Thomas Bohle - 2018 exhibition

"Recent works"

November 10, 2018 - January 4, 2019

Thoams Bohle. Untitled, 2012, black enamel and oxblood enamel interior, h. 22 cm x 71cm

Artists on show at "Passionnément céramique - Collection Frank Nievergelt" at the museum Ariana Thomas Bohle was among the most noticed artists to be displayed. Thomas Bohle was one of the most acclaimed. His double-walled works, covered with matt and glossy glazes, bear witness to a timeless artistic expression.
Thomas Bohle was born in 1958 in Dornbirn, Austria. While in England in 1984, 26-year-old Thomas Bohle, sat at a potter’s wheel for the first time. The contact with clay and the experience of creating with his own hands carried him away and marked the beginning of his artistic journey. In 1987, he pursued a pottery apprenticeship and reinforced his experience by working in various studios before opening his own studio in 1991. A study trip to Japan was followed with exhibitions in Tokyo and Shanghai (2004), where the artistic value of his work became particularly recognized. In 2006, Thomas Bohle was awarded a grant from the Free State of Bavaria. A worldwide recognition gradually began to emerge, confirmed with his artwork being exhibited in London and Brussels.
Some twenty recent works displayed at the Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste show creativity and a mastery that make Thomas Bohle a major player in contemporary ceramic art.

Thomas Bohle in Connaissance des Arts

"Bohle is particularly drawn to double-walled constructions, in which the contrast between interior and exterior forms is heightened by subtle or dramatic juxtapositions of colour. The structure of his vessels is often designed to allow glazes to flow down vertical surfaces, forming rich drips along the lower edge. Open-flame firing in a reducing atmosphere at 1280°C allows oxblood and celadon glazes in particular to reveal their full depth and brilliance.
As a representative of a strict world of vessels he absorbs the outside stimuli and distils from them his own distinct voice. His works are precious blossoms in the jungle of today’s art production. With his work he succeeds in showing that the ceramic vessel is still brimming with as much potential for artistic expression as ever.
Frank Nievergelt,
Collector.
Excerpts from the catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition "Passionnément céramique - Collection Frank Nievergelt" at the Musée Ariana, Geneva, from April 8 to September 25, 2016.