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
selected exhibitions
2024 Herbivore Supper Club; Bacreto, Cardiff
2024 Residency Presentation & Screening; Frac Bretagne, Rennes
2024 Preservation Hole; Division of Labour, Manchester | link
2024 Machynys Forgets Itself; Oriel Davies pop-up programme, Newtown (solo) | link
2023 The Next Thing; Bury Art Museum, Bury
2023 In the Same Breathe (touring); Site Gallery, Sheffield; ps2, Belfast; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2023 In the Same Breathe; Freelands Foundation, London | link
2023 Soft Split the Stone; g39, Cardiff
2022 Love Hangover: encore; Tension Fine Art, London (solo) | link
2022 Failures & Repetitions; Five Years Gallery, London
2022 Winter Sculpture Park; Gallery No.32, London
2021 Food for Elias; Bygda2.0 & Åfjord Municipality, Stokkøya, Norway
2020 #lockdownwander; Your Place, Tempo Arts (online)
2020 Well now, hold on; Made In Roath (online)
2020 5th International Bad Video Art Festival; Gallery Bomba, Moscow
2019 Love Hangover; g39, Cardiff (solo) | link
2019 I Forget Why I Live to Remember; Tension Fine Art, London (solo)
2019 Dimensions of Publicness; 24th Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art; Museum of Satire & Humor, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2019 An Exhibition on One Hand; Kingsgate Project Space, London
2018 Manlyhood; The Space, Hastings (solo show)
2018 TBCTV; Somerset House, London
2018 Mayfair Fringe; Arebyte Gallery Studios, Oxford Street, London
2018 Degree Show Central Saint Martins; Lethaby Gallery, London | link
2018 New Art Wales: NOVA Cymru (Touring Show); Aberystwyth Arts Centre; Arcade, Cardiff; Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy, Wales
2018 Visual Poetry (Touring); 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
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2017 Open Screenings; Whitechapel Gallery, London
2017 Kultur Nacht; Piccolo Paradiso; Paradogma, Badenfahrt, Switzerland
2017 Present Future: An Art School; Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London
residencies + awards:
2024 ‘Magnetic’ Fluxus Laureate, Fluxus Art Projects; Frac Bretagne; Brittany, France
2021 -23 g39 studio residency, Cardiff
2021 Stokkøya Artist Residency, Bygda2.0 & Åfjord Municipality, Stokkøya Norway
2021 - 23 Freelands Foundation Fellowship
2019 Golden Aesop Grand Prix, 24th Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art, Gabrovo, Bulgaria (selected by Vasif Cortun, Berta Sichel and Anton Staykov)
2018 Arebyte Gallery offsite, Oxford Street Studio, London
funding:
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
published writing:
2024 Domesticated Animals, Ink Sweat & Tears | link
2024 Material Disturbances, Hack Publishing Anthology Vol 2 'Oddity'
2023 Material Disturbances, Hack Publishing Anthology Vol 1 'Resilience'
2023 Material Disturbances, Lumpen Journal
2023 Orange Laces, Unchorus, Freelands Foundation Publication
2021 Takeaway 010, Obituary Drawings
commissions:
2024 ‘Sun God Razz’ Permanent Public Sculpture; tba
2017 'Art to Artillery' Luxury & Sustainability Short Film; Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, Nowness + CSM
public collections:
Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière
Museum of Humour and Satire in Art, Gabrovo
teaching, talks + workshops:
2024 Healthy Futures Workshops; Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre & Aneurin Bevan Health Board, Ebw Valley
2022 Criw Celf Easter FilmWorkshops; Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran
2019 Artist Talk (with Rhiannon Edwards); Tension Fine Art, London
2019 Artist Talk; 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 (Curriculum) 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 Write Bloody Poetry Manuscript Publication
2024 New Contemporaries
2024 Prototype Poetry Manuscript Publication
2024 Cheerio Publishing, Poetry Manuscript
2024 British School of Rome Creative Wales Residency
2023 Shady Dealings with Language Grant
2023 British School of Rome Residency
--- 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 ---
