Tom Woolner (b.1979, London, UK) lives and works in London.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023: A Tally of Distempered Parts. (with Seb Thomas) ASC Gallery, London. (Publication)
2021: Naming a Cloud. (with Andrew Miller) 303 Projects, Lowestoft. (Publication)
2017: The Thalty Thpectacle. (with Edwin Burdis) Various Venues, Plymouth.
2014: Does it have to be an Opera now? ANDOR, London.
2012: Self Portrait as a Plank of Wood. Tintype, London.
2011: An Evening with Archimboldo. Site Gallery, Sheffield. (Publication)
2007/8: Going to Bakeries all Day Long. OVADA, Oxford.
2007: A Monument to Averages. Rockwell, London.
2006: Friday for Seven Days. Kabine, Copenhagen.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023: John Moores Painting Prize. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. (Publication)
2023: Exeter Contemporary. Exeter Phoenix Gallery. (Publication)
2023: …freshly, as if my eye was still growing. APT Gallery, London.
2022: Internal Weather. Sid Motion Gallery, London.
2021: For Now We See Through, 74 Southwark Bridge Rd, with Eve Stainton and Luke P Burton.
2019: Dog Show. Southwark Park Galleries, London. (Publication)
2015: Food. Broadleaf Books, Abergevenny. (Curated by Edwin Burdis and Melissa Appleton.) (Publication)
2015: A Blurry Stage on the Horizon. KCUA Gallery, Kyoto, Japan.
2014: Test Run. Modern Art Oxford.
2013: Stopped Clocks in Places of Busyness. Fold, London.
2013: Platform: In the Making. Site Gallery, Sheffield.
2013: The Obdurate Object and The Idiot Cousin. Gallery Jecza, Romania.
2012: Writtle Calling/2 Emma Toc. A temporary radio station, curated by Melissa Appleton.
2007: I can’t live without… The Showroom, London.
2006: alt_cph. Fabrikken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen.
2005: The Poseidon Adventure. Sadlers Wells, London. Publication.
Selected Performances
2019: A Sofa Speaks. (with Mary Hampton) West Dean College of Arts and Conservation.
2015: Saturday Live at The Serpentine, Serpentine Gallery, London. (with Jenny Moore)
2013/14: After/Hours/Drop/Box**Live** Spike Island, Bristol, Modern Art Oxford and ANDOR, London.
2012: Supernormal 2012. Braziers International Workshop, Oxfordshire.
2011: More Soup and Tart. Barbican, London.
2011: The Inside Out Cave is You! Galleria Moriarty, Madrid, Spain. (with Lilli Hartmann.)
2010: The Inside Out Cave. Beaconsfield, London. (with Lilli Hartmann.)
Publications
2023: The Distempering Procedure Explained. Sally O’Reilly.
2015: Food. Edited by Melissa Appleton and Edwin Burdis.
2014: Hackney Archived. Art House Foundation. Text by Tom Morton.
2014: Glass Cat 2. University of the Arts, London. Text by Peter Suchin.
2012: More Myths for a Megalith. Text by Jonathan P Watts, published to accompany The Stone of Folly.
2011: Onions in the Salad. Site Gallery. Text by Melissa Gronlund.
2008: Art Monthly. Issue 313. February 2008. Review of Going to Bakeries all Day Long by Brian Catling.
Guardian Guide. 29 December 2007 – 4 January 2008. Preview by Robert Clark.
2007: Frieze. Issue 108. Review of A Monument to Averages by Tom Morton.
Modern Painters. June 2007. Review of A Monument to Averages by Ben Wallers (aka Tony Pearson.)
Awards and Residencies:
2023: Elephant Trust Award for A Tally of Distempered Parts.
2021: Barbican Arts Group Award. Selected by Michelle Williams Gamaker and Louise Ashcroft
2017: Open Field Residency. Cass School of Art, London Metropolitan.
2014: Residency with The Hackney Archive and Art House Foundation.
2013: ArtCamp Residency and Project, with muf architects.
2011: Site Gallery Platform Commission.
2007/8: Elephant Trust Award for Going to Bakeries All Day Long.
2006: Danish Arts Council Award for International Artists.
2003-2005: Artist in Residence with The Peabody Trust, London.
2002: Kyoto Travel Scholarship.
2000: Becks Futures Student Prize and Comission.
Teaching
2010 to present (ongoing): Senior Tutor, Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University.
Other teaching work includes: UAL Sculpture and PTBM / Royal Academy Schools / RCA / The AA / UCA Canterbury / Bath Spa
University / Hochschule fur Media Kunst, Cologne / London Metropolitan / City and Guilds, London.