This is a selection of solo (and two-person) exhibitions which I have researched and curated since 2002.
They explore and present aspects of the visual culture of modern and contemporary south Wales and include a number of unprecedented retrospectives.
The selection divides into three parts:
(i) My freelance curation since 2017;
(ii) Curation which coincided with my running of Oriel y Bont 2006/7 to 2017;
(iii) Earlier curation in the Zobole gallery and elsewhere 2002 to 2007:-
Alan Salisbury: a retrospective
Oriel y Bont, University of South Wales (2016) [co-curated]
touring to Art Central Gallery, Barry; Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy; Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, Tenby (2015-16)
https://gallery.southwales.ac.uk/past-exhibitions/alan-salisbury-retrospective/
The River Next Door: Valerie Coffin-Price (images) and Philip Gross (words)
Oriel y Bont, University of South Wales (2015)
https://gallery.southwales.ac.uk/past-exhibitions/river-next-door/
From Coast to Valley: Ronald Lawrence and Anthony Stokes
Oriel y Bont, University of South Wales (2015)
Ronald Lawrence: a retrospective – 60 years of exhibiting since 1953
Oriel y Bont, University of Glamorgan / University of South Wales (2013)
![Ronald Lawrence and his great niece Nikhol Davies, Oriel y Bont 2013](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/RLawrence.NDavies.CT1_-1024x1013.jpg)
![Ronald Lawrence with his handmade gypsy guitars and Alan Moss, Oriel y Bont 2013](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/RLawrence.AMoss_.CT3_-982x1024.jpg)
Bryn Richards: a retrospective – 75 years of painting since 1937
Oriel y Bont, University of Glamorgan (2012)
![Bryn Richards with his still life on a plate series, Oriel y Bont 2012](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Art-015.doc-1024x683.jpg)
![Bryn Richards with his artist-daughter Sarah Richards and some of his family portraits, Oriel y Bont 2012](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Art-022-1024x683.jpg)
Josef Herman: Llafur – Imaging the Labourer (centenary exhibition in association with the Josef Herman Art Foundation Cymru)
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery, National Waterfront Museum Swansea, Oriel y Bont University of Glamorgan, Pontardawe Arts Centre, The Welfare Ystradgynlais (2011-13)
Time and Tide: Michael Freeman at 75 (Paintings 1958-2010)
Oriel y Bont, University of Glamorgan (2011)
![Michael Freeman with his inspiration, the wreck of the 'Helvetia', Rhossili, Gower 2011](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/MF-200211-CT1472-1024x768.jpg)
![Michael Freeman with his inspiration, the wreck of the 'Helvetia', Rhossili, Gower 2011](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/MF-200211-CT1484-768x1024.jpg)
John Selway: Variations on the Theme of Christ’s Passion
Oriel y Bont, University of Glamorgan (2010-11)
Ken Elias: a retrospective – a celebration of 40 years of painting (since the 1960s)
Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery, Howard Gardens Gallery, National Library of Wales, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Cambrian Academy (2009-11) [co-curated]
Joan Baker: a retrospective – 65 years of painting since 1944
National Assembly for Wales, National Library of Wales, Oriel y Bont University of Glamorgan (2009-10)
![Joan Baker (seated with flowers) and Ceri Thomas (standing) with some of her former pupils and staff colleagues, Oriel y Bont 9 December 2009](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Joan_Baker__group_091209_web_2XS62561-1024x680.jpg)
![Ceri Thomas and Joan Baker, National Library of Wales 10 July 2010](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/JB21.web_.jpg)
Transformations: Brendan Burns and Chris Nurse (New Works 2006-09)
Tŷ Crawshay, University of Glamorgan (2009)
Ian Grainger (1942-2007): Selected Works
Oriel y Bont, University of Glamorgan (2009)
During the period 2002 to 2007, I created and ran the Zobole Gallery and produced my PhD by Portfolio which was titled ‘Placing Zobole: Ernest Zobole and the Imaging of South Wales within the Visual Culture of Wales since 1945’. This period saw me research and curate a series of solo and two-person exhibitions which took the artist Ernest Zobole (1927-99) as the focal point:-
Ground: Zobole and Klimek
Zobole Gallery, University of Glamorgan (2007)
![Ray Klimek with Nikki Zobole, Zobole Gallery 2007](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Ground-RK-NZ-111007-CT-111-1024x768.jpg)
![Ray Klimek with an Ernest Zobole painting, Zobole Gallery 2006](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Ray-Klimek-Zob-Gall-200606-CT-0083-1024x768.jpg)
Zobole and Elias
Zobole Gallery, University of Glamorgan (2006)
![Works on canvas: Ken Elias retouching his painting 'Days are where we live' alongside an Ernest Zobole painting, Zobole Gallery 2006](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/DSCN0080-1024x768.jpg)
![Works on paper: two Ernest Zoboles flanked by four Ken Elias pictures, Zobole Gallery 2006](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/DSCN0094.Zobole.Elias_-1024x440.jpg)
Zobole and Cabuts
Zobole Gallery, University of Glamorgan (2005-06)
![A late painting by Ernest Zobole between two photographs by Paul Cabuts, Zobole Gallery 2005-06](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/DSCN0065.Zobole.Cabuts-1024x472.jpg)
Ernest Zobole: a retrospective
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, National Library of Wales, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Cambrian Academy (2004-05)
![Ceri Thomas photographing the 'Ernest Zobole: a retrospective' exhibition, National Library of Wales 29 December 2004](http://cerithomasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_0125-1024x768.jpg)
Ernest Zobole and Ystrad
Zobole Gallery, University of Glamorgan (2003-04)
Branching Out: Ernest Zobole and Robert Thomas
Zobole Gallery, University of Glamorgan (2002)