Tom Stockley is a queer performance artist, producer, poet, writer, designer, organiser and semi-professional idiot based in Bristol. Informed by a century of counter-culture, their practice is parasitic and flirts with the humour, beauty and sadness of every day life by any means necessary (including spoken word, DIY spaces and collaborative projects). They've also been working as a youth worker and community activist for a decade, and believe in the value of all people who feel othered and abandoned. In 2016 they appeared as a rock in an international theatre production and burnt their art degree. In 2017 they appeared in a BBC3 Documentary. In 2018 they were selected for the UK New Artists Residency Programme. 2019 was a bit of a quiet year to be honest, but in 2020 they produced an audio piece for BBC Arts and are generally working hard to exist and survive in a Bristol council flat with some humans and retiles. They hope you have a lovely day xx
Some of their influences (in no particular order) include: Hovis Presley, Alan Vega, Guy Debord, The Chuckle Brothers, John Cooper Clarke, Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Gaga, Marcel Duchamp, Jeremy Deller, David Robilliard, Ray Johnson, Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, Angus Fairhurst, William Pope.L, Viva Hamnell, Viv Albertine, William Burroughs, David Lynch, David Wojnarowicz, Patti Smith, Lydia Lunch, Leigh Bowery, Monster Chetwynd, Daniel Johnston, Ivor Cutler, Grayson Perry, Poly Styrene, Sarah Lucas, Tracey Emin, LINDER, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Martin Creed, David Shrigley, Joolz Denby and George Lucas.
For more information, inquiries and ideas send a message to t.stockley@hotmail.co.uk, find his facebook page or tweet them.
Some of their influences (in no particular order) include: Hovis Presley, Alan Vega, Guy Debord, The Chuckle Brothers, John Cooper Clarke, Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Gaga, Marcel Duchamp, Jeremy Deller, David Robilliard, Ray Johnson, Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, Angus Fairhurst, William Pope.L, Viva Hamnell, Viv Albertine, William Burroughs, David Lynch, David Wojnarowicz, Patti Smith, Lydia Lunch, Leigh Bowery, Monster Chetwynd, Daniel Johnston, Ivor Cutler, Grayson Perry, Poly Styrene, Sarah Lucas, Tracey Emin, LINDER, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Martin Creed, David Shrigley, Joolz Denby and George Lucas.
For more information, inquiries and ideas send a message to t.stockley@hotmail.co.uk, find his facebook page or tweet them.
© Tom Stockley 2015
