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Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report
Tom Bianchi
American · b. 1945
58
52–67 bandDiscovery profile: representation network + exhibition record
Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 11, 2026.
Overall58
Composite Codex score
Institutional70
Museums/acquisitions may be sparse
Market37
Thin auction dataset expected
Momentum4
Recent activity and interest
Representation43
Gallery and exhibition traction
Codex Rank#3,226Established
Exhibitions10 current · 0 upcoming
Museum Signal55 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions
Core Median$2.2KPhotographs · 6 priced
Sell-through83%Top house: Bonhams
Signal summary
Tom Bianchi: representation network, exhibition record, fair visibility. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.
Observed evidence: 1 current gallery relationship: Fahey/Klein Gallery. 1 tracked exhibition; 0 current and 0 upcoming in Codex. 2 tracked fair/biennial appearances.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (7 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (7 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months.
Representation
- #84 Fahey/Klein GalleryLos Angeles, United States
Institutional holdings
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Recent Exhibitions
- Fire Islands Pines: 1975 - 1983Fahey/Klein Gallery · Los Angeles · Jun 12, 2014
Previous Gallery Representation
- #578 New DiscretionsNew York · medium confidence
Market profile
Category-aware market read: Photographs median: $2.2K (6 priced). Sell-through: 83%. Historical record: $3.8K at Bonhams (Jul 3, 2023).
Annual median hammer price, USD
$2.2K$1.1K$0
Education & awards
- No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation
Press Signals
- No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage
Publications
- No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex
Peer bands
Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.
Price Band Peers
Comparable contemporary artists clustered around Under $5K in photographs.
Peer set
- Laurie Simmons#102 · Photographs · Under $5K · Almine Rech #5 · Mid-careerphotography · Under $5K photographs · 16 recent/priced lots
- Nadav Kander#272 · Photographs · Under $5K · Howard Greenberg Gallery #78 · Mid-careerphotography · Under $5K photographs · 6 recent/priced lots
- Anri Sala#461 · Photographs · Under $5K · Hauser & Wirth #3 · Mid-careerphotography · Under $5K photographs · 3 recent/priced lots
- Mark Seliger#507 · Photographs · Under $5K · Hamburg Kennedy Contemporary #46 · Mid-careerphotography · Under $5K photographs · 11 recent/priced lots
- John Waters#736 · Photographs · Under $5K · Sprüth Magers #14 · Mid-careerphotography · Under $5K photographs · 13 recent/priced lots
- Elina Brotherus#2,077 · Photographs · Under $5K · Yancey Richardson #31 · Career stage unknownphotography · Under $5K photographs · 2 recent/priced lots
- Julie Blackmon#2,239 · Photographs · Under $5K · Fahey/Klein Gallery #84 · Mid-careerphotography · Under $5K photographs · 8 recent/priced lots
- Spencer Tunick#2,849 · Photographs · Under $5K · Reflex #202 · Emergingphotography · Under $5K photographs · 4 recent/priced lots
- Greg Gorman#3,156 · Photographs · Under $5K · Fahey/Klein Gallery #84 · Mid-careerphotography · Under $5K photographs · 14 recent/priced lots
- Tom Bianchi
Career Stage Peers
Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (early/mid-career).
Peer set
- Julie Blackmon#2,239 · Photographs · Under $5K · Fahey/Klein Gallery #84 · Mid-careerphotography · mid-career · 17 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Mariah Robertson#2,378 · Photographs · Under $5K · [FEUTEU] #86 · Early/mid-careerphotography · early/mid-career · 9 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Sam Samore#2,518 · Photographs · $5K–10K · Galerie Anne de Villepoix #259 · Established contemporaryphotography · established contemporary · 35 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Flor Garduño#2,593 · Photographs · Under $5K · Holden Luntz Gallery #129 · Career stage unknownphotography · career stage unknown
- Paolo Ventura#2,655 · Photographs · $10K–25K · Edwynn Houk Gallery #132 · Early/mid-careerphotography · early/mid-career · 11 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Annette Kelm#2,737 · Photographs · Under $5K · Esther Schipper #27 · Mid-careerphotography · mid-career · 16 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Mona Kuhn#2,769 · Photographs · $5K–10K · The Lapis Press #83 · Mid-careerphotography · mid-career · 25 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Greg Gorman#3,156 · Photographs · Under $5K · Fahey/Klein Gallery #84 · Mid-careerphotography · mid-career · 29 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Judy Dater#3,157 · Photographs · Under $5K · Modernism Inc. #310 · Career stage unknownphotography · career stage unknown
- Tom Bianchi
Practice / Medium Peers
Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.
Peer set
- Michele Abeles#3,112 · Photographs · Under $5K · 47 Canal - 291 Grand #834 · Career stage unknownphotography · shared regional context · #3,112 Codex rank
- Christopher Makos#3,130 · Photographs · $5K–10K · Fahey/Klein Gallery #84 · Emergingphotography · shared regional context · #3,130 Codex rank
- Piotr Uklański#3,132 · MASSIMODECARLO #13 · Early/mid-careershared regional context · #3,132 Codex rank
- Ann Agee#3,137 · P.P.O.W #104 · Mid-careershared regional context · #3,137 Codex rank
- Gio Swaby#3,139 · Vielmetter #38 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,139 Codex rank
- Maija Peeples-Bright#3,142 · Palm Art Gallery #728 · Career stage unknownshared regional context · #3,142 Codex rank
- Marcos Chaves#3,146 · Nara Roesler #54 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,146 Codex rank
- Roger Herman#3,150 · Cirrus Gallery #89 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,150 Codex rank
- Diane Burko#3,151 · Cristin Tierney #197 · Emergingshared regional context · #3,151 Codex rank
- Tom Bianchi
Selected works
Top five visible works from each Codex selected-works category, ordered by the same priority used on the artist profile.
Previous Sales
Top 5 of 10
For Sale
Top 5 of 12
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