Tom Orr and Frances Bagley, Irving Art Center, Irving,TX
1997
Second Texas Annual, The Contemporary Art Center, Ft. Worth,TX
Floating Mountain, Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas at Arlington,TX
1996

Sun and Star Japan Festival, Two Person Exhibition with Yonekichi
Tanaka at One Ferris Plaza and Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX.
Relatively Speaking: Two Person Invitational, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
Two Person Invitational, Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio,TX.
Establishment Exposed, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX.
Made in Texas, Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
Group Invitational, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
6th International Osaka Triennial, Osaka Foundation of Culture,
Osaka, Japan. (Bronze Prize)
2nd Fujisankei Biennale International Exhibition for Contemporary Sculpture,
(Prize for Excellence) Utsukushi- Ga- Hara Open-Air Museum, Nagano, Japan

1995
Simple Things, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX.
Structure and Form, Two Person Invitational, City Art Center,
Oklahoma City.
1994
Abilene 13th Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Abilene, TX.
Abstract Matters, Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX.
Group Exhibition, Hakone Open Air Show Museum, Hakone, Japan
1993
500X at 15, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
Texas Biennial, State Fair Grounds, Dallas, TX.
1992
1992 Forty Views, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX.
Contact 92, Trammel Crow Center, Dallas, TX.
Collectors Show, D- Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX.
1991
New Constructions, D- Art Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX.
Burn Invitational, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX.
The Vessel, 501 2nd Ave, Dallas, TX.
Woodworks, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX.
31st Annual Invitational, Longview Museum, Longview, TX.
Three person Invitational, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1989
Two Person Exhibition, 3309 Studio, Dallas, Tx.
The Constructed Image, Southern Methodist Univ. Dallas, TX.
Installations, Connemara Sculpture Park, Allen, TX.
Self Portrait Invitational, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX.
1988
Autorama, Brookhaven College Invitational, Dallas,TX.
Art in Architecture, Plano Cultural Arts Center, Plano, TX.
500X Gallery, Dallas, TX. X 500 X Invitational
Two Person Invitational, East Texas State University Commerce, TX.
City Place, Dallas, TX. City Fair, Commission Installation
Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, TX. Excellence '88
Trammel Crow Bld. Dallas, TX., Zoomorphism, Animals in Art
1987
500 X Gallery Dallas, TX. Invitational
1985
Alternate Gallery Dallas, TX. Madonna Show
Madonna Touring Exhibit
1984
University of Texas At Dallas, Richardson, TX. Invitational
Theater Gallery Dallas, TX. Three Person Invitational
1980
500 Exposition Gallery Dallas, TX. Project Room Installation
1979
Room Show, D.W. Coop., Dallas, TX
1978
New Spaces, Gallery Premier Group Exhibition, 500 Exposition Gallery
Dallas,Tx
1976
First Saturday Art, Group Exhibition, 842 1st Avenue, Dallas, TX
1975
Group Exhibition, Allen St. Gallery, Dallas, TX
First Saturday Art, Group Exhibition, 842 1st Avenue, Dallas, TX
COLLECTIONS

American Airlines Collection, Dallas, TX; Southwest Medical School, Dallas, TX.; Ms. Billie Webb, San Francisco, Calif.;Dr. Brian Williams, Dallas, TX.; Dr. and Mrs. Jules Monier, Dallas, TX.; The Barrett Collections, Dallas, TX.; Nancy and Tim Hanley Dallas, TX., George and Claire Birch Dallas. TX., Lawrence Leibowitz and Naomi Aberly Dallas, TX; Sonny Burt and Bob Butler Dallas, TX.; Frito Lay Collection, Regional Headquarters, Dallas, TX. ; Nations Bank Corporate Headquarters, Charlotte, N.C. Christian Keesee, Oklahoma City , OK., Kathryn Hall, Dallas, TX., John Reoch, Dallas, TX. Utsukushi-Ga-Hara Open-Air Museum, Nagano, Japan, Osaka Foundation of culture, Osaka, Japan., Belo Corporations, Dallas, TX, Billingsley Company Collection, Dallas, TX, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX

AWARDS
2001

2001 Hanley Award, Best of Show, McKinney Ave Contemporary Biennial

2000

1999 Visiting Artist Fellowship, Brandywine Press, Philadelphia, Pa.

1995

1995 The Award for Excellence, Fujisankei Biennale, Nagano, Japan

1995

1995 Bronze Prize, 6th International Osaka Triennial, Osaka, Japan

1989

1989 The Assemblage Award for 3 Dimensional Art, Dallas, TX.

PUBLIC ART
2002 - present
International Terminal, DFW Airport, Dallas, TX
2001
Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Plano Station Design. Plano, Tx
1998- 2001
Water Theater , collaborative work with Frances Bagley, White Rock Lake Bathhouse, Dallas, TX.
1996
Sun and Star Japan Festival, Installations at One Ferris Plaza, Dallas, TX.
1993
Prairie Basin, public art work winning design for Plano Texas Municipal Center
1991
Collaborative public elevator design with Green Architects, Dallas, TX.
1989
Installations of Wave for Connemara Conservatory, Public Art Park, Allen, TX.
Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

Collections
Awards
Public Art