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Tom A Finalist in the 2024 Darling Portrait Prize

25/03/2024 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Art

I am incredibly excited to be able to announce that I am one of the 25 Finalists in the 2024 Darling Portrait Prize. The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015).

The Finalist Exhibition will be shown at the National Portrait Gallery from the 22nd of June to the 22 September 2024. Bookings for tickets will open soon but you can keep updated by checking in with the Prize’s website.

Image credit: Tripadvisor

The winner of the $75,000 cash prize will be announced on the 21st of June 2024. I would love that if you are able to visit the exhibition you could tag me in any pictures of the show or my work so that I can see. The gallery is open from 10am – 5pm daily and is located on King Edward Terrace, Canberra.

From the Darling’s website: “The judges are seeking the most compelling recent Australian portrait painting, whether they honour or push the genre, offer unexpected insights into well-known faces, or centre everyday people to explore the breadth of Australian identity.”

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The 2023 Halloween Polaroid Project Is Here!

01/10/2023 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Art, Photography

Happy Halloween! My annual spooky Polaroid Project has *just* launched. You can pick up a one of a kind, signed, Polaroid right here.

This year there are 18 Polaroids available for sale as well as a brand new short film. The first 2 Polaroid sales will come with signed, original props used in the ’23 Polaroid film. The first 10 Polaroid sales come with an A5, numbered, signed, glossy, hand-embellished print of a still from the first project.

Please note this series will only be available for sale during the month of October 2023. At midnight on Halloween (31/10/2023) any unsold Polaroids will be destroyed.

Plus, if you are subscribed to my Patreon you can check out a whole bunch of behind the scenes treats, exclusive footage and deleted scenes from the film. You can also download and view the film and all the promo videos in high definition for your own viewing pleasure throughout spooky season.

Happy Halloween! đŸȘ“

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Score A Free Pack of Patreon Mini-Prints Shot By Heck Hound

13/07/2023 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Uncategorized

So it turns out I love having a Patreon Page and it’s the safe, weird, sexy little hangout zone my soul needed. Plus it’s making me feel more creative than ever.

My Patrons just got access to FREE exclusive mini-print sets of some *incredible* photography I’m really proud of (shot by my very talented and sexy friend Jon) which accompanies my brand new promo vid you can watch by clicking HERE.

Would you like me to send you deviant little art collectables in the mail too? CLICK HERE to sign up to my Patreon at any tier to grab your prints and unlock a bunch of other exclusive content including videos, music, archival treats AND PODCASTS. 

I’m posting something exclusive once a week and recording one podcast a month ON TOP of my regular portraiture and visual art work, which Patrons see first before anyone else.

See you there

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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’ detail.
‘TIFF #2’ as featured in INTERFACING. Photography by Michael Simms
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Beautiful Bizarre Interview with Freddy Grant

07/11/2018 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Art

“Portraiture and performance artist Tom Christophersen knows the two disciplines go hand in hand. His portraits are a performance and he takes this truth to another level by more often than not working with performance artists as subjects. Christophersen grew up in Adelaide and is now based in Sydney, Australia. He is a theatre maker, performer, visual artist, facilitator, designer and illustrator, who likes “Twin Peaks, The Pixies and dark streaks” and is inspired by everything from succulent gardens to the Jonestown Massacre.

His works are a mixture of the macabre and the joyful that catch the more bizarre sides of his subjects. Christophersen’s cheeky and dark sense of humour, along with his politics, is evident in his compositions. Layered with symbols and meaning, he takes the great tradition of portrait as person, not simply a face and body, into the modern age using technology and millennial iconography in surprising and challenging ways.” – Freddy Grant

Check out the full interview over at Beautiful Bizarre by clicking here. 

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‘INTERFACING’ @ STANLEY STREET GALLERY

27/07/2018 | Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen | In: Art

12th September – 6th October 2018

Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney

‘INTERFACING’ is an explosive, collaborative figurative exhibition between two of Australia’s most exciting emerging visual artists. Tom Christophersen and Michael Simms present ‘INTERFACING’, an exploration into our flawed and often pixelated representations of ourselves. In an age of digital expression, ‘INTERFACING’ prises apart notions of dangerous self-representation and distorted identities via technology.

RSVP to the opening night of ‘INTERFACING’ here.

Download a media release for ‘INTERFACING’ here.

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