““His work of late, especially that done in the last year,
has surpassed my greatest expectations.””
““...highlight of my day is coming home to ‘Head Scratch’.
When I see him it reminds me of all the beauty there is in the world and he makes me stop and take notice””
““It was love at first sight. We knew it (Woman in a Windowsill) was coming home with us. Thank you.””
K. D. Tobin was born in Connecticut and spent over ten years painting in Santa Monica, California. Relocating in 2004 with his wife to live and paint in Sarasota, Florida...a thriving art community, K.D. has spent time studying and painting in Paris and Tuscany. Working in acrylics and mixed media, he has honed his craft for more than thirty-five years, first working in large scale abstract figurative and then moving, in the last 4 years, to a purely abstract language. World events in the early 2000’s prompted Mr. Tobin to create the conceptual video piece “Vortex: What Makes You Think?” chosen for Sarasota Florida’s Young Filmmaker’s Series, along with inclusion in the Tribeca Film Festival’s Shorts Program. His work hangs in many private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe and he is now represented in Los Angeles by Art Dimensions and in Sarasota by Stakenborg-Greenberg Fine Art, as well as a presence on Saatchi Art. He has been a Golden Certified Working Artist since 2006.
PAST EXHIBITS AND SHOWS
Stakenborg-Greenberg Fine Art "Go Figure" show, Featured Artist April 13, 2022
Interview with Whitney Rosenson Beyond the Palette March 16, 2022
Daytona State College, Daytona Beach FL Fine Arts Department Lecture October 9, 2019
Valencia College, Orlando, FL Fine Arts Department Lecture October 8, 2019
Stakenborg-Greenberg Fine Art "From Picasso to Rembrandt" Show, Featured Artist May 11, 2018
Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs/Creative Capital Foundation Residency June, 2017
What's New SRQ - Host Melinda Lee WSRQ Radio (Interview) May 24, 2016
University of Florida, Gainsville Fine Arts Department Lecture October 2015
University of North Florida Fine Arts Department Lecture September 2015
Creators & Collectors Tour
Sarasota Fine Arts Society
Home/Studio Tour
March 13 - 14, 2009
Group Show - Art Dimensions Gallery
"Recent Works"
October 25 – December 25, 2008
The Creative Life - Host Elizabeth Van Riper WSLR 96.5 Radio Sarasota (Interview) July 20, 2007
Solo Show - BOX Gallery Sarasota, FL January 9 - February 17, 2007
Art Center Sarasota Juried Group Show “Save Our Sarasota” ("Vroom Vroom" included) Juror: Ranger Smyth January 9 – February 3, 2007
Art Center Sarasota Juried Show
"Day of the Dead" ("Red Sitter" included)
Juror: Tim Yaeger
October 24 - November 25, 2006
White Dog Designs Gallery
“I Love Me, I Love You Not” Show ("Red Sitter" included)
Sarasota, FL
February 3 - March 23, 2006
City Buildings Group Show "Three Dancers" included July 2005 to February, 2007
Sarasota Florida Art Center Sarasota Juried Show "Summer Sizzler" "Body Builder" awarded Third Place (out of 1800 submissions) June 21- August 13, 2005
Amazon.com/Tribeca Film Festival Competition New York, NY "Vortex" included June, 2005
Sarasota Film Society Young Filmmaker's Series "Vortex" included December 13, 2004
Premiere "Vortex: What Makes You Think?"
Santa Monica, CA
March, 2004
The Art of Collecting Studio Tour Dr. Mumsie Nemiroff, Art Historian Santa Monica, CA February, 2004
Environmental Media Association
Awards Banquet ("Green Man" featured)
Los Angeles, CA
November, 2003
Body Firm – Solo Show
"The Body Figurative"
Pasadena, CA
September, 2003 – December, 2003
Vida - Solo Show
"The Human Condition"
Pacific Palisades, CA
October 14 to December 15, 2003