Tom Woolford - Visual Artist

E Mail: tom.woolford@btinternet.com

Curriculum Vitae:

born London, 1973

Education:
1996-1998 Royal College of Art MA Sculpture
1993-1996 University of East London BA (Hons) Fine Art (First Class)
1992-1993 Wimbledon School of Art BTEC Diploma in Art Foundation Studies

Exhibitions:
995 'New Toys For New Times', Spital Studio, London
1997 'Hot House', Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
1998 'New Contemporaries 98', Tea Factory, Liverpool; Camden Arts Centre, London; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
1998 'Portobello Film and Video Festival', London
1998 group show, Candid Gallery, London
1999 'Hopeless Encounter', Cable Street Gallery, London
1999 'Riverside 1999', part of 'East International', Norwich
2001 'Jerwood Sculpture Prize', Jerwood Space, London; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2002 'Raft', The Economist Plaza, London
2002 'Further Up in The Air', Liverpool

Commissions:
1999 Levee - permanent piece in rural Gloucestershire
2002 Untitled (Chiltems) - permanent piece for the Chiltern Sculpture Trust

Past Achievements: Recent works include 'Raft' at Economist Plaza, London - a functioning castaway's raft made from driftwood and other items found washed up on the coast at Dungeness, Kent and installed in the incongruous urban setting of St. James's - and Untitled (Chilterns), a 7 metre tall structure made from reinforced concrete at the Chiltern Sculpture Trail, Oxfordshire.

Current Activities: Continuing participation in the 'Further Up in The Air' project in a 22-storey residential tower block in Liverpool. The building is due to be demolished later this year but before then groups of artists have been invited to stay for month long periods in flats made available as the residents are moved out. The last stage of the project occurs in Spring 2003 when the work that's gradually accumulated throughout the block by a total of 16 different artists will be on show. I did a residency there in September 2002 but enjoyed the experience so much will be going back to make more work in time for Spring.