Mym Tuma

Mym Tuma

Born in Berwyn, Illinois, Mym Tuma aka Marilynn Thuma, studied at Northwestern University in Evanston; at Stanford University in California and at New York University. After graduation, she experimented with three dimensional works in her studio that she set up in Lake Chapala, Mexico.An exhibit of her work hung in Edens Gallery Nov. 6-30, 1987 during Columbia College’s “Georgia O’Keeffe Centennial Celebration.” Tuma first met O’Keeffe in 1964 and during the following decade the two artists discovered several common interests, including an enthusiasm for each other’s art.A pastel exhibition curated by Henry Geldzahler, former Curator of 20th Century Painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, hung at the Clayton Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton. In 1992 she lectured at the Brooklyn Museum.

Mym Tuma

Mym Tuma

Mym Tuma

Mym Tuma

Mym Tuma

Mym Tuma

Mym Tuma

Mym Tuma

Mym Tuma

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