Biographical Information for Thomas Hill:

Residence: California / London

Education:

Middlesex University, UK, 1990-1994
Suffolk College of Higher & Further Education, UK, 1989-1990

Exhibitions (selected):

Solo Exhibitions:
-Jane Adam and Thomas Hill, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2009
-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

Group Exhibitions

-Signs of Life, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA 2009
-Persona, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2006
-Atmospheric, Perspectives, Broughton Gallery Scotland, 2006
-CraftBoston, 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


Publications (selected):

-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
-Crafts Magazine, Ruth Pavey, "The Co-op Headquarters, Rochdale" Jan/Feb 1997
-"Wired Thing! Thomas Hill's Metal Menagerie" Crafts Magazine Jan/Feb 1996
-"The Art.of Drawing" BBC Education


Grants & Awards:

-Artist'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


Collections:

-Geffrye Museum
-Wakefield City Museum
-Arthur Andersen PLC
-Contemporary Arts Society


Special Projects:

-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