Ever the pragmatist, Jeremy Thomas learned metal forging because wanted to make his own chisel to use in carving stone sculptures. Little did he imagine that we would soon abandon stone to work exclusively with metal. After a period working as a metalsmith, Thomas stumbled upon his now-signature technique of heating steel upwards of 2800 degrees Fahrenheit, rendering it malleable as clay, then injecting it with pressurized air to create voluminous forms. The process involves cutting steel plates into circular shapes, folding them into a pattern, and welding them into place to form sensual, “inflated” sculptures characterized by creases, folds, wrinkles, and curved lines. He coats parts of these erotic and biomorphic forms with the slick colors characteristic to industrial farming, while leaving other parts in a raw state of oxidization. As Thomas describes, this juxtaposition is meant to heighten ‹the sense of contrast between the synthetic and the organic›.
Biografie
| 1973 | Born in Ohio, USA |
| 1991 | Oklahoma Summer Arts lnstitute, with artist Robert Rahway Zakanitch |
| 1992–96 | Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA |
| 1992 | Oklahoma Summer Arts lnstitute, with artist Deloss McGraw |
| 1993–94 | Internship, intaglio printmaking, painter/printmaker Jean Richardson, Oklahoma City, USA |
| 1996 | Internship, artist blacksmith Tom Joyce, Santa Fe, USA |
Einzelausstellungen
| 2013 | Camber, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, USA |
| Peter Blake Gallery Laguna Beach, USA | |
| 2012 | Dialogues in steel, two person show, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA |
| 2009 | Boll, Charlotte Santa Fe, USA |
| Cotton Module, Samuel Freeman, Santa Monica, USA | |
| 2008 | Implement, Jackson Fine Art and Charlotte Jackson Project, Space Santa Fe, USA |
| 2007 | Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, USA |
| 2006 | Inflatables, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA |
GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNGEN
| 2014 | Wiedersehen Wiesbaden, schauraum multipleart, Zürich |
| 2013 | Learning to See: Josef Albers and the Interaction of Color, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arl Scottsdale, USA |
| All About Color, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA | |
| Faszination der Farbe, Davis Klemm Gallery, Wiesbaden, D | |
| Art For Art’s Sake, Fredrick R. Wiesman Museum Of Ar1, Pepperdine University Malibu, USA | |
| 2012 | Faltwelten – lt’s All in the Fold, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich, D |
| ‹Pink› Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA | |
| 2011 | Mostly Monochrome, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA |
| 2010 | Group exhibition of small works, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, USA |
| Thirty Years of Collecting: A Recent Gift to the Museum, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale USA | |
| 2009 | Mostly Sculpture (Damnit) Samuel Freeman, Santa Monica, USA |
| 2007 | Of the Wall, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA |
| 2006 | That’s Hot, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA |
WERKE IN ÖFFENTLICHEN SAMMLUNGEN
Albright-Knox Gallery Buffalo, New York, USA
Fredrick R. Wiesman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
J. Crew Corporate Collection, New York, USA
New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, USA
Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center, Lone Wolf, USA
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, USA