“It is important to us to challenge the traditional understandings of photography and fine art and remove typical distinctions of what a photograph or painting is and allow the viewer to focus on the image without feeling the need to define the medium.”
Tom
Tom White is a contemporary new media artist whose work lives in the opportune space between discovery and invention. His hybrid process involves the disciplines of painting, sculpting, photography, digital imaging, design, science and technology - using both analog and digital media.
“I have embraced all of the contemporary tools of art making even before they were widely accepted in the art world. As an artist, it is important to me to challenge the viewer’s perceptions of traditional and new media and change preconceived notions of each. This allows the viewer to focus on images and question how they see them, adding dynamic new layers to the stories they create”
Along with his wife Lois, Tom is an artist in residence and founder/director of WHITEPOINT contemporary gallery and fine art services in Asbury Park, NJ. His 35+ year journey in the arts began with physics studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, then receiving his BFA from Syracuse University in which he studied printmaking, photography and design.
Prior to founding WHITEPOINT, Tom was a sought after award-winning art director and illustrator working 24/7 with clients in every major industry and media worldwide as varied as the 2002 Winter Olympics, The Grammy Awards, Hasbro, McDonalds, and The Golf Channel to name just a few.
When the industry crashed in 2008, seeing the future he pivoted his focus and moved his practice to the finer arts in 2010, eventually opening WHITEPOINT in 2013.
Two more recent successful solo exhibitions of note include “Seaside Dreaming: Grandeur” - a benefit exhibition for the Rema Hort Mann Foundation founded by art collectors Michael and Susan Hort, and “FLOW” - the WHITEPOINT 10th anniversary celebratory exhibition at which Busted and Crumple Canvases were introduced along with full scale installations of Two Sides To Every Story.
Other highlights include a solo exhibit at Scope NY, a multi-location exhibition with the Ad Art Show in The Oculus at the World Trade Center, a twelve floor permanent installation in a luxury residence in Washington DC, a seven mural permanent installation at Cerner (now Oracle), and a permanent video installation for AEW Global Real Estate for all of their headquarter locations
“I wholeheartedly reject artificial intelligence (AI) or any auto-generated imagery. All work is created by me. I think the most important thing about artists is their vision and ability to create their own work.”
Lois
As a photographic artist, Lois draws upon her textile and knitwear design background to weave ideas, concepts and experiences with her camera.
For her, the use of the lens is less about capturing a moment and more about an intent or visceral experience that is palpable to the viewer. For Lois, the camera is the conduit between the real and the emotional.
Her abstract work involves single frame in-camera long exposures that express the gestures and motion of light. The results are otherworldly impressions like ethereal paintings and drawings.
Lois is the Director and Framing Designer for WHITEPOINT Fine Art
Together
Collaborative husband and wife team Tom & Lois White are cofounders and resident artists at WHITEPOINT gallery and studio for contemporary art. Both are multidisciplinary artists working in photography-based new media.
Much of their work explores the vagaries of light through the use of multiple exposure, color, black and white, and positive / negative relationships. The results challenge the viewer’s perception of the image’s subject matter and medium.
Their clients are art collectors, art consultants, developers, interior designers, and architects. In addition to commercial and residential commissions, their work is in numerous private collections.