Caterpillar Project 2010 “One day I will be beautiful like you!” Tom Tor / Global Hybrid Exhibition II April 9 – May 7, 2010 Artists Reception, Friday April 9th, 6-9 pm Hancock University 1600 Long Beach Blvd, #200 Long Beach CA 90813

I utilized everyday recyclable waste material such as plastic bottles and straws to create a 25’ x 3’ sculpture resembling the form and shape of a caterpillar. We are living in a world of excess waste and need to come together to reThink how we buy, how we reuse and how we help — in an effort to renew our planet. Use less and achieve more, and “one day I will be beautiful like you!”

I will travel to Cambodian for upcoming Global Hybrid exhibition on July 7-August 2, 2009 Street 264, #6, Sangkat Chaktomuk Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh (South of Wat Botum Pagoda) Mobil +855 - (0) 12 - 607 465 Fixed +855 - (0) 23 - 224 140 for more info please click on the link www.meta-house.com

Upcoming show exhibition and events at the ASTO International Art Festival / AIAF 2009 June 27th - July 31st Opening reception : June 27th, Saturday. 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. ASTO will have the AIAF (ASTO International Art Festival) at the ASTO Museum of Art, 4505 S. Huntington Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032

I will be having a group show on April 6 – May 5, 2009 2nd City Council Gallery & Performance Space 435 Alamitos Avenue Long Beach, CA 90802 (562) 901-0997 and for more info you click on the link www.2ndcitycouncil.org Reception date/time TBA

Tom Tor will be exhibition at The Lobby Time: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday 10:00 - 20:00 / Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10:00 - 21:00 〒530-8350 大阪市北区角田町７−１０阪急百貨店メンズ館３階 TEL: 06-6367-2207 FAX: 06-6364-5554 and for more info please click on the link The Lobby. Please come and join us! 　

Visitor Art  Exhibition By Tom Tor 期間：February 10th (Tues) – March 15th (Sun) 2009 場所：藤井大丸 ７階 〒600-8031 京都市下京区四条寺町 Tel : 075-221-8181  営業時間：10:30 - 20:00 Fujii Daimaru / Japan –Kyoto  www.fujiidaimaru.co.jp

Here are my latest acrylic paintings that I’ve been working on for the last six months and I will be getting ready for a new exhibition coming up in 2009.

Visitor Interactive Art Exhibition by Tom Tor 2008

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. —Marcel Proust

Maps of every variety possess a certain mystical allure to inspire wanderlust in the map-reader—unfolding expanses of unexplored territory and holding forth the promise of limitless possibility. The visitor who attempts the venture into the myriad realms depicted in Tom Tor’s captivating collection, however, will travel beyond city walls and national boundaries and into historical ideologies, the evolution of cultural consciousness, and the global degeneration of social utopian visions.

Tor applies advanced mathematics and computational mapping methodologies to generate scores of schematic diagrams and gridding lattices, which all converge to manifest as organic lines of our living planet. These global lines extend beyond geographic thresholds to simultaneously trace the intimate topographical contours of a profoundly symbolic figure—John Lennon, in one instance, Ghandi in another—powerfully evocative visionaries that have become potent emblems of distinct cultural and political values, revolutionary convictions and progressive agendas.  An ambitious experiment in conceptual cartography, Tor’s traversal of world geographies evolves multi-dimensional allegorical landscapes.  With each successive layering, the maps and the portraits they piece together tell very different tales in the end. By_ Felicia McCrossin _Editorial Director at SOMA Magazine

Robert Rauschenberg, who died Monday night, May 12, 2008, at his home on Captiva Island in Florida at the age of 82, was one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. Robert Rauschenberg was born Milton Rauschenberg on October 22, 1925, in Port Arthur, Texas.

A special screening of Atomic Flame: Three Minutes to Midnight, featuring Martin Sheen will be debuted in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Atomic Flame: Three Minutes to Midnight is a film by Matt Taylor, Executive Director of the Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund. It documents the epic journey of a group of Japanese monks on a mission of peace. Travel with them as they return the embers of the atomic bomb to the place of its inception at the Trinity Test Site in New Mexico.

The Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund is dedicated to the proliferation of world peace through public participation in the dismantlement of nuclear weapons. FEBRUARY 14, 2008 : PEACE IS DISARMING MEF and Tajima Creative are independent marketing and design agencies that share a desire to build the movement for peace through mending the destructive remnants of war

MEF’s creative director, Tom Tor, grew up during the Khmer Rouge Regime in Cambodia and experienced the ravages of war first hand. He feels compelled to address the landmine crisis in Cambodia and the terrors of war in other nations. Thus, Tom prioritizes pro bono work for MEF and donates their design, expertise, and money to the U.N.’s anti-land mine initiative.

When Tajima Creative adopted Global Nuclear Disarmament Fund as their primary pro bono client for 2008, they were astonished to learn that the public can participate in nuclear weapons dismantlement and put the metal to good use. Tajima was inspired to do more.

We put our heads together and came up with Peace is Disarming, LLC, committed to building a movement among future generations that educates about the destructive process of war and the serious repercussions and consequences of its aftermath. We raise awareness through various forms of media and consumer products and help organizations achieve their peaceful goals by supplying creative vision and marketing that they could otherwise not afford.

If you love The Police and happened to be in Tokyo please check it out at Mirai Gallery. Andy Summers Special Exhibition includes his photographic works which are based on The Police’s travel and tours from 1980-1983 and reflections on “”I’ll Be Watching You: Inside”. He was born December 31,1942 and is an English guitarist and composer best known for his work with The Police. If you’ve ever wanted to go back in time, this is your chance!

Hello everyone, my name is TomTor and I am based in Los Ageles. Whether you’re been directed here from my previous blog, or if you’re and first time visitor my site or my blog, it’s with great excitement that I welcome you to the newly TomTor Studio™ . I hope you enjoy the site and please leave some comments to let me know what you think!.

Thank you for reading my boring intro and enjoy your stay!

Tom Tor’s aka MEF debut at this year’s Tokyo Designer’s Exhibition was a huge success as it attracted and entertained thousands of visitors from around the world. For one week only during the holiday season, it will be featured at (marunouchi) HOUSE in the Shin Marunouchi Building, one of the busiest shopping/corporate plazas in Tokyo. Come and “Feel the Growth!”