Thomas Moberg is a painter and jewelry designer living in Lansing, MI, where he creates work that explores the intersection of politics and the environment in the American Midwest. He received his BFA in 2D visual art from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point in 2018, with a focus on figure painting and portraiture. Shortly after graduating, Thomas returned home to care for his terminally ill father, and began plein air painting along the country roads of Wisconsin as a way to process his experience. During this time, he began running weekly life drawing and community critique sessions with the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, and teaching youth art classes with the Center for the Visual Arts.

After his father’s passing in 2019, Thomas went on to complete a three year apprenticeship as a metalsmith at his family’s jewelry business, The Northwoods Goldsmith. Thomas has exhibited his paintings and jewelry nationally across America, and has been an artist-in-residence with Rising Sands Organics in Custer, WI; the Heist in Ripon, WI; and Everwood Farmstead, in Glenwood, WI. In August of 2022, Thomas relocated to Iowa City, where he built a new community jewelry studio with the Iowa City Fab Lab and served as studio technician and instructor. In this last year, Thomas was a guest lecturer for the University of Iowa Jewelry and Metals Department and was invited to compete in Paint Grand Traverse for his second consecutive year.

website: www.thomasjmoberg.com
Instagram: @thomasjmoberg