MODEST common is proud to present a show of new work by artist and architect Thomas Prinz. Prinz’s work emerges from a working process that cycles between media, combining painterly effect with a sculptural approach to light & shadow. Beginning with sketches and paint on paper, he scans work digitally - modifying the composition before printing, tearing, repainting, rescanning, collaging, and altering. Navigating the space between digital manipulation and tactile interventions with a painter's sensibility, he meticulously stages the layered, ephemeral compositions that make up the final work. From the artist: “The ray of light hits the wall, the tape casts a shadow. It’s a revelation. An abstraction is revealed. Bernini used light to sculpt marble. The Last Supper is about certainty and doubt, the table unifies this abstraction. Light is a revelation.” Thomas Prinz is an architect and fine artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Master of Architecture from Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. In 1990, Prinz established Arc-Studio to explore the disciplines of art and architecture. He has been an adjunct professor and visiting critic at UNL School of Architecture. He has had exhibitions of his art and architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Creighton University, Projects in Des Moines, Circa Gallery in Minneapolis and Gallery 72. His works are collages, monotype and digital prints on paper.