Title: "Alien Squares" 

 Size: 36”x36” 

 Medium: Acrylic 

 After moving to San Diego from Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the summer of 2001, Thomas C. Tirado established himself quickly in the artist community by joining and displaying his work successfully at the San Diego Art Institute (SDAI). He is also a juried artist of the Shelter Island Art Association and of the Fine Arts Exhibition of the SD Fair for six of the last eight years. In addition, he has had five one-man shows in the Hillcrest and Pacific Beach areas and has distinguished himself on numerous occasions by having received the title "Outstanding Visual Artist of the Region" two years in a row from the SDAI; winning an award in the San Diego Art of Pride Show in 2007 and again in 2009; being juried into the La Jolla Art Association Show in 2007; and showing his art during street fairs and other community events. Recently, Tirado exhibited his work in June, 2009 at the Bard Hall Gallery of the Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego. And currently he has a painting on display at the SDAI, and he presently exhibits at Townley Gallery in Laguna Beach.