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Thomas Hill
ARTIST'S STATEMENTI have been a full-time artist since leaving college in 1994 and make pieces both for exhibitions and for corporate, public and private commissions. My pieces are made using mild steel wire, with additions of steel or copper sheet and copper meshes. I consider myself to be both a draftsman and a metalworker. My three-dimensional pieces are based on drawn studies of birds and animals in motion. I find that the steel wire I use behaves in much the same way as a quickly drawn line, and thus I am able to create, in effect, a three-dimensional "sketch".In this new group of pieces I decided to make a series of cut outs; fanciful drawings that build up "stage sets" where the 3-dimensional pieces are displayed as if in a tableau vivant. To see and hear Tom talk about his work VELVET DA VINCI SHOWSBadges & Buttons Waistcoats & Vests -- Curated by Elizabeth Turrell & Robert Ebendorf Britain Now -- All British jewelry and sculpture COLLECT -- The New Art Fair in London for Contemporary Objects Summer Exhibtion -- Group Show Inspired by Summer Thomas Hill -- Sculpture and Jewelry Thomas Hill: Still Life (with Bird and Insects) -- An installation inspired by book illustrations WireWork -- Wire sculpture by gallery artists Thomas Hill and Diane Komater. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCEUSA EDUCATIONMiddlesex University, 1990 through 1994 Suffolk College of Higher & Further Education, 1989 through 1990 SELECTED EXHIBITIONSSELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Salt Cellars, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, 2012 Wire Woodland, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Education Department Wausau, WI, 2011 Alphabet Zoo, Artspace Gallery Kohler Arts Center, 2010 Foursite, San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA 2010 In the Window, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK 2009 Jane Adam and Thomas Hill, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2009 Perch, The Vault, 2007 Drawing from Muybridge, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2007 Menagerie, De Morgan Centre, UK 2007 New Work by Tom Hill, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2006 Solo Exhibition, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2005 Solo Exhibition, Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2003 Solo Exhibition, Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland 2003
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Unexpected Pleasures, curated by Susan Cohn, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Austalia, Design Museum, London, UK, 2013 Ferrous, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA and 18Karat Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2013 Wood, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, 2012 Badges and Buttons, Waistcoats and Vests, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2012 The De Patta Project, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, 2012 What in the World? California Bank of Credit and Commerce Lafayette Ca curated by Mark Taylor, 2011 2011 Craft Biennale, Cheondju South Korea, 2011 Open Mind, Sungkok Art Museum Seoul South Korea, 2011 Birds in Art, Woodson Art Museum Wausau Wa, 2011 Bird in Hand, Taboo Gallery San Diego, CA, 2011 ABCDeria, Facere Gallery Seattle Wa, 2011 Exposition Bestiare, Galerie Claude Andre Brussels, Belgium, 2010 Still Life with Birds and Insects, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, 2010 Thomas Hill and Judy Hoyt, Signature Gallery Atlanta, GA, 2010 Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 2010 Celebrating 70, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA 2010 Exhibition in Motion, SNAG Conference, Houston, TX 2010 Sparkle Plenty, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA 2009 Creatures, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2009 Dog Days, Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2009 Signs of Life, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA 2009 50 at the Bluecoat, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK 2009 The Pendant Show, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2009 Radical Jewelry Makeover, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2008 From Minimal to Bling, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA 2008 New West Coast Design, San Francisco, CA 2008 Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum/Bluecoat Display Centre, London, UK 2008 CraftBoston, World Trade Center, Boston, MA 2007 Craft for Architecture, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK 2007 Birds in Art, Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2006 No Ordinary Line, Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2006 SOFA Chicago, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK 2006 Origin, Craft Council UK, Somerset House, London, UK 2006 Persona, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2006 Atmospheric, Perspectives, Broughton Gallery Scotland, 2006 CraftBoston, World Trade Center, Boston, MA 2006 Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK 2006 100 Brooches, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2005 traveling through 2006 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL 2005 Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, WI 2005 Chelsea Crafts Fair, London, UK 2005 CraftBoston, Boston, MA 2005 San Francisco Craft Show, American Craft Council, San Francisco, CA 2004 Inside Out, Gallery Flow, London, UK 2004 Element 79, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA 2004 SOFA Chicago, Bluecoat Display Centre, Chicago, IL 2004 A Bird in the Hand, CERF auction SOFA, Chicago, IL 2004 A Simple Chair, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004 200 Rings, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2004 traveling through 2005 Dee-Light, Diamond Tanita Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 American Craft Council Baltimore Winter Show, Baltimore, MD 2004 Collect, Velvet da Vinci at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK 2004 Not for the Faint of Heart, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA 2004 Domesticated Animals, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA, 2004 Valuables: Jewelry in the New Millennium, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA 2003 Chess, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2003 traveling through 2004 ANTI-WAR MEDALS, Artists Respond to the War, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2003 traveling through 2005 Birds in Art, Leigh Hawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2003 International Showcase, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, UK 2003 Summer Exhibition, Newby Hall Sculpture Park, Yorkshire, England 2002 Not Human, Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland 2002 Fliers, Obsidian Gallery, Tuscon, AZ 2002 Wire Show, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK 2001 Bugs, Alaska Museum of Art and History, Anchorage, AK 2001 Thirteen Hands Scotland, CAOL Crafts Project and Tour, 2001 Nike Presto Project, Organized jointly by Twist, Portland, OR, and Nike, 2001 Natural History, Gallery Flow, London, UK 2001 Scissors, Paper, Rock, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2001 Bay Area Metals, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, 2001 Exhibition in Print, SNAG at SOFA, Chicago, IL 2000 Tiaras Will Be Worn, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2000 touring through 2001 A Sense of Scale, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, UK 1999 Inaugural Show, Geffrye Design Centre, London, UK 1999 Inaugural Show, Gallery Flow, London, UK 1999 Wire Work, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 1998 The Banqueting Table, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, England 1998 Looking for a Home, Geffrye Museum, London, England 1998 Britain Now, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997 Free to Move, Birmingham School of Jewellery, Touring Mobile Exhibition 1997 New Faces '96, Crafts Council Shop at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England 1996 Islington Makers, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, England 1996 Hackney Contemporaries, The Orangery, London, England 1996 Forged and Fused, Oxford Gallery, Oxford, England 1996 Fabulous Beasts, Organized by Hampshire Sculpture Trust, Staunton Country Park 1996 Exposition Bestiare, Galerie Art and Crafts, 1996 Chelsea Crafts Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, England 1996 Body Ornament, Warrington Arts Gallery, Touring through 1996 The Enchanted Garden, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, England 1995 On Their Metal, Crafts Council Gallery Shop, London, England 1995 My Family and Other Animals, Galerie Art and Crafts Claude Andre, Brussels, Belgium 1995 Hackney Contemporaries, Economist Building, London, England 1995 Chelsea Crafts Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, England 1995 Endangered Wildlife, Lamont Gallery, London, England 1995 Birds of Wire, Studio Sienko, London, England 1995 SELECTED PUBLICATIONSUnexpected Pleasures, Catalog, Design Musuem, London, 2013 Ferrous, Catalog, Velvet da Vinci and Crafthaus, 2013 Cheondju Craft Biennale, Catalog, Cheondju South Korea Open Mind, exhibition catalog published by Sungkok Museum Seoul South Korea Foursite, exhibition catalogue published by San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design Celebrating 70, exhibition catalogue published by Facere Gallery Sculpting in Wire, Cathy Miles, A and C Black publishers London, UK 2009 Signs of Life, published by Facere Gallery, 2009 Thomas Hill Jewlery and Sculpture, Review, Metalsmith Magazine CRART Magazine, South Korea 500 Broches, Lark Books 1000 Rings, Lark Books 2004 Chess, Velvet da Vinci Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Exhibition in Print 2000, Metalsmith Magazine Nouvel Objet 2, 1997 The Co-op Headquarters, Ruth Pavey, Crafts Magazine, Rochdale, Jan/Feb 1997 Wired Thing! Thomas Hill's Metal Menagerie, Crafts Magazine, Jan/Feb 1996 The Art.of Drawing, BBC Education GRANTS AND AWARDSArtist's Choice Award CraftBoston, 2006 Third Annual Ernie Kim Award, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA 2001 Setting-Up Grant, Crafts Council, 1995 Best Newcomer, Chelsea Crafts Fair, London, UK 1995 Setting-up Grant, British Crafts Council, 1994 COLLECTIONSLeigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI Geffrye Museum Wakefield City Museum Arthur Andersen PLC Contemporary Arts Society SPECIAL PROJECTSHyatt Regency Hotel, Tampa, Florida, 2006 Royal Liverpool Hospital 2003 Mater Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2000 John Lewis Department Store, Southampton, UK 2000 Pathé British Film Award at Edinburgh International Festival, commission to design and produce trophy 1999 Pigeon in Flight—After Muybridge, Broad Quay House, Bristol, UK Commissioned by Standard Life Properties 1998 Drawings and wirework for programs/pamphlets, commissioned by the BBC Symphony Orchestra 1996 Co-operative Retail Society, 1995 Top |
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