Guy Thomas CV
Born 1959 in Swanley, Kent. I studied at Bath Academy of Art 1984-87 and then worked as a metalworker at Bath Metalwork for several years. I was Sculpture Technician and Lecturer at Wimbledon School of Art, 1990-96. I devised and taught ‘Exploring Sculpture’ summer schools at Wimbledon School of Art and ‘Painting with Freedom’ workshops in Bath, 2002-11.
1989-90 Postgraduate Diploma Art Therapy, Herts College of Art, St Albans
1984-87 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Bath Academy of Art, Corsham/Bath
1983-84 Foundation Art and Design, Maidstone College of Art, Kent
Public collections Chippenham Museum Service.
Prizes 2016 Sculpture Prize, judged by Gavin Turk, Bath Society of Artists Open Exhibition.
2007 Bristol Guild 3D Prize, Bath Society of Artists Open Exhibition.
Membership Bath Society of Artists, former Chairman 2011-12.
Publications Author of Bronzecasting, A Manual of Techniques, Crowood Press, 1995.
The Art Book, Volume 13, book review of John Huggins Sculptor by Peter Davies.
Start Sculpting by John Plowman, New Burlington Books.
The Encyclopedia of Sculpting Techniques by John Plowman, Headline Books.
Selected Group Exhibitions and One-Person Shows
2023 Spotlight 3, Modern and Contemporary Art from Chippenham Museum Collection, Wiltshire
Royal West of England Academy 170, Open Annual Exhibition, Bristol
2003-2023 Inclusive, Bath Society of Artists Open Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath.
2022 Newbridge Arts, Bath.
2021 E17 Arts Trail, Walthamstow, London.
2019 Fresh Air, Quennington, Cotswolds.
Millfield Open Exhibition, Millfield School, Street, Somerset.
2018 Bath Society of Artists, Members Show, 44AD Gallery, Bath.
2017 Corsham Open Exhibition, The Pound, Corsham, Wiltshire.
2016 Fluent Steel Meets Lithic Stone, two-person show, 44AD Gallery, Bath.
Millfield Open Exhibition, Millfield School, Street, Somerset.
2015 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London.
Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall.
Bradford on Avon Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire.
Bath Society of Artists Members Show, BRSLI, Bath.
2014 The Language of Sculpture, Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall.
Bradford on Avon Sculpture Garden, Wiltshire.
2013 Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall.
2012 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London.
Corsham Reformed, Torsaka Gallery, London.
3+1, four-person show, Walcot Chapel, Bath.
Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall.
2011 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London.
Porthminster Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall.
2010 Belgrave Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall.
Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Show, Bristol.
Magdalen Chapel, one-person show, Bath.
2009 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London.
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London.
Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Show, Bristol.
Workshop Wales Gallery, Fishguard, Wales.
2008 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London.
Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Show, Bristol.
Workshop Wales Gallery, Fishguard, Wales.
Millstream Sculpture Garden, Warminster, Wiltshire.
2007 Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Show, Bristol.
On Show, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London.
Workshop Wales Gallery, Fishguard, Wales.
Quartz, Taunton, Somerset.
2006 @108 Bronze, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London.
Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Show, Bristol.
Bath Society of Artists Members Show, Out of the Blue Gallery, Bath.
2005 Centenary Show, Royal British Society of Sculptors, Harold Martin Gardens, Leicester.
Sculpture in Paradise, Chichester Cathedral.
Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Show, Bristol.
2004 @108, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London.
Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Show, Bristol.
Partial View, curated by Matthew Collins, Hotbath Gallery, Bath.
Black Swan Open Exhibition, Frome, Somerset.
2003 Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Show, Bristol.
Bath Area Network of Artists, Hotbath Gallery, Bath.
2002 Royal West of England Academy, Autumn Show, Bristol.
2001 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London.
Sculpture for St Swithins Day, Red House, Chichester, Hants.
1997 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London.
1996 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London.
Beatrice Royal Gallery Summer Show, Eastleigh, Hants.
1995 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London.
Beatrice Royal Gallery Summer Show, Eastleigh, Hants.
1994 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London.
Bronzeworks, New Burlington Street Gallery, London.
Response to Landscape, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh, Hants.
Sculpture at Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, London.
1993 Horsham Arts Centre, one-person show, Horsham, West Sussex.
Dialogue and Debate, Wimbledon School of Art, London.
Sculpture at Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, London.
1992 Sculpture at Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, London.
1991 Sculpture at Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon, London.
1990 Watford Girls Grammar School, one-person show, Watford.
1988 Corsham Arts Festival, Corsham, Wiltshire.
1987 Art Matters, Winchester, Hants.