Coming Up | Tom Christophersen - Visual Artist and Performer

Antipodes 2021 at Beinart Gallery Opens 27th Feb

13/02/2021 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Uncategorized

I am one of the artists who will exhibiting as part of Beinart Gallery’s group exhibition Antipodes 2021, which is a huge honour and very exciting indeed. My work ‘clearfacepic’ will be included amongst the exhibited works from the Australian cohort of artists being shown.

‘clearfacepic’ 2019 39 x 28cm Mixed media on watercolour paper

“Antipodes 2021 is a group exhibition of Australian artists, opening at Beinart Gallery’s new location, 307 Victoria St, Brunswick. There is perhaps no more fitting way for the gallery to celebrate its new home than to host an exhibition of new works by exceptional artists who call Australia home.

Opening reception: Saturday, February 27th, 5pm – 9pm.

This exhibition will run from February 28th to March 21st and will coincide with Annie Montgomerie’s show, Railing Latchers, and Erik Thor Sandberg’s show, What Follows.” – Beinart Gallery Blog.

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‘HAMMRAISER’ A Finalist In The 2021 Stanthorpe Art Prize

07/02/2021 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Uncategorized

Hammraiser 2019 28 x 38cm Mixed media on watercolour paper

My work ‘HAMMRAISER’ has been selected as a Finalist in Stanthorpe Regional Gallery Art Prize – a real honour. The Prize, rescheduled from last year, will hold its Award Ceremony on Friday the 19th of February via their Facebook Page. Please check their Page for details on how to book tickets to view the physical exhibition if you are able to do so.

From the Opening Night Event Page via Facebook: Please note that due to COVID restrictions, we are limited to a certain number of people within the gallery at any one time. We have set times for gallery tours, please choose a time for your tour of the exhibition during checkout. Tours available at 5 pm, 5:45 pm & 6:30 pm. The awards ceremony will begin after 7:30 pm. We will also be live streaming this event. Works may be purchased after the awards announcements.

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‘clearfacepic’ A Finalist In the Lethbridge 20,000 Art Prize

16/06/2020 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Uncategorized

I am incredibly humbled to announce that my work ‘clearfacepic’ has been selected as a Finalist in the Lethbridge Gallery 20000 small scale art awards for 2020. You can check out the cohort of Finalists HERE as well as see my work in the flesh at Lethbridge’s Paddington Gallery from 18 – 27 June.

Invitation

Come and visit the exhibition showing from:

18 – 27 June 2020
136 Latrobe Terrace, Paddington QLD 4064

We are pleased to announce we are expanding the exhibition to two venues, including Latrobe Artspace (the former Percolator Gallery), right next door to Lethbridge Gallery.

Distancing rules will apply.

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‘Mitcham Shops Are Burning Down’ A Finalist In The 2020 Collie Art Prize

03/02/2020 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Uncategorized

The Collie Art Gallery has once again launched one of regional Australia’s richest art prizes, following the success of the inaugural 2018 edition, which drew more than 500 entries nationally and attracted hundreds of visitors to the town.
https://www.collieartgallery.org.au/collie-art-prize/

I am so thrilled that my self-portrait, ‘Mitcham Shops Is Burning Down’ is a finalist in this year’s Collie Art Prize, which this year has the theme of ‘Identity’. The exhibition opens Friday the 29th of February from 6pm – 8pm and runs til the 5th of April.

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‘Thanatophobia’ opens November 28th @ The Stockroom Gallery

26/10/2019 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Art

My debut solo exhibition, ‘Thanatophobia’ opens Thursday November 28th at the The Stockroom Gallery, Melbourne from 6pm – 8pm and runs til December 8th.

‘Mitcham Shops Are Burning Down’, 2019 (Detail)

For sales enquiries and catalogue access please contact The Stockroom Gallery at: info@thestockroom.com.au

Click here to access a digital exhibition flyer.

Click here to RSVP to the ‘Thanatophobia’ Facebook Event.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE WORKS AND READ THE CATALOGUE ESSAY

To experience Thanatophobia is to be overwhelmed by a morbid dread of dying. Sydney-based Queer portraiture and performance artist Tom Christophersen presents his debut solo exhibition, and first exhibition in Melbourne, exploring the artist’s long-running anxieties pertaining to death.

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‘Purge.EXE’ a Finalist in the 2019 Hornsby Art Prize

30/09/2019 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Art

I am stoked that my work ‘Purge.EXE’ has been selected as a Finalist in the 2019 Hornsby Art Prize. My work will be displayed as part of the Hornsby Art Prize Finalists’ Exhibition at the Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre. It is open to the public from 16 – 27 October.

Winners will be announced at the Hornsby Art Prize Finalists’ Exhibition Award Night. It will be an evening of fabulous sights, tastes and sounds, held on Saturday 19 October 2019, from 6pm, at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, 25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby.

You can view ‘Purge.EXE’ in my Portfolio here.

‘Purge.EXE’ 2018 42 x 69.5cm Mixed media on watercolour pencil

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A Sense Of Wonder Group Exhibition

02/07/2019 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Art

Sharing the same title as its theme, A Sense of Wonder (2019) is an exhibition emphasising the wonders and curiosities that exist around and within us. The visual manifestations presented below have the ability to move us beyond the every day in thought-provoking ways.

The ideas captured in this exhibition range from viewing an ordinary urban backyard with a renewed sense of awe; contemplating the vastness of space; observing nature on a grand scale or in miniature detail; transforming natures objects into playful expressions; whimsical interpretations of special events in our lives; impressions of an augmented reality; the creation of fantastical creatures; illuminating the effects of make-believe and art-making on children or simply portraying the ocean’s gifts that are washed on to land. – Contemporary Art Awards

The Contemporary Arts Awards present
‘A Sense Of Wonder’
When: 2 June – 30th July
Where: Available to view here.

‘Shrooms’ (detail) – A collaboration with El Throwup, 2015, Mixed media on watercolour paper.

Exhibiting artists: Karen Benjamin, Tom Christophersen, Jeannie Dolan, Michael Dyson,Julie Hollis, Latesha Houston, GWA (Wade Goring), Silvia A Sellitto, Susannah Paterson and Zorica Purlija.

‘Shrooms’ framed archival print available here.

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‘TIFF #2’ A Finalist in the Lethbridge 2000 Exhibition

25/06/2019 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Uncategorized

‘TIFF #2 ‘ will be featured as part of the Brisbane contingency of the art prize’s exhibitions, which are mounted in Sydney and Brisbane as well as online. See exhibition details below:

The Lethbridge 2000
27 June – 6 July 2019
7/11 Wambool Street, Bulimba QLD

To purchase this work and view the rest of the finalists click HERE.

‘TIFF #2’ as featured in INTERFACING. Photography by Michael Simms

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Imagined Group Exhibition

02/06/2019 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Uncategorized

Artists working from their imagination tend to wrestle with ideas and feelings located on a subconscious level. Consequently, Imagined (2019) is an exhibition that explores the work of fifteen artists’ who create work from their imaginings. Interspersed with varying subject matters, each artist plumbs the depths of their imagination as well as providing a glimpse into their creative trajectory. Overall, the exhibited works cast a curious eye on our world providing viewers with new perspectives. – Contemporary Art Awards

The Contemporary Arts Awards present
‘Imagined’
When: 2 June – 30th June
Where: Available to view here.

‘Himeros’ (detail), 2013, Mixed media on watercolour paper, 51 x 50cm

Exhibiting artists: Tom Christophersen, Michael Dyson, Paul Hagan, Hugh Kerr, Daniel Kneebone, Guillermo Jackson, Susannah Paterson, Beatrice Prost, Ruby Purple, Geoffrey Rose, Helen Shadforth, Michael Simms, Lauri Smith, Paris Tremayne and Michelle Webb.

‘Himeros’ framed archival prints available here.

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Gaia Reborn: A Future Utopia Group Exhibition

28/02/2019 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Art, Uncategorized

Opening in May, Tom’s portrait ‘Dear Daphne’ will be exhibited as part of Beautiful Bizarre’s group exhibition ‘Gaia Reborn: A Future Utopia’, at URBAN NATION in Berlin, Germany on the 11 May, 2019. You can read more about the exhibition below:

After curating seven exhibitions in Australia, Japan, and the USA, I am thrilled beyond words to be working with Yasha Young, Executive Director of the Urban Nation Museum of Urban Art in Berlin, to bring you something truly special. This exhibition will include the work of over 50 of the world’s best contemporary figurative artists, working across genres and mediums, whom will individually and collectively bring to life an incredibly important theme – the conservation of our planet. We are currently living through a new mass extinction event the ‘Holocene extinction’, which tragically is entirely due to humanity’s affect on the earth and environment. The exhibition’s theme Gaia Reborn: A Future Utopia aims to inspire society to once again see, appreciate, and care for the natural world. The time for change is now – before it is too late!
Danijela Krha Purssey, Editor-In-Chief, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine

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