Thomas Scoon

Using cast glass and granite, New Hampshire sculptor Thomas Scoon focuses exclusively on the human figure, abstracting it while still emphasizing the essence of gender, gesture and other human characteristics.  The organic granite stones have spectacular traces of quartz, mica and iron running throughout them, and juxtaposed with the translucent glass, result in works that balance the beauty of nature and explore familial and generational relationships, both as a personal narrative and universal construct.

Professional Experience

1991 – Present          Independent Studio Artist

2003                           Univ of New Hampshire, Adjunct Instructor, Sculpture Dept.

1989-90                      MA College of Art, Adjunct Professor, Sculptural Glass Casting

1984                            Pilchuck Glass School, Teaching Assistant, Glass Blowing

Education

Masters of Fine Art - Massachusetts College of Art, 1990

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Illinois State University, 1988

Museums & Collections

Bergstrom-Maher Museum of Glass, Neenah, Wi

Henery Ford Museum, Dearborn,Mi

Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tn

Mobile Museum of Art, Haverty Collection, Mobile AL

Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN

Casine Collection, Sydney Australia

Private Collection, Kingdom of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia

Private Collection, Mumbi, India

Art in the Embassy Program, US State Department, DC

Detroit Institute of Arts, Chordorkoff Collection, Detroit, MI

Glassmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark

Detroit Institute of Arts, Robinson Collection, Detroit, Mi

Private Collection, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Private Collection, Delhi, India

Museum & University Exhibitions

2019    “New England Glass, Worcester Center for the Crafts, Worcester, MA

2016    “Nature of Glass” Contemporary Sculpture, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA

2015    “Cutting Edge”- A new Perspective on Glass, Sandwich Glass Museum,    Sandwich,  MA

2014    “Glass Today: 21st-Century Innovations,”  New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

2012    “Contemporary/Anthropological” Burchfield Penny Art Museum, Buffalo State University, Buffalo NY