Tom Stockley is a multidisciplinary artist working across the UK and based in the South West. Informed by a century of counter-culture, collaboration and and queer culture, their practice flirts with the humour, beauty and sadness of every day life by any means necessary. Their integrated practice includes digital design, immersive experiences, film making, theatre and live art, often created collaboratively with other artists and in community settings. 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.
As a creative producer, facilitator and mentor they have worked with Out on the Page, Theatre Bristol, Downstage Write, Bristol University, Tate St Ives and Bristol Pride.
As a writer they have had poetry published in anthologies by Bloomsbury, Perennial Press, Global Youth Review, Howling Press, Sassify, Queerlings and Ample Press. Two of their short stories have been published by The Bitchin’ Kitsch and Bullshit Lit. They have written non-fiction editorials and opinion pieces for HUCK as well as being the subject of features and interviews with The Friday Poem and Voice Magazine. Their debut poetry collection was published by Arkbound / Palavro in 2024.
They have had literary, performance and audio-visual projects commissioned by UNESCO, BBC Arts, The Tate, Exeter University, Bristol City Council, Apples & Snakes, UK New Artists, Half Moon Theatre, Bristol Museum and the National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Their first spoken word theatre show Salt In The Wounds toured to Edinburgh in 2022 and was adapted into a short film, comissioned by Exeter Phoenix and shortlisted for the Outspoken Prize for Poetry in 2023. In 2022 they devised and performed in a show as part of the National Collaborative Touring Network. Their debut full-length theatre show DIRT is currently in development, with works in progress commissioned by Half Moon Theatre, Down Stage Write and Peripeteia Theatre Company. Their spoken word piece All The Things I Said was shortlisted for the Pomegranate Theatre Prize (2023).
Some of their influences (in no particular order) include: Hovis Presley, Richard Hell, Vaginal Davis, Harmony Korine, Jonathan Harvey, Frank Sidebottom, Alan Vega, Guy Debord, The Chuckle Brothers, Dick & Dom, Rip Taylor, Lady Gaga, Marcel Duchamp, Jeremy Deller, David Robilliard, Ray Johnson, Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, Angus Fairhurst, William Pope.L, The Slits, William Burroughs, David Wojnarowicz, Patti Smith, Lydia Lunch, Derek Jarman, CRASS, Pussy Riot, Nan Goldin, Cash Carraway, Pam Ayres, Leigh Bowery, Monster Chetwynd, Daniel Johnston, Ivor Cutler, Grayson Perry, Poly Styrene, Sarah Lucas, Linder Sterling, COUM Transmissions, David Shrigley, John Waters, Jayne County, Laurie Anderson, The Mighty Boosh, Penny Arcade and The Simpsons.
For more information, enquiries and ideas email [email protected], or find them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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.
As a creative producer, facilitator and mentor they have worked with Out on the Page, Theatre Bristol, Downstage Write, Bristol University, Tate St Ives and Bristol Pride.
As a writer they have had poetry published in anthologies by Bloomsbury, Perennial Press, Global Youth Review, Howling Press, Sassify, Queerlings and Ample Press. Two of their short stories have been published by The Bitchin’ Kitsch and Bullshit Lit. They have written non-fiction editorials and opinion pieces for HUCK as well as being the subject of features and interviews with The Friday Poem and Voice Magazine. Their debut poetry collection was published by Arkbound / Palavro in 2024.
They have had literary, performance and audio-visual projects commissioned by UNESCO, BBC Arts, The Tate, Exeter University, Bristol City Council, Apples & Snakes, UK New Artists, Half Moon Theatre, Bristol Museum and the National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Their first spoken word theatre show Salt In The Wounds toured to Edinburgh in 2022 and was adapted into a short film, comissioned by Exeter Phoenix and shortlisted for the Outspoken Prize for Poetry in 2023. In 2022 they devised and performed in a show as part of the National Collaborative Touring Network. Their debut full-length theatre show DIRT is currently in development, with works in progress commissioned by Half Moon Theatre, Down Stage Write and Peripeteia Theatre Company. Their spoken word piece All The Things I Said was shortlisted for the Pomegranate Theatre Prize (2023).
Some of their influences (in no particular order) include: Hovis Presley, Richard Hell, Vaginal Davis, Harmony Korine, Jonathan Harvey, Frank Sidebottom, Alan Vega, Guy Debord, The Chuckle Brothers, Dick & Dom, Rip Taylor, Lady Gaga, Marcel Duchamp, Jeremy Deller, David Robilliard, Ray Johnson, Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, Angus Fairhurst, William Pope.L, The Slits, William Burroughs, David Wojnarowicz, Patti Smith, Lydia Lunch, Derek Jarman, CRASS, Pussy Riot, Nan Goldin, Cash Carraway, Pam Ayres, Leigh Bowery, Monster Chetwynd, Daniel Johnston, Ivor Cutler, Grayson Perry, Poly Styrene, Sarah Lucas, Linder Sterling, COUM Transmissions, David Shrigley, John Waters, Jayne County, Laurie Anderson, The Mighty Boosh, Penny Arcade and The Simpsons.
For more information, enquiries and ideas email [email protected], or find them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
© Tom Stockley 2015