Tom Stockley is a multidisciplinary artist working across the UK. Informed by a century of counter-culture and queer theory, their practice flirts with the humour, beauty and sadness of every day life by any means necessary. After graduating from a Fine Art BA in 2016, they have expanded their practice to include digital design, photography, writing, short films and live performance, often created collaboratively with other artists and in community settings. Increasingly this has included theatre and live art, in which they are largely self taught but have been writing and producing live shows for theatres and community organisations across the UK since 2019.
They are proudly queer, gender non-conforming, neurodivergent and a descendant of working class Jewish refugees.
They are interested in our human experience, collectively and as individuals, creating conversations around identity, culture, mental health and the places we call home. They are also a qualified youth worker and have been working in youth and community roles since 2011. They believe in the value of all people who feel othered and abandoned. To date they have produced work for BBC Arts, BBC 3, Tobacco Factory Theatre, Half Moon Theatre, Tate St Ives Bristol Museum and Apples & Snakes - as well as being published by mainstream and independent presses across the globe. They love you and want you to know that everything is going to be ok.
Some of their influences (in no particular order) include: Hovis Presley, Frank Sidebottom, 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.
They are proudly queer, gender non-conforming, neurodivergent and a descendant of working class Jewish refugees.
They are interested in our human experience, collectively and as individuals, creating conversations around identity, culture, mental health and the places we call home. They are also a qualified youth worker and have been working in youth and community roles since 2011. They believe in the value of all people who feel othered and abandoned. To date they have produced work for BBC Arts, BBC 3, Tobacco Factory Theatre, Half Moon Theatre, Tate St Ives Bristol Museum and Apples & Snakes - as well as being published by mainstream and independent presses across the globe. They love you and want you to know that everything is going to be ok.
Some of their influences (in no particular order) include: Hovis Presley, Frank Sidebottom, 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
