Hare of the Dog Press and Studio
Adrian R Tió, Proprietor
Studio 410
88 Hatch Street
New Bedford, MA
508-264-5035
atio@umassd.edu

Biography

The artist was born 1951 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to parents who had emigrated from the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico. Tió received his fine arts training from Temple University (BA 74) and the University of Cincinnati (MFA 79), and studied with the Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy (1975-76).

The artist has exhibited nationally as well as regionally in drawing, painting, and printmaking for over 30 years, and has conducted workshops on mural painting, paper making and the book arts.

Tió has received recognition for his work through exhibition awards and creative research grants from Arts Midwest/NEA, Indiana Arts Commission, Indiana State
University Arts Endowment, Ohio Arts Council, New Forms Regional Grant Program, Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, and Bowling Green State University.

Residing in New Bedford, Tió serves as Dean of the College Visual and Performing Arts at UMass Dartmouth.