EXhibitions
OBJECTS REDUX: Clay, Glass, and Metal, 1960-1985, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin, 2019-2020.
The Shifting Circus: Drawings and Sculpture - Thom Bohnert, Gifts of Art - University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June - Sept 2017.
Unpacking the Karen Johnson Boyd Ceramic Collection, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin, August 2017 - March 2018. https://www.facebook.com/UMHSGiftsofArt
Vitrified, Pewabic Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 2016.
Actual Size, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, 2015.
ArtWorks Detroit, The Alchemy, Detroit, Michigan, 2015.
John Dempsey and Thom Bohnert, Saginaw Valley State University Art Gallery, Saginaw, Michigan, 2015.
30th Anniversary, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2014.
Printed, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2013.
Thom Bohnert: Ceramics/Drawings, Yourist Studio Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2013.
ArtWorks (Michigan Aids Coalition), Federal Reserve Building, Detroit, Michigan, 2013.
Circus, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2013.
Interspecies, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2013.
Around the World with 80 Objects, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, 2012-13.
December Members and Guests, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2012.
Dining by Design (Michigan Aids Coalition), Joe Dumars Fieldhouse, Detroit, Michigan, 2012.
Process as Content, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2012.
Cool City, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2011.
MICA (Michigan Institute of Contemporary Art), Lansing, Michigan, 2011.
Buckham Invitation, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2010.
Actual Size, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Michigan, 2009.
Michigan Mud Presenters, Grand Valley State University, Michigan, 2009.
Obsession, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2009.
3-D, University of Michigan-Flint Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2009.
24, Ours, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2008.
Small Works, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2008.
Points of Entry, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2008.
Small Favors: III, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008.
Medium: Earth, Red Ink-Flint, Flint, Michigan, 2008.
Surface, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2008.
Window Shopping, Collaboration: Catherine Smith and Thom Bohnert, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2007-8.
Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2007.
Actual Size, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, 2007.
Please be Seated, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2006-7.
Gift of the Artist, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan, 2006.
HEART RATE, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2006.
Two Dimensions/Three Dimensions, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2006.
Gallery Artists, Loveed Fine Arts, New York, New York, 2006.
Actual Size, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, 2005.
Floor to Ceiling, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2005.
Great Lakes Drawing Biennial, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, 2004.
Affordable Art, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2003.
Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003.
Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, Michigan, 2003.
Black or White, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2003.
Staying Power, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 2003.
Witnesses and Warriors, George Meany Archive, Silver Spring, Maryland, 2002.
Krasl Sculpture Biennial, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan, 2002.
SOFA New York, Loveed Fine Arts, New York, New York, 2002.
Pressing Matters: A Printmaking Invitational, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2002.
Michigan Drawing Biennial, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 2002.
Peace on Earth, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 2001.
Gallery Artists, Loveed Fine Arts, New York, New York, 2001.
Contemporary Ceramics from the Permanent Collection, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, 2001.
Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2000. (catalog)
To Have and to Hold: Ancient and Modern Vessels from Around the World, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, 2000.
Who Knows Where or When: Artists Interpret Geography and Time, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisconsin, 2000. (catalog)
Actual Size, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, Michigan, 2000.
Friends and Family: Past and Present, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 1999.
Artists Represented, Loveed Fine Arts, New York, New York, 1999.
Art for the Park, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 1999.
Witnesses and Warriors - Flint Sit-Down Strike of 36-37, Greater Flint Arts Council Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 1999.
Works on Paper, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan, 1999.
Gallery Artists, Shaw/Guido Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan, 1998.
Sculpture Invitational, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan, 1998.
Four Fifties + One, Buckham Fine Arts Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 1998.
Community College Invitational, Olivet College Art Gallery, Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan, 1998.
7th Jinro International Ceramic Art Workshop Artists, Hangaram Gallery-Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea, 1997. (catalog available)
Contemporary Masters, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan, 1997.
Thom Bohnert - Ceramics/Drawings, Shaw/Guido Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan, 1997.
Vital Signs, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 1996.
Thom Bohnert - Ceramics/Drawings, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, New York 1996.
Hystical Art, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 1996.
Ten Michigan Potter's, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 1996.
Thom Bohnert - Sculpture/Drawing, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan, 1996.
Thom Bohnert - Arrangements: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 1996.
Gallery Artists, Habatat/Shaw Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan, 1995.
Interventions, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan, 1995.
Summer/Group Exhibition, Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1995.
Museum Director's Choice, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, Michigan, 1995.
Michigan Directions: Flint Area Artists, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan,1994-5. (catalog - Christopher Young, curator)
Thom Bohnert: Sculpture and Drawings, Habatat/Shaw Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan, 1994.
Chainletters, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan, 1994.
Summer Sculpture, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1994.
Sofa-Sculpture, Objects Functional Art Exposition, represented by Habatat/Shaw Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 1994.
Contemporary American Ceramics: From the Dean Thompson Collection, Johnson County Community College, Gallery of Art, Overland Park, Kansas, 1994.
Retrospectrum II-On Paper, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 1994.
Art/Works - Bohnert, Caskey, Lilijeblad, Smith, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 1994.
Sculpture, Habatat/Shaw Gallery, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 1994.
Thom Bohnert: New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1993-4.
MCC Art Faculty Exhibit, Albion College, Michigan, 1993.
Invitational-Flint Artists, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Michigan, 1993.
New Works by Artists in the Wustum Collection, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin, 1993.
Director's Choice, Arizona State University Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona,1993.
New Works - Thom Bohnert, Art Center, GMI Engineering and Management Institute, Flint, Michigan, 1993.
Three Area Sculptors - Thom Bohnert, Gary Gebhardt, Cathy Smith, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan, 1993.
Ideas and Materials, Sisson Gallery, MacKenzie Fine Arts Center, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan, 1993.
Mott Community College Art Faculty, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan, 1992.
New Art Forms Exposition, represented by Habitat/Shaw Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, 1992.
Objects of Desire: A Vision of the Year 2000, Ball State Museum of Art, Muncie, Indiana, 1992.
50th Anniversary Celebration-Gifts to the Permanent Collection, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin, 1992.
Beyond Bounds - A Silksational Event, Gallery of Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas, 1992.
Thom Bohnert: New Works-Ceramics/Drawings, Habatat/Shaw Gallery, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 1992.
Contemporaries VII: Thorn Bohnert & Richards Ruben, Ball State Museum of Art, Muncie, Indiana, 1992.
Drawing by Ceramic Artists, Habatat/Shaw Gallery, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 1992.
Progressions, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan, 1992.
Heart Art, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, 1992.
Scale/Detail, Habatat/Shaw Gallery, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 1991.
CANUSA - Exchange Exhibit, Spectator Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, 1991.
Deconstruction - Bohnert, Elouza, Rohling, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, New York, 1991.
Artworks About Art, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1990. (Two-year traveling exhibit, catalog - Alice Westphal, curator)
Back to the Future - Putting Pottery in Perspective, Clark Arts Center, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, 1990.
8 Michigan Artists, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, 1990. (catalog - Christopher Young, curator)
Clay 10 Plus, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1990.
Thom Bohnert/Carol Ann Carter, OMAP Series, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 1989-90.
Thom Bohnert - Drawings/Sculpture, Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery, DeWaters - Art Center, Flint, Michigan 1989.
New Artforms, represented by Greenberg Gallery, St.Louis, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, 1989.
Drawing into Sculpture - Thom Bohnert/Larry Cressman, Holland Art Gallery, Holland, Michigan, 1989.
Artists/Dewaters Art Center, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, 1989.
Kansas City Collects - Ceramic Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, 1989.
Thom Bohnert: Drawings, Large Sculptures, Ceramic Sculpture, Exhibit A, Chicago, Illinois, 1988.
Thom Bohnert: Large Sculptures/Drawings, Albion College, Albion, Michigan, 1988.
Thom Bohnert: Drawings/Sculpture, Buckham Fine Arts Project, Flint, Michigan, 1987.
20 Years, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1987.
May Show - Gallery Artists, Exhibit A, Chicago, Illinois, 1987.
20 Michigan Artists, MCA Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 1987.
The Ritual Vessel, Twining Gallery, New York, New York, 1987.
The Form of Color: Polychrome Sculpture, Nawara Gallery, Walled Lake, Michigan, 1987.
The Art of Collecting, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1986.
MICHIGAN-National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships - 1965-86, Detroit Focus Gallery, 1986.
Solo - Six Experiments in Sculpture and New Works, Exhibit A, Chicago, Illinois, 1986.
Architecture of the Vessel, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 1986.
Artists, Exhibit A, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1986.
Solo - Six Experiments in Sculpture, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, 1986.
State of the Art, Twining Gallery, New York, New York, 1985-86.
Dragon Stone, International Harbourfront Toronto, Art Gallery at Ontario, Ontario, Canada, 1985.
Thom Bohnert - Drawings, Exhibit A, Chicago, Illinois, 1985.
Artists/Artists, Detroit Focus, Detroit, Michigan, 1985.
A Decade of American Ceramics, Exhibit A, Chicago, Illinois, 1985.
Surface/Function/Shape, The Earl Millard Collection, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois, 1985.
Stuff and Spirit: The Arts in Craft Media, Twining Gallery, Inc., New York, New York, 1984.
New Work (solo presentation), Exhibit A, Chicago, Illinois, 1984.
Rockford Midwest Invitational, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, 1984.
Drawing with Space, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan, 1984.
Solo Exhibit, Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1983.
Cranbrook Artists, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 1983.
Recent Acquisitions, Arizona State University, Tucson, Arizona, 1983.
Gallery Artists - New Works, Exhibit A, Chicago, Illinois, 1983.
American Clay Artists: Philadelphia 83, Marian Locks Gallery East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1983.
Pottery Questions, Bohnert, DeVore, Timock, Voulkos, Broward Community College, Fine Arts Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1983.
Craft: An Expanding Definition, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1983.
Prime Evidence, Exhibit A, Chicago, Illinois, 1983.
Cranbrook Ceramic Alumni, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1983.
Visiting Artist Group Exhibit, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1983.
Painting and Sculpture Today: 1982, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1982.
Three Dimensions: Glass, Fiber, Clay, Katonah Gallery, Katonah, New York, 1982.
Fermi International Lab, Batavia, Illinois, 1982.
Painted Surfaces, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan, 1982.
Summer Space, Okun-Thomas Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1981.
Basket-Works, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1981.
Joan Mannheimer Collection, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa, 1981.
Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1980.
Contemporary Ceramics: A Response to Wedgewood, Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center, Two-year Traveling Exhibit, 1980-82.
Chicago International Art Expo, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, Exhibit A. 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984.
Ceramic Sculpture from Exhibit A, Charlotte Crosby Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 1980.
Invitational, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1980.
Clay/Fiber/Metal, Southeastern Massachusetts University, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 1979.
Solo Exhibit, Exhibit A, Chicago, Illinois, 1979, 1981, 1982.
A Century of American Ceramics in the U.S. 1878-1978, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York; Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Cooper-Hewitt, New York, New York, 1979.
Ten Approaches in Clay, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois, 1979.
Artists Viewpoints, Sponsored by the Taubman Co., Detroit, Michigan, 1978.
Clay, Designer/Craftsman Guild, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1978.
Place Settings, NCECA Conference, Krannert Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1978.
Michigan '78, Pewabic Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 1978.
Young Americans/Clay and Glass, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ and Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, New York, 1978.
Baskets, Meyer-Breier-v.Weiss, San Francisco, California, 1978.
Scripps College Invitational, Lang Art Gallery, Claremont, California, 1978.
University of Michigan Faculty, Lever House, New York, New York, 1978.
Clay and Glass, University Center, Delta College, Michigan, 1978.
Invitational, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Wisconsin, 1978.
University of Michigan-Faculty, Rackham Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, 1977.
Marietta Crafts National, Grover M. Hermann Fine Arts Center, Marietta, Ohio, 1977.
Ceramic Vessel as Metaphor, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, 1977.
Invitation: Clay/Metal/Fiber, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1977.
Michigan Ceramics; Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1977.
Ceramic Conjunction, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California, 1977.
New Views by Young Artists, Exhibit A, Evanston, Illinois, 1976.
Box, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1976.
Solo Exhibit, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 1976.
Two-Person, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, 1976.
Clay, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 1976.
Alumni Invitational, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1976.
Michigan Crafts, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan, 1976.
Governor's Mansion, Lansing, Michigan, 1975.
Ceramic Sculpture, Stockton College, Pomona, New Jersey, 1975.
Contemporary Crafts of the Americas, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1975.
Invitational, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 1974.
Faculty Exhibit, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, 1974.
Invitational, Pewabic Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 1974.
Invitational, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1974.
Beaux-Arts Designer/Craftsman, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, 1973, 1975, 1977.
Invitational, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1973.
Solo Exhibit, Keystone Junior College, La Plume, Pennsylvania, 1973.
Invitational, Fairtree Gallery, New York, New York, 1973.
National Drawing & Small Sculpture; Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1973.
Flint Annual, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977.
Michigan Artist-Craftsman Biennial, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1972.
Michiana Biennial, South Bend Art Center, South Bend, Indiana, 1972.
National Drawing & Small Sculpture, San Diego State College, San Diego, California, 1972.
Invitational, New York State University, Oneonta, New York, 1971.
Invitational, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980.
All-Michigan, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, 1971.
Michigan Artist-Craftsman, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan, 1971.
Cranbrook Alumni, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan, 1971.
Invitational, Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan, 1971.
Great Lakes Ceramics, Wisconsin State University, Platteville, Wisconsin, 1971.
Mid-Michigan; Midland, Michigan, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977.
Invitational, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, 1971.
Invitational, Kravetz Gallery, Rochester, New York, 1970.
Michigan Crafts Exhibit, Art Center, Mt. Clemens, Michigan, 1970.
Edinboro Ceramic Invitational, Bate Gallery, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, 1970.
Faculty, Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan, 1970.
Opening of the Season, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan, 1970.
70 Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1970.
Clay: Anatomic and Geographic, Fine Arts Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, 1970.
Project 70, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan, 1970.
Annual, Greater Fall River Art Association, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1970, 1972.
Mid-State Crafts Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, Indiana, 1969.
4 For 69, Communications Building, Edwardsville, Illinois, 1969.
Spring Festival Exhibitions, Edwardsville, Illinois, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969.