Biography Jerome Tupa was born Timothy John in Rollette N.Dak.and became a monk at St. John's Abbey in Minnesota in 1962. From an early age he was a painter and sculptor. It was during the 5 years of studies in Paris that Jerome really began maturing in his artistic style. During this period he was in a milieux of art and architecture that influenced his vision of the world and of the creative act. From that time he was an avid painter exhibiting in Paris, Bordeaux, Nice, Rome and throughout the United States. In recent years he has been working with the concept of pilgrimage as a metaphor for our journey in life. Having searched for a new genre of expression for spiritual art. So began the years during which Tupa has explored the spirituel journey and a new iconography by first of all using the images of the dance followed by a series of shrines and artifacts from the catacombs. His more recent works have been inspired by the architecture of California and Europe in the pilgrimages of the western world: the California Missions, the pilgrimage road to visit the relics of Peter and Paul in Rome and the great trek from Paris to Compostela in Spain to pray at the tomb of San Diego. At present Fr. Jerome is working to complete the last great pilgrimage of the Christian West and that is from Venice to Jerusalem, the great geographical focal point for all of Christian and Jewish spirituality. Vita JEROME TUPA OSB 1941 Born: Rollette, North Dakota 1963 Religious Profession, St. John’s Abbey 1972 Maitrise de la Civilization Francaise: University of Paris IV 1976 Doctorat du Troisieme Cycle, Sorbonne 1982 Priesthood ordination Master of Divinity Degree,St. John's Lecture Presentations 2008 Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Fl. "Painting the Pilgrimage". 2003 Mayo clinic presentation in Jacksonville, Fl.:The Spiritual Creation. 2000 Mayo Clinic. Miami, Fl. "Art and Healing". A multi-media presentation of Paintings. 2000 Minnesota Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Mn. "In Quest of the Spirit". 2002-06-07 Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Fl."Art and healing". Publications Painting the Pilgrimage: From Paris to Compostela. Naples Museum of Art, 2008. 2002 A Road to Rome: A Monk’s journey. Curatorial text: Dr. Mark Krisco from the Art Institute of Chicago Welcome Press. Publication date 2002. 1999 An Uncommon Mission: Fr. Jerome Tupa Paints the California Missions,Holly R. Witchey, Curator of Contemporary Art San Diego Museum of Art. Welcome Press, San Francisco, New York City. 1996 In Quest of the Spirit: Laurel Reuter, Curator the North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks,North Dakota A retrospective look at the work of Fr. Jerome Tupa. Selected Exhibitions 2008 Naples, Florida; The Pilgrimage from Paris to St. James of Compostella, Spain. Book and exhibition of the works created on this pilgrimage. The Road to Rome The Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington D.C., Museum of Catholic Art and Culture, New York city. 2005-03 Travelling exhibit: The Road to Rome Museum of Catholic Art and Culture, New York; exhibition of paintings and watercolors,Marshall Fields, Chicago, 2003, 1999-2001 Traveling exhibit: The California Missions; San Diego Historical Society Museum September 1999. April 2000, Santa Barbara Historical Museum. Contemporary Art Museum of Fresno, California. September 2000. 1998 Scottsdale Center for the Arts and Cynthia Woody Gallery SPIRITSCAPES 1996-2000 Cynthia Woody Gallery, Scottsdale, Az. Flower Series 1996 North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota A Retrospective with catalogue written by 1995 In Collaboration, Akron, Ohio 'Torsos' 1993 Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, New York CANTICLES 1992 93 In Collaboration, Santa Monica, California 1991 93 In Collaboration, Akron, Ohio 1986 93 C.G. Rein Galleries; Minneapolis, Minnesota, Houston, Texas, Scottsdale, Arizona 1990-92 New York Art Expo, New York, New York 1992 Art Miami International Gallery Invitational, Miami, Florida 1991 Alice B. Rogers Gallery, Collegeville, Minnesota 1991 Tangerine Gallery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1990 Pierre Colt Gallery, Nice, France 1990 International Gallery Invitational, Chicago, Illinois 1990 Minnesota Museum of Art, Landmark Center, St. Paul, Minnesota 1988 Galerie des Pas Perdus, UNESCO, Paris, France 1987 Galeria Collegio San Anselmo, Rome, Italy 1985 Galerie Laurens, Paris France 1984 Daedalus Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1983 Musee National de Jean Moulin, Bordeaux, France 1983 Galerie des Amis des Arts, Bordeaux, France 1983 La Cave aux Huiles, Aix en Provence, France