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Working and living just outside of Chicago, Illinois, Tom Fedro has been an established artist in that culturally expansive and artistically prolific city.
Chicago artist Tom Fedro creates art with zing and boundless humor.

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Featured Artist Tom Fedro

The bold, graphic renderings of Tom Fedro leap off the canvas. Visit his website to see more of his compelling artwork.

“Urban Vision” Acrylic and Ink on Canvas, 36 x 36″

I’ve always drawn as long as I can remember. I started when I was young by copying all the Sunday comics like Beatle Bailey and Garfield, although I didn’t really get into art until college. I became very interested in Patrick Nagel in the late eighties and decided to buy some paint and try to do my version on the back of my jean jacket. That was a huge hit and I started doing them for all my friends at school.

“Breakthrough” Acrylic and Ink on Canvas, 36 x 36″

After graduation I got a job at IBM and ended up being taught how to do computer graphics. I did that for a few years (while selling my jean jackets to various boutiques in Chicago.) After being hired to be a creative director for an advertising agency, I decided to move from jean jackets to actual canvas.

“Piano Men” Acr

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Tom Fedro, President & CEO - Paragon Software Group Corporation Tom Fedro co-founded and developed the business strategy and operations plan for Irvine, California-based Paragon Software Group Corp. Using his systems, methods, and sales processes, the company has sold over 200 million software licenses to marquee customers like Seagate, Western Digital, Dell, Cisco Systems, ASUS, GoPro, Toshiba, Netgear, Belkin, Hewlett Packard, Carbonite, D-Link, Hitachi and many others. Prior to joining Paragon, where he is focused on data security and management, Fedro spent his time crafting his high dollar sales methods while in senior executive positions with software companies in diverse industries -- including financial services, and the wireless space where he and his team sold multimillion-dollar licenses to major mobile operators worldwide for fraud detection, churn management, and billing. His entrepreneurial credentials are rarely found in today’s business environment. Fedro has taken one company through the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and has been an officer/key contrib

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A native of Illinois, Tom Fedro was born, raised and currently resides in Arlington Heights. Falling into art as a profession, he studied at Valparaiso University and the Illinois Institute of Art. The artist first exhibited his work in Chicago�s Peter Mars Gallery. Fedro subsequently went on to show at Agora Gallery in New York, Chicago�s Circa Gallery, The Studio in Algonquin, Illinois, Sherman Gallery and the Language House Gallery in River North, Chicago, the Brauer Museum of Art in Valparaiso, Indiana and Chicago�s MK Galerie.

Tom Fedro

Along with gallery exhibits, Fedro�s work can be found inover3,000 corporate and private collections in more than 15 countries across the globe. He has created special projects for the Broadway show �Rent,� as well as NBC Television, Toogood Wineries, Amano Chocolates, Sweet Riot Candy Co., IBM and Chicago�s Hotel Allegro.

Fedro uses his art to make the work of the soul more visible and real. He feels that, �Ultimately,...