John Thrasher
1760 University Dr.
Mansfield, Ohio 44906
(419) 755-4384
e-mail: [email protected]
https://www.johnthrasherfineart.com/
EDUCATION
1992
Master of Fine Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
1984
Bachelor of Art, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
EXPERIENCE
Present
Professor of Art, The Ohio State University-Mansfield
Coordinator and instructor of visual arts curricula.
1990-2023
Progressive appointments from Graduate Associate to Lecturer to Assistant Professor to Associate Professor,
The Ohio State University, and The Ohio State University-Mansfield
2011-Present
Co-Director, The Pearl Conard Gallery, The Ohio State University, Mansfield.
Shared responsibilities include oversight of gallery operation, including preparation and restoration of gallery before and after every exhibit, intake condition reports, packing and arranging logistics for artwork, installation, inventory, maintenance, and curatorial programming for 2-3 shows per semester.
EXHIBITIONS-CREATIVE WORK (2000-2023)
2023
The 78th Annual May Exhibition-- Mansfield Art Center--Juried Exhibition-(May 6-June 11) Mansfield, OH. Juror-Adam Broulliete
2022
Ohio Arts Council 2021 Biennial Juried Exhibition, Medici Gallery, Feb. 5, 2022-May 14, 2022, Warren OH. Jurors--Jessimi Jones, Kevin Lyles, April Sunami
Drawing Discourse: 13th Annual Juried Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina-Asheville--(January 14-February 22), Asheville, NC, Juror, Catherine Murphy
2021
Art Now America National Juried Exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, (March 2- April 9), East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. Juror, Mike Calway-Fagan
Art in a Time of Anxiety, National Juried Exhibition, Indiana University-Kokomo Downtown Gallery, (March 18-April 2) Kokomo, IN
34th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Grand Gallery, McNeese State University, (March 25-May 6) Lake Charles, LA. Juror, Robyn Phillips Pendleton
The Space(s) Between, Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery of Contemporary Art at the Ent Center for the Arts, University of Colorado, March 11- July 25, 2021) Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO.
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition---- Juried Exhibition—(May 6-June 4) Mansfield, OH. Juror--Michael Martell
Master Copies/Interpretations, The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences Loveladies, NJ, Juror, Jennifer Thompson, Philadelphia Museum of Art, (July 17- August 15)
Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhibition, Gardiner Gallery of Art, Bartlett Center for the Visual Arts, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, Juror--Larissa Goldston--(Aug.16- Sep. 17)
Ohio Arts Council 2021 Biennial Juried Exhibition, Riffe Center, (Oct. 28, 2021-January 7), 2022, Columbus OH. Jurors--Jessimi Jones, Kevin Lyles, April Sunami
Throughlines: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN (November 1-December 17)
The State of Contemporary Drawing, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO, (November 4-December 23)
2020
Political Discord, Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, November-December
Panic, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, California, November-December
2019
Transference, The Ohio State University Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, OSU-Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH.
Reporting Reimagined-Gray Matters, an invitational exhibition as part of the Solutions Journalism project at Richland Source, Idea Works, (July) Mansfield, OH.
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition---Juried Exhibition—Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH.
Bodies of…---Juried Exhibition---Crooked Trees Gallery, (April 27-July 20) Traverse City, MI.
32nd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper—Juried Exhibition—Mc Neese University, Lake Charles, LA.
59th Mid-States Art Exhibition, (October 2018-March 2019) ---Juried Exhibition—Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, IN. Juror-- Philip R. Jackson, Associate Professor of Art and Painting Area Chair at the University of Mississippi in Oxford
2018
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition (2018) ---Juried Exhibition—Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH.
The Art of John Thrasher, (2018) ---Solo exhibition, Main Street Books, Mansfield, Ohio.
59th Mid-States Art Exhibition, (2018) ---Juried Exhibition—Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, Indiana. Juror-- Philip R. Jackson, Associate Professor of Art and Painting Area Chair at the University of Mississippi in Oxford
2017
Kate Shannon and John Thrasher, Kuhn Fine Art Gallery, The Ohio State University, Marion
The Ohio State University Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Pearl Conard Gallery, The Ohio State University, Mansfield
The Ohio State University Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Farmer Family Gallery, The Ohio State University, Lima
The 4th Annual Living Mark Exhibition, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Collage and Digital Madness, Las Laguna Contemporary and Fine Art, Laguna Beach, California
2016
American /Woman: 31st Annual Positive Negative National Juried Art Exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee--Juried Exhibition--Juror-Al Miner
Wish You Were Here, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, OSU Urban Space, Columbus, OH.
2015
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition---- Juried Exhibition—Juror-H. Daniel Butts- Mansfield, OH.
Seriously Funny---Three person show--Ceramic sculpture by Jack Earl, paintings by George Kochar and 21 drawings by John Thrasher, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, Ohio
University of Kentucky School of Visual Arts Alumni Exhibition----Juried Exhibition---Jurors-UK SVA faculty-Lexington, Kentucky
2014
Eye Spy--- Public drawing—Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH.
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition---- Juried Exhibition—Juror-Liz Burgess- Mansfield, OH.
Time Will Tell---Juried Exhibition—Jurors Rebecca Kaler and Al Aitkin-Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH.
The Piano Man--100 artists were invited to contribute an artwork made from piano parts provided by artist Ken Arthur. —Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH.
Shapes of Influence- Contemporary Ceramics---Juried Exhibition—Juror- Harris Deller--M. G. Nelson Family Gallery, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL.
Mansfield Art Center Fall Members Show--Juried Exhibition—Juror—Harry Melroy-Mansfield, OH.
2013
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition---- Juried Exhibition-- Mansfield, OH.
Mural Project---- Pearl Conard Gallery, The Ohio State University Mansfield, Mansfield, OH.
Ohio All-Media Exhibition---- Juried Exhibition—Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH.
In League----OSU Department of Art Collaboration with Columbus College of Art and Design, OSU Urban Art Space, Columbus OH.
2012
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition---- Juried Exhibition-- Mansfield, OH.
Inosculation, The Department of Art Faculty –Alumni Exhibition, OSU-Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH.
Creation of artwork for The Annual Conference of the Society for Freshwater Science. Solely responsible for design and development of artwork for promotional materials at the annual conference.
2011
Down on Town, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, OSU-Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH.
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition---- Juried Exhibition-- Mansfield, OH.
Mansfield Art Center Annual Fall Exhibition, -- Juried Exhibition-- Mansfield, OH.
2010
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition, -- Juried Exhibition--Mansfield, OH. (May 2010)
Mansfield Art Center Annual Fall Exhibition, -- Juried Exhibition-- Mansfield, OH. (October 2010)
Searching for God – Juried Exhibition—The Geraldine Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery, The Ohio State University, Marion, Marion, OH. (March 2010)
Mansfield Art Explosion--Live Art Performance--Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH. (May 2010)
2009
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition, -- Juried Exhibition--Mansfield, OH.
Mansfield Art Center Annual Fall Exhibition, -- Juried Exhibition-- Mansfield, OH.
New Works, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2008
The 50th Anniversary of the Ohio State University Mansfield Campus--Art Exhibition. Works by faculty and staff who have taught art or art history at OSU-M.
Mansfield Art Center Annual Fall Exhibition, -- Juried Exhibition-- Mansfield, OH.
New Works, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
The Art of Democracy--Farewell to Wasteland-- Juried Exhibition--Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition, -- Juried Exhibition--Mansfield, OH.
Giddyap, Renegade Gallery, Nevada City, California
Grand Opening, Suite C Gallery, Columbus OH. Exhibition of work by Elizabeth Fergus-Jean, Janette Knowles, Martha Michael, and John Thrasher.
2007
New Works, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
2006
Figuration: Figure Drawings by International Artist-in-Residence, John Thrasher, The Works Art and Design Festival, Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
New Works, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State
2005
Indoor/Outdoor: Works by John Thrasher and Caren Cunningham, Smith
Berry Winery, Newcastle, KY
New Works, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hopkins Hall
Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2004
New Works, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Through the Hand Comes Art, Pearl Conard Gallery, The Ohio State University, Mansfield, Mansfield, OH
Rambunctious Clay, Twelve Ohio ceramic artists; an invitational. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
2003
New Works, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Figurative Artists, Seven Ohio Artists, Artspace Lima, Lima OH
2002
New Works, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Solo Exhibition, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
2001
The Ohio State Fair Annual Art Exhibition, (Professional category), Juried exhibition concurrent to the Ohio State Fair, Columbus OH
Border to Border no.8‑ in color, a national juried drawing competition. Thirty works chosen from over 800 submissions. Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
New Works, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2000
The Ohio Craft Invitational, Fifteen contemporary Ohio artists. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
Go Figure, an exhibition of five figurative artists, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX
Drawings: Rory Krup and John Thrasher, BLD Studios, Columbus, OH
Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
New Works, The Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
OTHER CREATIVE WORKS
2022
Antigone--A Theater production at the Ohio State University Mansfield. Creation of 12 decorative ceramic masks as props in this contemporary adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy.
2021
Illustrations/Graphics for Tributary Reader Volume I, A Richland County Journal of Art, Literature and Environment. Three of my drawings and an interview with me are published in the inaugural issue.
2018
Cover Painting for Little Strokes an album by Minds Without Purpose
2014
The Tin Faces Project--A Theater production at The Ohio State University-Mansfield, Mansfield, OH. Creation of prosthetic masks worn by actors in this production about WWI prosthetist, Anna Coleman Ladd.
2013
Mural Project---- Pearl Conard Gallery, The Ohio State University Mansfield,
Mansfield, OH. Solely responsible for the design and execution of a temporary 12” x 12” mural.
2012
Actor, Macbeth, The Ohio State University Mansfield Theater, Mansfield OH, Mansfield, Shelby, Ashland, and Fredericktown High Schools-three in-house performances, 4 travelled productions.
2011
Cover Painting for Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures--Fisher, Davis, Yarber, Davis; Routledge, 2011
Illustration for book cover, The First Sudanese Civil War--Poggo, S.; Palgrave
Macmillan, 2011
2009
Tamura City Hall Display/Sister Cities--Tamura City Hall and Cultural Center, Tamura City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
2001
Johnny Appleseed Mural, Mansfield, OH. A 24’ x 36’ outdoor mural depicting Johnny Appleseed in Richland County Ohio, circa 1809. Principal designer and artist for this public artwork on Main Street in downtown Mansfield Ohio.
ASSOCIATED PROJECTS
2018-2021
Principal project coordinator for design, planning and construction of a wood-fired kiln for the ceramics program at the Ohio State University.
1997
Principal project coordinator for design, planning and construction of a gas-fired, forced-air combustion
downdraft car kiln for the ceramics program at The Ohio State University, Mansfield
CURATORIAL PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION /PEARL CONARD GALLERY
2022
Installation of Power versus Power, Kumasi Barnett, February-March, 2022
2021
Curation of The Ohio State University Mansfield Student Exhibition, (virtual) April 2021
Installation of Looking Through the Horizon to Find What We Lost, Maxwell Holden and Hannah Parrett, October-November 2021
2020
Installation of ‘That which brought you here will take you out…”, curated by Cameron
Grainger,February-March 2020
Curation of The Ohio State University Mansfield Student Exhibition, (virtual) April 2020
Construction and Execution of Different Flowers in the Same Garden, a three-panel 12” x 8” mural installed in the Student Union Hallway in Eisenhower Hall on the Mansfield Campus of the Ohio State University
2019
Installation of Lifted, curated by Kate Shannon-January 2019
Installation of The Ohio State University Mansfield Student Exhibition, April 2019
Installation of / There, Gloria Shows-August-October 2018
Installation of Written in Oya: Entangled Stories, Hale Ekinci-October-November 2019
2018
Installation of inside/outside, Sa’dia Rehman-January 2018
Installation of Labors, curated by Kate Shannon February 2018
Installation of The Ohio State University Mansfield Student Exhibition, March-April
Installation of Tender, works by Sean Merchant
Installation of TechnoMeme, a curated exhibition by Fuse Factory
2017
Installation of Recent Works, Alisa Henriquez- November 2017
Installation of Bureau of Visual Instruction, Meggan Gould, September-October 2017
Installation of Hidden Faces, Eun-Kyung Suh, August 2017
Installation of The Ohio State University Mansfield Student Exhibition, March-April 2017
Curatorial preparation and installation of Artworks by Faculty of the Ohio State University Department of Art (artist’s talk-Alison Crocetta) February-March 2017
Installation of Closer Than You Think, Omid Shekari-January 2017
2016
Installation of Anthropocene, Fuse Factory Artist Collective, November-December 2016
Installation of Subsidence, Michael McDevitt, October-November 2016
Installation of New School 2, ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus Ohio, September-October 2016
Installation of Surface Tension, Terri Warpinski, August-September 2016
Installation of The Ohio State University Mansfield 2016 Student Exhibition, March-April 2016
Installation of A Trace Unfulfilled, Sam Van Strien, MFA candidate, The Ohio State University, March 2016
Installation of Love Stories, Nichola Kinch, February-March 2016
Installation of Black and Blue, Jared Thorne, Assistant Professor, Art, The Ohio State University, January-February 2016
2015
Installation of Capital Yes: Derek Larson (with artist talk) January 2015
Installation of Weathering Time (with artist talk); Nancy Lloyd February-March 2015
Installation of The Ohio State University Mansfield 2015 Student Exhibition, March-April 2015
Installation of Flow Chart: Joe Page (with artist lecture) August September 2015
Installation of Interventions: Fuse Factory (with evening performances) October-November 2015
Curatorial preparation and installation of In the Realm of Forms-Art and Mathematics (artist’s talks, lectures, and workshop) November-December 2015
2014
Installation of Biotic: Curated by Alana Yon and Jennifer Gard, November 2014
Installation of The Collapse: Works by Melissa Haviland and David Colagiovanni, October 2014
Installation of Thread Count: Digital Prints by Jeff Murphy, August 2014
Installation of Striking Balance: The Works of Jacob Tonski, February 2014
Installation of Co-e-val; Ceramics Graduate Students from the Department of Art at OSU-December 2013-January 2014
Installation of The Ohio State University Mansfield 2014 Student Exhibition, March-April 2014
2013
Construction of three 8’ x 8’ x 18” mobile walls December-2012-January 2013
Installation of Observations, an exhibit by Daniel Kaufman,Rick Silva and Ian Hagarty, January 2013)
Installation of From Here on Out, an exhibit by Chris Dacre, February 2013
Installation of The Ohio State University Mansfield 2013 Student Exhibition, March-April 2013
Mural painting and renovation of gallery interior, May-June 2013
Installation of Double Vision, an exhbit by Claudia Esslinger and Tom Giblin, August 2013
Installation of Edge City, an exhibit by Amanda Burnham, October 2013
Installation of Some Kind of Nature, an exhibit by Travis Graves, November 2013
2012
Installation and construction for Confluence, January 2012
Installation and construction for Darker with the Day; A Site-Specific Exhibition by George Rush, April 2012
Installation of The Ohio State University Mansfield 2012 Student Exhibition, March-April 2012
2011
Installation of Ya’ll Hungry, an exhibit by Kate Shannon, Assistant Professor of Art, The Ohio State University Mansfield
Installation of Piecing Together, artworks by Tom Lundquist and Craig Matis, Autumn 2011
Installation of Inside/Outside, artworks by Marcia Freedman, Autumn 2011
Installation of The Ohio State University Mansfield 2012 Student Exhibition, March-April 2011
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS
2021
Illustrations/Graphics for Tributary Reader Volume I, A Richland County Journal of Art, Literature and Environment, Summer 2021
Postgraphicapocalypse: A Restructuring of Gesture and Identity through Manipulations of Physical and Digital Ephemera-Ten Monotypes, Presentation and proceedings paper from the Digital Culture and AudioVisual Challenges Conference, Corfu Greece (May. 28-29)
Shaffer, DM, Greer, KM, Schaffer, JT, Richardson CC, & Thrasher, J. An anti-inertial motion bias explains people discounting inertial motion for carried objects, (in press) Attention, Perception & Psychophysics.” I created illustrations for the peer-reviewed paper.
2018
Thrasher, John. Technical and Aesthetic Approaches to Image Generation-Research and Application, Proceedings paper from the conference, Taboo, Transgression and Transcendence in Art and Science, The Department of Audio and Visual Arts, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece, May, 2017. Published, 2018 (e-book)
Guest Lecture: Approaches to Structure and Interaction in Installation and Sculpture, Corfu Summer School of Hybrid Arts 2018, The Department of Audio and Visual Arts, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece, June,2018.
2017
Presented Technical and Aesthetic Approaches to Image Generation-Research and Application, at the conference, Taboo, Transgression and Transcendence in Art and Science, The Department of Audio and Visual Arts, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece, May,2017
AWARDS (CAREER)
2023
The Mansfield Campus Award for Excellence in Scholarship, The Ohio State University, Mansfield. The award recognizes a sustained commitment to aspects of research and scholarship.
Mechanics Bank Award for Excellence,The 78th Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition---- Juried Exhibition—Juror-Adam Brouliette- Mansfield, OH
2018
The Mansfield Campus Faculty Award for Excellence in Service, The Ohio State University
Mansfield. The award recognizes significant and sustained commitment to service to the campus, university and community.
2015
Juror’s Award, Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition---- Juried Exhibition—Juror-H. Daniel Butts- Mansfield, OH
Recognized by Ohio Magazine in the Excellence in Education feature in the December 2015 issue
2014
Best of Show, Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
2011
Libby Duncan Award for Creativity, Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition, Mansfield OH.
2010
Juror’s Award, Mansfield Art Center Annual Fall Member’s Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
2009
Peoples’ Choice Award, Mansfield Art Center Annual May Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
2007
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. Nominated by former student, and listed in the annual publication that recognizes 5 % of teachers in the U.S.
2001
Mansfield Campus Outstanding Teacher Award. Awarded by vote of the students in recognition of knowledge of subject matter, clarity of classroom presentations, ability to stimulate student interest, and capacity to relate well to students.
1999
The Ohio State University Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. Ten recipients are nominated by students and colleagues then selected by a committee of alumni, students and faculty. Teaching Award Recipients are also inducted into the Academy of Teaching, which provides leadership in teaching excellence at Ohio State.
1996
The Mansfield Campus Outstanding Teaching Award.
Awarded by vote of the students in recognition of knowledge of subject matter, clarity of classroom presentations, ability to stimulate student interest, and capacity to relate well to students.
1996
Lucille Lemley Award for Best Painting. Annual award presented at the Mansfield Art Center's May exhibition.
1991
Graduate Associate Teaching Award. The Ohio State University. One of ten recipients chosen from several thousand eligible, given by the Graduate School.
PUBLIC WORKS
2001
The John Chapman Mural, A twenty-four by thirty-six ft. exterior painting of John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) as he may have appeared entering Richland County Ohio in the early 1800's. On permanent display on Main Street in Mansfield, OH. Project entailed design, instruction of students on safety and technical methods, and execution.