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Bio Sketch, Past Shows and Exhibits

Bio Sketch

My career in clay started in New Jersey where I attended Monmouth University in Long Branch, studying under Arie Van Everdingen (BFA, MFA, Alfred University). In 1974, I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts, cum laude. Upon graduating, I opened the Fairhaven Pottery Guild with then partner Ed O’Reilly, a studio, gallery and school, which we operated until 1979. In 1979, I relocated to Northfield, Massachusetts and opened the Tom White Pottery, where I continue to work to this day.

Over the years I have taught and given workshops at Penland School of Crafts, Northfield Mount Herman, Pratt Institute of Art, and the University of Massachusetts. I am a member of the Asparagus Valley Potter Guild, League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, and the American Crafts Council. My work can be found in numerous galleries throughout the United States. I exhibit in solo and group invitational exhibits regularly. My work has been represented in Ceramics Monthly, Craft Horizons and the New England Crafts Connoisseur.

Past Shows and Exhibits

2010
Choy Gallery & Henry's Project: SHINO REDUX 2010, Invitational Group Show, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY

2009
Teapots: Interpretations – Group Show of teapots. Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield MA

2008
Consider the Cup. Invitational Group Show, Artisan Gallery, Northampton MA

2008
Firing Partners: Group Studio Show, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield MA

2008
National Teapot Show VII, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, NC

2008
Tom White - Wood, Soda, Salt, Solo Show, Artisan Gallery, Northampton MA

2006
Studio Pottery Invitational, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield MA

2006
Tea Time: The Art of the Teapot, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

2005
Studio Pottery Invitational, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield MA

2004
International Orton Cone Box Show, Holt/Russell Gallery, Baldwin KS

2004
Ceramics Biennial, NH Institute of Art, Manchester NH

2004
Functional Ceramics 2004, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster OH

2003
21st Century Ceramics, Columbus College of Art, Curator, Bill Hunt, Columbus OH

2003
Asparagus Valley Potters 25th Anniversary show, Westfield College, Westfield MA

1992
Teapot Invitational, American Museum of Crafts, New York, NY

1988
Functional Ceramics, 1988, Wooster OH

1987
"At The Table", Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston MA

1987-88
Living With Crafts, League of NH Craftsmen

1987
"Winged Things", Leveritt Crafts and Arts, Leverrett, MA

1986
League of NH Craftsmen Juried Show, Currier Museaum, Manchester NH

1985
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Juried Show, media award in clay, Sunapee NH

1982 - 87
One man shows, Ross Fishburn Gallery, Northfield Mount Herman School MA

1985 - 88
Teapot Show, Pinch Pottery, Northampton MA

1984
Fan Show, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston MA

1984
For Your Cooking and Dining Pleasure, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston MA

1982
Clay National, Erie Arts Center, Erie PA

1978
One Hundred Teapots, Theil College, Greenville PA

1978
National Group Show, Clay in the Spirit of '76, Eatontown NJ

1975
One man show, The Clay Place, Pittsburgh, PA

1975
Two man show, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ