December 2021

Antipodes 2022 @ Beinart Gallery

19/12/2021 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Art
Work in progress of the Antipodes 2022 portrait.

Antipodes 2022 is the Beinart Gallery’s annual show highlighting artists who live and work in Australia.

Click here to join the preview list for early access to the online catalogue.

Opening reception: Jan 8th, 6 – 9pm.

This exhibition will run from Jan 9th – Jan 23rd and will coincide with Rachel Perrin’s exhibition, Sanctuary. Australia is home to a number of exceptional artists working in a variety of media, and Beinart Gallery is proud to put the spotlight on these artists, showcasing the extraordinary talents of people within our community at large.

Participating artists: Shaun Tan, Ben Howe, Sean Layh, Loretta Lizzio, Lucy Hardie, Lukifer Aurelius, Brad Gunn, Belinda Wiltshire, Josh Juett, Jai Raphael, Mark Seabrook, Jack Rowland, Lisa King, Ben Smith, Robert Duxbury, Annita Maslov, Alex Louisa, Kim Evans, James Bonnici, Anita Mertzlin, Robyn Rich, Ryan Pola, Greg Olijnyk, Kane Kokaris, Dan Power, Jacqueline Michell Butterworth, Alexia Novella, Erik Sherman, Liz Gridley & Tom Christophersen

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Fabulous & Impossible: The Cult of Leigh Bowery

19/12/2021 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Art, Fashion, Video
Portrait of Leigh, 2021, Mixed media on watercolour paper. Based on photography by Fergus Greer

The Bowery gallery presents ‘Fabulous & Impossible – The Cult of Leigh Bowery’, an exhibition featuring the visual art of Sydney-based queer artist and multidisciplinary pistol-whip Tom Christophersen.

Featuring a collection of new and pre-existing works, Christophersen’s beautifully camp and subtly strange portraiture and video work celebrates the impact of queer visionaries, especially Bowery, on his contemporary arts practice.

Parallels of persona and character, performance art and the ultimate subversion of popular culture through a queer lens echo through this glamorous and twisted body of mixed media works on paper, incorporating both drawing and painting.

‘Fabulous & Impossible – The Cult of Leigh Bowery’ is for lovers of meticulously made things which glory in the uncomfortable and underground, the shock of the spectacle, and the delicious way the queer community creates art on their own terms from their own lived experiences.

Opens January 28th 2022.

Click here to register.

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‘Lensed’ Wins The 2021 Bluethumb Art Prize’s People Choice Award

07/12/2021 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Uncategorized

I’m thrilled to be able to announce that my portrait ‘Lensed’ has won the People’s Choice Award at the 2021 Bluethumb Art Prize, Australia’s largest Art Prize!

I want to personally thank every single person who voted for me, shared my posts and created a buzz around the work. The wave of support I received was incredibly touching and affirming, particularly after this year.

You can read about the work and prize over on the Bluethumb Site by clicking here.

I want to also thank Maddie, my subject and Paul Doran, my framer, as well as Bluethumb for supporting Australian Queer artists.

‘Lensed’ can still be purchased by clicking here.

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