Peter and Donna Thomas
260 Fifteenth Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95062 (831) 475-1455
Shows and Exhibitions: * indicates there is a catalog for the show. Updated 5/03
1983 Breaking the Bindings; Madison, Wisconsin. Juried.*
1983 Santa Cruz Printers’ Chappel Book Arts Exhibition, Santa Cruz, California*
1983 Miniaturna Knjiga, International Exhibition of Miniature Books: Ljubjana, Yugoslavia*
1985-1995 Western Books Exhibit, a traveling exhibition, Western USA*
1986 Santa Cruz Printers’ Chappel Book Arts Exhibition, Santa Cruz, California*
1986 Santa Cruz Printers; San Francisco Public Library San Francisco, California
1987 Miniature Books: Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
1988 East-West: Hand Papermaking Traditions and Innovations:The University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware*
1988 Forwarding The Book in California; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
1988-1995 Miniature Book Exhibition: A Traveling Exhibit of the Miniature Book Society*
1989 (Aug 1- Sept 8), Fine Letterpress Printing on Handmade Paper: The Getchell Library, University of Nevada, Reno *(Introduction to catalogue of show written by Peter Thomas)
1989 (Sept 21-Nov 4) Het liep in de paperen: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, The Netherlands*
1990 Miniature Books: The Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland.
1991 (Jan 28-March 9) Bay Area Bookmaking: The Art and Craft Tradition: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
1991 Progressions in Paper: Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio*
1991 California Artists Books: The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California.
1991 Santa Cruz Printers’ Chappel Book Arts Exhibition: The Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California*
1992 Word & Image: Pacific Center for the Book Arts, Civic Center Public Library, San Francisco, California*
1992 American Book Arts: Istvan Kiraly Muzeum, Szekesfehervar, Hungary. Invitational.*
1992 Fine Printers Finely Bound Too: Guild of Bookworkers, a traveling exhibition, California, Texas, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania*
1992 5th Annual Miniature Book Exhibition. Miniature Book Society. Juried. Distinguished Book Award: The Pretty Rocks.*
1993 The Well Crafted Book: The Oregon Books Arts Guild, Oregon State Library, Portland, Oregon*
1993 Hands at Work: A Celebration of American Book Crafts: Gorgas Library, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1993 Off the Wall - Functional Fine Art: The Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California
1994 Masters of the Craft. Center for the Book Arts, New York, New York
1994 Work Book: Journals and Journeys, (Sept 16-Nov 18) Columbia College for Paper and Book Arts, Chicago Illinois
1994 Bookworks (Nov 5 - Dec 31) Pacific Center for the Book Arts. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA*
1994 Between Friends. An exhibition of Books, Broadsides, and other Printed Objects Utilizing Handmade papers. (Sept 17-Oct 22) The Pump House Gallery, Chillicothe, Ohio
1994 Artful Letters. Celebration of Contemporary Calligraphy, Small Press Books and Poetry of the Monterey Bay Region. (Sept 24-Oct 22) Pajaro Valley Gallery, Watsonville, CA.
1994 Veertien Nederlandse Papierkunstenaars (July 28-Sept 15) Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, The Netherlands*
1994 Suitcase Art, IAPMA Congress 1994, The Netherlands*
1994 Paper: a Common Ground. Butler Library, Columbia University, New York, NY*
1994-5 November-December, held over 'till February: Broadsides, Books and Ephemera of The Good Book Press, Propriotors, Peter and Donna Thomas. University of Alabama.
1995 part of a show formed from participants of the 1994 Oak Knoll Book Fair. First at Alderman Library, Ohio State University, Athens, Ohio
1995 February: Western Book Exhibit, A Story of Life.
1995 March-April. Books as Art. Niagara Community College. Niagara Falls, NY* A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf.
1995 March: Works of and on Paper: Paper View. Santa Cruz art league. Paper
1995 March. What a Load of Rubbish. National Art Gallery. Harare, Zimbabwe
1995 April-May. Dressing the Text::The Fine Press Artists Book. Art Museum of Santa Cruz County. * A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf. JUROR
1995 April-May: Art of Handmade Paper, An Invitational Exhibition. Danville Fine Arts Gallery, Danville, CA. Six books, one sold at show
1995 June12-Aug11 The Contemporary Fine Press. The Golda Mier Library, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
1995 June: Focus On Structure, The Oregon Guild of Bookworkers, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon. A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf Book was one of few which were purchased at show.
1995 Sept-Nov: Contemporary Paper Art Works '95 Imadate Art Hall, Imadate, Fukui, Japan. Special binding of Papermaking Rhyme.
1995 October: Paperworks Austin. The Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas. A Collection of Paper Samples....
1996 January: Paper: an Exhibition. 11 books. Peter gave key note talk titled "Limited Edition Books of 20th Century Papermaker-Printers.
1996 February: Western Book Exhibit, Climb the Mountains.
1996 April-December: Santa Cruz Printers' Chappel. Four venues, Harvard, Brown, Univ of Vermont, Ohio State University.
1996 May: International Artist Books Exhibition: Budapest, Prague*
1996 May-June: Endangered: The 4th Oregon Book Biennial. Trout and Tarantella Rose.*
1996 May June: Grolier Club, New Members Exhibition, Gary Strong's copy of Tarantella Rose.
1996 June: Bookends: Individual Perspectives and Impressed: Humboldt State University. North Redwoods Book Arts Conference.
1996 June-July. Peter and Donna Thomas: County of Santa Cruz Government Center.
1996 August. Post Denmarks Mail Art Exhibition. Copenhagen*
1996 October. Turning the Page: International Book Arts Exhibit. Honolulu Hawaii* Ukulele Accordion.
1996 October-December. Science Imagined an exhibition of books as art. Berkeley Art Center* Mac’s ABCs.
1996-7 October. Paper Bound: A showcase of Contemporary Papermakers and Bookbinders. Guild of Bookworkers Traveling Exhibit.*
1996-7 November. Shape-Shifiting: Transformations in the Art of the Book: U of Northern Colorado.* (also made a slide catalog). Tarantella Rose. Show Travels.
1997 February: Western Book Exhibit, Bird Word.
1997, March 6-April13, No Boundries: A Collection of Artists Books. The Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge MA. 7 miniatures , Tarentella Rose, Meditations at the Edge
1997 May 11-June 28. Book Works PCBA biennial Members exhibition, SF Public Library. Pandora’s Box.
1997 May 5- June 26. Focus on Content. Valley Art Center. Forest Grove OR. Meditations at the Edge featured in announcement card.
1997 May 29-July 31.The 1997 Helen DeGolyer Triennial Exhibition and Award for American Bookbinding. Bridwell Library, SMU. * Award, Innovative Design.
1997 June 1-30. Artist Books. Oculus Gallery, Seattle WA. Macs ABCs
1997June 27- Aug 1 Extremely Small Books. Columbia College Chicago. Chicago IL 8 books.
1997 Sept. 10th Annual Miniature Book Exhibition. Miniature Book Society. Juried. Distinguished Book Award: Forty.*
1997 Sept 4-Oct 16. Pulp and Water: Contemporary Ppaer Art. Lynn House Gallery Antioch, CA.Forty, The View From Mt Dana, Pandora's Box.
1997 Sept 12-Oct 20. The Open Book, Dancing Horse Studio, Denver Colorado. Forty, The View From Mt Dana, Pandora's Box all sold.
1997 Sept 24-Oct 24. Peter and Donna Thomas, Letterpress Printed and Handbound books. McCabe Library, Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, PA
1997 Sept 25-Oct 25. Miniature Books: Peter and Donna Thomas. Santa Cruz Metro Center. Santa Cruz, CA
1997 Oct 3-25. The Art and Soul of the Handmade Book, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Is, WA. The View From Mt Dana, Invitational
1997 Oct 24-Nov 16 Invitational Art Show, Santa Cruz Mountans Art Center, Ben Lomond CA. Mirage
1997 Oct 24-Nov 29. The Uncommon Book II, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities. Sun Valley ID. Pandora's Box. Purchase Award.
1997 Nov 4-Dec 28 Hand Bookbinders of CA 25th Anniversary Members Exhibition. SF Public Library, SF CA. Forty, The View From Mt Dana, A Brief History of the Ukulele MAC's A B C's.*
1998 Feb 4- May 30. State of the Book: Artist’s Books of Wisconsin. Traveling show with 4 venues. 2 one of a kind books
1998 Twenty Years of Books from the Press of Peter and Donna Thomas. Feb28-Apr1 Dieu Donne NY, March 1-31 UCLA Research Library, May 5-June 28 San Francisco Public Library, Oct 19-Nov 27 Book Club of California.
1998 April 1- June1. The Book as a Work of Art. Queens Library, Jamaica, NY. Invitaitonal. Tarentella Rose on video display.
1998 May 15-June 20. Bookatecture: Artists’s Books and Book Furnishings. Astra Design, Richmond VA. Invitational show
1998 May 21-25. Paper Art Show. Immage+Communication, Torino Italy. Forty
1998 Eleventh annual Miniature Book Exhibition. The Miniature Book Society. Distinguished Book Award. Almost Paper.*
1998 May 28-June 19. The Art of Paper, The West Coast Paper Company, Kent, Washington. Juried. Nature’s Heart
1998-9 June 5 - Nov 26, 1999 Westward Bound. Traveling show with 9 venues in the USA, University of Utah. Juried.* Almost Paper, and Nature's Heart.
1998-9 June 11-Nov 19 1999. Art of the Book 98. Traveling show with 7 venues in the USA, Canadian Bookbinders and Book Arts Guild, Toronto, Canada. Juried.* Pandora's Box and Meditations at the Edge.
1998-9 June 15-Jan 16 1999 Book as Art X, The National Museum of Woman in the Arts, Washington DC* Sierra Bear.
1998 July 21-25 Dard Hunter and the 20th Century Hand Papermaking Reniassance. Flemming Museum Burlington VT. Hunter, Mason, Morris and our books.
1998 Sept. 11th Annual Miniature Book Exhibition. Miniature Book Society. Juried. Distinguished Book Award: Almost Paper.*
1998 Oct 5-30. Book/Art/Book, Artist Bookworks Houston, The Houston Public Library, TX. Invitational
1998 Oct 11- Nov 15. Bound to Amaze You. Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, CA. Sponsored by Womens Caucus for Art. Oct 27 lecture by P&D Thomas: The Book as Art*Invitational
1998 Nov 15-Dec 31 Hand Bookbinders of CA 26th Annual Members Exhibition. SF Public Library, SF CA. Four Views of Kealakekua Bay and Nature’s Heart
1998 Nov 17-Dec30. Wonderland. 5th Oregon Book Biennial. Collins Gallery, Portland. Oregon Book Arts Guild.Juried. Old Father William.
1998-9 Nov21-Feb 27 Outwest: the Artists’ Book in California. The Center for Book Arts, NY. Meditations at the Edge, deluxe. Invitational
1998-9 Adecedarium. Traveling show with venues in the USA.Juried. The Guild of Bookworkers. Mac’s ABCs.*
1998-99 Dec 4-Feb 20. Story:Telling. Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Juried. The Ukulele Accordion.
1999 Jan 28-March 6. Bound to Happen: West Virginia University Book Arts Invitational. Pandora’s Box, Forty, A 1000 Mile Walk to the Gulf.
1999 March 4-April 1. Book Arts: Images & Words. Cambridge Artists Collective’s third biannual book arts show. Juried. We were featured artists. 7 minis, 5 one of a kind.
1999 May 20-June 6. The Art of Paper. The West Coast Paper Co. Seattle, WA. Juried. Almost Paper. Sold at show
1999 June 9-July 31. Book works. The Pacific Center for the Book Arts at the SF Public Library.
1999. Sept. 12th Annual Miniature Book Exhibition. Miniature Book Society. Juried. Distinguished Book Award: Four Views of Kealekekua Bay.*
1999 Sept 6-Nov 17. Scrolling the Page. American Print Alliance. Juried. Four Views of Kealakekua Bay, Pandora’s Box. Chosen for special honors. Web display and show at the University of Savannah.
1999-2000. Northwest Bookfest Book Arts Exhibition. Juried. Paper From Plants.
1999 October 5 - 28. Book Makers: West Coast. Artisans, Mill Valley. Juried. Paper From Plants.
1999 Nov 4 - Dec 31. Hand Bookbinders of California 27th Annual Members’ Exhibition. SF Public Library. Architectural Concepts, Nature is Always Lovely
2000 Jan 19- Feb 28. Artists’ Books: Visual Literary Expressions. Northcutt Steele Gallery, Montana State Univ, Billings,Montana. Invitational. Song of Creation, Four Views of Kealakekua Bay. Books purchased at show.
2000 Jan 30-April 8. Paper: Trivia and Treasure. Goldstein Gallery, Univ of Minnesota. Invitational. Almost Paper
2000 Western Book Exhibit. Rounce and Coffin Club. Juried. Song of Creation.
2000 Feb 11-25. Archibookture. Ludington Gallery, Colombia College, Chicago, Il. Unique column book.
2000 Mar 30-June 30. Horace: A Philadelphia Collection. The Free Library of Philadelphia. Keepsake: Horace.
2000 April 1-30. Local Essence. Santa Cruz Art League Gallery. Paper From Plants.
2000 April 13- May 6 Book Nook: An Interactive Environment for Exploring Artists’ Books. Works Gallery. San Jose. Invitational. Paradise.*
2000 June 1-30. Small Sanctuaries. The Oregon Book Arts Guild 6th Biennial. Oblation Gallery, Portland, OR. Juried, Catalog. Four Views Of Kealakekua Bay.*
2000 June 16-Aug 12. The Helen DeGolyer Triennial Exhibition and Competition 2000. Bridwell Library, SMU, Dallas TX. Unique scrolling copy of James Joyce's Ulysses. Awarded prize: Judges Distinction for Innovation.*
2000 7th biennial Carl Hertzog Book Design Award competition. Paper from Plants. Purchased by UTEP.
2000 July 1- August 31. Kalligraphia 2000. SF Public Library. Nature is Always Lovely.
2000 Sept. 13th Annual Miniature Book Exhibition. Miniature Book Society. Juried. Distinguished Book Award: A Brief History of the Ukulele.*
2000 Oct 1-31. Badwater Book Invitational. UW Parkside Library, Kenosha, WI. If It Were Up to Me.
Oct 3-27. Books: Four Dimensional Art. The Work of Peter and Donna Thomas. Monterey Peninsula College Art Department Gallery. Monterey, CA. Solo retrospective show.
2000 Oct 5-- 2002 June 27. Best of the Best. Guild Of Book Workers. Traveling show. Juried. Meditations at the Edge (special copy).*
2000 Oct 5-Nov 29. Paper in the Millennium. The Robert Ferst Center for the Arts. Atlanta GA. Juried. Paper from Plants.
2000 Oct 21-2 & 29-Nov 14. Northwest Bookfest Book Arts Exhibition 2000. Seattle, WA and Portland OR. Juried. If It Were Up to Me.
2000 Nov 2-18. Apocalypse. The 2nd International Artist's Book Triennial Vilnius '00. Vilnius, Lithuania. Juried. Pandora's Box.*
2000-2001 Dec 1-Jan 5. Small Packages. The Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA. A collection of Miniature books.
2001 Jan 20-March 16. Hand Bookbinders of California 28th Members Exhibition. SF Public Library, SF, CA. Natures Heart*
2001 March 1-April 1. Book Arts: Images and Words. Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA. Invitational.
2001 Mar 10-April 8. Island Postcards. State Library of Tasmania. Hobart, Australia. Invitational. Two unique book postcards.
2001 March 10 -April 10. Books as Four Dimensional Art: the work of Peter and Donna Thomas. Studio 424, Galveston, TX. Smaller Retrospective show.
2001 June 7- Aug 3.Book Works, the 10th Biennial PCBA members Exhibition. Sf Public Library, SF,CA. Paper from Plants*
2001 June 15-29. Art on Hangers. Hungarian Consulate, NY. Invitational. Artist book on coat hanger "My grandma used to". Show travelled to Hungry April/May 2003
2001 July 14-Sept 11. Books as Art: Art as Books. Triton Museum of Art, San Jose, CA. Paper from Plants. Juried. Received Juror's personal best of show.
2001 August 11- Oct 28. Art Undercover. The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA. Retrospective show featuring paper, Sierra and instrument books./`
2001 Oct. 21-22. Northwest Bookfest. Book Arts Exhibition. Stadium exhibition center, Seattle, Wa. Juried. Traveled. Mushroom ABC
2001 Nov 6-Dec 30. Hand Bookbinders of California 29th Members Exhibition. Thomas Goldwasser Rare Books. SF, CA. Mushroom ABC
2002 March 22-May 31. Celebrating Teachers as Artists. San Francisco Center for the Book, SF. CA. Lear Pencil, West-East: A Sierra Journey.
2002-3 March 4-Jan 5. Temptations, Book as art XIV, National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington DC. Escape *
2002 May 1-June 21. Wonen and the Book Arts in California, 1930-2000. Gleeson Library University of San Francisco, CA.
2002 July 6-August 28. Flag Books. The Seventh Oregon Book Biennial, Oregon Book Arts Guild. Portland, OR. Paradise, Meditations*
2002 Aug-Nov. Four Dimensional Art: The Books of Peter and Donna Thomas. James E Walker Library, Tennesee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.
2002 September 13-October 26. The Third National Book and Paper Arts Biennial. Colombia College, Chicago, Il. The Real Accordion Book.*
2002 September 21- November 9. The Forth Biennial Artists' Book Juried Exhibition. Athenaeum Music and Arts Library. Ukulele Flap Book.
2002 October. Peter and Donna Thomas. Santa Cruz Public Library. SC, CA
2002 Oct 3- 27. The FDH Juried Member Exhibition. Oregon College of Art and Craft. Portland OR. The Real Concertina Binding.
2002 Oct 1- Dec 20. Interpreting the Words 30 Years of Work from the Cowell Press. McHenry Library, University of California at Santa Cruz, CA
2002 Nov 6- Jan 3. Hand Bookbinders of California 30th annual Exhibition. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA. The Principles of Good Dress.*
2003 March 6 -April 6. Book Arts 2003 the 5th Biannual Book Arts Show. The Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA. (miniature books)
2003 April 3 - June 14. Letterpress. The Center for Book Arts. New York, NY. Paper from Plants.
2003 April 3 -May 3. The Spines that Bind: A Survey of Contemporary Artist-Made Books. Fine Arts Gallery, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock TX. Ulysses, Meditations at the Edge.
2003 April/May. We Love Our Customers. 2B Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
2003 May 15 - June 15. 23 Sins. The 3rd International Artist's Book Triennial Vilnius '03. Contemporary Arts Center. Vilnius, Lithuania. Juried. Will travel 2004 Frankfurt Book Messe, 2004 September 19 - October 10, Gallery Gravicel, Lille, France The 23 Sins of St. Peter.*
2003 June 6-July 28. The Helen DeGolyer Triennial Exhibition and Competition 2003. Bridwell Library, SMU, Dallas TX. Unique scroll binding of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.*