Thomas Hoadley was born in North Adams, MA and raised in New Hampshire. He graduated from Amherst College in 1971 with a BA in studio arts. After a short time in the world of architecture and extensive travel in Europe, he and his new wife settled in southern Vermont where he studied and later apprenticed with potter Malcolm Wright who carries on the traditions of Karatsu style wood fired pottery that he studied in Japan. Hoadley then attained a Master of Science in Ceramics at Illinois State University and subsequently moved to the Berkshires with his young family and established his pottery studio.Hoadley’s colored porcelain art pottery, made with the Japanese technique of Nerikomi, is included in the collections of many public museums including the National Museum of American Art - Renwick Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts - Philadelphia, and the White House Craft Collection (now at the Clinton Library). Hoadley is the recipient of a Massachusetts Artists Fellowship, two NEA Grants, and a Bronze Medal at the International Ceramics Festival Mino ’95, Tajimi City, Japan. His work has been exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally and has also been featured in several books on ceramics. He currently resides in Lanesborough, Mass. where he divides his time between ceramics and abstract painting. EDUCATION1970 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine1971 Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts B.A. cum laude1974 Apprentice to Malcolm Wright, Marlboro, Vermont1977 Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois M.S. in CeramicsNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS19781980 1980 1982 1982 1983 1985 1986 1986 199019921995, 961995 1998 1998 2000, 04 2003 20032003 2004 2004 2005 2011“Young Americans: Clay/Glass” Tuscon Museum of Art, Tuscon, Arizona. Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, New York.“Westwood Clay National” Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California“American Porcelain” Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.“Scripps College 38th Ceramic Annual” Scripps College, Claremont, California “Westwood Clay National 1982” Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California “Masterworks - Glass, Wood, Clay, Fiber” Jesse Besser Museum, Alpena, Michigan “Ceramic Invitational” The Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon“Designed and Made for Use” American Craft Museum, New York, New York “International Ceramics Festival Mino” Tajimi City, Japan“Art That Works: Decorative Arts of the Eighties, Crafted in America” Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina and 13 other cities“American Crafts: The Nation’s Collection” Renwick Gallery of the National Museum ofAmerican Art, Washington, D.C.“The White House Collection of American Crafts” National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., also Rochester, NY; New York; Spring eld, MA; Los Angeles, CA; other cities “International Ceramics Festival Mino” Tajimi City, JapanThe Fletcher Challenge, Auckland, New Zealand“Re:FORM,” Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA“Armory National Ceramics Invitational” Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL “Vessels, Boxes and Baskets” Function + Art, Chicago“21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada” Columbus College of Art andDesign, Columbus, Ohio“The Power of Design and Art” The Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan“San Angelo National Ceramic Competition” San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX “Creations in Clay: Contemporary New England Ceramics” Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH “Ceramics Invitational 2005,” Texas A&M University, Commerce, Texas“International Ceramics Festival ‘11, Mino” Tajimi City, JapanSOLO AND GROUP SHOWS (selected list)1981, 83 198119821982, 83, 84 1983, 85 19841984198519871988, 91, 93 19951999 1999 2001 2003 2004 2004,05 2004 2005 2005 2005 2006 2007 2007 2009 2009The Jackie Chalkley Gallery, Washington, D.C. solo showHolstein Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida “Porcelain Invitational”DBR Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio “Clay Invitational 1982”The Clay Pot, Brooklyn, New York solo showVenture Gallery, Lathrup Village, Michigan solo showElaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, California solo showSwan Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania solo showBenchmarks Gallery, Washington, D.C. “Malcolm Wright and Apprentices”Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon solo showMendelson Gallery, Washington Depot, ConnecticutJoanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ featureGallery W.D.O., Charlotte, NC three person showZazen Gallery, Belleville, WI group showRunning Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM solo showGallery W.D.O., Charlotte, NC solo showGuadalupe Arts Center, Austin, TX “The Fine Art of Ceramics”Haddad Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA group show, paintingsSt. Joseph Galerie, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, “Coloured Porcelain”St. Joseph Galerie, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, “100 X 2, 10 Years St. Joseph Galerie” Rufford Craft Centre, Newark, Nottinghamshire, U.K. “Naked Clay”Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH solo showLascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA group show, paintingsKasten Fine Art, Great Barrington, MA group show, paintingsCarrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY group show, paintings“Patchwork”, Armstrong’s Gallery, Pomona, CA group show“Out of America”, The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester, UK three person showThomas A. Hoadleysolo show, group clay showgroup showThomas Hoadley, page 22009,10,11 Hoadley Gallery, Lenox, MA two person show, paintings2011 “New England Collective II”, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA2012 “PSA National Ceramics Invitational”, Paducah School of Art, Paducah, Kentucky2017 Sherrie Gallerie, Colombus, OH “Three Masters in Porcelain”COLLECTIONSNational Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, MassachusettsLos Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CaliforniaMint Museum, Charlotte, North CarolinaThe White House, Washington, D.C.Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California Yale University, New Haven, ConnecticutUniversity of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa Henry Ford Community College, MichiganMCI Collection, Washington, D.C.Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AlabamaSan Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TexasAWARDS AND HONORS1981 Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Finalist1981 Philadelphia Craft Show - Judges’ Award, Craftsmen’s Award1982 Philadelphia Craft Show - Judges’ Award1985 Massachusetts Artists Fellowship, The Artists Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts1985 American Craft Museum Design Award, “Designed and Made for Use” competition1986 International Ceramics Festival ‘86, Mino, Japan - Honorable Mention1988 Philadelphia Craft Show - Franklin Mint Ceramics Award1989 The Washington Craft Show - Award of Excellence1989 Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Finalist1990,92 National Endowment for the Arts. Visual Artists Fellowship1993 Porcelain Bowl chosen by Joan Mondale to be shown in the U.S. Ambassador’s residencein Tokyo1993 Large Porcelain Bowl chosen to be part of the rst permanent White House Craft Collection 1995 International Ceramics Festival ‘95, Mino, Tajima City, Japan Bronze Award2011 International Ceramics Festival ‘11, Mino, Tajima City, Japan Special Judge’s AwardPUBLICATIONS1981 American Porcelain, New Expressions in an Ancient Art. Lloyd E. Herman, Timber Press1981 Porcelain, Traditions and New Visions. Axel and McCready, Watson Guptil1982 “American Ceramics” Harry Dennis, pub. issue 1/41983 American Crafts: A Sourcebook for the Home. Katherine Pearson, Stewart, Tabori& Chang1983 “Ceramics Monthly” Spencer Davis, pub. cover photo 9/831984 “American Craft” A.C.C. pub. portfolio Aug./Sept.1985 Moldmaking for Ceramics. Donald E. Frith, Chilton Book Co.1986 “The New York Times Magazine - Home Design” April 13, 1986 “American Pottery,”Paula DeitzThomas Hoadley, page 3 PUBLICATIONS Cont’d1988 Ceramic Form, Design and Decoration. Peter Lane, Rizzoli, New York1990 Clay Today. Martha Drexler Lynn, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and ChronicleBooks, San Francisco1990 Art That Works. Lloyd E. Herman, University of Washington Press, Seattle1993 The Complete Potter’s Companion. Tony Birkes, Conran Octopus Ltd. London1994 The Complete Potter: Porcelain. Caroline Whyman, University of Pennsylvania Press,Philadelphia1994 “The Studio Potter”. Gerry Williams, pub. Colored Clay section. “Pattern and Color” byThomas Hoadley. 12/94.1995 Contemporary Porcelain. Peter Lane, Chilton Book Company, Radnor, PA1995 The White House Collection of American Crafts. Michael Monroe, Abrams, New York 1998 Colour in Clay. Jane Waller, Crowood Press Ltd., Ramsbury, GB2001 Ceramics, Mastering the Craft, 2nd Edition. Richard Zakin, Krause Publications, Iola, WI2002 The Ceramic Surface. Matthias Ostermann, A&C Black, London2002 The Power of Design and Art. Edited and published by Museum of Modern Ceramic Art,Gifu, Japan2003 21st Century Ceramics. Bill Hunt, The American Ceramic Society, Westerville, Ohio2003 Contemporary Studio Porcelain 2nd ed. Peter Lane, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia2004 Making Marks, Discovering The Ceramic Surface. Robin Hopper, Kraus Publications, Iola, WI2004 Naked Clay, Ceramics Without Glaze, Jane Perryman, University of Pennsylvania Press,Philadelphia, PA2004 Electric Kiln Ceramics, 3rd Ed. Richard Zakin, Kraus Publications, Iola, WI2010 “Berkshires Week”. August 5, “Abstractions recall earth and archeology”. Keith Show.2011 The Vase and Beyond, The Sidney Swidler Collection of the Contemporary Vessel.Diana Daniels, Martha Drexler Lynn, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California