Thomas Cappuccio has exhibited widely at the national and international level in over 180 juried and invitational exhibitions. He was born in Italy and came to the united states when he was a young boy.  He received a BFA from Pratt Institute, and a MA from Brooklyn college of CUNY.  He taught in New York City, at Kendall College of Art and Design, and the University of Oregon, before settling in at Northern Michigan University  in 1975.  He helped develop the BFA in illustration program, which he has directed since 1979 until his retirement May ‘07.