About

Tom is a painter living and working in East London. He graduated from Cumbria College of Art and Design in 2001.

His time in Cumbria was spent purposefully exploring outside of drawing and painting, this led in all sorts of directions. His final degree show was an immersive installation of highly detailed drawings.

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In 2001 Tom was selected for the Northern Graduates exhibition along with a handful of other students from University’s in the North of England, the exhibition was held at The New Academy and Curwen galleries in Fitzrovia, London.
Tom held a Fellowship at The Digswell Arts Trust for 5 years 2003/08 and was at Euroart (Gaunson Creative Studios) in Tottenham 2018/19. Both studios held annual exhibitions.

Although his work has predominantly been to make paintings, throughout since the late 90’s, he has also made more conceptual work: entering an avenue of trees into the local biannual, creating charcoal from windfall twigs to make work for a group exhibition about endangered trees. Even his early works were of trees as now his work is predominantly paintings of trees. For many years he was an abstract painter, creating textured brightly coloured work with poetic long titles.

Selected Exhibitions 2001/24

2024
Painting on Dartmoor, one week artists retreat.
Living Tree Space, E17 Arts Trail, studio show, Walthamstow
It rose and it fell, Terrace Gallery, group show at Patchworks.
Barbican Arts Trust, BAGT Editions exhibition, ArtWorks Project Space, 114A Blackhorse Lane E17 6AA

2023
Poplar Union, Poplar

2022
Wynwood arts district, Walthamstow
Cycle Spirt ‘pop-up’, Walthamstow

2021
Jimmy and the Bee, Clerkenwell
2020
Reading between the Limes, The Rose and Crown
Group Show, Beulah Road Studios

2019
Group Show, Beulah Road Studios
Open Studios, EUROART
Further Reading Between the Limes, Winns Gallery, Walthamstow
E17 Arts Trail, Lime Tree Walk protest, Walthamstow

2018
Reading between the Limes, Window Gallery, Walthamstow Village
Reading between the Limes, Winns Gallery, Walthamstow
Window Gallery – Summer show, Walthamstow Village
Art around The Village, Walthamstow

2017
E17 Arts Trail, Walthamstow
Jackson’s Art Supplies blog online

2011Summer time 2011, New Maynard Gallery

2008Open Studios, Digswell arts Trust

2007
Est. 1957, Digswell Arts Trust Group Show, New Maynard
Digswell Arts Trust Group Show, Kettles Yard
Open Studios, Digswell arts Trust

2006
Open Studios, Digswell arts Trust

2005
Open Studios, Digswell arts Trust
Jelly Leg’d Chicken Gallery, Reading.
Arttitude, Camberwell London.
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London.
The New Maynard Gallery, Welwyn Garden City
‘Transference’ Digswell Arts Trust Group Show The Place, Letchworth
Art Legacy, Basingstoke.

2004
Open Studios, Digswell arts Trust
County Hall Council Offices, Hertford.

2003
Open Studios, Digswell arts Trust
Eclipse Gallery/Worx of Art, Hitchin
Stark Gallery, Canterbury.
Sitting Room Project, international touring artists book exhibition. (selected)

2001
3^rd October open, The Place, Letchworth (selected)
Northern Graduates New Academy and Curwen Gallery, London (selected)
Radical, Cumbria College of Art and Design.