I'm a multidisciplinary artist working in live art, film, photography, digital design, sculpture and collage - often collaboratively with other artists and/or in community settings. I approach themes of sexuality and gender, the experiences of marginalised communities, identities and social dynamics - the nuances of who we are and how we perceive ourselves and one another.
I've produced work for the British Art Show, BBC Arts, Natural England, UNESCO and the Tate and exhibited internationally as well as across the UK. My 2022 film Salt in the Wounds was shortlisted for the national Out-Spoken Award for Poetry in Film and I was awarded the University of Exeter Creative Fellowship in 2023.
Collage is a central methodology in my practice - the use of found objects, mass media and archive material rearranged and re-imagined in physical and digital spaces to imagine new perspectives. I employ Situationist techniques to achieve this - by collecting ephemera through pilgrimages, rituals and conversations I hope to interrupt spaces and mark occasions with my work. Queer bodies become mystic vessels. Every day object becomes monument. Pop culture becomes holy.
My artistic influences (in no particular order) include: Richard Hell, Harmony Korine, Jonathan Harvey, Frank Sidebottom, Alan Vega, Guy Debord, The Chuckle Brothers, Rip Taylor, Lady Gaga, Marcel Duchamp, Jeremy Deller, David Robilliard, Ray Johnson, Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, Angus Fairhurst, William Pope.L, David Wojnarowicz, Patti Smith, Lydia Lunch, Derek Jarman, CRASS, Pussy Riot, Nan Goldin, Pam Ayres, Leigh Bowery, Monster Chetwynd, Daniel Johnston, Ivor Cutler, Grayson Perry, Poly Styrene, Sarah Lucas, Linder Sterling, Genesis P-Orridge, David Shrigley, John Waters, Jayne County, Laurie Anderson and The Simpsons.
I've produced work for the British Art Show, BBC Arts, Natural England, UNESCO and the Tate and exhibited internationally as well as across the UK. My 2022 film Salt in the Wounds was shortlisted for the national Out-Spoken Award for Poetry in Film and I was awarded the University of Exeter Creative Fellowship in 2023.
Collage is a central methodology in my practice - the use of found objects, mass media and archive material rearranged and re-imagined in physical and digital spaces to imagine new perspectives. I employ Situationist techniques to achieve this - by collecting ephemera through pilgrimages, rituals and conversations I hope to interrupt spaces and mark occasions with my work. Queer bodies become mystic vessels. Every day object becomes monument. Pop culture becomes holy.
My artistic influences (in no particular order) include: Richard Hell, Harmony Korine, Jonathan Harvey, Frank Sidebottom, Alan Vega, Guy Debord, The Chuckle Brothers, Rip Taylor, Lady Gaga, Marcel Duchamp, Jeremy Deller, David Robilliard, Ray Johnson, Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, Angus Fairhurst, William Pope.L, David Wojnarowicz, Patti Smith, Lydia Lunch, Derek Jarman, CRASS, Pussy Riot, Nan Goldin, Pam Ayres, Leigh Bowery, Monster Chetwynd, Daniel Johnston, Ivor Cutler, Grayson Perry, Poly Styrene, Sarah Lucas, Linder Sterling, Genesis P-Orridge, David Shrigley, John Waters, Jayne County, Laurie Anderson and The Simpsons.
© Tom Stockley 2015
