| Tom Burckhardt | |
| Birth Name: | Tom E. Burckhardt |
| Birth Date: | 2 May 1967 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Kathy Butterly |
| Relatives: | Burckhardt family |
Tom E. Burckhardt (born May 2, 1964) is an American artist and painter based in New York City. He is the youngest son of Rudy Burckhardt and therefore a member of the Burckhardt family. He is a recipient of Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, Guggenheim Foundation and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grants.[1] His work has been extensively exhibited throughout the United States such as at Weatherspoon Museum of Greensboro and the Knoxville Art Museum.[2]
Burckhardt was born May 2, 1964, in New York City, the youngest son of Rudy Burckhardt, a Swiss-born photographer and filmmaker, and Yvonne Jacquette, a painter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3] [4] [5] He had an older half-brother, Jacob who was born in 1949 from the prior marriage of his father to Edith Schloss. Through his father he is a descendant of the patrician family Burckhardt of Basel, Switzerland.[6]
Burckhard is married to artist Kathy Butterly. They reside in New York City.[7]