Thomas Hucker

Thomas Hucker (born 1955) is an American artist working in furniture.

Hucker was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.^[1] He apprenticed for two years under Leonord Hilgner.^[1] He attended four summer study sessions at the Penland School of Crafts studying under the likes of Sam Maloof.^[1] From 1976 until 1980 he earned a Certificate of Mastery from Boston University Program in Artisanry^[1] followed by time at Tokyo University and a degree from Domus Academy in Milan, Italy.^[2]

Hucker has from early on incorporated Japanese aesthetics^[1] and has cited an early meeting with Isamu Noguchi in the late Seventies as heavily influential.^[3] His influences also include classical music, jazz musicians including Leonard Hilgner.^[4]

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• Cooper Hewitt Museum^[1][5]
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston^[1][6][7][8]

• American Craft Council College of Fellows^[1]
• Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (1983)^[1]
• Fulbright Scholarship for Tokyo University (2018)^[1]

• In the Parks and Recreation episode "Moving Up," Hucker is referenced by Ron Swanson, whose character is also a wood-working artisan.^[9]

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