{"id":50099,"date":"2016-01-06T09:26:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T14:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/thomas-schmidt\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:11:13","slug":"thomas-schmidt","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/thomas-schmidt\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Schmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Schmidt received his BA at Loyola University Chicago in 2004, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 2006, and MFA at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2009.&nbsp; Upon receiving his MFA, Schmidt worked for four years as a professor of ceramic design at the Alfred\/CAFA Ceramic Design for Industry program at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. From 2004-07 Schmidt worked as a studio assistant to the renowned ceramic sculptor Ruth Duckworth. In 2012 he and partner Jeffrey Miller co-founded the design team Recycled China, whose work uses industrial waste within China to create architectural tile and sculptural objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schmidt has exhibited his work at numerous venues in the United States, Europe, and Asia and has work in public collections including the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy; the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art in Sedalia, Missouri; and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.\u00a0 In 2024 he <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/2024\/07\/02\/professor-creates-artwork-for-new-duke-energy-headquarters\/\">created and installed a large-scale work in the Duke Energy Plaza<\/a>, the company\u2019s headquarters in uptown Charlotte.  The following year, the site-specific mural\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/2025\/06\/02\/art-faculty-create-new-public-installation-for-uptowns-truist-center-plaza\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/2025\/06\/02\/art-faculty-create-new-public-installation-for-uptowns-truist-center-plaza\/\">Interwoven<\/a>,\u201d which he created with professor Erik Waterkotte,\u00a0was installed at the Truist Center Plaza on Tryon Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional information and images can be seen at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasschmidt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.thomasschmidt.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Schmidt received his BA at Loyola University Chicago in 2004, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 2006, and MFA at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2009.&nbsp; 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