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Brother Thomas Biography
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1929 |
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Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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1950 |
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Graduated from Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
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1951 - 1958 |
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Worked in business. Advisor to Nova Scotia Handcraft Centre.
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1958 - 1959 |
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Traveled and studied in Europe
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1959 |
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Entered the Benedictine Monastery Weston Priory, VT
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1968 |
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Graduated from the University of Ottawa
Masters degree in Philosophy. University Gold Medal.
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1976 |
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Visiting Lecturer, Alfred Univ. School of Ceramics Alfred, NY
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1978 |
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Traveled in Japan. Met with five "National Treasure" potters.
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1983 |
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Awarded National Endowment for the Arts grant
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1985 |
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Artist-in-residence, Mount Saint Benedict Erie, PA
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2007 |
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Died, Mount Saint Benedict, Erie, PA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA, “Brother Thomas: Tenmoku Masterworks”
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2008
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Soufer Gallery, New York, NY, “Porcelains by Brother Thomas”
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2007
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Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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2007
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Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA. "The Sacred Deed: The Art of Brother Thomas"
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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2006
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Mount Saint Benedict Monastery, Erie, PA. "The Journey and the Gift"
Soufer Gallery, New York, NY. "Porcelains by Brother Thomas"
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2005
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Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA. "How Great is our Joy!"
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2004
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Soufer Gallery, New York, NY. "From the Earth: The Ceramic Art of Brother Thomas"
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2003
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Southern Vermont Arts Center. Manchester, VT
Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH. "Visions in Cloth and Clay"
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2001
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Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
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2000
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Green Gallery, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan.
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1999
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Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA "A Time for Celebration"
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1998
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Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Halifax, Nova Scotia
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1997
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Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN. "Gifts from the Fire: The Porcelains of Brother Thomas Bezanson"
St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, PA. "Gifts from the Fire"
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1994
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Catherine G. Murphy Galleries St. Paul, MN
Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA. "Of Measures Beyond the Perfect"
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1993
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Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA. "Vessels and Visions"
Benedicta Art Center, College of St. Benedicta, MN
Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
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1992
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Pucker Gallery, Boston, MA. "Recent Gifts"
Nada/Mason Gallery, Northfield Mt. Hermon School, MA
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1991
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
"Collecting American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, 1971-1991."
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1990
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Erie Art Museum Erie, PA
Dee Erlien Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
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1989
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Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT
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1988
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Olin Museum, Roanoke College Salem, VA
Mount Saint Benedict, Erie, PA.
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1987
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Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA
New Acquisitions Gallery, Syracuse, NY.
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1986
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Carlyn Gallery, New York City, NY.
Galerie Kieff, Montreal, Canada.
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1982 - 1984
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Pucker Safrai Gallery, Boston, MA
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1980
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G.W.V. Smith Art Museum Springfield, MA
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1974
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St. Mary's University Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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1972
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G.W.V. Smith Art Museum Springfield, MA
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