Skeff Thomas Ceramic Art
Monroeville, NJ
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Skeffington Thomas is a potter and ceramic artist, and Professor of Art on the faculty of Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lewis and Clark College, he worked as an apprentice for the renowned ceramic artist, Toshiko Takaezu. Upon earning the Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Skeff worked as the artist-in-residence at the Arvada Center for the Arts in Arvada Colorado. In 1997, he accepted the appointment to the faculty at Rowan University and served as chair of the Department of Art and Associate Dean for the College of Fine and Performing Arts.

A member of The National Council on Education of the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) since 1991, Skeff served the council as Director-at-large from 2002-2004 and as President from 2008-2010. NCECA awarded the honor of Emerging Artist to him in 1996. Skeff Thomas has received the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships in 1999 and 2005 and First Prize in the Grand Prix de Ceramique, Casino Faienceries, Sarreguemines, France. Along with numerous national and international group exhibitions, Skeff has presented his work in 11 solo exhibitions with porcelain and stoneware artwork fired in his wood kiln on his property or in the kilns at the university.