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BROTHER THOMAS

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

1929      Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1950      Graduated from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.
1951-8   Worked in business. Advisor to Nova Scotia Handcraft Centre.
1953      Began pottery
1958-9   Traveled and studied in Europe.
1959      Entered the Benedictine Monastery, Weston Priory, VT.
1968      Graduated from University of Ottawa
             Masters degree in Philosophy. University Gold Medal.
1976      Visiting lecturer, Alfred University School of Ceramics, NY.
1978      Traveled in Japan. Met with five "National Treasure" potters.
             Traveled to Taipei
1983      Awarded National Endowment for the Arts grant.
1985      Artist-in-Residence, Mount Saint Benedict, Erie, PA.
2007      Died, Mount Saint Benedict, Erie, PA.

MUSEUM AND GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
1972      G. W. V. Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA.
1974      St. Mary's University Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1980      G. W. V. Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA.
1982      Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA.
1983      Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA.
1984      Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA.
1986      Carlyn Gallery, New York City, NY.
             Galerie Kieff, Montreal, Canada.
1987      Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA.
             New Acquisitions Gallery, Syracuse, NY.
1988      Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA.
             Mount Saint Benedict, Erie, PA.
             Olin Museum, Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
             Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA.
1989      Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA.
             Elizabeth Anne Seton Memorial Gallery, Saint Peters School, New Brunswick, NJ.
             Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA.
             Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT.
1990      Dee Erlien Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
             Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA.
             Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA.
1991      Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA.
             Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
             Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
             "Collecting American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, 1971-1991."
1992      Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA. "Recent Gifts".
             Nada/Mason Gallery, Northfield Mt. Hermon School, MA.
1993      Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Bayside, NY.
             Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA. "Vessels and Visions".
             Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH.
             Benedicta Art Center, College of St. Benedicta, MN.
             Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, DC.
1994      Catharine G. Murphy Galleries, College of St. Catherine, MN.
             Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA. "Of Measures Beyond the Perfect"
1995      Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA. "Gifts From the Fire II"
1997      St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, PA. "Gifts from the Fire"
1997      Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA. "Continuity and Renewal"
1997      Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN.
             "Gifts from the Fire: The Porcelains of Brother Thomas Bezanson"
1998      Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1999      Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA "A Time for Celebration"
2000      Green Gallery, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan.
2001      Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA.
2001      Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
2003      Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2003      Southern Vermont Arts Center. Manchester, VT
2003      Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA

COLLECTIONS
Aidekman Art Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Allen Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bellerive Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
Benedictine Sisters of Erie, Erie, PA
The Bennington Museum of Art, Bennington, VT
Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, Canada
Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Commonwealth School, Boston, MA
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
Everson Museum, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
Gardiner Museum of Ceramics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA
Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
Kennedy Museum of American Art, Ohio University, Miami, OH
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
The Museum of Ceramic Art at Alfred, Alfred, NY
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
Musee Bernard Palissy, France
Neuestadt Museum, Landsberg Am Lech, Germany
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Roberson Center for the Arts & Sciences, Binghamton, NY
Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
St. Edmunds College, Cambridge, England
St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, Haifa, Israel
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Vatican Collection, Rome, Italy
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Windsor Castle, Windsor, England
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Yale University, New Haven, CT

LECTURES, ARTICLES, MONOGRAPHS, AND FILM
1960-7    Article, "Potters Notebook", published by Nova Scotia
              Department of Education.
1984      Lecture, "Contemplative Values in My Work",
             Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
1986      Lecture, "Color, Light & Harmony" Studio Potter's Magazine.
1987      Lecture, "The Artist's Word", Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY.
             Article, "The Artist's Word," Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY.
1988      Lecture, "The Pathways to Simplicity", Mount Saint Benedict
             Lecture, "Art and Religious Experience", Roanoke College
             Monograph, The Path to the Beautiful.
1989      Lecture, "Alchemy and the Potter's Art", Bennington Museum
1990      Lecture: "Ars, Artis", Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA.
1991      Film: Gifts From the Fire, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
1993      Lecture: "Freedom: First Gift/Last Gift". Mt. St. Benedict
             Monograph, Gifts From the Fire.
             Lecture:"BIG TIGER/little tiger" Walsh College, Canton, OH
                 and Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
1994      Lecture, "A Reflection on 'Recognition' in Art"
                 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
1995      "Viewpoints" Forum, Asia Society, New York, NY
1995      Article, "Outer Space/Inner Space". Studio Potter
1997      Article, "The Millennial Eggs, Beauty and Hope"
1999      Monograph, Creation out of Clay
2001      Celebrate the Days: The Brother Thomas Book of Days
2003      Offerings of the Spirits: Tributes to the Artist