Michael Tom

[1] In 1971, Tom received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and metalsmithing from Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, and pursued graduate studies at San Diego State University.

[1] Tom started his artistic career as a painter, but was then drawn to making art jewelry.

In 1992, Tom was the recipient of the second Catharine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts and has a solo exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts[2] Tom is best known for his small sculptures of hammered copper.

1914-d. 1974, in the collection of the Hawaii State Art Museum, demonstrates the artist's anthropomorphic work.

[1] On April 12, 1999, Tom died of liver cancer in Honolulu, Hawaii.