Tom Samek

​Born in Prague 1950, landed in Tasmania 1971.

Extensive exhibition history in Tasmania and around Australia, also exhibiting in USA, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, and Czech Republic.

 

Working in various media - sculpture, painting, print making, tapestry, mural, theatre set design and film animation.

 

Major commissions include

'Composition' wood relief musical wall, TSO Federation Concert Hall

'Eucalyptus' stone mosaic, MyState building, Melville Street

'A Flawed History of Tasmanian Wine' inlaid wooden floor, Frogmore Creek Winery

'FJ Holden' historic mural, RACT

Betts' Family Mosaic, marble and granite wall mosaic, Hobart

  

Collections include

Australian National Gallery

South Australian Art Gallery

Auckland City Gallery

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery

Australia Council

Artbank

Devonport City Art Gallery

Corporate and private collections