The Architecture of Memory The light in Holyoke, Massachusetts, provides a distant starting point for a life that eventually settles into the sprawling, sun-drenched landscape of Los Angeles. Born in 1963, Tom LaDuke moves through the world as a painter and sculptor, navigating the tension between the tangible and the imagined. His education follows a rigorous path, moving from a Bachelor of Fine Arts at California State University, Fullerton, in 1991 to a Master of Fine Arts at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1994. These years of study form the foundation for a practice that r…