Tom Riefe

Riefe’s art has been driven by his interests in perception, space, and time. He strives to make art relevant by facilitating interactive and insightful experiences. Art, for him, is a way of spurring curiosity, dialog and creating a sense of place. Riefe’s work spans from intimate objects to large exterior site-specific sculptures. His practice uses form and material to connect viewers to the present moment.

Riefe was born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1991, and currently living in his hometown. He attended the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art, Washington University, in St. Louis (MFA Fellow, 2017) and studied at the University of Northern Iowa (BFA, Art History and Sculpture, 2014). Since then, he has been group exhibitions at the Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis, and in outdoor shows in Knoxville, Tennessee; Hutchinson Kansas; Mankato, Minnesota; Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Riefe has public sculptures in the collections of Fort Dodge, IA (2021), Hutchinson, KS (2021), Lakewood, MN (2019), Iowa State University (2018), Minnesota State University (2018), Laneken, Belgium (2018), Cedar Falls, IA (2017) Rock Island, IL (2016), and Sioux City, IA (2016)

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