Tom LaDuke: slowly, the song goes

Tom LaDuke: slowly, the song goes

On view: September 26, 2026 – May 7, 2027
Public Reception: Saturday, September 26, 1:00 – 4:00 PM
College of the Arts Galleries (Visual Arts, Bldg. G)
Free and open to the public

The College of the Arts Galleries at California State University, Fullerton presents slowly, the song goes, a solo exhibition by artist Tom LaDuke. Bringing together new drawings, recent paintings, and earlier sculptures, the exhibition traces recurring ideas that have shaped LaDuke’s practice for more than three decades, offering a rare opportunity to experience the evolution of one of Southern California’s most influential contemporary artists. Through processes of layering, revision, and transformation, LaDuke’s work blurs distinctions between the natural and artificial, the familiar and the unfamiliar, revealing an artistic practice rooted in continual change as forms, images, and concepts reappear in unexpected ways across multiple mediums.

Learn more about the artist: www.tomladuke.com

About the Artist

Tom LaDuke received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his BFA from CSU Fullerton. He has exhibited in select venues such as Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadephia, PA, to name a few. His work may be found in collections of the Buffalo AKG Museum, Buffalo, NY; Colección Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, the Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY.

Organized by CSUF College of the Arts Galleries and curated by Jennifer Frias, Director/Curator, and Riley Pettitt, Curatorial Assistant (Sculpture, ’25). Support for the program comes from the Art Alliance, the College of the Arts, the Department of Visual Arts, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA, the Pizutti Collection, Columbus, OH, and Tom Peters, Los Angeles, CA.

Image:  Tom LaDuke, Future Proof, 2023. Mixed media on canvas, 68 x 80 inches, courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY.