ABOUT
TONY SAUNDERS has his painting and music studio in Brooklyn, NY. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. Collage has long been the focus and method in his work, both visual and musical, which explores the ways in which we construct meaning and narrative in our daily lives. In 2005, he began to do creative arts engagement with elders living with memory loss, which led to his present career as a care manager and arts advocate. In both his own work, and that which he does with elders, the importance of “play” and living in the present moment are paramount.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Solo Exhibit 2020, December 7, 2020 – February 21, 2021
ECOCA’s Solos 2020 series highlights featured artists selected from our 2020 Open Call.
2019
Ely Center of Contemporary Art online solo, Elucidating, Curated by Maxim Schmidt
Equity Gallery, Object Oriented, New York, NY
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Ear to the Ground, New Haven, CT
2017
Works on Paper available at Artsy and 1stdibs through ODETTA Gallery
Station Independent Projects , New York, NY
Kentler Works on Paper, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Kentler Works on Paper, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Lorimoto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Kentler Works on Paper, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Lorimoto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Kentler Works on Paper, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Kentler Works on Paper, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Kentler Works on Paper, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
215 College Gallery, Burlington, VT
2006
The Painting Center, New York, NY
MUSIC and PERFORMANCE
2021
Five Myles Gallery
Tony Saunders and Scooter McCrae on Synthesizers, July 24, 2021, 5:00pm
2020
Five Myles Gallery
Tony Saunders on Synthesizers, September 26, 2020, 5:00pm
2019
Five Myles Gallery
Tony Saunders on Synthesizers, March 30, 2019, 6:30pm
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Compositions with synthesizer and guitar added to video.
Performances by ELLEN, with Tony Saunders, Pablo Arango and Chris Kaczmarek.
2017
ODETTA Gallery, December
ODETTA Gallery, July
ODETTA Gallery, for Tech Week, May
2016
ODETTA Gallery, Heliotrope, February
ODETTA Gallery, Drone, April
ODETTA Gallery, Poetry and Sound, October
2009
Synthesizer and guitar work for Full Disclosure, a documentary about the invasion of Iraq by Brian Palmer