Thomas Deaton
b. 1988, Lafayette, LA
lives in New Orleans, LA
Thomas Deaton is a Louisiana native born in Lafayette where he earned a BFA studying printmaking at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Subsequently, he attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA receiving his MA and MFA focusing on printmaking and drawing. He was the first student ever at the University of Iowa to utilize hot stamped foil, a commercial printing process which was developed for artistic application in Iowa City, in all of his thesis work. After completing school and without continuous access to a printing studio, Thomas turned to painting. His paintings display a generous mix of both painterly and graphic qualities, existing in a kind of limbo between traditional works on paper and works on canvas. He currently lives and works in New Orleans.
