Thomas Brewer
Thomas Brewer was born in Urbana, IL in 1948, attended public school there and graduated from Champaign Central High School in 1967. Attended Parkland Community College and received a B.A. in Art Education and Ceramics from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (1973). After graduating he worked as a studio potter for nine years and began teaching art in 1982. He completed an M.A. in Art from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1985) and then a Ph.D. in Art Education from Florida State University (1989). He taught K-Post Graduate art and art education for 35 years and was the Coordinator of Art Education at UCF from 1996 to December 2015.
His more recent solo exhibitions were at Mjólkurbúðinni Listagilinu, Akureyri, Iceland, 2016 (with Gils Artist Residency) and William Carey University, Hattiesburg, MS, 2015. His studio work has been included in exhibitions at the South Carolina Museum, Columbia, SC; McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC; the Arkansas Art Center and the Arkansas Art Center Decorative Museum, Little Rock, AR; the Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN; and the Walton Art Center, Fayetteville, AR. National exhibitions include: American Crafts Council Spotlight Exhibitions; Ohr Rising: Gulf States Competition; in 2008 A Twist on Tradition: National Juried Exhibition and Jersey Shore Clay National, Platters and Pourers National; Red Heat: Contemporary Works in Clay 2010; and Functional/Dysfunctional National Juried Ceramics Competition 2013. Brewer is currently represented at Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA; and at www.tombrewergallery.com Urbana, IL.
Brewer had a studio and residence in New Smyrna Beach from 2000-2021 and since March 2021 permanently works at 305 W. Griggs St, Urbana, IL, US.
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Tom Brewer Gallery
Tom Brewer Gallery/Studio has been in place since 2010 and was formally Griggs St. Pottery. For the past 4 years it has been an active clay studio and gallery representing my work and collections of various artists and has hosted several music sessions. It is one of the few privately owned brick and mortar art spaces in the CU area.
