Tom Cardew is an artist currently living and working
b. Bridgend, Wales
2018 MFA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins
2011 BSc Architecture, University of Bath (first class hons)
2007 Foundation Art, Coleg Morgannwg USW (distinction)
2006 Brynteg Comprehensive School (not great in PE)
1999 Oldcastle Primary School (top in class for times tables but forgot the month October)
1988 The Princess of Wales Hospital (BTEC in being born)
pre-1988 Total and Complete Void
solo exhibitions
2024 tbd, Division of Labour, Manchester(collaborative practice w/Aled Simons and Bláithín Mac Donnell)
2024 Machynys Forgets Itself, Oriel Davies, Newtown
2022 Love Hangover: encore, Tension Fine Art, London
2020 #lockdownwander, Your Place, Tempo Arts (online)
2019 Love Hangover; g39, Cardiff
2019 I Forget Why I Live to Remember; Tension Fine Art, London
2018 Manlyhood; The Space, Hastings
2015 some images from me to you; Electro Space Project Studios, St Leonards-on-Sea
2015 a material platform (for the materialist in you); The Space, Hastings
residencies + awards:
2024 Four Nations International Fund (Divisions of Labour, Aled Simons and Bláithín Mac Donnell)
2024 Magnetic Residency Laureate, Fluxus Art Projects & Frac Bretagne; Brittany, France
2021 - 23 g39 studio residency, Cardiff
2021 Stokkoyart, Åfjord Municipality Cultural Department; Stokkoya, Trondheim, Norway
2021 - 23 Freelands Foundation Fellowship
2019 Golden Aesop Grand Prix, 24th Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art
(selected by Vasif Cortun, Berta Sichel and Anton Staykov)
2018 Arebyte Gallery offsite, Oxford Street Studio, London
selected group exhibitions
2024 The Next Thing, Bury Art Museum; Bury
2023 Analogue Ensemble Film Screening; Margate
2023 In the Same Breathe (screening programme); Site Gallery, Sheffield; ps2, Belfast; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2023 In the Same Breathe; Freelands Foundation, London
2023 Soft Split the Stone, g39, Cardiff
2022 Failures & Repetitions, Five Years Gallery, London (curated by myself + Aled Simons)
2022 Winter Sculpture Park; Gallery No.32, London
2021 Failures & Repetitions, Five Years Gallery, London (online)
2021 Food for Elias, Bygda2.0; Stokkøya, Trondheim, Norway
2020 Timeless Thames, The Steamshipps, London
2020 Well now, hold on, Made In Roath curated by Freya Dooley and Sam Hasler (online)
2020 5th International Bad Video Art Festival. Gallery Bomba, Moscow
2020 Bored Millennial, variety show curated and hosted by Aled Simons (online)
2019 Dimensions of Publicness, 24th Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art; Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2019 An Exhibition on One Hand; Kingsgate Project Space, London
2018 TBCTV; Somerset House, London
2018 Mayfair Fringe; Arebyte Gallery Studios, Oxford Street, London
2018 Degree Show: Central Saint Martins; Lethaby Gallery, London
2018 New Art Wales: NOVA Cymru; Aberystwyth Arts Centre; Arcade Campfa; Royal Cambrian Academy
2018 Camberwell Short Film Festival; Camberwell University - London
2018 Visual Poetry; Sichuan University Academy of the Arts & Blackstone Gallery, Chengdu, China
2018 Xhibit - Bermondsey Project Space, London (selected by Frances Morris and Amal Khalaf)
2018 AG!TATE ACT!VATE, OVERPR!NT; Centre de la Gravure et l'Image Imprimée; La Louvière, Belgium
2018 Failure; Reinventing the studio: how to survive as an artist in the metropolis; Tate Modern, London
2018 Olympus Photography Award; Bermondsey Project Space, London
2017 Open Screenings; Whitechapel Gallery, London
2017 Postgraduate Auction CSM; Lethaby Gallery - London
2017 Kultur Nacht; Piccolo Paradiso, Paradogma; Badenfahrt, Switzerland
2017 Present Future: An Art School; Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London
2017 Persona; Four Corners Gallery, London
2017 Creative Unions; Lethaby Gallery, London
2017 Rejected; Bow Arts Studios, The Rum Factory, London
2017 Somehow You and I Collide; The Laundry, London
2016 Festival Images ContraNature; Marseille, France
2016 Tempting Failure; Croydon
2016 Blind Plural; Hundred Years Gallery, London
funding awards:
2024 Fluxus Art Projects Laureate
2024 Four Nations International Fund
2023 Arts Council Wales Create Award (Production)
2022 Arts Council Wales Create Award (Research & Development)
2021 a-n Artists Bursaries 2021, Time Space Money
2021 International Opportunity Fund, Wales Arts International
2019 Production Award, Arts Council Wales
2018 Research & Development Award, Arts Council Wales
2017 Literary Mentorship, Literary Council Wales
2017 Access to Learning Fund, UAL
2017 Postgraduate Community Fund, UAL
collections:
Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière
Museum of Humour and Satire in Art, Gabrovo
Art Gazette
+ private collections
comissions:
2017 'Art to Artillery' Luxury & Sustainability Short Film, LVMH, Nowness + CSM
published writing
2024 Material Disturbances, Hack Publishing Anthology Vol 2 'Oddity'
2024 Revisiting Agriculture: 'Mother Beehive', Kajet Print Journal (launch tbc at KOOP Gallery; Sofia, Bulgaria)
2023 Material Disturbances, Hack Publishing Anthology Vol 1 'Resilience'
2023 Material Disturbances in Lumpen Journal
2023 Orange Laces in Unchorus, Freelands Foundation Publication
2022 Material Disturbances in Pyramid Scheme, Noods Radio hosted by Aled Simons (online)
2021 Takeaway 010, Obituary Drawings
2019 Sadface Cryingface Lightning Bolt, Reflex Fiction (online)
texts, reviews + interviews
2023 A Strange Kind of Amnesia, by Charlie Mills, Unchorus - Freelands Foundation Publication, ISBN 978-1-8382572-3-2020 Interview in Floorrmagazine
2019 Wales Arts Review, review of Love Hangover by Lizzie Lloyd
2019 Young Artist Conversations by Bob Gelsthorpe
2019 24th Gabrovo Biennial oF Humour and Satire in Art Catalogue; ISBN 978-954-8714-50-1
teaching, talks + workshops:
2024 Residency Finissage, Magnetic Fluxus Arts Projects Residency, Frac Bretagne
2024 Present Future Workshops, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre & Aneurin Bevan Health Board, Cwmbran
2022 Present Future Workshops, Criw Celf Easter FilmWorkshops, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran
2019 Artist Talk (with curator & writer Rhiannon Edwards); Tension Fine Art, London
2019 Artist Talk; g39, Cardiff
2019 Multiplicity of Voices R&D Presentation; g39, Cardiff
2018 BA Critical Studies Facilitator; Central Saint Martins, Unit 3: Emerging Practice
2018 BA Fine Art Studio Tutor & Critic; Central Saint Martins, 4D Pathway
2017 MAFA Post Graduate Lead Peer Critic, Central Saint Martins
2017 Present Future Workshops, Copenhagen School Workshop; Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London
studio experience:
2011-13 Assistant Architect @ Herzog & de Meuron; Basel, Switzerland
2009 Competition Intern, Duncan McCauley Studio, Berlin
shortlisted:
2024 British School of Rome Creative Wales Residency
2023 Shady Dealings with Language Grant
2023 British School of Rome Creative Wales Residency
2020 Robert Owen 250 Residency, Oriel Davies Gallery
2018 Bloom Award, Düsseldorf Germany
2017 Sir Leslie Joseph Young Artist Award @ Glynn Vivian Gallery Swansea
2017 Bloom Award, Düsseldorf Germany
2016 Connect/Exchange @ Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
--- as a reward for making it this far, here is an honest and realistic depiction of me (vibrant, active, loving life) on my one millionth birthday ---
